Thursday, November 29, 2007

ICAPGEN

I havn't posted for awhle but I wanted to give un update on the recent family history conference I attended two weeks ago. It was held at BYU and was the ICAPGen Conference, "How to become and excellent genealogist." So I learned that you can become accredited in Italy research. Some of the main classes I attended were about how to become accredited so here is some info:

Preparation:

  • You must have 1000 hours of research in the area of interest to apply for accreditation.
  • You should extensively research a wide range of records in the area.
  • You must have a 4 generation study with well documented records, and a research log showing what records were research and if anything was found or not.
  • Have a report reflecting research experience and competence.
  • Have compliled a refernce notebook with reference materials.
  • Must be able to read all the documents in the languages of the country.

The test will include:

  • paleagraphy
  • document recognition
  • a research case
  • a pedigree analysis
  • questions and answers
  • An oral exam

Well there is alot of work to do to get ready. It shall be fun.... now to the FHL.

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