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National Genealogical Society Quarterly hosted at BU

Reflecting its ongoing involvement in advanced genealogical education, BU's Center for Professional Education proudly houses the renowned National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGSQ). The journal is co-edited by the director of CPE's Genealogical Research program, Melinde Lutz Byrne, FASG, and program faculty member Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS. For more information about the journal, please visit the NGSQ website.

 

Melinde Byrne, discussing the complexity of modern family trees

July 6th, 2011
Melinde Lutz Byrne, Director of Boston University's Genealogical Research Certificate program, was on National Public Radio today discussing the changing American family and it impact on tracing family trees. She was also quoted in a New York Times article discussing the complexity of modern family trees.

Listen to the conversation or read the full article on the New York Times.

 

Genealogical Research to Help Solve Cold Case

April 17th, 2011
Director of the Genealogical Research Program, Melinde Lutz Byrne, works on a 40-year-old case with the Bedford Police Department and detectives for the Cold Case Unit of the New Hampshire Department of Justice.

Read the full article from the New Hampshire Union Leader.

 

NERGC Conference Held in Springfield, MA

Below are images from the NERGC conference held in Springfield, MA on April 7, 2011.

BU Honored for Excellence in Online Education

At it's sixteenth annual international conference in November, the Sloan Consortium honored Boston University for excellence in institution-wide online education. The Sloan Consortium is the leading professional organization for online teaching and learning, with the stated mission of leading efforts to integrate online education into the mainstream of higher education—and in so doing, improving the quality, scale, and breadth of education. - Read article

 

 

Elissa Scalise Powell – National Genealogical Society Honors Elissa Scalise Powell, CG

May 10, 2010
At the opening session of its annual conference in Salt Lake City, April 18-May 1, the National Genealogical Society presented the NGS President’s Citation to Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, of Wexford, Pennsylvania. The President’s Citation is given in recognition of outstanding, continuing, or unusual contributions to the field of genealogy or to the Society. - Read article

 

 

Melinde Lutz Byrne – Tree climbing is her specialty

March 28, 2009
Uncovering the roots of a family's heritage is just one of Melinde Lutz Byrne's specialties.

 

 

Melinde Lutz Byrne – Interview at FASG

September 2008
Melinde Lutz Byrne, FASG talks to Dick Eastman about being a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, about a new genealogy certificate program available through Boston University, and about next year's NERGC.

 

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