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GENEALOGY MERIT BADGE
NOTE: most of the work on
this merit badge will be done individually away from the organized
meetings. Nearly all of the requirements utilize online resources
(many links below). This merit badge can be completed without using
the Internet but with the volume of online material available, some online
exploration should be included!
Each participant will be expected
to start and keep a notebook with written responses to the requirements
along with completed pedigree and family group sheets (forms and a list of
resources provided).
If you encounter specific
questions, please e-mail your MB counselor (link below)!
So you can print as many as you
need:
Ancestral Chart (Pedigree Chart)
Family Group Sheet
Requirement 4 - Interview an older relative to obtain
information about your family. This interview may be in person, by
telephone, or by letter. Add any information obtained to your pedigree
chart and family group records.
Visit and read "Get
Nosy with Aunt Rosie" to get ideas for interviewing.
Requirement 7c:
Write a short history of yourself or of a close relative
SAMPLE QUESTIONS: Where were you born? Who were
your brothers and sisters (names, ages)? What kind of house
did you live in? What was your favorite game to play when you
were a child? Did you like school? What was your
favorite subject? Why? What was the funniest story you
remember about your Dad? About your Mom? What kinds of
tricks did you and your siblings play on each other? Were your
parents strict? stern? When you did something wrong, how
did they punish you? Did you go to church? Which one?
Did you ever visit your grandparents? What do you remember
most about them? How did you meet your husband/wife? Did
you have a big wedding? Did you have a honeymoon? Where
did you go? Where did you live after you got married?
What was your favorite place to go for fun before you had your
children? Visit
HERE for more ideas!
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Requirement 9d:
Contact ONE of the following and ask a question relating to its
genealogical services or activities; report the results - A genealogical education facility or
institution.
Suggestion: Go online and visit
sites.rootsweb.com and then
www.ancestry.com. Search for
one of your oldest known relatives (usually works best for someone
who is not still living). Try your search at both websites and
report on what you found (print out your results if you find someone
in your family), which site you prefer and why. Did one work
more easily? Offer you more help? Which one would you go
back to and use again? Why? |
Other good resources to
explore:
REQUIREMENTS
- Explain the meaning of genealogy and
genealogical resources.
- Begin a pedigree chart with yourself and fill
it in as far as you can at the beginning of your project. Add any
additional names, dates, or places that you find.
- Show yourself as a child on a family group
record form, and show one of your parents as a child on another family
group record form.
- Interview an older relative to obtain
information about your family. This interview may be in person, by
telephone, or by letter. Add any information obtained to your pedigree
chart and family group records.
- Obtain at least one genealogical document
showing proof of some information on your pedigree chart or family group
records. This document may be located in your home, a courthouse, an
archive or library, etc.
- Tell how you would evaluate genealogical
information.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Do a time line for yourself or for a close
relative.
- Keep a journal for six weeks, writing in at
least once weekly.
- Write a short history of yourself or of a
close relative.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Tell how the development of computers is
affecting the world of genealogy.
- Tell how the development of photography
(including microfilming) has influenced genealogy.
- Tell how personal and family history have
begun to influence the way society looks at local, national, and
international history.
- Contact ONE of the following and ask a
question relating to its genealogical services or activities; report the
results:
- A lineage society
- A surname organization
- A professional genealogist
- A genealogical education facility or
institution
- A genealogical record repository of any type
(courthouse, genealogical library, state archives, state library,
national archives, etc. )
- Tell where you would find current information
about genealogical records and research methods.
BSA Advancement ID#: 56
Source: Boy Scout Requirements, #33215D, revised 2001
Questions? Please send your
merit badge counselor an e-mail!
Messages are checked daily.
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