Item Name: Genealogy 1972 - 1975

Item ID: Geneal-H2

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements January 1975 until July 1976

1. Tell where the word "genealogy" comes from.  Tell what it means.

2. Give the history of genealogy in one of the following:

(a) Ancient world
(b) Medieval world
(c) Modern world

3. Name three societies that further genealogical study.

4. Name two lineage societies.

5. Give the key genealogical study questions.  Tell about them.

6. Name five ways to get genealogical information.

7. Prepare a four-generation pedigree chart.

8. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Prepare family group records for each of the couples on your pedigree chart through the first three generations.

(b) Prepare a history of your life to date.  Include pictures and a family group record.

(c) Prepare a history of the life of one of the people on your pedigree chart.  Include pictures and a family group record.

9. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Visit a genealogical library, public records office, or archives depository. Write about the visit.

(b) Copy the gravestone inscriptions of the surnames of one of the people on your pedigree chart.

(c) Get from a public records office (county, state, or federal)