Genealogical Research to Help Solve Cold Case
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
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
Uncovering the roots of a family’s heritage is just one of Melinde Lutz Byrne’s specialties.
Melinde Lutz Byrne – Interview at FASG
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.