Most of the genealogical activities of The Augustan Society, Inc., are conducted by the Genealogy Committee. It is headed by the [[Genealogy Committee Chairman]] appointed by the [[President]] and serving serves at his pleasure. The Chairman may appoint such additional members as he sees fit, subject to the [[Policies|Policy on Committee Membership]], with the [[President]] and [[Headquarters Staff]] as ex officio members.
Note that some programs formerly assigned to the Genealogy Committee are now [[Study Groups]] under the [[Dean of Studies]]. This should not be taken as an excuse to avoid working together on activities of mutual interest.
Specific programs presently active are:
==[[Approved Lineages]]==
This program receives all lineages submitted to the Society, and reviews them for substantial (but not necessarily complete) compliance with relaxed genealogical standardsas defined by the Board of Certified Genealogists termed the [http://www.bcgcertification.org/resources/standard.html Genealogical Proof Standard or GPS]. The result is an "approval" a recommendation for Board acceptance of the lineage submitted. Note that a favorable recommendation requires assent from two members of the Committee who have examined the lineage and sources. Headquarters must be informed in writing (email is considered sufficient acceptable) of the approval and provided a copy of the lineage. Lineages accepted by the Board are required for admission to any of the Society's [[Lineage Groups]] , [[Registration of Arms]] for inherited arms, and publication in ''The [[Augustan Omnibus|The Augustan Omnibus]]''. A [[Genealogist Fee]] is assessed for each lineage on a per-generation basis, with a credit being issued for early generations documented by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia] or a previously accepted lineage. The [[Genealogy Committee Chairman]], at his discretion, may waive fees for lineages submitted by [[Directors]] or members of the Genealogy Committee.
==[[Certified Lineages]]==
This proposed project would review lineages as above, but to academic standards fully compliant with the best professional genealogical standards, presently the GPS. The results would be a certificate putting the credibility of the Society behind the lineages.
Obviously, this would also qualify for any Society purpose, but might well come to have value outside the Society.
The results (certification and lineages) will be published in a register, and such may be published either individually or collectively.
==[[Lineage Research]]==
Genealogical research for hire. Members receive a discount determined by the [[Order of the Augustan Eagle]], presently 20%.==Lineage Research==
==[[Standard Lineages Project]]==Genealogical research for hire. There is, at present, no adopted procedure for this activity. It is hoped that the Committee will create and document such a procedure.
The goal of this project is to define a standard lineage chart sufficient to the needs of all Society programs, but especially that of [[Certified Lineages]]. It is also desired that the form will be acceptable to the majority of the major lineage groups operating in the US.
A draft of this format is being developed online ==[[http://augustansociety.org/cpage.php?pt=46 hereStandard Lineage Format]].<!--while use == The goal of this project is to define a standard lineage format is not required, it is encouraged. Such standard charts will have three sections: 1. The first section will have four columns: a. Sequential numbering from sufficient to the oldest to youngest generation. b. Full names needs of the descendantsall Society programs, with dates and places but especially that of birth, death, and marriage where known[[Certified Lineages]]. c. Full names of It is also desired that the spouses of form will be acceptable to the descendants where known, with dates and places majority of birth and death where knownthe major lineage groups operating in the US. d. Citations to sources in brief form (e.g.: Authorname, p.000) or by numerical referenceA draft of this format is being developed. 2. ==[[Lineage Report Generator]]== The second section will be the bibliographic citations in goal of this project is to develop a style substantially equivalent to software program that defined would generate lineages in our Standard Lineage Format from a properly formatted GED file and the current Chicago Manual numbers of Stylethe first and last individuals to be listed. These It is expected this will be in some logical sequence, likely alphabetical done by author or by numerical reference. 3. A third and optional section will be copies of public records and other rare documents that offering a competent genealogical researcher would not expect to be able financial reward to find without significant effort or expenseattract software writers. 4. Electronic format — GED files with sufficient data to create a standard lineage chart as above.-->
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