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.
==[[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" that is considered sufficient a recommendation for admission to Board acceptance of the Society's [[Lineage Groups]], [[Arms Registration|registration]] lineage submitted. Note that a favorable recommendation requires assent from two members of inherited arms, the Committee who have examined the lineage and publication sources. Headquarters must be informed in ''The [[Augustan Omnibus]]''. A [[Genealogist Fee]] writing (email is assessed for each lineage on acceptable) of the approval and provided a per-generation basis, with a credit being issued for generations already approved by copy of the Societylineage.
Lineages accepted by the Board are required for admission to the Society's [[Lineage Groups]], [[Registration of Arms]] for inherited arms, and publication in ''[[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.
==[[Lineage Research]]==
Genealogical research for hire. Member discounts may apply to There is, at present, no adopted procedure for this activity. It is hoped that the feesCommittee will create and document such a procedure.
==[[Standard Lineages Lineage Format]]==
The goal of this project is to define a standard lineage format 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 here=[[Lineage Report Generator]]== The goal of this project is to develop a software program that would generate lineages in our Standard Lineage Format from a properly formatted GED file and the numbers of the first and last individuals to be listed. It is expected this will be done by offering a financial reward to attract software writers.
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