The Genealogy Department of The Augustan Society, Inc., would engage in the following activities:
==Genealogy Committee==
==[[Genealogy Committee]]== The Genealogy Committee is composed of the Genealogy Committee Chairman, the members of other committees assigned to the [[Genealogy|Genealogy Department]], such members as the Chairman sees fit, and the [[President]] and [[ConsulsHeadquarters Staff]] as ex officio members.
The Chairman is named by the President and serves at his pleasure. The members are named by the Chairman, and serve at his pleasure.
All activities of the Genealogy Department fall under the control of the Genealogy Committee unless the [[Board]] or Chairman has created another Committee or [[Study Groups|Study Group]] and charged them with responsibility.
==Lineage Certification Committee==
Presently, the Genealogy Committee , acting as the Lineage Committee, will review lineages submitted to any part of the Society and compare the data and sources to contemporary relaxed genealogical standards. A fee is exacted for this service based on the total number of generations involved (including first and last), but if portions of the lineage have been previously approved, a credit (but not a refund) will be issued for those duplicated generations.
Presently, this This work may be cursory, with only spot-checking of sources, or it may be an in-depth review with most sources verified, as it may seem necessary and appropriate to the Committee. This may or may not be an adequate process for the future.
'''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish the standards to be applied to the review and ''approval '' of lineages, including the question of when an in-depth survey might be needed.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish the standards to be applied to the certification of lineages.'''
Note please a distinction here between "approving" and "certifying" a lineage. The former means our confidence is sufficient in It has been proposed that the lineage as Lineage Committee perform a whole more stringent examination of lineages submitted, hewing to admit someone to membership in a the [http://www.bcgcertification.org/resources/standard.html Genealogical Proof Standard] established by the [Sub-Group]http://www.bcgcertification.org Board for Certification of Genealogists]. The latter means A certificate would be issued upon satisfactory review indicating that the Society places our reputation behind each item (excepting those after 1940 for which documentation lineage is not offered)backed by the full faith of the Society.
'''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish in a suitable form those lineages that have been approved or certified. Such the standards to be applied to redact most data more recent than the latest release review and ''certification'' of US Census data (presently 1940)lineages.'''
==Note please a distinction here between "approving" and "certifying" a lineage. The former means our confidence is sufficient in the lineage as a whole to admit someone to membership in a [[Descents from AntiquitySub-Groups|Sub-Group]]==. The latter means the Society places our reputation behind each item (excepting events happening after 1950, for which documentation is not requested).
This a project to propose and prove or disprove descents from antiquity. This will involve publishing proposed lineages as a tool to generate discussion and consensus. A final report on each link will be published in The [[Augustan Omnibus]].
'''Proposal: The Society should more clearly specify and publish In order to facilitate the purpose easy review and scope publication of lineages, it is desirable that the [[Descents from Antiquity]] projectSociety establish a standard format for same. In order to make these useful outside the Society, contact should be made with major genealogical and lineage societies to see what formats they use, and if a universal format might be designed.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should more clearly identify the individual lines that it attempts to prove or disprove with the maintain and publish a [[Descents from AntiquityStandard Lineage Format]] project, and oblige petitions for review to adhere to that format when written, or to GED format when submitted digitally.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should produce reports on each of the lines studied by the [[Descents from Antiquity]] project on a regular basis until each is proven or disproven, with the final reports on each published in the [[Augustan Omnibus]].'''
==[[Family The lineages collected by the Society over the years form a substantial asset, as well as a useful source of Augustans]]==information. Publication should be considered.
The objective of this project is to computerize lineages of Augustans whose genealogies are stored at [[Headquarters]] or have appeared in various Society publications with the intent to demonstrate our interrelatedness, and to identify common ancestors, both for the sake of fraternity and to assist one another with genealogical research. '''Proposal: The Society should document and publish the process by which the [[Family of Augustans]] project is to be pursued.''' '''Proposal: The Society should place the combined in a suitable form those lineages included in the [[Family of Augustans]] project online for use by members and possibly othersthat have been Certified. This should take Such to redact most data more recent than the form of a useful web site, not just a collection latest release of GED filesUS Census data (presently 1950).'''
==Library Support==
The Department, either through the main Committee, a sub-committee, or a designated officer, will advise the [[Library|Library Department]] in matters of accession, classification, and deaccession of materials on this subject.
==Article Solicitation==
The Department, either through the main Committee, a sub-committee, or a designated officer, will solicit articles on this subject for the ''The [[Augustan Omnibus]]'', in cooperation with the [[Omnibus Editor]].
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