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==[[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.

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 Certification 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.

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 It has been proposed that the standards Lineage Committee perform a more stringent examination of lineages submitted, hewing to the [http://www.bcgcertification.org/resources/standard.html Genealogical Proof Standard] established by the [http://www.bcgcertification.org Board for Certification of Genealogists]. A certificate would be applied to issued upon satisfactory review indicating that the certification lineage is backed by the full faith of lineagesthe Society.'''

Note please a distinction here between "approving" '''Proposal: The Society should maintain and "certifying" a lineage. The former means our confidence is sufficient in publish the lineage as a whole standards to admit someone be applied to membership in a [[Sub-Groups|Sub-Group]]. The latter means the Society places our reputation behind each item (excepting those after 1940 for which documentation is not offered)review and ''certification'' of lineages.'''

'''Proposal: Note please a distinction here between "approving" and "certifying" a lineage. The Society should publish former means our confidence is sufficient in the lineage as a suitable form those lineages that have been approved or certified. Such whole to redact most data more recent than admit someone to membership in a [[Sub-Groups|Sub-Group]]. The latter means the latest release of US Census data Society places our reputation behind each item (presently 1940excepting events happening after 1950, for which documentation is not requested).'''

This a project In order to propose facilitate the easy review and prove or disprove descents from antiquity. This will involve publishing proposed publication of lineages as , it is desirable that the Society establish a tool standard format for same. In order to generate discussion make these useful outside the Society, contact should be made with major genealogical and consensus. A final report on each link will lineage societies to see what formats they use, and if a universal format might be published in The [[Augustan Omnibus]]designed.

'''Proposal: The Society should more clearly specify maintain and publish the purpose and scope of the 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 lineages collected by the [[Descents from Antiquity]] project on Society over the years form a regular basis until each is proven or disprovensubstantial asset, with the final reports on each published in the [[Augustan Omnibus]]as well as a useful source of information. Publication should be considered.'''

==[[Family of Augustans]]== 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).'''

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. 

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]].