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 Committee==
'''Proposal: The Society should maintain and publish the standards to be applied to the review and ''certification'' of 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 [[Sub-Groups|Sub-Group]]. The latter means the Society places our reputation behind each item (excepting events happening after 19401950, for which documentation is not requested).
The lineages collected by the Society over the years form a substantial asset, as well as a useful source of information. Publication should be considered.
'''Proposal: The Society should publish in a suitable form those lineages that have been Certified. Such to redact most data more recent than the latest release of US Census data (presently 19401950).'''
==Library Support==