Genealogy Committee Chairman

The Genealogy Department and the Genealogy Committee of The Augustan Society, Inc., are headed by the Genealogy Committee Chairman. This person is responsible for the activities of the Genealogy Committee and overseeing any subcommittees.

The duties of the Genealogy Committee Chairman include:

• Establish and maintain standards of proof, with member input, for submitted lineages to our various subgroups that require them;
• Assist, when called upon, to evaluate the accuracy of lineages submitted for said subgroups; and
• Coordinate projects that fall under the scope of this committee.

Procedures for lineage approval:

1. Receive application 2. Examine application for sources and whether they meet our requirements if so, check sources to verify whether it supports the lineage claim. if not, request better sources from applicant 3. If data is verified, application is approved. 4. If verifiable data is not listed in original application, or not forthcoming after it is requested, application is denied and applicant advised to try again later with verifiable sources

Note: The duties and procedure above are under development, and the above should not be relied upon at present.