Colorado Springs Colorado North Family History Center/BSA Merit Badge Work Shop

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{{Box  Requirements MUST be done prior to coming to the Discovery Center. See requirement list. Register for this Workshop at 9 February 2016 BSA Workshop
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Link to the [BSA Merit Badge Requirements] ѻ Contact a family member by telephone, email, or letter, and interview them about their life. Ask about events that have occurred and where they happened. Record the information you learn and bring this information to the workshop. ѻ Complete a pedigree chart. Click here for a .pdf fill-in pedigree chart. The information can also be handwritten. List yourself and at least two additional generations. Bring this information to the workshop.

ѻ Complete two family group sheets, one listing your parents and all of the children in your family and another listing one of your parents and their siblings in a family group with your grandparents. Click here for a .pdf fill-in family group sheet. The information can also be handwritten. Bring this information to the workshop.

ѻ Please also bring the name of an ancestor or relative who was alive in 1940.

ѻ List eight to ten important events in your life (timeline) and bring the list to the workshop.

ѻ Using your timeline, write a short autobiography of your life, and bring it to the workshop.

ѻ Define the terms "genealogy," "ancestor," and "descendant."

ѻ Name three types of genealogical records. Explain how they help you chart your family tree. Obtain one genealogical document that supports your family tree and evaluate this information.

ѻ Contact a genealogical repository.

ѻ Explain the effects of computers and the internet on genealogy.

ѻ Explain how photography and microfilm have influenced genealogy.

ѻ Discuss what you have learned about your family through your genealogical research.

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