AY Honors/Genealogy - Advanced/Requirements
Skill Level
3
Year
2006
Version
24.11.2024
Approval authority
General Conference
1. Have the Genealogy honor.
2. Define a primary source versus a secondary source for documentation.
3. What is the purpose of documentation?
4. Demonstrate a census extraction for one branch of your family from six of the following census: (for NAD find year of immigration and list the country from where they immigrated) a. 1840; b. 1850; c. 1860; d. 1870; e. 1880; f. 1900; g. 1910; h. 1920
5. Show a pedigree chart you have filled out for 7 generations. List the information you have been unable to learn and what efforts you have made to locate this information.
6. Show 42 family group records you have filed out and the documentation notes to go with the family group record.
7. Find military records/pension records on one of your family members. If your family has none, then show military/pension records on any person.
8. Show vital records you have obtained for one person from item # 5 including:
- a. birth
- b. marriage
- c. death
9. Show a copy of 3 obituaries on relatives with documentation where you found them.
10. List four web sites/or libraries where you have been able to locate information for your family research.
11. Where in the Bible does it say not to spend time on fables and endless genealogies? What does the Seventh-day Adventist Commentary list as the reason for this advice?
