I am sincerely interested in becoming certified or accredited and seek another alternative to BCG or ICAPGen. Does anyone know of such an alternative? I have read Cyndi's list and found her helpful suggestions for accreditation and certification, but perhaps I missed something? There are lots of educational opportunities, but I see only those two organizations as offering testing for accreditation or certification. I have waited two weeks for a reply to my questions to BCG, and I imagine that they are not accepting new applicants to their certification procedure? ICAPGen sounded great, but my work-in-progress, although very complete and well sourced, does not give me the requisite four generations in the midwest beginning with the generation born around 1876. I hope I have explained this correctly -- essentially, what they want for me to be able to pass the first hurdle with my submission of a pedigree and family group sheets is to have four generations living in the midwest beginning about 1876. Once that is out of the way, I can take the test. I think. I failed this furst hurdle because I have a grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather but the mother of my third generation never made it to the US and died in France. That disqualifies, actually, all of my families, because all were immigrants who arrived ca. 1850s. I could do a pro-bono four generation genealogy for a client who has the right combination of persons living in the midwest, but I think I will pass on that for now. I am so sorry to belabor the point. I present my problem once again this week because I don't know where else to get the information. How does the Association of Professional Genealogists fit in? They do not seem to be a certifying or accreditating agency, but a group that anyone "interested" can join? Maybe I should just keep genealogy as a hobby (-: and forget about all this other stuff. Thanks again, Buffy

"Buffys97" <buffys97@one.net> wrote in message news:u4grhh5341bq74@corp.supernews.com... > > I am >snip> > How does the Association of Professional Genealogists fit in? They do > not seem to be a certifying or accreditating agency, but a group that > anyone "interested" can join? According to Genealogical Web Site Watchdog "The Association of Professional Genealogists is a membership organization, not a testing body. Members share experiences and insight through chapter meetings, Round Tables at national conferences, and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. " http://www.ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm#License > > Maybe I should just keep genealogy as a hobby (-: and forget about all > this other stuff. > Depends on what you want! Robert Jerin