1.  Explain the meaning of genealogy and genealogical resources.

3.  Show yourself as a child on a family group record form, and show one of your parents as a child on another family group record form.

4.  Interview an older relative to obtain information about your family. This interview may be in person, by telephone, or by letter. Add any information obtained to your pedigree chart and family group records.

5.  Obtain at least one genealogical document showing proof of some information on your pedigree chart or family group records. This document may be located in your home, a courthouse, an archive or library, etc.

Bring a COPY to Merit Badge Madness

6.  Tell how you would evaluate genealogical information.

7.  Do ONE of the following:

1. Do a time line for yourself or for a close relative.
2. Keep a journal for six weeks, writing in at least once weekly. 
3. Write a short history of yourself or of a close relative.

1. Tell how the development of computers is affecting the world of genealogy.
2. Tell how the development of photography (including microfilming) has influenced genealogy.
3. Tell how personal and family history have begun to influence the way society looks at local, national, and international history.

1. A lineage society
2. A surname organization
3. A professional genealogist
4. A genealogical education facility or institution
5. A genealogical record repository of any type (courthouse, genealogical library, state archives, state library, national archives, etc. )

BSA Advancement ID#: 56
Source: Boy Scout Requirements, #33215E