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Accreditation, Application process

Changing of the Guard in the Testing Committee

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changing of the guard 2After many years of service on the Testing Committee (ten, actually!) Kelly Summers is stepping down as Chair, and C. Lynn Andersen is stepping up to fill that role.  We want to thank Kelly, and her former Co-Chair Apryl Cox for their tremendous efforts in developing tests and streamlining the examination process. We have seen so much growth in the number of areas available for testing, the quality of the tests, and the preparation level of the applicants, and it is due to their leadership and years of service.

Lynn Andersen brings to the Testing Committe chairmanship years of experience as a committee member, and a career in genealogy that began in 1985 when she got hooked on genealogy from researching her Mid-South region roots. Her ancestors migrated to Kentucky in the early 1800s through Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Currently, she is writing a book of stories about her Daughters of the American Revolution patriot ancestors.

Lynn began taking clients professionally in 1992, and received an accreditation through ICAPGen in 2006.  Lynn is accredited in the Mid-South States Region which includes the states of Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Although she specializes in Mid-South region research, client research has led to researching records from various places in the United States, and countries including Australia, Ireland, Romania (South Russia), Würtemburg, and Sweden. Her most exciting success story was solving an Ireland research problem using autosomal DNA to prove the family links with no paper trail.

Lynn volunteers at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah and at the Tooele Valley FHC, where she assists patrons with their research.  She regularly teaches classes at the Tooele Valley Utah FHC, its Family History Fair and at other local family history conferences, including ICAPGen and Brigham Young University’s Annual Family History and Genealogy Conference.

Accreditation, Application process, ICAPGen member spotlights, Volunteer opportunities

Behind the scenes with the Testing Committee

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Have you been through the accreditation process?  Is it one of your goals?  A big part of accreditation is the testing process, and the ICAPGen℠ Testing Committee is responsible for administering all aspects of this process for 41 different areas of accreditation.  As you can imagine, it is very involved! It requires the efforts of many volunteers.

We thought you might benefit from a look at some of the roles of the committee members, and invite you to get involved as a volunteer.  Some of the roles require accreditation, but others are open to everyone.  Some positions can be fulfilled remotely, and some need to be present at the testing site.

We have thirteen individuals serving on the Testing Committee in roles such as Committee Chair, Assistant Chair, Presentation and Marketing Assistant, Special Testing Circumstances, Oral Review Co-Chair, Testing Secretary, Website Manager, Remote Testing Coordinator, Level 1 Chair, Level 2 Chair, Test Preparation Specialist, Proctor Coordinator, Test Development Coordinator, and various Regional Chairs. That’s a lot of volunteers, but we have need for more!

We currently have openings for the following positions that require accreditation: You can express interest in these positions or ask questions via email:

  • Presentation & Marketing Specialists – An opening for Lead.  Assistant is already in place.
  • Level 1 Co-Chair (someone to assist a Co-Chair who is already in place)
  • Level 3 Chair
  • Oral Review Co-Chair (1 opening)
  • Test Update Specialist
  • Test Day Raters (We need many people to be on a list to help rate Level 1 projects and Level 3 tests remotely, and to attend test day as needed to rate Level 2 tests.)
  • Volunteers to review applications and renewal reports – we have a checklist you use to review them, and this can be as infrequent or frequent a commitment as you’d like.

We also have openings for the following positions which do not require accreditation:

ICAPGen is a premier credentialing organization for genealogists, and we are appreciative of the standard of excellence set by our AG professionals as researchers and educators. Throughout the genealogy community Accredited Genealogist professionals are contributing and leading out, and our organization continues to grow as individuals meet the challenge of accreditation. We invite you to be a part of ICAPGen!