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From: "LaWanna Blount, Ph.D." <>
Subject: Re: [APG] APG Digest, Vol 2, Issue 567
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:16:26 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.77.1195372836.6530.apg@rootsweb.com>


Brenda,

I have written you a private email as well. Community
colleges award the first two years of a specific
program of study as Associate Degrees. As a standard
Associate Degree this degree in genealogical studies
is awarded separately and thus, is on on our
website as a separate degree as well as the Bachelor's
Degree in Genealogical Studies.
(www.akamaiuniversity.us, Center for Educaton and
Literacy link.from main page). A student can enroll
in this degree and not go on to the full Bachelor's
Degree in Genealogical Studies. We are indicating
that the Associate Degree in Genealogical Studies is
the first two years of a full 4 year Bachelor' s
Degree in Genealogical Studies. That is the
foundational program for the final two years of a BA
in Genealogical Studies at Akamai Uuniversity.
However, students who have an Associate Degree
elsewhere can transfer in to the Bachelors Degree in
Genealogical Studies and some credits in the general
education courses and electives will be given.
However the genealogical component of 39 credits must
be taken as well as the Senior Project and the Final
Examination to complete a Bachelor's Degree in
Genealogical Studies at Akamai University. (courses in
genealogy are now under development in genealogy,
especially the required courses).
I hope I have clarified the situation.
LaWanna L. Blount, Ph.D.
--- wrote:

>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Re: Use of "County" (TedSteele)
> 2. Re: Northern research vs. Southern research
> (TedSteele)
> 3. BA in Genealogical Studies at Akamai
> University
> (LaWanna Blount, Ph.D.)
> 4. county designation ()
> 5. Re: Lone Star Chapter APG (Elissa Scalise
> Powell, CG)
> 6. Re: BA in Genealogical Studies at Akamai
> University
> (Brenda Dougall Merriman, CG, CGL)
> 7. Re: Use of "County" (Jean R. Legried)
> 8. Fw: BA in Genealogical Studies at Akamai
> University
> (Jeanette Daniels)
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:01:04 -0600
> From: TedSteele <>
> Subject: Re: [APG] Use of "County"
> To: "APG, Maillist" <>
> Message-ID: <>
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> Let me add just a brief note to this interesting
> discussion about place
> names. I would make two points:
>
> (1) Be *consistent* in your naming. If you call it
> "New York City, New
> York County, New York" then do that EVERY time you
> enter that place.
> Don't enter it some of the time that way and some of
> the time as "New
> York, New York Co., NY" or any software program will
> treat those as two
> separate locations.
> (2) Use *either* the word "County" or the "Co."
> abbreviation as the
> middle-entry in EVERY location entry. That way, you
> can differentiate
> "Los Angeles" (a city) from "Los Angeles Co." (a
> county).
>
> Personally, I also use RootsMagic (and have for
> years, going back to the
> earlier FamilyOrigins product) and one of the things
> that I like about
> it (from a long list of likes) is the way that it
> handles places. I
> happen to have chosed to use the term "Co." and the
> two-character state
> codes in my places. And, I do that for some very
> good reasons:
> - The (somewhat) shorter names allows the full
> three-part name to fit on
> most charts.
> - Consistently using "Co." allows me to SELECT
> events that occurred in a
> specific county. For example, I use RootsMagic's
> "custom reports" a
> lot. Their selection capability let's me, for
> example, print marriges
> (or military service, or whatever else I want) for
> every person in my
> database from "Bedford Co." for example.
> - Consistently using the capitalized two-character
> state abbreviations
> lets me select just the right state. In the above
> example, I might
> request just the "Bedford Co." that is in the state
> of "PA" -- and by
> requiring the selection to "match case" I know that
> I will only get the
> "PA" that stands for "Pennsylvania" and not a "pa"
> that is imbedded
> elsewhere in the location name.
>
> And, by the way, for my "inside the database"
> location names, I apply
> the "Co." designation to foreign countries as well
> -- even though that
> may not be <gasp!> exactly correct. So, in the
> above example I might
> also with to select that "Bedford Co." that is in
> the location of "ENG"
> -- my consistent abbreviation for England.
>
> Now, before any of you have a fit because (1) state
> codes are postal
> locations and not really correct for formal
> reporting, or (2)
> sub-divisions of many foreign countries are not
> "counties," let me add
> that these are only my "inside the database"
> standards. I would never
> let my computer software "write a report" for me,
> and if I ever did I
> couly easily do a find/replace to "fix" the coding.
>
> Hope this adds (in a positive way) to the
> discussion.
>
> Ted
>
>
> --
> Ted Steele
> St. Louis, Mo.
>
> Please visit my Web Site at...
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~steeles/
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:11:23 -0600
> From: TedSteele <>
> Subject: Re: [APG] Northern research vs. Southern
> research
> To: "APG, Maillist" <>
> Message-ID: <>
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>
> Hello,
>
> I want to thank ALL of you who have replied to my
> earlier posting about
> the differences between researching a "Yankee" and a
> "Rebel." (Can I
> get away with that here?)
>
> While I had thought I was asking a simple question
> about demographic
> differences, I have been the fortunatel recipient of
> quite a bit of
> helpful advise about how to go about conducting my
> research in this new
> (for me) part of the country. I now have a new
> respect for things such
> as tax records and the many ways in which property
> can be recorded (and
> inherited). So, I will be studying all of your
> responses and
> re-formating my search strategies.
>
> My original inquiry, BTW, grew out of my research
> experience during a
> week in Salt Lake City earlier this month, where
> some of those old
> "tried and true" New England sources were yielding
> frustratingly few
> results. I'll know better next time...
>
> Happy Thanksgiving, Ted
>
> --
> Ted Steele
> St. Louis, Mo.
>
> Please visit my Web Site at...
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~steeles/
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:29:39 -0800 (PST)
> From: "LaWanna Blount, Ph.D." <>
> Subject: [APG] BA in Genealogical Studies at Akamai
> University
> To:
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> <>
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>
>
> RE: Credit transfers for the BA in Genealogical
> Studies at Akamai University
> The Board Certifications of CG and the CGL for
> transfer of academic credit have been re- reviewed
> and
> the decision has been made to award the CG four
> credits and the CGL 3 credits in the genealogical
> component of the program.
>
> Under advisement of the Distance Education and
> Training Council(DETC) and by AU Board mandate,
> Akamai
>
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