Merit Badge University

Honor the Past

Unit Service Center - Cleveland, OH

December 15th from 2-6pm 

"Honor our past, focus on our future" 

• Scouts will have the opportunity to work on one Merit Badge at this event. 

• Merit Badge Options 

  • Communication 

  • Genealogy (a) Create a timeline for yourself or for a relative. Then write a short biography based on that time line.

  • (b) Keep a journal for six weeks. You must write in it at least once a week.

    3. With your parent or guardian's help, choose a relative or a family acquaintance you can interview in person, by telephone, or by email or letter. Record the information you collect so you do not forget it.

    4. Do EACH of the following:

    (c) Obtain at least one genealogical document that supports an event that is or can be recorded on your pedigree chart or family group record.

    (d) Tell how you found it and how you would evaluate the genealogical information you found for requirement 4c.

    5. Contact ONE of the following individuals or institutions. Ask what genealogical services, records, or activities this individual or institution provides, and report the results:

    (a) A genealogical or lineage society

    (b) A professional genealogist (someone who gets paid for doing genealogical research)

    (c) A surname organization, such as your family's organization

    (d) A genealogical educational facility or institution.

    (e) A genealogical record repository of any type (courthouse, genealogical library, state or national archive, state library, etc.)

    . Begin your family tree by listing yourself and include at least two additional generations. You may complete this requirement by using the chart provided in the Genealogy merit badge pamphlet or the genealogy software program of your choice.

    7. Complete a family group record form, listing yourself and your brothers and sisters as the children. On another family group record form, show one of your parents and his or her brothers and sisters as the children. This requirement may be completed using the chart provided or the genealogy software program of your choice.

  • Reading 

  • Indian Lore 

  • Coin Collection 

  • Family Life 

  • Crime Prevention 

  • Personal Management  - Pre-requisite requirements to be completed prior to class or after class (if completed prior to class, blue card must be signed well ahead of class to accommodate the number of weeks being tracked for a specific requirement below): 1, 2, 8 and 9 

Costs:

Scouts BSA Youth Early Bird 20$ ends 1 month before the event 

Adult 5 dollars