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from 1984 to 1998. He has lectured in Britain as well as overseas, including in the United States and Australia. Camp played a leading part in the foundation of the Association of Genealogists and Record Agents in 1968, serving as vice-president from 1980 to 2011, and elected a Fellow in 2011. For
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as a research assistant in 1957, Camp became Director of Research there in 1962, and Director (and Company Secretary) of the Society in 1979. He oversaw the first weekend course in genealogy in 1965, and played a major role in development of regular publishing and a bookshop at the Society.
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Camp has described genealogy as "a very exact science that makes a clear distinction between the facts that have been proved and those that have not", claiming that the distinction between the two can be confirmed by "one's expertise and knowledge of sources".
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of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
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many years he served as External Assessor for the University of London's courses in Genealogy and the History of the Family organised at
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Genealogical Standards of Evidence: A Guide for Family Historians, Brenda D. Merriman, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2010, p. 16
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and their whereabouts: being a thorough revision and extension of the previous work of the same name by B. G. Bouwens
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24 February 1983 based on another to the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry 18 June 1982
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Roses in December: some thoughts on tangled roots and recording our memories: an after-dinner talk to the
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My Ancestors Came with the Conqueror: Those Who Did and Some of Those Who Probably Did Not
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My Ancestor was a Migrant (in England or Wales): How can I trace where he came from
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An Index to the Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1750-1800
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My Ancestors Moved (in England or Wales): how can I trace where he came from?
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Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing
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Camp has written numerous books on genealogy, the first being
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Having started work at the Society of Genealogists under Sir
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and (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1990)
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Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society
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On the City's edge: a history of Fann Street, London
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Camp - MY BIOGRAPHY" 869:"Anthony J. Camp - MY BIOGRAPHY" 657:(Society of Genealogists, 1987). 256: 197:may rely excessively on sources 186: 66: 25: 44:or discuss these issues on the 958: 933: 886: 857: 1: 850: 838:(Anthony Camp, London, 2016) 824:(Anthony Camp, London, 2007) 822:, Fact and Fiction, 1714-1937 732:First Steps in Family History 720:(Anthony Camp, London, 1983) 610:Freedom of the City of London 461:Freedom of the City of London 269:general notability guideline 77:biography of a living person 7: 612:in 1984, and was appointed 529:and former director of the 104:must be removed immediately 10: 1028: 653:. 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