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A Florida man [Ron Clayton] recently received a national genealogy award for his ongoing effort to document everyone who has ever lived in Randolph County [Indiana]. Ron Clayton of Altamonte Springs, Fla., late last month received the 2010 Federation of Continue reading Ron Clayton Honored for His Work of Documenting Randolph County, Indiana Residents.
It is with great pride that the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (JGSI) announces that JGSI Board Member Judith R. Frazin was awarded with The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) “Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via Print” at Continue reading Judith R. Frazin Awarded the “Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via Print” at the IAJGS Conference
The following news release is from Paul Nauta, FamilySearch. SALT LAKE CITY—Recipients of the 2010 FamilySearch Software Awards were announced at the FamilySearch Developers Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 14 recipients were recognized for their outstanding and innovative Continue reading 2010 FamilySearch Software Award Recipients Announced
At its meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 10 October 2009, the American Society of Genealogists voted to give their annual Donald Lines Jacobus Award to Forgotten Patriots, African American and African Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War: A Continue reading Forgotten Patriots, by Eric Grundset, gets the 2009 Jacobus Award
Doris Jordan Worthington was honored recently at a North Carolina Society of Historians annual meeting in Morehead City for a family history book she edited. A copy of the book, “The Ties that Bind … The John E. Todd and Continue reading Doris Jordan Worthington Honored for Her “The Ties that Bind… The John E. Todd and Rosa Lee Matthews Family Story”
Representatives from the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society traveled to the State Archives in Morrow recently where they accepted statewide recognition for “Excellence in Archival Program Development.” Only a small number of these awards are given annually by the Georgia Historical Records Continue reading Whitfield-Murray Historical Society of Dalton, GA Receives Award
Thanks for nominating GenealogyBlog for Family Tree Magazine‘s 40 Best GenealogyBlogs. It’s now time to vote – and there are some great blogs in the running! The voting is done by category. All you’ll have to do is click on Continue reading Vote Now for GenealogyBlog for Family Tree Magazine’s Top 40
A well known local genealogist and researcher, good friend to many people in this area and in particular to those of French Canadian and Acadian descent, recently received a truly distinctive honor. Frank Binette of Laconia has been designated Genealogiste Continue reading Frank Binette of Laconia Named Genealogiste Emerite (Genealogist Emeritus) by the Federation Quebecoise Des Societes De Genealogie
Family Tree Magazine has been collecting data for their 40 Best Genealogy Blogs over the last several weeks. September 30 is the Final Day for nominations. That’s like – right now! If you like GenealogyBlog, I’d sure appreciate your nomination Continue reading Nominate GenealogyBlog for Family Tree Magazine’s 40 Best Genealogy Blogs – TODAY!
WASHINGTON – September 25, 2009 – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate several individuals to key administration posts. The nominees included Adele Logan Alexander, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities. The following Continue reading President Barack Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate Adele Logan Alexander to the National Council On Humanities
The following press release was received from Kathleen Hinckley: WESTMINSTER, Colo., September 24 – The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) honored five members for outstanding contributions and achievements at the 2009 Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference held September 2-5 Continue reading APG Honors Five Members For Outstanding Contributions & Achievements
Tom Kemp just sent me a note about the I Love My Librarian Award, thinking my readers might be interested. I believe he may be right, so am passing the info on. The following is excerpted from the website. Go Continue reading I Love My Librarian – 2009 Award
I see that the U.S. Commerce Association has awarded DMT Publishing of North Salt Lake, Utah, the 2009 Best of North Salt Lake Award in the Commercial Printing category. I’ve done business with DMT for many years and I can Continue reading Short-run Genealogy Publisher, DMT Publishing, Receives 2009 Best of North Salt Lake Award
The following was received from Kathleen Hinckley, CG, Executive Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists. The Association of Professional Genealogists will be awarding its third “Professional Achievement Award” at the Professional Management Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, September 2, 2009. Continue reading APG “Professional Achievement Award” Nominees Wanted
The National Genealogical Society Genealogy Hall of Fame program honors outstanding genealogists whose achievements in the field of American genealogy have had a great impact on our field. The 2009 selection is Willard C. Heiss, an Indiana Quaker scholar. He Continue reading NGS Announces that Willard C. Heiss is the 2009 NGS Genealogy Hall of Fame Inductee