The following NGS Awards were announced at the National Genealogical Society Family History Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Friday, 11 May 2012.
Fellowship in the National Genealogical Society
- Kay Haviland Freilich, cg, cgl, fngs
President’s Citation
- Melinde Lutz Byrne, cg
Shirley Langdon Wilcox Volunteer Award
- Charles S. Mason Jr., cg
Distinguished Service Award
- Patricia R. Baars
NGS Award of Merit
- Marvin Wilhite
NGSQ 2011 Award for Excellence
- Teri D. Tilman, cg, “Using Indirect Evidence and Linguistic Analysis to Trace Polin Ries of New Orleans”
Rubincam Youth Awards
- Nathan Thomas Wheeler (Senior Rubincam Award)
- Oliver Patterson (Junior Rubincam Award)
NGS American Genealogy: Home Study Course Scholarship
- Susan Griffis, Indiana
Award for Excellence: Genealogical Methods & Sources
- Paul K. Graham, cg, Georgia Land Lottery Research
Genealogy & Family History Writing Award
- Christopher Child and Scott Steward of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, The Descendants of Judge John Lowell of Newburyport, Massachusetts
Family History Writing Awards
- First Place: F. Warren Bitner, cg, “Without Land, Occupation, Rights, or Marriage Privilege: the Buettner Family from Germany to America”
- Second Place: Michael Hait, cg, “In the Shadow of Rebellions”
Filby Award
- Debbi Lyon, Blasco Memorial Library, Erie, Pennsylvania
From the May 2012 “What’s Happening at the National Genealogical Society”
