2012 National Genealogical Society Awards

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

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”

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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