NGS Announces 2008 Awards

The following announcement was written by the U.S. National Genealogical Society:

The National Genealogical Society is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Awards presented in Kansas City at the Conference in the States, 14-17 May 2008.

Fellow
Ann Carter Fleming, CG, CGL, FNGS

President’s Citation
Charles “Chuck” Knuthson

Award of Excellence: Family History
Dr. Ronald A. Hill, CG, FASG, Ancestors and Descendants of Reuben Ball

Award of Excellence: Methods & Sources
Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS 
Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace

Award of Excellence: National Genealogical Society Quarterly
Teri D. Tillman, CG, “Identifying Benjamin W. Cohen of New York and New Orleans,” published December 2007.

Filby Prize for Genealogical Librarianship
David Dearborn, New England Historic Genealogical Society

Hall of Fame
Lowell Volkell

Home Study Course Scholarship
Deborah Kapp, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania

Award of Merit
Missouri State Archives
David A. Bailey, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Peggy Brown, Springfield, Virginia
Sherard Reidinger, Berwyn Heights, Maryland
John M. Robinson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Cheryl Singhal, Silver Springs, Maryland
Kay Watson, Arlington, Virginia

Major Newsletter Competition
Winner: The Sept , Irish Genealogy Society International
Honorable Mention: Anglo-Celtic Roots, British Isles Family History Association of Greater Ottawa

Local Newsletter Competition
Winner: The Heritage, The Gwinnett Historical Society
Honorable Mention: South Bend Quarterly, South Bend Area Genealogical Society

Family Association Newsletter Competition
Winner: Journal of Clan Ewing, Clan Ewing in America
Honorable Mention: Longenecker Family Newsletter, Longenecker Family Association

For more information about NGS Awards and Competitions, visit the website at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/awards.cfm