Donald Mosher Award for Colonial Virginia Research

The following announcement was written by the Board for the Certification of Genealogists (BCG):

The Donald Mosher Memorial Award for Colonial Virginia Research is a $500 grant established in 2001 by Merrill Hill Mosher, CG(SM) in honor of her late husband. This Award was created to encourage the study and publication of Colonial Virginia records of the 17th and 18th centuries. The award can be granted for work in three categories: family genealogy, immigrant origins, or publications. This award can be granted to an individual, society, library or other organization.

Family Genealogy

• Begins with a couple who lived in Virginia during the 17th or 18th century, with some descendants living in Virginia for at least three generations.
• Traces all male and female descendants of the couple for at least three generations.
• Places families in the historical context in which they lived.
• Consists of an unpublished, fully documented family study prepared from original source material.

Immigrant Origins

• Focuses on a 17th century Virginia immigrant whose origins have not been established.
• Connects the immigrant to his European place of birth.
• Documents the research that proves the connection to the European family.

Publication Plans
For a project that will make available Virginia records from the 17th or 18th century.

• Includes plans to make available Virginia records that are currently obscure, difficult to access, and not previously published.
• Details publication plans, either print or electronic.
• Includes a sample of the final publication format

The award is presented yearly during the National Genealogical Society conference and the deadline for submissions is February 20th of each year. For more information check out the website at www.bcgcertification.org/educationfund/index.html or contact Beverly Rice, CG(SM) at MosherAward@bcgcertification.org.

This award is administered by the BCG Education Fund. The Ed Fund was created in 2000 as a 5.01 (c) (3) tax-exempt charitable trust to promote the educational aims of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® by funding educational and research activities that further genealogical scholarship, either directly or through grants to other tax-exempt organizations.

Comments

[Carly Henderson]

I'm so glad to hear that this field of study is being encouraged. There is very little spacific info on colonial connections back to Scotland. I've all but given up on trying to find the first "Malcolm" (family surname)in Virginia. I find mention of the name as early as 1745. It's like they just appeared out of the mist. There's plenty on Virginia around the time of the Revolution but where to find those elusive first adventurers????

[Lori]

Mr. Eastman, First off, Thank You for providing your on-going newsletters. They are informative & interesting. Sometimes they deal with topics that I am working on. This article is one of those times.
In researching & gathering family genealogy records & stories, I find on my mother's paternal line information of the following:
Thomas Bott(s)(Sr.)?,was born in Wales-England & died in 1742. He married Amy,(unknown last name). They had one son, Thomas Bott(s), born in North Hampton, VA. The family has several more generations born in VA., but the dates & individuals have the same names for several generations & the people have been mixed up because of it.

Documents could have been (or will be submitted) to receive the Mosher grant. Who do I need to contact to find out & review the research already submitted to them, or might be submitted to them in the future? Any help would be appricated. Thank you. Lori

[Lauren Malcolm]

Carly Henderson,
I'm glad to know there's someone else searching for early Malcolms! Keep in mind there are at least eight ways this surname was spelled. My ancestor, Joseph Malcom, was born in Virginia in 1782, married in Stokes Cty, NC and lived in Tennessee before ending up in Marion County, IL in 1828. I think he must have arrived in Stokes Cty via one of the trading paths. Could this be the same Malcolm family you're looking for? I wonder what you've learned thus far...

Lauren Malcolm