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Subject: [APG] Dr. Thomas W. Jones Honored as UGA Fellow
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 10:45:09 -0700

Dr. Thomas W. Jones Honored as UGA Fellow

3 February 2008 – Salt Lake City, Utah. It is with great pleasure that the
Board of the Utah Genealogical Association announces Thomas W. Jones, PhD,
CG, CGL is now an honored Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association.

The award is in recognition of living individuals whose distinguished
contributions and on-going commitment to the field of genealogy are of
national or international scope. This may be evidenced by any combination of
publications, teaching and speaking, or leadership of major genealogical
organizations over a significant period of time. 

Dr. Jones received the award Friday, January 16, 2009 at the Salt Lake
Institute of Genealogy Banquet.  During the presentation ceremony, UGA
President Luana Darby explained “This award is in recognition of Dr. Jones’
efforts as a standard bearer of professionalism in the genealogical
community through writing, teaching and research.” 

Dr. Jones is the editor of the NGS Quarterly, a retired professor of
education at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., a trustee and past
president of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, a former
Association of Professional Genealogists trustee, 2004 recipient of APG’s
Grahame T. Smallwood Jr. Award of Merit, 1997 and 2002 winner of the
National Genealogical Society Award for Excellence for articles in the NGS
Quarterly, and most recently was elected a Fellow of the American Society of
Genealogists. He also is on the staff at the Samford Institute of
Genealogical and Historical Research and taught the 2009 course at the Salt
Lake Institute of Genealogy on Skill Building for the Professional.

Jones has contributed ten articles to the NGS Quarterly, six of which have
dealt with analyzing difficult problems and developing sound conclusions by
using the genealogical proof standard.  He frequently lectures on analysis
and evidence and has been involved in genealogical research personally and
professionally since 1964.

About UGA
The Utah Genealogical Association was chartered December 1, 1971, by the
State of Utah as a nonprofit educational organization, with the expressed
goal to provide genealogical information, sources and education through
personal instruction and published media on state, national and
international family history topics, while promoting high standards and
ethical practices. UGA sponsors the annual Fall Conference and the annual
week-long Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy in addition to publishing the UGA
quarterly, Crossroads.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Pat Richley,
2009 First Vice President
Utah Genealogical Association
P.O. Box 1144
Salt Lake City, UT USA 84110

Phone: 1- 888-463-6842

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