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From: Michael Neill <>
Subject: Re: [APG] recognition
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:35:17 -0500
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The Illinois State Genealogical Society has a similar program:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilsgs/honorsexplan.html

The Ohio Genealogical Society has awards as well, including a chapter
volunteer award:

http://www.ogs.org/about/awards.php

There are probably others. These were just two of which I was aware.

Michael
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http://www.rootdig.com
http://genealogytipoftheday.blogpsot.com
http://www.casefileclues.com


On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Jana Sloan Broglin, CG
<> wrote:
> Hi Larry,
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> The Federation of Genealogical Societies recognizes volunteers at their
> annual conference. Award criteria may be found at fgs.org. Look at the
> left side of the page for "awards." Click  and see the listing of awards
> that are given. Anyone may be nominated for the awards.
>
> Jana Sloan Broglin, CG
> Vice President, Membership
> Federation of Genealogical Societies
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> LBoswell wrote:
>> Don't tie this to the other comments on recognition, I'm not intending that.
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>> Separate question, separate issue.  Why hasn't one of the national
>> genealogical umbrella organizations addressed the question of all those
>> nameless volunteers (nameless except to those who know their work) who have
>> contributed so much to genealogy over the years, without asking for any
>> special recognition in return?  People who were there doing the transcripts,
>> compiling indexes, intervening and saving records (here I'm thinking of land
>> books in Ontario, many of them would not still be around otherwise), and a
>> thousand other tasks.  Most of us got our start using the fruits of their
>> work.  I don't think there's enough room on this list to describe what
>> they've done, what they still do everyday in the service of genealogical
>> research.  Is there any special recognition for them at the national level
>> (international I guess, but I'm thinking of the umbrella organizations)?
>>
>> A nomination process maybe?  Honouring a few every year or something?
>> Limited to volunteers, those who, as I said in the last email, are still the
>> backbone of genealogical work.  In our concern for the needs of
>> "professionals" and "academics" is there any will to attempt to create a
>> national/international recognition process.  Maybe a prize of funding for
>> their work.  Any organization willing to take something like that on?
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>> Sometimes it's humbling to think how these people have really been the ones
>> who have established genealogy as we know it today, the ones who have kept
>> it going, and the ones who have brought large numbers of people into the
>> field.  And what do they ask in return?  Nothing.
>>
>> Larry
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