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Subject: Re: [APG] recognition
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:43:07 -0500
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Googling "awards for genealogy" brought up more than 700 hits.

Barbara Brixey Wylie
APG Member

-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:] On Behalf
Of LBoswell
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:38 PM
To: Jana Sloan Broglin, CG
Cc:
Subject: Re: [APG] recognition

That sounds like exactly what I was thinking of. I had considered that
there had to be something along those lines at a national/international
level but I could not locate anything online. I'm very pleased to see your
reply. I've two particular individuals in mind in my local area who have
dedicated long years to volunteer work, creating a database that will
continue to serve researchers from far and near, long into the future.
Their list of local publications is grounds enough for any award alone.

Thanks for this reply,

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jana Sloan Broglin, CG" <>
To: "LBoswell" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [APG] recognition


> Hi Larry,
>
> 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
>
> LBoswell wrote:
>> Don't tie this to the other comments on recognition, I'm not intending
>> that.
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> 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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