TEXAS STATE GENEALOGICAL AWARD WINNERS

2008 - 2007 - 2006 – 2005 - 2004 – 2003 – 2002 - 2001

 

TSGS Award Winners for 2008 Presented at Abilene conference

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

$400

Theresa Gold
“The Hoelscher Family, Texas 1846-2003:
History and Genealogy of  Anton and Mary Catherine Hoelscher,  
Nine Generations”

CATEGORY 1
Books by Non-Professionals

Section 1 – Family Histories

3rd place – $50 -- Michael and June Everheart
“The Balthazar Eberhardt Family – From Germany to Grayson County TX
1774-2007”

2nd place – $100 -- Don and Melinda Blanchard Crawford
“A History of the Family of Marshall and Rebecca Sinclair Crawford”

1st place – $200 -- Jim and Wayne Tiller
“Our American Adventure: The History of a Pioneer East Texas Family
1657-1966”

Section 2 – References

1st place – $200 -- Linda Lantrip Mays
“Reconstruction Records of Van Zandt County TX 1867-1874”

CATEGORY 2
Books by Professionals

Section 1 – Family Histories
No entries

Section 2 – References

2nd Place – $100 -- Bonnie M. Ericson
“Gregg and Upshur Counties in the Civil War”

1st Place – $200 -- Charlie Turnbo
“Salado, Texas Frontier College Town”

CATEGORY 3
Manuscripts

Section 1 – By Non-Professionals

3rd Place – $30 -- Karen McCann Hett
“Danville, Texas: A Pleasant Inlet Village”

2nd Place – $50 -- Teresa Nyquist Tucker
“The Danville Baptist Church of Christ Through 1868”

1st Place – $100 -- Melodey Mozeley Hauch
“Arcadia Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Fe, Texas”

 

CATEGORY 4 – Family Periodicals – No Entries

 

CATEGORY 5
Columnists

3rd Place – $30 -- Mary O. Torres
“Harlingen Happenings” in Valley Morning Star

2nd Place – $50 -- Mary Alice Newsom Dell
“The Family Historian” in Boerne Star

1st Place – $100 -- Martha Jones
“Cultures” in Victoria Advocate

 

CATEGORY 6
Official Periodicals of Partner Societies

Section 1 – Newsletters

3rd Place – $30 -- “Newsletter”
by San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society

2nd Place – $50 -- “Keys to the Present”
by Genealogical Society of Kendall County

1st Place – $100 -- “Roots and Branches”
by Grand Prairie Genealogical Society

 

Section 2 – Quarterlies

3rd Place – $30 -- “East Texas Family Records”  
by East Texas Genealogical Society

2nd Place – $50 -- “Hopkins County Heritage”
by Hopkins County Genealogical Society

1st Place – $100 -- “Heart of Texas Records”
by Central Texas Genealogical Society

 

Section 3 – Journals

3rd Place – $30 -- “The Register” by Rains Co. Genealogical Society

2nd Place – $50 -- “Plum Creek Almanac”
by Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell Co.

1st Place – $100 -- “The Herald”
by Montgomery Co. Genealogical and Historical Soc.

 

CATEGORY 7
Books by Partner Societies

3rd Place -- $50 -- Van Zandt County Genealogical Society
“Early Obituaries & Death Notices of Van Zandt County, Vol. 1”

2nd Place – $100 -- San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society
“Marriages of Bexar County, R, S, T”

1st Place – $200 -- San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society
“Cemeteries of Bexar County, Vol. 6”

CATEGORY 8
Student Projects

Section 2 – Elementary Grades

1st place – $100 -- Forrest Jaeger Layman

 

WEB SITES

Section 1 – Partner Societies

3rd Place – $50 -- Franklin County Genealogical Society

2nd Place – $75 -- Hopkins County Genealogical Society

1st Place – $100 -- Victoria County Genealogical Society

 

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

Both winner and Partner Society Receive $50

Floyd L. (Lanny) Martin

Texas City Ancestry Searchers

 

TSGS 2007 AWARD WINNERS - Presented November 9, 2007 - Tyler , Texas

 

 

WRITING AWARDS:

 

GRAND PRIZE WINNER – John E. Myrick

Fuller, Inglish, Day & Bourland: Lester Fuller and His Notable Grandparents

 

Category I – Books by Non Professionals
Family Histories

            1^st place – John E. Myrick – Fuller, Inglish, Day & Bourland: Lester Fuller and His Notable Grandparents

            2^nd place – Clarence A. Scheel – Bernhard Joseph Scheel: His Family in Germany and in Texas 1605 – 2005

 

References

            1^st place – Melodey M. Hauch – Sandy Point Cemetery

            2^nd place – Elvis N. Allen – Building a County: Van Zandt County 1848 – 1992

            3^rd place – Norman F. Porter – Atascosa County History Through 1912

 

Category II – Books by a Professional

            1^st place – DeeDee King – Index to Selected Erath County Texas Obituaries: Mid 1980’s-2006, The Marilyn Ewers Collection

 

Category III – Manuscripts

            1^st place – Karen McCann Hett – Thomas W. Hoy, Schoolmaster

            2^nd place – F. Carlton Cranor – Samuel Dunbar Woolridge, M.D.

            3^rd place – Joanne Hutcheson Wilson – John William Hutcheson

 

Category IV – Family Periodicals – No entries

 

Category V – Columnists

            1^st place – Shirley Fuller – This Week in Wills Point History

            2^nd place – Mary O. Torres – Harlingen Happenings

Category VI – Official Periodicals of Partner Societies
Journals

            1^st place – San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society

            2^nd place – Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society

            3^rd place – Genealogical & Historical Society of Caldwell County

Newsletters

            1^st place – Texas Research Ramblers Genealogical Society

            2^nd place – Mid-Cities Genealogical Society

            3^rd place – East Texas Genealogical Society

Quarterlies

            1^st place – Victoria County Genealogical Society

            2^nd place – Central Texas Genealogical Society

            3^rd place – East Texas Genealogical Society

 

Category VII – Books Published by Partner Societies

            1^st place – Grapevine Historical Society – Grapevine’s Most Unforgettable Characters

            2^nd place – San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society – Cemeteries of Bexar County Texas, Vol 4.

            3^rd place tie – South Plains Genealogical Society – The City of Lubbock Cemetery 1892 – 2002

            3^rd place tie – Central Texas Genealogical Society – McLennan County, Texas Tax Roll for 1890

 

ARCHIVAL GRANT – East Texas Genealogical Society for a project to digitize The Tracings quarterlies from the Anderson County Genealogical Society and the first 20 volumes of the East Texas Family Records of the ETGS ─ $500

 

MATCHING GRANT  - East Texas Genealogical Society for a project to publish a book of Rusk County, Texas Death Ledger 1903-1917 ─ $500.

PRESIDENT’S AWARDS OF APPRECIATION

Sam & Sherry Kidd – East Texas genealogical Society, local conference chairs

June Everheart – East Texas Genealogical Society, conference vendor chair

 

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

Audrey Rankin, Cass County Genealogical Society

STUDENT PROJECTS

Benjamin C. Gilmore – 1st place Grades 4-6
Alexis Walworth – 2nd place Grades 4-6
Tiffany Gilmore – 1st place Grades 7-9
Conner Walworth - 2nd place Grades 7-9

 

WEBSITES BY PARTNER SOCIETIES 

1ST  place – Van Zandt County Genealogical Society
2nd place – East Texas Genealogical Society
3rd place – Victoria County Genealogical Society

 

 

 

TSGS 2006 AWARD WINNERS - Presented October 27, 2006 - Ft. Worth , TX

Grand Prize for Overall Book Awards:
Janet Eaves Joyce for Bartlett Eaves

Category I – Judy Womack, Chair
Books by a Non-Professional
Award of Excellence- Allen G. Harley  - Reluctant Rebels, The Eleventh Texas Cavalry Regiment
Distinguished - Melodey Mozeley Hauch  - Fairview Cemetery of League City, Texas 1900-2006
Outstanding - Elvis N. Allen  - Van Zandt County Court Minutes, Volumes A & B 1848-1871

Category II – Marguerite Newcomb, Chair
Books and Manuscripts by a Professional
Award of Excellence - Janet Eaves Joyce - Bartlett Eaves
Distinguished - Dee Dee King - Erath County, Texas Marriage Records, 1869-1921

Category VI – Judy Knight, Chair:
Official Periodicals by a Partner Society
Newsletters
Award of Excellence- East Texas Genealogical Society
Quarterlies
Award of Excellence - East Texas Genealogical Society
Distinguished - Van Zandt County Genealogical Society
Outstanding - Fort Worth Genealogical Society
Journals
Award of Excellence - Genealogical Society of Kendall County
Distinguished - San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society
Outstanding - Texarkana USA Genealogical Society

Category VII – Judy Womack, Chair
Books Published by a Partner Society - References
Award of Excellence - East Texas Genealogical Society - Abstracts from the Probate Files and Records Found in Rusk County, Texas, 1843-1878
Distinguished - Comal County Genealogical Society  - 1890 Reconstructed Census for Comal County, Texas
Outstanding - Franklin County Genealogical Society  - Obituaries and Death Notices from Franklin County Newspapers, 1907-1925

Category VIII – Darwin Gilmore, Chair
Student Project Awards - Grades 9-12
Award of Excellence - Hannah Bryant
Distinguished - Ashley Johnston
Outstanding - Patricia Santamaria

Student Project Awards - Grades 4-6
Award of Excellence - Emily Smith
Distinguished - Maura Smith
Outstanding - Annika Pawlowski

Web Site Award – Lisa Gammill, Chair
Award of Excellence - Van Zandt County Genealogy Research Group
Distinguished - East Texas Genealogical Society
Outstanding - Victoria Genealogical Society

Volunteer of the Year
Mary K. Weber

President's Awards
Marynell Bryant
Judy Allen Knight

 

TSGS 2005 AWARD WINNERS - Presented October 21, 2005 - Lubbock, Texas

 

Grand Prize Winner:

Allen G. Hatley - The First Texas Legion

 

Category 1 - Judy Womack, Chair

Books by a Non-Professional Individual:

 

Family Histories:

Award of Excellence - June C. Everheart - Our Chandler Family

Distinguished - Rosemary Schoolfield - Elliott Pioneers

Outstanding - M. C. Gorister - The Isensee Family and Their Descendants

 

References:

Award of Excellence - Allen G. Hatley - The First Texas Legion

Distinguished - Edna Felps -  St. John Lutheran Church , Boerne, Texas

Outstanding - Evelyn Gottwald -  Harwood Cemetery , Gonzales, Texas

 

Category III - Marguerite Newcomb, Chair

Manuscripts by an Individual:

Award of Excellence - Michael J. Vaughan - Trinity Advocate Palestine, Texas Genealogical Abstracts, 1859

Distinguished - Michael J. Vaughan, - Trinity Advocate Palestine, Texas Genealogical Abstracts, 1860

 

Category VI - Judy Knight, Chair

Official Periodicals by a Partner Society:

Newsletters

Award of Excellence - East Texas Genealogical Society

Distinguished Award - San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society

Quarterlies

Award of Excellence - Hopkins County Heritage

Distinguished - Rains County Genealogical Society

Outstanding - East Texas Family Records

Journals

Award of Excellence - Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County

Distinguished Award - San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society

Outstanding Award - Texarkana USA Genealogical Society

 

Category VII - Judy Womack, Chair

Books Published by a Partner Society:

Award of Excellence - Cass County Genealogical Society -  A History of African-American Families and Slave Holders in Cass County, Texas

Distinguished - The Victoria County Genealogical Society - The Victoria Advocate

Outstanding - The Texarkana USA Genealogical Society - 1884 Abstracts from the Daily Texarkana Independent Newspapers

 

Category VIII - Darwin Gilmore, Chair

Student Project Awards:

Secondary:

Award of Excellence - Arielle Shepard

Distinguished - Courtney Carvajal

Outstanding - Sara Andrews

 

 

Web Site Awards – Lisa Gammill, Chair

 

Award of Excellence - Victoria County Genealogical Society

Distinguished - Hopkins County Genealogical Society

Outstanding - Texarkana USA Genealogical Society

 

 

TSGS 2004 AWARD WINNERS - Presented November 5, 2004 - Victoria, Texas

 

Grand Prize for Overall Book Awards:

Cheryl D. Vaughn – Desperate Characters of Van Zandt County

 

Category 1 – Books by a Non-Professional Individual:

Family Histories:

Award of Excellence – Melodey Mozeley Hauch -  Our Tankersley Ancestors

Distinguished – Cheri DeSalme – The Heinrich Rothe Ranching Family

Outstanding – Rosemary Schoonfield – Lewis McLain

References:

Award of Excellence – Cheryl D. Vaughn - Desperate Characters of Van Zandt County

Distinguished – Michael J. Vaughn – Index to Personal, Business and Place Names Appearing in the Trinity Advocate

Outstanding – Artie Jean Sitterle – Rockwood, Texas Our Hometown

 

Category II – Books and Manuscripts by a Professional Indibvidual:

No Entries

 

Category III – Manuscripts by an Individual:

Award of Excellence – Michael J. Vaughn – Bethel Cemetery Anderson County, Texas Burials and Family Information:1859 – 2002

Distinguished – Ronald Carndall and Candy Sawbrger – Hervey Whiting of Goosecreek, Harris County, Texas: 1794 – 1853

Outstanding – Michael J. Vaughn – Trinity Advocate Palestine, Texas Genealogical Abstracts: 1857

 

Category IV – Family Periodicals by an Individual:

Award of Excellence – Nancy Brennan – Copeland Family News

 

Category V – Columnist Award:

Award of Excellence – Elaine Nall Bay – Old News column published weekly in The Rains County Leader in Emory, Rains County, Texas

Distinguished Award – Annelle Clausen – Granny’s Ramblings published weekly in The Valley Morning Star in Harlingen, Texas

 

Category VI – Official Periodicals of Partner Society:

Newsletters

Award of Excellence – The Bulletin of the East Texas Genealogical Society

Distinguished – The San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society

Quarterlies

Award of Excellence – East Texas Family Records by East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler

Distinguished – Crossroads of South Texas by the Victoria County Genealogical Society, Victoria

Outstanding – Tree Talk by the Cherokee County Genealogical Society

Journals

Award of Excellence – Our Heritage by the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society, San Antonio

 

Category VII – Books Published by a Partner Society:

Award of Excellence – The Victoria County Genealogical Society – The History and Heritage of Victoria County

Distinguished – Kendall County Genealogical Society – Kendall County, Texas Tax Records, 1880 – 1890

Outstanding – Van Zandt County Genealogical Society – School Days in Van Zandt County, Texas

 

Category VIII – Student Project Awards:

Award of Excellence – James Lampkins

Distinguished – Susan Ha

Outstanding – Amanda Dorner

 

 

TSGS 2003 AWARD WINNERS - Presented November 7, 2003 - Austin, Texas

 

Grand Prize for Overall Book Awards

Caldwell County Genealogical Society – Plum Creek Almanac

 

Category I – Books by a Non-Professional Individual:

Family Histories

Award of Excellence – Dolly F. Nicol – My Thomas Hayes, Ashworth Families

Distinguished – Audrey C. Rankin – Cooks ‘n Kin

Outstanding – Shirley S and Mack T. Martin – Then a Comprehensive Collection of Legal and Research Documents Involving Six Leagues of Land in Texas

References

Award of Excellence – Jim Forster – Cottonwood’s Pioneer Cemetery

Distinguished – Peggy W. Engledow and Evelyn  B. Gottwald – Obituaries, Hanwood Friends

 

Category III – Manuscripts by and Individual:

Award of Excellence – Shirley Stephens Martin – My Stephens Family Skeleton and is Ghost – a Monograph

Distinguished – Melodey M. Hauch  - The Tankersleys of Sandy Point, Texas

Outstanding – Barbara Dossett and Mary Johnson – The German Shoemaker and the Georgia Peach

 

Category IV – Family Periodicals by and Individual:

Award of Excellence – Suzy Mallard, Editor – Moehring-Ross, News and Olds

 

Category V – Columnist Award:

Award of Excellence – Elaine Nall Bay – Old News, published in the Raines County Leader

 

Category VI – Official Periodicals by a Partner Society:

Newsletters

No entries

Quarterlies

Award of Excellence – East Texas Genealogical Society – East Texas Family Records

Distinguished – Austin Genealogical Society – Austin Genealogical Society Quarterly

Outstanding – Victoria Genealogical Society – Victoria, Crossroads of South Texas

Journals

Award of Excellence – Caldwell County Genealogical Society -  Plum Creek Almanac

Distinguished – Dallas Genealogical Society – Dallas Journal

Outstanding – San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society – Our Heritage

 

­Category VII – Books Published by a Partner Society:

Award of Excellence – Van Zandt County Genealogical Society – Divorce Records of Van Zandt Col, Texas 1848 – 1920

Distinguished – Hopkins County Genealogical Society – 1860 Census of Hopkins Co., Texas Revised

Outstanding – East Texas Genealogical Society – Burks Walker Tippitt Funeral Home Records 1936 – 1950

 

Category VIII – Student Project Awards:

Award of Excellence – Matthew Clarkson

Distinguished – Nick Thacker

Outstanding – Sharon J. Chadwell

Participation – Robyn Smith

Participation – Travis Young

 

Web Site Awards

­Award of Excellence – Texarkana USA Genealogical Society – www.rootsweb.com/!txkusa/GenSoc.html

Distinguished – Victoria County Genealogical Society – www.viptx.net/vcgs.index.html

Outstanding – Milam County Genealogical Society – www.geocities.com/milamco

 

Volunteer Award of the Year

Ruth Abbott of Van Zandt County Genealogical Society

 

 

TSGS 2002 AWARD WINNERS - Presented November 1, 2002 - Galveston, Texas

 

Grand Prize for Overall Book Awards:

John J. Roark – Joseph Roark - His Life and Times

 

Category I – Books by a Non-Professional Individual:

Family Histories

1^st   Place – Michael J. Vaughn – Descendants of John Grace of Westmoreland County, Virginia

2^ndPlace – Carolyn Eugenia Sowell – The Steven and Minnie Williams Family Story – Recollections and Remembrances of “Our Home” in Upshur County, Texas

3^rd Place – Dorothy Perkins – Thomas Norfleet of 1666: Some of his Descendants and Allied Families

References

1^st Place – Barbara Tsirigotis – Land Records Filed in Northeast Texas 1833 – 1876

2^nd Place – Barbara Tsirigotis – Marriage Records of Delta County, Texas  Volume 1 1871 – 1892 and Volume 2 – 1892 – 1898

3^rd Place – Sue Wilkinson – A Call to Arms, Van Zandt County Texas, World War 1

 

Category III – Manuscripts by and Individual:

1^st Place – Willie Dee Criss – Texas Childhood Memories

2^nd Place – Gaylynne Carter Robinson – Excavation of the Alamo Dome Site

3^rd Place – Lois George-Smith – Grandpa Tondre (1865 – 1942) and the LaVernia Farm

 

Category V – Columnist Award:

1^st Place – Martha Everman Jones, PhD.

 

Category VI – Official Periodicals by a Partner Society:

Newsletters

1^st Place – South Plains Genealogical Society  - South Plains Genealogical Society Newsletter

2^nd Place – Mid Cities Genealogical Society – Mid-Cities Genealogical Society Newsletter

3^rd Place – East Texas Genealogical Society  - The Bulletin of the East Texas Genealogical Society

Quarterlies

1^st Place – Victoria County Genealogical Society – Crossroads of South Texas

2^nd Place – Van Zandt Genealogical Society  - Our Heritage

3^rd  Place – Hopkins County Genealogical Society – Hopkins County Heritage

Journals

1^st Place – Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County – Plum Creek almanac, Caldwell County, Texas

2^nd Place – San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society -  Our Heritage

3^rd Place – Genealogical Society of Kendall County – Keys to the Past

Special Category Recognition

Genealogy Society of Kendall County – Y’all Cook – Woodstove to Microwave – Celebrating Our Heritage with a Collection of Recipes Passed Down through the Generations.

 

­Category VII – Books Published by a Partner Society:

1^st Place – Cass County Genealogical Society – Marion County, Texas Cemeteries

2^nd Place – Van Zandt County Genealogical Society – Van Zandt County, Texas Marriage Records 1932 – 1950, Book II

3^rd Place – San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society – San Antonio Texas Newspapers, Abstractions November 17, 1848 – November 11,  1865

 

Category VIII – Student Project Awards:

Elementary – Grades 4 – 6

1^st Place – Ronald Crandall

Secondary – Grades 7 - 12

1^st Place – Lance Shea Gossen

2^nd Place – Rebecca Stein

3^rd Place – Alyssa Aguilera

 

Web Site Awards

1st Place – Genealogical Society of Kendall County

2^nd Place – East Texas Genealogical Society (Smith County)

3^rd Place – Victoria County Genealogical Society

 

Volunteer Award of the Year

Jack L. Austin – El Paso Genealogical Society

 

Grants Awarded

Grant 1 – Van Zandt County Genealogical Society

Grant 2 – Kendall County Genealogical Society

Grant 3 – Red River County Texas Genealogical Society

 

TSGS 2001 AWARD WINNERS - Presented November 9, 2001 - Tyler, Texas

 

Grand Prize for Overall Book Awards:

Category I – Books by a Non-Professional Individual:

Family Histories

1st Place – Clifford Lamar Gant, Martin B. Gantt, Jr. & Joseph F. Gantt, Jr. – John Gant of Colonial Virginia and North Carolina

References

1st Place – Alton J. Rahe – History of Sattler and Mountain Valley School

2^nd Place – Robert W. Strain – Indexed Weekly Newspapers, Athens, Texas, Forty Years and Anthology

3^rd Place – Jim Foster – Pleasant Valley’s Pioneer Cemetery

 

Category III – Manuscripts by and Individual:

1^st Place – Judy Womack – The 1880 Census in Lubbock County, Texas

2^nd Place – Danna Elliott – The Orphan Train Riders

3^rd Place – Shirley Stephens Martin – Haunted By the Ghost Counties of Texas

 

Category V – Columnist Award:

1st Place – Frances Pryor

 

Category VI – Official Periodicals by a Partner Society:

Newsletter

 1^st Place – Newsletter of the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society

2^nd Place – Bulletin of the East Texas Genealogical Society

Quarterlies

1^st Place – Hopkins County Genealogical Society – Hopkins County Heritage

2^nd Place – East Texas Genealogical Society -  East Texas Family Records

3^rd Place – Red River County Genealogical Society – Red River County Genealogical Society Quarterly

Journals

1^st  Place – Dallas Genealogical Society – The Dallas Journal

2^nd Place – Midland Genealogical Society – The Thorny Trail

3^rd Place – San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society – Our Heritage

 

Category VII – Books Published by a Partner Society:

1^st  Place – Victoria County Genealogical Society – The History and Heritage of Victoria County Vol. 1 and 2

2^nd Place – Van Zandt County Genealogical Society – School Days in Van Zandt County – Scholastic Census Records of 1854, 1861, 1889-90, 1892-93 Vol. 1

3^rd Place – Franklin County Genealogical Society -  Marriage Records of Franklin County, Texas 1875-1959

Honorable Mention – Van Zandt County Genealogical Society – Graveyards of Van Zandt, Texas Vol. E

Honorable Mention – Comal County Genealogical Society – Comal Cemetery Records, 1873-1998

 

Category VIII – Student Project Awards:

Elementary

3^rd Place – Gregory Harrison Collier

Secondary

1^st Place – David Thomas Lieck

2^nd Place – Benjamin Edward Rosenbach

3^rd Place – Melissa Hamner

 

Web Page Award:

1^st Place – Van Zandt Genealogical Society

2^nd Place (Tie) Victoria County Genealogical Society

                          Hopkins County Genealogical Society

 

Volunteer of the Year

Sherry Kirk – East Bell County Genealogical Society

 

President’s Award

Sue Tinsley Wilkinson