Writing Awards
BOOK AWARDS
Book Awards Grand Prize
Empresario’s Son : E. S. C. Robertson of Salado (2017) by Michael W. Kelsey, Nancy Graff Kelsey, and Ginny Guinn Parsons of Belton, Texas.
Category I: Books by Non-Professional / Family History
1st Place
John T. Paschall and his Wife Mary Cook Paschall, Two Hundred Years of Our Family’s History (2018) by Linda Clark Stewart of Anahuac, Texas.
2nd Place
Memoir (2017) by Frank Wilson Kiel and Alice Ruth Kiel of Comfort, Texas.
3rd Place
The Pribyl Family … From Frenstat to America : Descendants of Andres and Magdalena Mocek Pribyla (2017) by Bettye W. Pribyl of Victoria, Texas.
Category I: Books by Non-Professional / References
1st Place
From Cotton Field to Oil Field : A History of Van, Texas (2017) by Linda Lantrip Mays and Tommie Lantrip Mayo of Van, Texas.
2nd Place
Stories Beneath the Stones : The Hidden History of a Small Town Told Through the Lives of Those Buried in the City Cemetery (2017) by Lawrence O. Greer and Benja Pittman Mize of Canton, Texas.
3rd Place
Early Settlers of San Antonio de los Llanos (2017) by Rueben M. Perez of San Antonio, Texas.
Category II: Books by a Professional / Family History
1st Place
A German Immigrant Family in 19th Century Texas : Johannes Gustav Gräter, Christian Friedrich Gräter, Gottlob Friedrich Gräter, Ancestors and Descendants (2017) by Karen Stein Daniel of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2nd Place
Tredenick & Romine : the Historic Trail of American Pioneers from Cornwall & Holland (2017) by Clay Patterson with Kim Roy Tredenick Klement of Decatur, Texas.
Category II: Books by a Professional / References
1st Place
Mission Espada After Secularization (2018) by Art Martinez de Vara.
2nd Place
Legends & Love of the Texas Capitol (2017) by Mike Cox.
Category VII: Books Published by Partner Societies
1st Place
Harlingen City Cemetery, Harlingen, Texas : An Index of the Headstones Located Therein (2018) edited by Ofelia Olsson (Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Genealogical Society).
2nd Place
Known Only to God (2018) edited by Rhonda Bechhold (Hopkins County Genealogical Society).
MANUSCRIPT AWARDS
Category III: Manuscripts (Non-Professional)
1st Place
“A Tricentennial Lineage ‘Alférez’ Francisco Hernandez and Ana Garcia at Béxar in 1718, Ancestors of Leopold Castanon, Jr.” (published in Our Heritage, v. 59, nos. 3-4, San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society) by Patsy Castanon.
2nd Place
“Monuments and Memory: Fort Worth’s World War I ‘Tribute to Our Boys’” (published in Southern Jewish History, Journal of the Southern Jewish Historical Society, v. 20, Southern Jewish Historical Society) by Lynna Kay Shuffield and Hollace Ava Weiner.
3rd Place
“Destination San Antonio: The Gittinger Family Finds a Home — Part II” (published in Our Heritage, v. 59, nos. 1-2, San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society) by L. Charles Westervelt.
Category III: Manuscripts (Professional)
1st Place
“Photographs and Family” (published in Stirpes, v. 57, no. 2, Texas State Genealogical Society) by H. Martin Soward III.
2nd Place
“San Antonio, Texas, in 1874: An Incomplete Census” (published in Our Heritage, v. 59, nos. 1-2, San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society) by Cynthia M. Kennedy, Ph.D.
PERIODICAL, QUARTERLY, AND JOURNAL AWARDS
Category VI: Official Periodicals of Partner Societies / Newsletters
1st Place
South Plains Roots, The Newsletter of the South Plains Genealogical Society, South Plains Genealogical Society, Sharon Hall, editor.
2nd Place
Bulletin of the East Texas Genealogical Society, East Texas Genealogical Society, Jackie Hood, editor.
3rd Place
San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society Newsletter, San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society, Patricia Merk, editor.
Category VI: Official Periodicals of Partner Societies / Quarterlies
1st Place
Hopkins County Heritage (Hopkins County Genealogical Society), Carol Ann Dixon, editor.
2nd Place
Our Heritage (Van Zandt County Genealogical Society), Jan Crow and Laurie McDonald, editors.
3rd Place
Heart of Texas Records (Central Texas Genealogical Society), Jerry Kirkpatrick, editor.
Category VI: Official Periodicals of Partner Societies / Journals
1st Place
Stalkin’ Kin in Old West Texas (San Angelo Genealogical and Historical Society), Allen Wright, editor.
2nd Place
Our Heritage (San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society), Larry W. Luckett, editor.
3rd Place
Lamar County, TX, Genealogy and History (Lamar County Genealogical Society).
STUDENT PROJECTS
Category VII: Student Projects
Elementary Grades 4-6
Winner: Hannah K. Lee, Humble, Texas.
Intermediate Grades 7-9
Winner: Simon K. Lee, Humble, Texas.
Secondary Grades 10-12
Winner: Caleb J. Lee, Humble, Texas.
WEBSITE AWARDS
Category I: Website for a Partner Society
1st Place
Hopkins County Genealogical Society: http://hcgstx.org/
2nd Place
San Angelo Genealogical and Historical Society: www.SAGHS-TX.org.
Award Winners from Previous Years
Compiled by William (Bill) Buckner, TxSGS Awards Chair