2011 FGS Awards

On Thursday, September 8, 2011, the 2011 FGS Awards were presented during the Opening Session of the 2011 FGS Conference. The award recipients included:

Archives Award

• Willie L. Covington, Register of Deeds, Durham County, North Carolina
• Roscoe Hastings, Rochester (NY) Genealogical Society

Distinguished Service Award

• J. William Gorski, Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan

• Patricia Ibbotson, Detroit Society for Genealogical Research

• Ervin “Ernie” Jaskolski, New Mexico Genealogical Society

• Roger S. Laske, Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan

• Diane Smekler, San Mateo County Genealogical Society

• Oriene Springstroh, Fox Valley Genealogical Society

Over the next few posts, the FGS Voice blog will profile each of these award recipients and their contributions to the genealogy community.