2008 TSGS Award Winners CATEGORY 1 - Books by Non-Professionals Section 1 - Family Histories 1st place - $200 -- Jim and Wayne Tiller for "Our American Adventure: The History of a Pioneer East Texas Family 1657-1966" 2nd place - $100 -- Don and Melinda Blanchard Crawford for "A History of the Family of Marshall and Rebecca Sinclair Crawford" 3rd place - $50 -- Michael and June Everheart for "The Balthazar Eberhardt Family - From Germany to Grayson County Texas 1774-2007" Section 2 - References 1st place - $200 -- Linda Lantrip Mays for "Reconstruction Records of Van Zandt County Texas 1867-1874" CATEGORY 2 - Books by Professionals Section 2 - References 1st Place - $200 -- Charlie Turnbo for "Salado, Texas Frontier College Town" 2nd Place - $100 -- Bonnie M. Ericson for "Gregg and Upshur Counties in the Civil War" CATEGORY 3 - Manuscripts Section 1 - By Non-Professionals 1st Place - $100 -- Melodey Mozeley Hauch for "Arcadia Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Fe, Texas" 2nd Place - $50 -- Teresa Nyquist Tucker for "The Danville Baptist Church of Christ Through 1868" 3rd Place - $30 -- Karen McCann Hett for "Danville, Texas: A Pleasant Inlet Village" CATEGORY 5 - Columnists 1st Place - $100 -- Martha Jones -- "Cultures" in Victoria Advocate 2nd Place - $50 -- Mary Alice Newsom Dell -- "The Family Historian" in Boerne Star 3rd Place - $30 -- Mary O. Torres -- "Harlingen Happenings" in Valley Morning Star CATEGORY 6 - Official Periodicals of Partner Societies Section 1 - Newsletters 1st Place - $100 -- "Roots and Branches" by Grand Prairie Genealogical Society 2nd Place - $50 -- "Keys to the Present" by Genealogical Society of Kendall County 3rd Place - $30 -- "Newsletter" by San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society Section 2 - Quarterlies 1st Place - $100 -- "Heart of Texas Records" by Central Texas Genealogical Society 2nd Place - $50 -- "Hopkins County Heritage" by Hopkins County Genealogical Society 3rd Place - $30 -- "East Texas Family Records" by East Texas Genealogical Society Section 3 - Journals 1st Place - $100 -- "The Herald" by Montgomery County Genealogical and Historical Society 2nd Place - $50 -- "Plum Creek Almanac" by Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County 3rd Place - $30 -- "The Register" by Rains County Genealogical Society CATEGORY 7 - Books by Partner Societies 1st Place - $200 -- San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society "Cemeteries of Bexar County, Vol. 5" 2nd Place - $100 -- San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society "Marriages of Bexar County, R, S & T" 3rd Place -- $50 -- Van Zandt County Genealogical Society "Early Obituaries & Death Notices of Van Zandt County, Vol. 1" CATEGORY 8 - Student Projects Section 2 - Elementary Grades 1st place - $100 -- Forrest Jaeger Layman GRAND PRIZE WINNER $400 Theresa Gold, compiler "The Hoelscher Family, Texas 1846-2003: History and Genealogy of Anton and Mary Catherine Hoelscher, Nine Generations" WEB SITES Section 1 - Partner Societies 1st Place - $100 -- Victoria County Genealogical Society 2nd Place - $75 -- Hopkins County Genealogical Society 3rd Place - $50 -- Franklin County Genealogical Society VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Both winner and Partner Society Receive $50 Floyd L. (Lanny) Martin Nominated by Texas City Ancestry Searchers SCHOLARSHIP WINNER $1000 - Courtney Weicht Nominated by West Texas Genealogical Society PRESIDENT'S AWARD Joy Wiley FELLOWSHIPS CONFERRED Honored for their contributions to the fields of genealogy or history Lloyd D. Bockstruck Betty H. Dunquez Archie McDonald