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Winner of the 2012 BC Genealogical Society Family History Award-The Bravest Canadian - Fritz Peters, VC by Sam McBride.
Alice Marwood, Chair of the British Columbia Genealogical Society Family History Book Award Committee announced the winning author for 2012 as Sam McBride, of Castlegar, BC, for his book, The Bravest Canadian - Fritz Peters, VC: the Making of a Hero of Two World Wars, published by Granville Island Publishing. Sam McBride used a "wealth of family letters"; in his family history research, and aptly captured the life of this very important, but secretive Canadian.
Honourable Mention this year went to One Family's Journey: CANFOR and the Transformation of B.C.'s Forest Industry by Peter Bentley as told to Robin Fowler, published by Douglas and McIntyre. Robin Fowler was present to accept the award.
"The judges were pleased with the quality and variety of the books submitted";, said Alice Marwood. The BCGS Award presentations, held in Burnaby, BC, June 12, 2013, included lively talks by seven of this year's authors about their books and their research and publishing experiences - from the importance of locating and sharing family and community letters, journals and photographs, to finding an editor, to photographing archival documents, and even to 'haunting' graveyards. A strawberry tea, enjoyed by all, concluded the evening.
The British Columbia Genealogical Society Family History Book Award is awarded annually to encourage family history research and writing in and about British Columbia.
For more about the Award, see the BCGS website: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=555
Alice Marwood, Chair of the British Columbia Genealogical Society Family History Book Award Committee announced the winning author for 2012 as Sam McBride, of Castlegar, BC, for his book, The Bravest Canadian - Fritz Peters, VC: the Making of a Hero of Two World Wars, published by Granville Island Publishing. Sam McBride used a "wealth of family letters"; in his family history research, and aptly captured the life of this very important, but secretive Canadian.
Honourable Mention this year went to One Family's Journey: CANFOR and the Transformation of B.C.'s Forest Industry by Peter Bentley as told to Robin Fowler, published by Douglas and McIntyre. Robin Fowler was present to accept the award.
"The judges were pleased with the quality and variety of the books submitted";, said Alice Marwood. The BCGS Award presentations, held in Burnaby, BC, June 12, 2013, included lively talks by seven of this year's authors about their books and their research and publishing experiences - from the importance of locating and sharing family and community letters, journals and photographs, to finding an editor, to photographing archival documents, and even to 'haunting' graveyards. A strawberry tea, enjoyed by all, concluded the evening.
The British Columbia Genealogical Society Family History Book Award is awarded annually to encourage family history research and writing in and about British Columbia.
For more about the Award, see the BCGS website: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=555
Submitted on June 22, 2013 in By David.
