American Society of Genealogists

Jim Hansen, retired reference librarian, Wisconsin Historical Society and his Celebration of Life

Paula Stuart-Warren  American Society of Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Wisconsin  , , ,  2 Comments

As he signed an email to me four years ago, he was “Jim Hansen, Reference Librarian, happily retired, Wisconsin Historical Society.”  I was first introduced to this librarian at the Wisconsin Historical Society back in 1982 or 1983 during my first-ever genealogy research trip. One of many trips from Saint Paul to work in the […]

DAR guide wins prestigious award

Paula Stuart-Warren  American Society of Genealogists, Darwin, Daughters of the American Revolution, National Archives  1 Comment

This is a press release from the American Society of Genealogists: FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS wins the Jacobus Award At its meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 10 October 2009, the American Society of Genealogists voted to give their annual Donald Lines Jacobus Award to Forgotten Patriots, African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary […]