Carnival's In Town!

The current edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is posted. Hosted by Jasia, this edition is sponsored by the charter members of The Academy of Genealogy and Family History. See what the Academy members thought were deserving of iGene Awards for their best efforts in 2007!

Call for Submissions! The topic for the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy will be: Technology. What technology do you most rely on for your genealogy and family history research? Select one piece of hardware (besides your computer), one piece of software (besides your internet browser), and one web site/blog (besides your own) that are indispensable to you. Resist the urge to dilute the impact of your 3 choices by mentioning several others you use and appreciate as well. This is an exercise in appraising the technology you use/recommend the most. The deadline for submissions is March 1st.

Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Carnival: The IGene Awards:GeneaBlogie's Best!

Overture, curtain, lights! This is it. The night of nights. No more rehearsing or nursing a part. We know every part by heart! Overture, curtain, lights! This is it. We'll hit the heights! And oh, what heights we'll hit! On with the show, this is it! Tonight what heights we'll hit! On with the show, this is it!

The Academy of Genealogy and Family History IGene Awards!

We've dispensed with the red carpet, and the tiresome, and seemingly endless pre-show shows, so as the chorus said, On with the show!

Best Picture: The second runner-up is the photo of my grandmother, Annie Florida Corrine Long, titled A Kansas City Follies Girl, c.1920. The first runner-up is the set of photographs of Buena Vista Plantation in Stonewall, Louisiana, where my Brayboy family was enslaved.

And the IGene Award goes to: The photograph of two Oblate Sisters of Providence and their relative from my in-law Micheau family in the post, A Little Photographic Treat From The Research Trip. I like the simple elegance and reverence of this photo from the early 20th century.



Best Screen Play: By acclamation, the IGene Award for Best Screen Play goes to the story told of my great-great-grandmother's move from Georgia to Texas in the 1880's, presented in last September's Debunking A Family Myth. The title of the movie would be The Third Chapter of Ecclesiastes, and the cast would be: Sydney Tamiia Poitier as my great-great-grandmother, Matilda Manson; Kevin Costner as my great-great-grandfather, George Preston Birdsong; Tahj Mowry as their son Otis; Rashida Jones as Matilda's mother Jane; Jane Seymour as Preston's mother Susan Francis Thweatt Birdsong; and Ossie Davis as my great-great-grandfather William Sanford.

Best Documentary-Family: The first runner-up is the duo from last May, The Wrong Longs? and The Right Longs. And the IGene Award goes to last July's Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois!

Best Documentary-Non-Family: I split the documentary category into two parts because the circumstances seemed to demand it. In the non-family documentary category, the runners-up are Walter Scott of Spokane, Washington, [producer's credit for inspiration shared with Miriam Robbins Midkiff], Quindaro, Kansas, and Finding Dr. King's Roots in Slavery. But the IGene Award goes to the series on African-American Military History, which starts here.

Best Biography: There was a lot to choose from here, including Mom's Diamond Jubilee, the pairred Dad has a Birthday Party and A Birthday Party for Dad; and The World's Smartest Sister. Last March's Three Sisters and The Sisters Speak about my aunt Bernadine Coles Gines and her sisters wins the IGene Award.

Best Educational Series: No doubt here--the IGene Award goes to the series on copyright spawned by the Ancestry.com controversy. Links to all those posts can be found here.

Best Comedy: Only one real contender: The First Black NASCAR Driver.

And the last IGene Award, The Readers Miscellaneous Favorite: A Missed Bus.

"This Is It (The Bugs Bunny Overture)" copyright Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Shrove Tuesday

There couldn't be a better one! Our friend, the footnoteMaven, has been heard from and is recovering at home. And to entertain her, the Carnival is in town! (fM suggested the topic for this edition of the Carnival).

Call For Submissions! Jasia writes: The topic for the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy will be: The Best of The Best! It's Academy awards time... time for the Academy of Genealogy and Family History aka AGFH (an esteemed organization that all genea-historian bloggers who participate in this next edition of the COG will become founding members of) to honor their best blog posts of 2007* in the following 5 categories:

Best Picture - Best old family photo that appeared on your blog in 2007. Tell us which you liked best and why.
Best Screen Play - Which family story that you shared in 2007 would make the best movie? Who would you cast as your family members?
Best Documentary - Which was the best informational article you wrote about a place, thing, or event involving your family's history in 2007?
Best Biography - Which was the best biographical article you wrote in 2007?
Best Comedy - Which was the best funny story, poem, joke, photo, or video that you shared on your blog in 2007?

The award given to these very deserving examples of quality writing of family history will heretofore be known as the iGene Award. Please feel free to use this graphic on your announcement post.

Start digging back into your archives and choose which of your blog posts deserve to be recognized for outstanding achievement. This is not a competition between bloggers but a chance for you to spotlight your own shining efforts at recording your genealogy and family history in 2007*. There is no nomination process. You just need to announce your winning blog posts for the 5 categories mentioned above in an article on your blog and submit it to the Carnival of Genealogy. Please act as your own "award presenter" by writing an introduction and include it in the "Remarks" box on the BlogCarnival submission form. The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2008.

*"2007" includes any posts well as those written Jan. 1-Feb. 15, 2008 as well (so that new bloggers can participate).

Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on the blog carnival index page.