Grants

Celebrating the End of an Era: 222 Seton Shields Genealogy Grants in 20 Years!

By |2023-05-31T15:07:29-04:00July 1st, 2020|Grants|

It was 1999-2000 and I was positively giddy. I couldn’t believe that I was getting to make a living doing what I loved and so much good fortune had come my way so swiftly. I decided to find a way to give back and that’s what prompted me to launch a genealogy grants program.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #219: ChineseExclusionFiles.com

By |2020-03-20T12:38:38-04:00March 20th, 2020|Grants, History, Human Interest, Immigration|

Trish Hackett Nicola of ChineseExclusionFiles.com has been awarded the second of two grants in Q1 2020. Grant funds will be used to help cover the costs of running the ChineseExclusionFiles website.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #218: Nicka Sewell-Smith of BlackProGen LIVE

By |2020-03-12T11:39:12-04:00March 12th, 2020|Grants|

The first of two grants in Q1 of 2020 has been awarded to Nicka Sewell-Smith of BlackProGen LIVE. Funds will help to cover the costs of the platform used to host twice monthly live broadcasts.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #216: Jefferson School African American Heritage Center

By |2020-01-17T11:05:25-05:00January 17th, 2020|Grants|

The second of two grants in Q4 of 2019 was awarded to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. Funds will assist with an oral history initiative the Center is kicking off this year.

20 Years of Genealogy Grants Winding Down in 2020

By |2019-09-10T10:56:07-04:00September 10th, 2019|Grants|

May of next year will be the 20th anniversary of my grants program, and since next year will be 2020, I thought that might be a fitting time to wrap up. 20 years in 2020. I'm sharing this decision now so that any folks who've been considering applying for a grant but haven't yet done so will have a heads up that the clock is now ticking.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #212: The Historical Society of Harford County

By |2019-04-04T11:52:55-04:00April 4th, 2019|Family History, Grants, Human Interest|

The second of two grants Q1 2019 has been awarded to The Historical Society of Harford County. Grant funds will assist with purchase of the materials necessary to process and store the 1,088 letters in the collection of the late Nancy Webster Barnes, which was recently donated for genealogists and historians to research and explore.

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