Grants

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #211: Regina Dillard

By |2019-03-18T11:06:29-04:00March 18th, 2019|DNA / Genetic Genealogy, Family History, Grants, Human Interest|

The first of two grants this quarter has been awarded to Regina Dillard. Grant funds assisted with the cost of Y-DNA testing of the only two men of her grandmother's generation left in the family who could be tested, ages 86 and 72.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #210: loveren collections

By |2019-01-03T10:38:02-05:00January 3rd, 2019|Grants, Human Interest, Immigration|

My third and final grant for Q4 2018 was awarded to loveren collections, an organization with the aim to reconnect people to the land and everyday perennial plants. The grant funds will assist with the purchase of books for research in European ancestral herbalism and ceremony (specifically from the Carpathian Mountains and Eastern Europe), which could be accessed as a free library source through the Permaculture Teaching Institute in Chicago.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #209: Knox County Genealogical Society

By |2018-12-27T09:44:35-05:00December 27th, 2018|Grants, Research|

The second of three grants this quarter has been awarded to the Knox County Genealogical Society. The grant funds covered the cost of a special camera and software for photographing and digitizing church records and other historical books, some of which date back to the early 1900s.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #208: Donna J. Weathers

By |2018-12-18T09:59:06-05:00December 18th, 2018|Family History, Grants, Human Interest, Research|

My latest grant has been awarded to Donna J. Weathers. The grant funds will help to cover the costs of compiling and publishing digitized records of the men who served as Surfmen in the U.S. Lifesaving Service.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #207: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation

By |2018-09-13T10:11:08-04:00September 13th, 2018|Grants, Human Interest, Immigration|

I am excited to award my latest grant in support of the Statue of Liberty Museum that's being constructed by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #206: Oisín Breatnach

By |2018-07-24T08:05:34-04:00July 24th, 2018|Grants|

My latest grant has been awarded to Oisín Breatnach. The grant funds will help to cover the costs of research, digitizing, processing of and archiving of information relating to the Irish between 1570 and 1920 from old documents in archives of the Basque country.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #205: General N.B. Baker Library

By |2018-04-18T10:31:31-04:00April 18th, 2018|Grants|

I have awarded my latest grant (the last of multiple recipients for the first quarter of 2018) to the General N.B. Baker Library of Sutherland, Iowa to assist with the purchase of a scanner for converting larger documents, photos and objects to a digital format.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #204: Judy Purkiss

By |2018-04-03T12:17:11-04:00April 3rd, 2018|Grants|

I have awarded my latest grant (the second of multiple recipients this quarter) to Judy Purkiss, a professional genealogist based in Western Australia. The grant funds will help to cover the costs of photographing and indexing the Busselton Letters Book, a record of police correspondence in the area covering 1902-1913. Once photographed and indexed, a copy will be made available to the Western Australian Genealogical Society.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #203: Vine Lake Preservation Trust

By |2018-03-22T11:18:12-04:00March 22nd, 2018|Family History, Grants, Research|

I have awarded my latest grant (the first of multiple recipients this quarter) to the Vine Lake Preservation Trust of Medfield, MA to assist with enhancements to their website search feature and app.

Seton Shields Genealogy Grant #202

By |2018-01-17T10:20:59-05:00January 17th, 2018|Family History, Grants, Research|

I have awarded my latest grant to the Sturgis Library of Barnstable, MA to assist with the purchase of materials necessary to make the 15 new collections of family papers and historical materials donated since 2016 ready for use by the public. Click through to the post for more details and to see how you can join me in supporting the library, which has become a premiere resource for the study of Cape Cod history, genealogy, and the maritime trades.

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