Sponsored by ProQuest Information and Learning

Deadline for Submission — 31 January Annually

The Filby Award is named for the late P. William Filby, formerly the Director of the Maryland Historical Society and the author of many of the core genealogical reference tools that genealogists have relied on for decades. The Award was created and first presented at the annual 1999 NGS Conference in the States by the publisher Scholarly Resources of Wilmington, Delaware. In 2004 and 2005 it was sponsored by the Godfrey Memorial Library and is currently being sponsored by ProQuest.

The $1,000 NGS Filby Prize for Genealogical Librarianship is awarded annually.

Previous recipients

Who will win this year's Filby Prize?
Do you know someone who is a librarian with at least five years experience whose primary focus is genealogy and local history and is employed in a public, academic, or special library? If so, you might know the next recipient of the award!

1. Significant contributions to patron access to information, or to the preservation of historical records.
2. Development of an imaginative reference tool or similar outstanding contribution of enduring consequence that fills the gaps in existing information, accuracy, scope or usefulness of genealogical and local history materials.
3. Publication of a book or a body of articles that have contributed significantly to the field of genealogy or local history and that are of an interpretative nature.
4. Other activities that have significantly advanced genealogy and local history.
5. Work that has encouraged others to be innovative in the field.

Nominations must include personal and professional contact information with illustrative examples of the nominee's performance as a librarian who serves genealogists. Please send bibliographic citations rather than publications. Electronic submissions are encouraged.

Completed applications may be sent by mail to:

National Genealogical Society
Attn: Filby Prize
3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300
Arlington, Virginia 22204-4304 USA
or electronically to
awards@ngsgenealogy.org
Include "Filby Prize" in the Subject line of your message.

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