2024 | Michelle Enke, Wichita Public Library |
2023 | Matthew Rutherford, Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois |
2022 | Cheryl Lang, Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri |
2021 | David E. Rencher, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah |
2020 | Kris Rzepczynski, Archives of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan |
2019 | Susan Kaufman, Clayton Genealogical Research Center, Houston, Texas |
2018 | Timothy Gleisner, Library of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan |
2017 | Larry W. Cates, High Point Public Library, High Point, North Carolina |
2016 | Drew Smith, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida |
2015 | Scott Holl, St. Louis County Library, St. Louis, Missouri |
2014 | Dr. Sandra G. Treadway, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia |
2013 | Elizabeth Crabtree Wells, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama |
2012 | Debbi Lyon, Blasco Memorial Library, Erie, Pennsylvania |
2011 | Tim Blevins, Manager, Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District |
2010 | Randy Riley, Manager, Special Collections, Library of Michigan |
2009 | No nominees met the qualifications for the Filby Award in 2009) |
2008 | David Dearborn, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts |
2007 | Curt Bryan Witcher, Allen County Library, Ft. Wayne, Indiana |
2006 | Eric Grundset, DAR Library, Washington, District of Columbia |
2005 | Ron D. Bryant, Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky State Parks Department |
2004 | James Jeffrey, Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado |
2003 | Carole C. Callard (1941–2005), Library of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan |
2002 | Jim Hansen, Wisconsin Historical Society Library, Madison, Wisconsin |
2001 | Martha Henderson, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri |
2000 | Pamela Hall Cooper, Indian River County Public Library, Vero Beach, Florida |
1999 | Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas |