The 2008 iGene Awards - Carnival of Genealogy - 66th Edition

It's time to announce the 2008 iGene Awards, The Best of The Best! This year there were 5 categories and the winners are...

Best Picture - Without a doubt this was the "Carnival of Genealogy – “Swimsuit Edition”, from Newdale, Manitoba, Canada 1908, “Merry Widow Camp Aug ’08 Wolfe Lake”, posted Sunday, June 01, 2008.

Great photograph of a happy time. Lots of comments for this one. Although I have since found a number of other references to Wolfe Lake in Manitoba, I haven’t yet found it on a map : http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/06/carnival-of-genealogy-swimsuit-edition.html

Best Screen Play – This family photo will inspire a new Canadian ‘Heritage Moment' film series – posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008, "General Stores of Canada: Merchants and Memories by R.B. Fleming".

I'd like to play an old curmudgeon grumbling in the back corner of the store, but I’d cast Yannick Bisson as whoever of Newdale, Manitoba simply because... (and he's Canadian) : http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/05/general-stores-of-canada-merchants-and.html

Best Documentary - The winner here is an article about the 1916 Canadian Prairie census posted Thursday, August 21, 2008, "Canada, 1916 - Taking The Census in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba": http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/08/canada-1916-taking-census-in-alberta.html

The 1916 Canadian prairie census is now available to view on microfilm through Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and many libraries. We await the arrival of an index and page images at Ancestry.com. This census has been indexed by FamilySearch volunteers; page images and the index were briefly available free on-line. The 1916 images are to be available on LAC's website by Winter 2009 and a free index should be on LAC's website by Summer 2011. I understand the census index will be on FamilySearch free to all in December, 2011, perhaps sooner to 'qualified' FamilySearch members.

Best Biography – 2008's winning article has already inspired me to do more research and to plan a trip to Manitoba, Canada next year. Posted Sunday, December 07, 2008, "Isabelle McTavish - Canadian Missionary Doctor - 1881-1953: Canadian Genealogy Carnival, Edition 2": http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/12/isabelle-mctavish-canadian-missionary.html

Best Comedy – It's a tie - no, wait, it's a hat! The 2008 comedy choices are from Wednesday, September 10, 2008, “Na's Hat - Smile for the Camera”: http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/09/nas-hat-smile-for-camera.html
and Monday, September 15, 2008, “Na's Hat - another look”: http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/09/nas-hat-another-look.html

Those are the 5 iGene Award winners for 2008. Congratulations to all!

Links to all the iGene Award blogs will be posted at Creative Gene soon: http://creativegene.blogspot.com/

2007 iGene Awards - Carnival of Genealogy

To see all the 2007 Carnival of Genealogy iGene Award winners, go to Creative Gene:
http://creativegene.blogspot.com/2008/02/carnival-of-genealogy-42nd-edition.html

Creative Gene's blog:
http://creativegene.blogspot.com/

2008 iGene Awards - Academy of Genealogy and Family History - Carnival of Genealogy

It’s that time of year – well, yes, it is the first time - for The Best of The Best!

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 edition of the COG will become founding members of) to honour the best blog posts of 2007 in 5 categories.

All my own awards this year go to posts in the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories.

Rereading these made me feel a little sad at first, but I soon found myself smiling, then grinning, then laughing out loud.

A heartfelt 'thank you' goes to the Carnival of Genealogy for sponsoring the Advent Calendar and, of course, this Award Ceremony.

And now, for the winners,

Best Picture – The winner for Best Picture is “Dave and Diane, ‘A Childhood Memory Photograph’, Xmas 1954, Woodwards Wonderful Toyland, Vancouver, B.C., Canada”. Posted 23 December, 2007 in ‘Christmas Eve’.

Doesn’t this photograph make you feel the thrill of anticipating a childhood Christmas? It’s not only that candy my brother and I are clutching that’s making us look so animated (although we were probably ‘hyper’, as we’d say now).

In accepting this award, I'd like to thank Gwynne, the photographer, wherever you are. I couldn't have achieved this without your help.

http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-eve-advent-calendar-of.html

Best Screen Play – For Best Screen Play, the winner is ‘Christmas Gifts’, posted 18 December, 2007.

This film is guaranteed to be a smash hit. It’s all about giving, opening and enjoying presents, after all, and will make a great CBC 'short' (CBC - that's the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). I'm sure the Telefilm Canada funding will come through any day now. After all, Vancouver is Canada's biggest 'movie city'.

As for who will play Diane and Dave, any smart, really cute child actors will do. And, I still have many of the props!

The real problem will be to find a cat as sleek and as street (and Christmas tree) smart as Twink!

http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-gifts-advent-calendar-of.html

Best Documentary – For best documentary, the winner is ‘Holiday Foods’, posted 13 December, 2007.

This short piece preserves many long ago Rogers family traditions – flaming (or sputtering) Christmas pudding, for example, as well as some traditions best forgotten – pickled walnuts, yuck!

(Please do notice the pun. I don’t do that often, only for these very special occasions.)

http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/12/holiday-foods-advent-calendar-of.html

Honourable Mention in this category is ‘Christmas Cookies’, posted 16 December, 2007.

This piece recognizes my Nana Burton’s contribution to our family, not only her cookies. When I am gone, the Rogers memory of her will be gone too.

http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-cookies-advent-calendar-of.html

Best Biography - Alas, no nominations were received for this category this year.

Best Comedy – For Best Comedy in 2007, the obvious choice is – fanfare - dah, dum, dah, dum, dah, dah, etc. – ‘Christmas Eve’, posted 23 December 2007.

My poor dad’s Christmas Eve predicaments now make us all chuckle.

http://canadagenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-eve-advent-calendar-of.html

That's it for 2007!