Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Genealogy 2022 Best Paper Award for research and review articles published in Genealogy from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. Two winners will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Athena Leoussi.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Genealogy from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

The Prize:
– First prize: One winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Genealogy before the end of December 2024;
– Second prize: One winner will receive CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Genealogy before the end of December 2024.

The winners will be announced on the journal website by the end of March 2024.

Kind regards,
Genealogy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Genealogy 2021 Best Paper Award. All papers published in Genealogy from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, two winners were selected.

First prize: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Genealogy before the end of December 2023

Ancestral Selfies and Historical Traumas: Who Do You Feel You Are?
By Pam Jarvis
Genealogy 2022, 6(1), 1; doi:10.3390/genealogy6010001

Second prize: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Genealogy before the end of December 2023

What Motivates Family Historians? A Pilot Scale to Measure Psychosocial Drivers of Research into Personal Ancestry
By Susan M. Moore and Doreen A. Rosenthal
Genealogy 2021, 5(3), 83; doi:10.3390/genealogy5030083

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Genealogy 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support of Genealogy.

Kind regards,
Genealogy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Genealogy 2020 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 in Genealogy were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Natividad Gutiérrez Chong, have been selected.

Rank 1:
Prizes: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a free paper in Genealogy in 2022.
Paper Title: From National Holiday to Independence Day: Changing Perceptions of the “Diada”
By Carsten Humlebæk and Mark F. Hau
Genealogy 2020, 4(1), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy4010031.

Rank 2:
Prizes: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a free paper in Genealogy in 2022.
Paper Title: Racialized Affectivities of (Un)Belonging: Mixed (Race) Couples in the Shadow of Brexit
By Elena Zambelli
Genealogy 2020, 4(3), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy4030083.

Please join us in congratulating the Genealogy 2020 Best Paper Award winners. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Genealogy.

Kind regards,
Genealogy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Genealogy Travel Award, which has been granted to the following applicant:

Margo Turnbull, a Post-Doctoral fellow from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will attend the Professional Practice, Education and Learning (ProPEL) Conference, December 9–11, 2019, in Sydney, Australia, to present her following paper: “Exploring Spaces and Places of Care: Using Foucault to Investigate Localisation in Primary Health Care”.

With such high-quality applications for the award, this was a difficult decision, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate the winner for her accomplishments.

Dr. Sherry Rankins-Robertson
Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Duane Roen
Editor-in-Chief

Genealogy provides a venue for cutting-edge contributions to the interdisciplinary field of genealogy studies; it encourages submissions that examine genealogies of family lineage, study the construction of genealogical narratives, or use genealogical methods to examine other historical processes, such as migration histories, social identities, and social institutions.

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