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Family History Connections | 1/41 Railway Road Blackburn VIC 3130 |
(03) 9877 3789 | info@aigs.org.au

Family History Connections has two annual awards, the Alexander Henderson Award and the Don Grant Award. 

2021 Awards: The winners were announced at the annual  lunch on Sunday 29th May 2022

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2020 Awards: The winners of the Alexander Henderson and Don Grant Awards for 2020 were announced at a Zoom presentation on Sunday September 19th 2021 at 2pm. 

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Don Grant Award (inaugurated 2012)

The Don Grant Award has been made annually since 2012, in honour of the memory of Don Grant (1932-2011), who was one of a number of dedicated persons who laid the foundations of genealogical studies in Victoria and Australia. He was co-founder of the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc., and established several organisations to expand the knowledge and study of family history.

The Don Grant Award is presented to the person(s) producing, in the opinion of the judges, the best Australian family historical biography with a family history focus submitted for the award that year. Strong emphasis is placed on a pre-Australian component.

 The winners and place-getters are announced at the Awards Presentation Luncheon, which is usually held in Melbourne on the last Sunday in May. All entrants receive a commemorative certificate. The report of the Judges are published in The Genealogist, the quarterly magazine of Family History Connections.

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Alexander Henderson Award

The Alexander Henderson Award has been made annually since 1974, and it honours the memory of Alexander Henderson (1883-1968), who was one of a number of dedicated persons who laid the foundations of genealogical studies in Victoria. He compiled and published two genealogical resources, Australian Families (1936) and Pioneer Families of Victoria and the Riverina (1941).

 The Alexander Henderson Award is presented to the person(s) producing, in the opinion of the judges, the best Australian family history submitted for the award that year. Strong emphasis is placed on a pre-Australian component.

 The winners and place-getters are announced at the Awards Presentation Luncheon, which is usually held in Melbourne on the last Sunday in May. All entrants receive a commemorative certificate. The report of the judges is published in The Genealogist, the quarterly magazine of Family History Connections.

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registered business name of the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies (AIGS) Inc
ABN 97 600 455 890
Reg No A0027436X

 

Unit 1, 41 Railway Rd
(corner of Queen St)
Blackburn VIC 3130

Opposite the Blackburn Railway Station and two bus stops
(03) 9877 3789

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