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Austin Genealogical Research Award Recipients

Harold Austin Steiner
Hal lives in  Las Vegas, Nevada. He received the first Eagle in 1997 for having revitalized the Austin Families Association of America. Under his leadership, many Austin lines were digitized and published, and are now available at the AFGS Austin-Austen Research Center.

Dr. Roger Brian Austin
Roger resided in Sherborne, Dorset,, U.K. He received the AFGS 2002 Austin Genealogical Research Award for his collaboration with Timothy Smellie in updating and re-publishing a book An Old Colonial Family on the Thomas Austin of Barbados line. Roger died Oct. 2007.

Elizabeth & James Carlin
Liz & Jim live in West Hills, CA.. Their 1998 Eagle was for The Descendants of Richard Austin of Charlestown, Mass. Liz is the AFAOA Southern genealogist & Jim maintains their databases.

 

Sally Austin Day
Sally lives in Livonia, Michigan, and has done countless hours of research on Austin lines at the Allen County Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sally has authored a number of articles for the AFGS newsletter, earning her the AFGS 2003 Austin Genealogical Research Award.

Bonnie Austin Bigolin
Bonnie lives in Green River, Wyoming. She is a former AFAOA Genealogist, and received the 1999 Austin Genealogical Research Award for her manuscript "Some Descendants of Daniel and Mary (Brackett) Austin of Maine," which was originally donated to the AFGS Library in 1986.

 

Patricia Biebuyck Austin
Pat lives in Concord, Massachusetts, and has served  as an Associate Editor for the AFGS newsletter for over 25 years. She is the AFGS genealogist handling member queries. Her numerous published articles earned her the 2004 Austin Genealogical Research Award.

Pauline Lucille Austin
Pauline resides in Marion, Iowa. She has been into genealogy since 1951. Her numerous fine articles as an Associate Editor for the AFGS newsletter earned her the AFGS 2000 Austin Genealogical Research Award. She remains active as an AFGS genealogist.

 

Carol Robinson Austin
Carol lives in Garden Grove, California and has served  as an Associate Editor for the AFGS newsletter and as the Project Fund Coordinator for the Austin-Austen DNA Project. Her many AFGS newsletter articles earned Carol the 2005 Austin Genealogical Research Award.

Gay Gaston Martin
Gay lives in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He undertook the massive task of digitizing Edith Austin Moore's 93 handwritten field notebooks. He carefully proofed his work, now available at the AFGS Austin-Austen Research Center. This earned him the 2001 and 2006 Eagle Awards.
 

Charles Ward Austin
Charles lives in Garden Grove, California and has served  as an Associate Editor for the AFGS newsletter. His 1850 census research and newsletter articles and lectures on the Austin-Austen DNA project earned him the 2007 Austin Genealogical Research Award.

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