Winners Announced for the 2012 GENEii Family History Writers Contest

A big congratulations to all the winners of the Southern California Genealogical Society’s 2012 GENEii Family History Writers Contest.  Below is the list of winners in each of the two contest categories.  Each of the winning entries will be published in The Searcher, which is the quarterly journal of SCGS.

Category 1 (1,000 to 2,000 words)

First Place	Ben Chinoy
Second Place	Janice Preston Horton
Third Place	Linda Gartz
Finalist	Sylvia Ney
Honorable Mention	Virginia McGee Butler
Honorable Mention	Bonnie Herold

Category 2 (under 1,000)

First Place	Jeffery Cohen
Second Place	Willie Wilburn Walker
Third Place	Joyce Roberson
Finalist	Donna Gagnon
Honorable Mention	Mary E. Nelson
Honorable Mention	Peggy Spear

Be thinking about entries for the 2013 GENEii contest, which will start on November 1, 2013.