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🎉🏆2025 Literary Award Winners: We are spotli 🎉🏆2025 Literary Award Winners: We are spotlighting our Literary Awards all this week! 2025 Award for New England Genealogy: Early Families of Middletown, Connecticut, Volume II: 1655-1700 by Reginald W. Bacon & Paula K. Higgins While growing up, Reginald was unaware of his connections to Middletown, CT. But since his first visit to Godfrey Memorial Library in 1977 he discovered lines of descent from 30 of Middletown’s pre-1700 families. From 2005 to 2018 he served as editor of The Middler, the newsletter/journal of the Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants. Paula's ancestor, Edwin Hubbard's family, before moving to Ohio, had lived in Middletown, CT for almost two hundred years. That was surprising and eye-opening information to everyone in the family because that information had not been passed. That discovery led her to the Society of Middletown First Settler Descendents, along with their website containing profiles of early settlers which she began contributing to. In late 2024, a decade-long collaboration between both authors led them to write, Early Families of Middletown, Connecticut - Volume II: 1655-1700, which completed the genealogical and historical survey of early Middletown 🎉Congratulations to Reginald and Paula and their 2025 recognition!
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🏆Congratulations to our 2025 Literary Award win 🏆Congratulations to our 2025 Literary Award winners which were announced at our 2025 Family History Day Seminar on October 4th! 🎉"Tell me Your Family Story" Essay Winner: Close With A Cigar: Researching My Grandfather by Susan Orred 🎉The Award for New England Genealogy: Early Families of Middletown, CT by Reginald W. Bacon & Paula K. Higgins 🎉The New England Genealogical Resource Publications Award: The Windsor Locks Canal: Yankee Enterprise & Irish Muscle by. J. Christopher Kervick 🎉Grand Prize Award: 2025 Richard C. Thomlinson Overall Grand Prize Winner The Nickerson Family Part 5: Samuel by The Nickerson Family Association Debra Lawless Executive Director @nickersonfamilyassociationinc We will be spotlighting them all individually during this coming week!
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🎉🏆2025 Literary Award Winners: We are spotlighting our Literary Awards all this week!

2025 Richard C. Thomlinson Overall Grand Prize Winner: The Nickerson Family Part 5: Samuel by The Nickerson Family Association Debra Lawless Executive Director

The Nickerson Family: Part 5 – Samuel, is a landmark volume in the NFA’s ongoing multi-volume genealogy project. Part 5: Samuel documents the descendants of Samuel Nickerson, son of William and Anne, and spans hundreds of families and generations. Rich with detail, biographical sketches, photographs, and source citations, the 600-page volume represents years of meticulous research and collaboration.

The book is the result of the dedicated efforts of a skilled and passionate genealogy team. Leading the research was Gail Blankenau, professional genealogist, co-author, and editor. Nancy Nickerson Corey, head of the NFA’s genealogy committee, contributed research and writing expertise. Kim Herber, genealogist and layout designer, brought a careful eye for both narrative and presentation. Linda Blais, also a writer and co-editor, helped ensure accuracy, clarity, and editorial polish.

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🎉🏆2025 Literary Award Winners: We are spotlighting our Literary Awards all this week! 2025 Richard C. Thomlinson Overall Grand Prize Winner: The Nickerson Family Part 5: Samuel by The Nickerson Family Association Debra Lawless Executive Director The Nickerson Family: Part 5 – Samuel, is a landmark volume in the NFA’s ongoing multi-volume genealogy project. Part 5: Samuel documents the descendants of Samuel Nickerson, son of William and Anne, and spans hundreds of families and generations. Rich with detail, biographical sketches, photographs, and source citations, the 600-page volume represents years of meticulous research and collaboration. The book is the result of the dedicated efforts of a skilled and passionate genealogy team. Leading the research was Gail Blankenau, professional genealogist, co-author, and editor. Nancy Nickerson Corey, head of the NFA’s genealogy committee, contributed research and writing expertise. Kim Herber, genealogist and layout designer, brought a careful eye for both narrative and presentation. Linda Blais, also a writer and co-editor, helped ensure accuracy, clarity, and editorial polish. Congratulations on their 2025 recognition!
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