The South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc. has created The South Australian Genealogist: Article of the Year Award. An annual award presented to the author or authors, of the most outstanding article(s) published in the Society journal within a calendar year.
This Society initiative is to encourage family history writing on a smaller scale than a published book, and the submission of quality articles to the Society journal with the possibility of future publication on the Society website.
The award will be judged by members of the Society Family History Writers Group and feedback will be provided to each entrant at the end of the judging process.
A framed certificate will be presented to the award winner or winners at the Family History Book Award luncheon of the following year.
Entry conditions & guidelines 
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| Journal Edition | Page | Article | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 7 | The 1954 Royal Visit | Lesley Attema |
| February | 8 | A Celebration of Third-Great-Grandmothers | Judith Deane-Freeman |
| February | 23 | The Making of Gladys (Part 1) | Wanda Hopkins |
| May | 6 | Friends of the Family | Lesley Attema |
| May | 9 | The Making of Gladys (Part 2) | Wanda Hopkins |
| May | 15 | A Gothenburg Survivor: David Harris (1847–1885) | Kathleen Emms |
| May | 23 | A Life of Challenges | Philip Mann |
| May | 25 | An Abandoned Church Evokes the Spirit of My Dempsey Ancestors (WINNER) | Bernadette Thakur |
| May | 30 | Abraham Miller’s Story | Judy Wormwell |
| May | 31 | Finding our Huguenot Connections in South Australia | Dorothy Brownrigg & Robert Nash |
| August | 6 | Reflections on the Formation of the Society and the Treasures it Holds | Nancy Baldock |
| August | 12 | On the Shoulders of Giants | Julie Russell |
| August | 16 | Heraldry in Australia | Andrew G Peake |
| August | 19 | The Adelaide Book Society | Michael Fitzgerald |
| August | 26 | Thomas Ryan Mystery Solved | Robyn Knight |
| August | 30 | East Wellington Cemetery Book | Elizabeth Nicholls |
| November | 10 | Sailor Home from the Sea: George and Harriet Wright (née Chandler) | Judith Deane-Freeman |
| November | 14 | Visit to Serbia for Anzac Day 2023 | Bojan Pajić |
| November | 21 | Belle Vue: A Bush School in the Flinders Ranges, 1938-1954 | Derek Byerlee and June Chapman |
| November | 28 | The History of a Street: a case study | Andrew G Peake |
| November | 32 | Reflections on a House in St Peters | Kay Rollison |
| November | 39 | Oswald Pryor Returns Hometo Australia's Little Cornwall (HIGHLY COMMENDED) | Robyn Knight |
| Journal Edition | Page | Article | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 6 | Memories of Boarding School in the 1950s (Highly Commended) | Elaine Gifford |
| February | 13 | A South Australian Connection with New Zealand’s Boyd Massacre | Doug Hooper |
| February | 16 | What’s in a Name: Paddick, Dunmill or Sealey? | Diana Field |
| February | 20 | Illegitimacy and Brick Walls: The Case of Mary Flint | Ron Rowe |
| February | 27 | Identifying the Palmer Four | David Wilson |
| May | 6 | The Abiding Love Story of Herbert and Nellie Harris | Kathleen Emms |
| May | 13 | In Defence of Genealogy (JOINT WINNER) | Judith Deane-Freeman |
| May | 17 | Interesting Finds and How They Were Achieved | Philip Mann |
| May | 25 | The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II: Memories of a Teenager Who Played a Minor Role | William Redford |
| May | 31 | Elizabeth Spiller: A Researcher’s Story | Neil Thomas |
| August | 6 | Butcher, Baker, Insolvent, and Bailiff: The Life and Times of George Milbank (JOINT WINNER) | Darryl Grey |
| August | 14 | Was Herbert the Black Sheep of the Woodgate Family? | Elaine Gifford |
| August | 22 | A Blighted Branch of the Broadbent Family | David Wilson |
| August | 23 | A Winning Ancestor | Julie Russell |
| August | 26 | Search and Serendipity—That’s Genealogy! | Jan Lokan |
| November | 8 | Henry’s Story | Jan Lokan |
| November | 17 | Daddy, Where is Alice? | Deb Farrell |
| November | 24 | Early South Australian 'Marriage' Arrangements | Brian Stace |
| Journal Edition | Page | Article | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 7 | 'What for I rear thee?': Patrick O'GRADY and Alice Anne GODDEN | Vivienne O'Neill |
| February | 15 | Eighty Years Ago: Six Brothers Enlist | Kathleen Emms |
| February | 26 | Christmas 1946 - One of My Earliest Memories (AWARD WINNER) | Gordon Best |
| February | 28 | A Rocky Road: Excerpt from a Memoir 'From the Hill to the Bay' | Diana Bennett Mills Souter |
| February | 32 | Hiring a Professional Genealogist (Highly commended) | Ben Hollister |
| May | 6 | Secret Men's Business | Elaine Gifford |
| May | 12 | Peterborough Printing Works | Aileen Preiss |
| May | 14 | The Family Tree of the Great Slovak Writer Pavol Hrtus Jurina | Dr Drahomir Vlička |
| May | 22 | Mysteries of the Baring Line | Maria Zammit |
| May | 24 | The Use & Misuse of Passenger Lists (Highly commended) | Brian Stace |
| May | 31 | Taxed Carts and Brick Makers: A Todd Family Lineage | Ian Sellick |
| May | 36 | The Coming of the Sparrow | Beryl Schahinger |
| August | 6 | Bare Branches Yield Fruit | Fiona Errington |
| August | 9 | Footts in the Park | M.J. Fitzgerald |
| August | 17 | A New South Australian Immigrant's Letter Home to Germany | Keith Lokan |
| August | 32 | Memories of an Old House | Merlene Johnston |
| November | 7 | The Hunt for the Elusive Elizabeth Anne Greep | Robyn Knight |
| November | 15 | A Female Publican near the Barossa Goldfields | Kathleen Emms |
| November | 22 | Forgotten But Not Lost | Judith Deane-Freeman |
| November | 26 | The Prospect of Gold | Wanda Hopkins |
| November | 36 | Adelaide to the MacLeay River Valley | Matthew Rutkin |
| November | 39 | Samuel Didn't Sleep in the Park | Michael Fitzgerald |
| Journal Edition | Page | Article | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 6 | Glenelg to Millswood via Paraguay | Michael Fitzgerald |
| February | 15 | Mary Billing Bate and the City of Adelaide | Michael Sandover |
| February | 19 | Gus's Gift | Alison Hicks |
| February | 30 | Glueckauf: Emigration Desirable | Corinna Meiss |
| February | 34 | Disagreeing with Cousin Dot | Ben Hollister |
| May | 8 | Looking Forward, Looking Back | Elaine Gifford |
| May | 14 | Carl Linger and August and Matilda Cranz: early South Australian musicians | Jan McInerney |
| May | 27 | My Devonshire Landed Gentry Connection | Neil Thomas |
| May | 39 | In Search of my Grandfather: Major AEM Norton DSO | Tony Stimson |
| May | 47 | Personal Coats of Arms of Some Roman Catholic Bishops in the Territory of Oceania | Dr Marek Sobola |
| May | 55 | Recalled to Life | M.J. Fitzgerald |
| May | 58 | Roadblocks and Breakthroughs in my German Ancestry: The Hintz Family | Helen Stagg |
| August | 8 | Family History is More Than Births Deaths and Marriages | Janet Scarfe |
| August | 19 | The Selectors at Wandearah | Marian Quartly |
| August | 25 | Why Didn't I Listen to My Mother | Colin Beames |
| August | 27 | Fifty Years a Farmer | Wanda Hopkins |
| November | 11 | Agnes Theresa Frederica (Litchfield) Mason | Kathleen Emms |
| November | 26 | A Man of Many Names | Bernadette Thakur |
| November | 34 | A Breed Apart | Wanda Hopkins |
| November | 42 | How Mitchells became Quirks (AWARD WINNER) | Zoe Ratcliffe |
| November | 48 | Fromelles Soldiers: Searching for an Identity | Denice Rendell |
| Journal Edition | Page | Article | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 9 | Francis Turner: 'A Good Growler' | Alison Hicks |
| February | 14 | Following the Records Isn't Always a Straight Line | Helen Livingston |
| May | 18 | An Explorer in the Family | Ian Sellick |
| May | 23 | Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills | Ian Sellick |
| May | 26 | Wreck of the Armoor | Ian Sellick & Helen Livingston |
| May | 28 | Another Coromandel Publication | William Othams |
| August | 6 | Is This a Winter of Discontent? (AWARD WINNER) | Barry Horner |
| August | 14 | The Disappearing Ancestors | Ian Sellick |
| August | 19 | Some Interesting Stories of the O'Neill Family of Kanmantoo | Susan Nicholls |
| August | 26 | The Discoverer of Copper at Moonta, Patrick Ryan | Robyn Knight |
| August | 40 | Family Connections in Adelaide's Early Legal System | M.J. Fitzgerald |
| November | 16 | Kelly - Great-great-grandparents Commemorated | Sue Lear |
| November | 21 | Whose Album was it? (Special mention) | Chris Maddocks & Alison Hicks |
| Journal Edition | Page | Article | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 6 | Sir Walter Watson Hughes | Robyn Knight |
| February | 13 | Trove Provides Treasures for Family Histories | Lesley Attema |
| February | 17 | Do You Want to be Robbed, Harassed or Killed? | Andrew Peake |
| February | 18 | Flowers Hutchinson | Leonie Fretwell |
| February | 28 | Restoring Auburn's Graves | Helen Perry |
| May | 5 | A Journey of Discovery - Aldborough Richardson Davies | Judith Lydeamore |
| May | 14 | Around Australia in a Dodge Utility | David Barber |
| May | 18 | School Admission Registers - Treasure Troves of Information | Alison Hicks |
| May | 22 | Hard(L)y Known | Michael J Fitzgerald |
| August | 11 | 2019 Dressing of the Graves | Robyn Knight |
| August | 15 | Folly of Verbal Instructions | Barry Chapple |
| August | 18 | The Gates of Silveracre | Robyn Johnston |
| November | 11 | Mr Sowerby Brickwall | David Barber |
| November | 12 | Upholding Cornish Culture & Traditions in Australia | Jan Lokan |
| November | 16 | Bridging Two Cultures (AWARD WINNER) | Janet & Sue Scarfe |
| November | 24 | Reuben Richardson | Ken Winckel |
| November | 26 | Leonard Radbone, Grandfather: Filling the Gap & Finding Three Motherless Cousins | Susan Nicholls |
| Journal Edition | Page | Article | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 8 | The Mystery of Watt or Whitfield | Susan Nicholls |
| February | 14 | Rev. Joshua Foster, Bible Christian | Dympthia Bailey |
| February | 18 | Where Does Watsford Come From? | Kerry Giles (née Harrison) |
| February | 22 | The Wood Family Antique Roadshow | Andrew Wood |
| February | 26 | Are Headstones Always Correct? | Pat Cass |
| May | 7 | Ada Laurie: Not So Alone | Alison Hicks |
| May | 12 | Newenham - A Tangible Reminder Of Our Earliest History | Michael Fitzgerald |
| May | 19 | The Kings and I | Paul Hughes |
| August | 12 | Shirley's Story (Runner up) | Judy Taylor & Shirley Lane |
| August | 20 | Australians Who Served in Serbia | Bojan Pajic |
| August | 22 | Ferdinand Louis Grund | Stuart Tapley |
| August | 38 | Germanic Family History Records | Aileen Preiss & Ben Hollister |
| November | 10 | Unsere Theuren Mutter | Ben Hollister |
| November | 14 | Railway Men of World War One (AWARD WINNER) | Thelma Fechner |
| November | 17 | The Other Edmund Crowe | Tina Hocking |
| November | 22 | A Sea of Bishops | M.J. Fitzgerald |
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