AncestryProGenealogists® Scholarship (applications due by 30 November)—open to aspiring or practicing professional genealogists.
The AncestryProGenealogists® Scholarship Program will provide five scholarships that will cover tuition, round-trip economy travel (airfare, train, or bus), and hotel expenses, not to exceed $2000, for one individual each to attend one of the five institutes listed on their website, which includes the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research. The scholarships will be awarded to qualified applicants who demonstrate a commitment to genealogy as a profession, a desire for professional development, and the ability to communicate that commitment in writing.
2022 AncestryProGenealogists® Scholarship Winner
Congratulations to Jenny Irwin winner of the 2022 AncestryProGenealogists® Scholarship for IGHR. Jenny will be taking “The Third and Fourth Waves: Researching Recent Immigrants to the United States of America” coordinated by Rich Venezia and Marian Smith. Jenny is a forensic genealogist with Stone House Historical Research, specializing in estate and property cases for attorneys and military repatriation cases for the U.S. Army. She is the founder of Generations Revealed, LLC, where she specializes in Italian and New York research. Jenny holds master’s degrees in educational psychology (Boston College) and criminal justice (University at Albany), and a certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University. She is a member of ProGen 53 and is currently working on her portfolio for submission to the Board for Certification of Genealogists. Jenny serves on the program committee of the New England chapter of the Association for Professional Genealogists (APG), on the board of APG’s Forensic Genealogy Special Interest Group (SIG), and as the syllabus coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG).
Previous Recipients
2021 — Alexa Klimas Corcoran
2020 — Adina Newman
2019 — Linda Tseitlin
2018 — Peg A. Ivanyo
2017 — Denyce Peyton
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