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.