FROM: Suzanne Winsor Freeman Grant Committee,
Denise May Levenick, Chair
swfgrant(a)gmail.com
Lise Harding, SCGS Jamboree
lise(a)scgsgenealogy.com
*February 10, 2016*
*For IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
*Student Genealogy Grant Applications Invited*
*The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant Committee and
the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree are pleased to
announce the 2016 Student Grant and Jamboree Scholarship. Student
genealogists between the ages of 18 and 23 are eligible to apply for the
$500 cash award and full registration scholarship for the 2016 SCGS
Jamboree to be held in Burbank, California June 3-5, 2016.*
The Student Grant was established in 2010 by family and friends in memory
of Suzanne Winsor Freeman, family historian and life-long volunteer, and an
enthusiastic annual attendee at the SCGS Jamboree. The 2016 Southern
California Genealogy Jamboree <
http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/Jamboree/>
sponsored
by the Southern California Genealogical Society will provide a full
conference registration to the SCGS Jamboree in June where the award will
be presented. This is a unique opportunity for a young genealogist to
attend a premiere regional conference and meet genealogists from throughout
the nation.
Past recipients include Elyse Doerflinger (Lomita, California), A.C. Ivory
(Salt Lake City, Utah), Anthony Ray (Palmdale, California), Michael Savoca
(Toms River, New Jersey), and Paul Woodbury (Provo, Utah).
“The Student Genealogy Grant pays tribute to Suzanne Freeman’s dedication
to youth volunteerism and family history by awarding the annual cash grant
to a young genealogist attending the SCGS Annual Genealogy Jamboree,
Southern California’s premiere regional genealogy conference,” notes Denise
Levenick, committee chair and Freeman’s daughter.
“We are especially grateful to Jamboree for providing a three-day
conference registration to the grant recipient,” she adds. “SCGS is truly a
leader in conference organizations by encouraging youth involvement in
genealogy through the student conference scholarship.”
Born in Olathe, Kansas, Suzanne Winsor (Brown) Freeman moved to Orange
County, California with her family in the early 1930s where she attended
school and lived most of her life. She developed a strong interest in
family history sparked by the stories of her mother’s early life in
Colorado and Kansas. After retirement Suzanne moved to Green Valley,
Arizona where she was active in the local genealogy society. She enjoyed
returning to Southern California each year in June to attend the SCGS
Jamboree. Suzanne passed away after a brief illness in Tucson, Arizona
August 28, 2010.
The $500 cash award pays tribute to these interests by awarding the annual
cash grant to a young genealogist attending the Jamboree. In addition, a
student scholarship for conference registration to the Annual Southern
California Genealogy Jamboree will be provided by the Jamboree conference.
Any genealogist who is between the ages of 18 and 23 as of June 2, 2016 and
a current student (full-time or part-time) is eligible to apply. The award
will be presented at the Jamboree Scholarship Breakfast Sunday, June 5,
2016; the recipient must be present to receive the award. See the Grant
Application for eligibility details.
Funding for the cash award is provided by the family grant program;
Jamboree registration is provided by the conference. Individual
contributions to the grant program are welcome at the Student Grant Webpage
<
http://www.thefamilycurator.com/swf-grant/>.
*Application deadline is March 20, 2016 midnight Pacific Daylight Time.*
Application details and forms are available at the Student Grant Webpage
<
http://www.thefamilycurator.com/swf-grant/>
http://www.thefamilycurator.com/swf-grant. Suzanne Winsor Freeman’s
Obituary is available here
<
http://www.thefamilycurator.com/home/2010/9/3/suzanne-mercy-winsor-freema...
.