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British Columbia Genealogical Society Family History Book Awards 2012

The Bravest CanadianWinner
McBride, Sam, The Bravest Canadian – Fritz Peters, VC: the Making of a Hero of Two World Wars, Vancouver, BC Granville Island Publishing, 2012. $24.95

Honourable mention
Bentley, Peter and Robin Fowler One Family’s Journey Canfor and the Transformation of BC’s Forest Industry, Douglas and McIntyre, 2012. $35.00

Other Submissions
Martin, Elinor, The Kurrajong Tree the Loves and Lives of Three Women in Colonial Autralia, West Vancouver, BC, Eastcot Publications, 2012.
Vancouver, BC $30.50

Pavlik, Janet, Desmond Smith, Eileen Smith, Echoes Across Seymour a History of North Vancouver’s Eastern Communities Including Dollarton and Deep Cove, Madeira Park, BC, Harbour Publishing Co Ltd, 2012. $39.95

Hope, Sharon, The English Travelers Three Narratives, Sidney, BC, the author, 2011.

MacLean, Albert Mair with Margaret Anne Hume, My Life Adventures of an RCAF Flying Officer, Eaton’s Manager, and Family Man, Vancouver, BC Caissie Cape Publications, 2012.

One Family's JourneyHawthorn, Tom, Deadlines Obits of Memorable British Columbians, Madeira Park, BC, Harbour Publishing, 2012. $26.95

Young, David Esson, The Uchuck Years A West Coast Shipping Saga, Madeira Park, Harbour Publishing, 2012. $24.95

Baile, Lisa, John Clarke Explorer of the Coast Mountains, Madeira Park, BC, Harbour Publishing, 2012. $29.95

British Columbia Genealogical Society Family History Book Awards 2011

Winner
The Little Green Valley: The Kleindale Story by Ray Phillips Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2011. $24.95

Honourable Mention
Whoever Gives Us Bread The Story of the Italians in British Columbia by Lynne Bowen, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, BC. 2011, $32.95
Texada Tapestry a History by Heather Harbord, Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2011. $32.95

Other Submissions
Commitment to Caring Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary’s 100 years 1911-2011 by Andrea Lister, 2011. $20.00.

Graeme’s Way the Autobiography of Graeme Johnstone , Smithers, BC, 2011. $24.99.

Bob Lenarduzzi A Canadian Soccer Story by Bob Lenarduzzi & Jim Taylor, Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2011. $29.95

Beyond the Home Ranch by Diana Philips Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2011, $34.95

Remarkable Yukon Women by Claire Festel Lost Moose, Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2011. $29.95

Passing Through Missing Pages The Intriguing Story of Annie Garland Foster by Frances Welwood, Caitlin Press Halfmoon Bay, BC, 2011. $ 24.95

The Good Hope Cannery life and Death at a Salmon Cannery by W B Mac Donald Caitlin Press, Halfmoon Bay, BC, 2011. $26.95

The Legendary Betty Frank the Cariboo’s Alpine Queen by Sage Birchwater, Caitlin Press Halfmoon Bay, BC, 2011$ 24.95

Above Stairs: Social Like in Upper-Class Victoria 1843-1918 by Valerie Green, Touchwood Editions, Victoria, BC. 2011. $ 19.95

Old Lives in the Chilcotin Backcountry by John Schrieber, Caitlin Press, Halfmoon Bay, BC, 2011. $22.95

The Kelowna Story, an Okanagan History by Sharron J Simpson, Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2011. $36.95

The Doc’s Side Tales of a Sunshine Coast Doctor by Eric J Paetlau, Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2011. $19.95

Lillian Alling: The Journey Home by Susan Smith-Josephy, Caitlin Press Halfmoon Bay, BC, 2011. $24.95

British Columbia Genealogical Society Family History Book Awards 2010

Winner
Bruce McIntyre Watson, Lives Lived West of the Divide: a Biographical Dictionary of Fur Traders Working West of the Rockies, 1793-1858, 3 volumes, Centre for Social, Spatial and Economic Justice, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Kelowna, BC 2010.

Honourable Mention
Dorothy Faulkner et al, Women of Pender Harbour Their Voices, Their History, Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, Madeira Park, BC, 2010

Nancy Hughes, Built by Luney Bros Ltd Building a City and a Legacy Brick by Brick Victoria, BC 1885-1962, Wildflower Publishing House, Victoria, BC, 2010.

Other Submissions
Ian MacDonald and Betty O’Keefe, Quiet Reformers the Legacy of Early Victoria’s Bishop Edward and Mary Cridge, Rondale Press, Vancouver, BC, 2010.

Lynne Stonier-Newman, Peter O’Reilly The Rise of a Reluctant Immigrant, Touchwood Editions, Victoria, BC, 2010.

Helen Piddington, Rumble Seat a Victorian Childhood Remembered, Harbour Publishing, Maderia Park, BC, 2010.

Sue Dahlo and Alice Glandville, Schools of the Boundry, British Columbia Genealogical Society, Richmond, BC, 2010.

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