Congratulations to the latest FUGA - Karen Mauer Jones!

     This award is given in recognition of distinguished contributions and on-going commitment to the field of genealogy of national or international scope, evidenced by any combination of publications, teaching and speaking, or leadership of major genealogical organizations over a significant period of time.

     This year the award was presented to Karen Mauer Jones, CG, FGBS. Karen is not new to the UGA or the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Karen was the coordinator this year for the New York course, which has been an offering over the years since 2014.

     Karen has been active in the genealogical field as an editor, author, lecturer, and professional genealogist, specializing in upstate New York, and recently retired as the editor of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. She was named a fellow of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in November 2012. She holds an MA in museum studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies (State University of New York, Oneonta) and a BS (honors) in history (State University of New York, Oneonta). She has served on the Education Committee of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society since 2011. She has served APG as a Regional Vice President (1993-1994) and as Director (1993-1996 and again from 2009-2010). She has also served the genealogical community as Director and Vice President of Administration for the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) from 1992 to 2002; National Conference Chair of the 1997 FGS conference in Dallas, Texas; Chair of the FGS Public Relations Committee, 1992-1998.

     As the owner of Frontier Press, a genealogical and historical bookstore, Karen has authored articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, as well as the two-volume set of The Kentucky Gazette: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts, 1787-1820, the two-volume set of Pioneer Ohio Newspapers: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts, 1793-1818 (winner of the 1989 Salmon P. Chase Award, Council of Ohio Genealogists), and The Maryland Gazette: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts, 1727-1761 (winner of the 1991 Norris Harris Award, Maryland Historical Society)

     Congratulations to Karen!