Best Picture – Best old family photo that appeared on this blog in 2008. And the nominees are: 1. Paternal Grandparents, Lloyd & Ella Amore; 2. Maternal Grandparents, Glen & Vesta Johnson; 3. Maternal Great-Grandparents, John & Katie Johnson; 4. Maternal g-great-grandparents, Emanuel & Nancy Caylor.
And the Winner is: Picture #2! My maternal grandparents, Glen and Vesta Johnson. This picture was taken while they were courting in 1916 and is considered to be the Winner for several reasons. I never personally knew the other subjects except for stories, pictures and my research. I also have tons of letters my grandparents wrote to each other while they were courting so I have somewhat of a story behind the winning photo. Congratulations!
Glen & Vesta
Best Screenplay – which family story would make the best movie? Who would I cast?
And the nominees are: 1. What a Bunch of Hooey!; 2. At Least It Wasn’t Moonshine!; 3. Independent From Birth.
And the Winner is: Independent From Birth! This screenplay about my maternal grandfather’s foster sister takes place between 1910 and 1991 in rural Madison County, Indiana. The stage version stars Elle Fanning as the young Eva and as the teenage Eva – Elle’s sister, Dakota Fanning. As an adult she is played by Drew Barrymore. These actresses capture the loneliness that Eva had throughout her life. For Eva’s foster brother, Glen (my grandfather), the role would go to Ewan McGregor and her foster parents (my great-grandparents) would be played by William Hurt and Meryl Streep.
Best Documentary – what was the best informational article about a thing, place or event involving my family?
The Nominees are: 1. Ministers, Lay Persons and Church Folk, Oh My!; 2. Those Who Served; 3. Disecting Obituaries.
And the Winner is: Disecting Obituaries.
Best Biography – The best biographical article of 2008?
And the Nominees are: 1. The Case of Chase; 2. James Emory House; 3. The 2 part series on Lester House – Lester’s Despair – Part One and More Tragedy for Lester House (Conclusion of Lester’s Despair).
And the Winner is: The Case of Chase! This article won hands down because it provided some much sought after information to a distant cousin that I never knew I had! She was deeply moved by this story, and I am so glad I was able to give her a story that she didn’t know very much about.
Best Comedy – the funny story, poem, joke, video, or photo that was shared?
And the Nominees are: 1. What a Bunch of Hooey! (competing in a 2nd category!); 2. Unusual Photos; 3. What Were We Thinking?
And the Winner is: What a Bunch of Hooey! I chose this article as the winner because I look back with humor on a lot of those things my mother says!
And that does it for this year’s Genea-Oscar’s! So before the music starts up and I get cut off on my thanks – here goes:
I want to thank Jasia at Creative Gene for inspiring me to start submitting entries for the Carnival of Genealogy; Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings for promoting some of my articles in his Best of the Genea-Blogs articles; to Jessica at Jessica’s Genejournal for giving me a shout out and tagging me in all things good; to footnoteMaven at Shades of the Departed and footnoteMaven for her inspiring prompts for Smile for the Camera; to Miriam at AnceStories and AnceStories2 for the great prompts and informative articles. To all those fellow genea-bloggers who have given me great inspiration and assistance when I needed it: Becky at kinexxions; Julie at GenBlog; Amy at Amy’s Genealogy (and a fellow Buckeye!); Terry Thornton (who inspired me to begin my other blog Graveyard Rabbit of South Denton County) of Hill Country of Monroe County; Elyse at Elyse’s Genealogy Blog; Thomas at Destination: Austin Family; Sheri at The Educated Genealogist; Donna at What’s Past is Prologue, whose articles have really helped me! And (cue music) and . . . but wait . . . I’m not done thanking everyone yet . . . Thank You All My Faithful Readers – Especially You!
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