The Alberta Family Histories Society is pleased to announce the availability of the Brian W. Hutchison Genealogical Scholarship of up to $500. The scholarship is awarded annually to a Canadian resident, toward the cost of tuition and books (for the recipient to study the field of genealogy and family history in a recognized education or accreditation/certification program), or the cost of attending a genealogical conference/seminar, or as a cash prize.

The Brian W. Hutchison Scholarship is funded by an endowment to the Alberta Family Histories Society from GEN-FIND Research Associates, Inc., of Nanaimo, British Columbia.

The donor wishes to encourage Canadians to pursue formal study of genealogical analysis, research, evaluation, and documentation methodologies and standards, thereby raising the bar for the hobby.

The deadline for applications is December 31 of the current year.

The Scholarship will be awarded each following May.

All residents of Canada are eligible, except for current judges of the Scholarship Committee and their immediate family members, and past winners of this Scholarship.

The application must be completed in full and submitted before the deadline.

Candidates will be judged on their responses to the application questions and on the quality of a four-generation family history, as judged by the Scholarship Committee. The Alberta Family Histories Society reserves the right to first publication of the family history of the winning candidate.

Candidates are urged to examine Guidelines for Candidates [PDF] carefully to obtain details of the full requirements applications must meet to be eligible.

A copy of the application may be obtained by clicking here [PDF] or by writing to the address noted below.
Submission of completed applications should also be sent to the following address by the deadline date:

Alberta Family Histories Society
712 - 16 Avenue N.W.
Calgary AB T2M 0J8
Attention: Scholarship Committee

The application and attachments will NOT be returned.
All decisions made by the Scholarship Committee are final.

Applicants are encouraged to keep a full copy of their submission in case lost in the mail. As well, receipt of the package will be acknowledged by the Scholarship Committee through e-mail or by post and announcement of the winner will be acknowledged by a personal letter through the post.

If you have any questions regarding this scholarship, please e-mail the .