1961

Mary Givens Bryan, State Archivist of Georgia (awarded posthumously).

1966

Arthur S. Maynard, retiring as Assistant Librarian, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

1966

Dr. Kenneth Scott, for locating and preserving colonial records.

1969

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on the occasion of it first World Conference on Records.

1970

New England Historic Genealogical Society, for its services to scholarly genealogy over the past century and a quarter.

1972

Dr. Jean Stephenson, for her many contributions to genealogy, notably for creating and sustaining the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

1973

Clifford Neal Smith, for locating and preserving German-American records.

1975

Lida Flint Harshman, for compiling Ohio records.

1978

Fred J. Reynolds, Librarian of the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana, for creating its unique genealogical collection.

1979

Father Donald J. Hebert, for collecting and publishing Louisiana parish records.

1981

Brent Holcomb, for collecting and publishing records of North and South Carolina.

1987

William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, for their Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790—1920 (1987).

1989

Robert W. Barnes, for his Baltimore County Families, 1659—1759 (1989).

1993

Virgil D. White, for his several series of military pensions indexes and abstracts.

1995

Ralph D. Crandall, Executive Director, New England Historic Genealogical Society, on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.

2000

P. William Filby, for wide contributions to the genealogical community.

2005

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, for its outstanding collection of genealogical sources and helpful service to genealogists from all over the world.