At the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Genealogists on October 26, 2024, the Society voted to present the Donald Lines Jacobus Award to The Vick Genealogy: The Study of a Southern American Family in White and Black, 2 vols. (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Press for the Joseph Vick Family of America, 2023), by John Beatty, CG.
The author, John Beatty, CG, is Senior Librarian at the Genealogy Center of the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library, a nationally-known institution for genealogical research.
This work covers seven generations of male-line descendants of Joseph1 Vick, who immigrated to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, some years before 1674. The work is notable for its thoroughness and professionalism. A particularly notable feature is its inclusion of Vick descendants of color, including some formerly enslaved by members of the Vick family, and descendants who are traced through a combination of DNA and other evidence. This work is a thought-provoking model for inclusive treatment of known and possible descendants who were both free and enslaved, white and persons of color.