Two new Continuing Research Grants ($2500 each) have recently been awarded by the American Society of Genealogists.

One grant was awarded to William E. Cole of Gold River, California, funding three projects: preparation of a compiled genealogy of The Wife of John Cole of Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire: Frances —, her siblings and parents; preparation of a compiled Cole genealogy expanding on “The English Origins of Job, John, Daniel and Ruth Cole,” published in Mayflower Descendant, vol. 69 (Winter 2021); and preparation of a narrative history of the trials and tribulations faced by nine Puritans for their non-conformist beliefs in the early 1590s within the Church of England and in England’s highest courts. Mr. Cole is an in-demand genealogy presenter who will be speaking at the National Genealogical Society Family History Conference, “The American Mosaic,” in Sacramento, May 24-28, 2022.

A grant was also awarded to Al Sharp of Kittitas, Washington, to continue his “Henrico Project” of systematic abstracts from the Henrico County, Virginia, court records, of which fourteen volumes have already been published. This grant will be applied towards the completion of two volumes of Court Minute Books, 1752–1755 and 1755–1762. Mr. Sharp has worked with the editors of the papers of George Washington and James Madison at the University of Virginia in an Early American Studies seminar, critiquing draft theses of graduate students. He was also instrumental in obtaining changes in the Virginia laws to allow digital access to Virginia court records.

Further information about this new grant program is available on the website of the American Society of Genealogists. Additional information is available from Alicia Crane Williams, Chair, ASG Grant Committee (4 White Trellis, Plymouth MA 02360; or acwcrane@aol.com).