At the National Genealogical Society conference in St. Charles, Missouri in May 2019, Henry B. Hoff, CG, FASG, and Nancy Sands Maulsby received the NGS’s Award for Excellence in the Genealogy and Family History Book category for their book Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Alfred Sands and Kate Van Volkenburgh (Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2018). This illustrated hardcover book tells the story of Maulsby’s immigrant ancestors who came to New York and achieved success in finance and medicine.