BCG congratulates Karen Stein Daniel, CG®, who received a first place award on November 3rd in the category “Books by a Professional / Family History” at the 2018 Texas State Genealogical Society conference held in San Antonio. Her compiled genealogy, A German Immigrant Family in 19th Century Texas, Johannes Gustav Gräter, Christian Friedrich Gräter, Gottlob Friedrich Gräter, was a culmination of several decades of research on one of Karen’s paternal German families. It was published in December 2017 by Family Heritage Publishers in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The words Certified Genealogist and letters CG are registered certification marks, and the designations CGL and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluation.