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Congratulations to our own CGS member, Lisa Gorrell!  From the Erath County Genealogical Society’s November 15, 2025 Facebook post:

Texas State Genealogical Society (TxSGS) Writing Award Winner!
Congratulations to ECGS member, Lisa S. Gorrell, on her award winning blog, , honored with this year’s TxSGS Writing Awards. Lisa is a certified genealogist living in California, and we are so grateful that she discovered her Texas roots. Through detailed research and engaging storytelling, Lisa provides readers insightful research methodology while preserving the legacy of her ancestors. Her site includes a search function, but some surnames about which she has written are: Buford, Coor, Davey, Gleeson, Gorrell, Hork, Hutson, Johnston, Jones, Lancaster, Loveless, Lundquist, Morris, Nilsen, Rushing, Selman, Sievert, Sullivan, Tierney, & Wollenweber. Please check out her blog. Lisa says “Every day is a good day if there is genealogy in it.” Great job, Lisa!

Lisa’s blog: https://mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/

We talked about blogs in this blog a few weeks ago and I will for sure be adding Lisa’s blog to my Feedly!  I hope you will, too.

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