QFHS Fellows receive the highest and most esteemed award of the Queensland Family History Society.
The honour, QFHS Fellow, is conferred to a member to acknowledge:
| QFHS Fellow | Date |
| Shauna Hicks | Inaugural QFHS Fellow 2014 |
| Eric Kopittke | Inaugural QFHS Fellow 2014 |
| Rosemary Kopittke | Inaugural QFHS Fellow 2014 |
| The late Dorothy Grice | Inaugural QFHS Fellow 2014 |
| Ann Swain | Inaugural QFHS Fellow 2014 |
| Tony Swain | Inaugural QFHS Fellow 2014 |
| Dorothy Jeffrey | 4 November 2016 |
| John Perryn | 4 November 2016 |
| Sue Reid | 12 October 2020 |
The Award for Services to Family History is presented annually to QFHS members who have made a significant voluntary contribution to family history.
Current members of the QFHS are invited and encouraged to make nominations.
The award ceremony takes place at the Volunteers Thank You Morning Tea in December each year.
You may write no more than 500 words in support of your nomination.
Please complete the online nomination form by 30 September.
Each year the Queensland Family History Society presents an Award for the best history of a Queensland family published in book form within the last five years.
Books submitted as entries must be the story of a family, not an individual. The entries must have significant Queensland content and some reference to the origins of the family prior to arrival in Australia. An index and the citation of references are of prime importance; maps, data and genealogical tables and illustrations are also important.
Entries close on 30 November each year and prizes are presented at a special meeting during the following year. Members and non-members may submit entries.
The award for the first prize winner will be $250 and 12 months free single membership of the Society. The winning entry or entries will be reviewed in our journal The Queensland Family Historian.
In 2021, QFHS established a Members' Choice Award for the Queensland Family Historian (QFH) Journal Article of the Year. This award is decided by a poll of members of the Society and is open to members and non-members who have had articles published in the QFH in the calendar year.
The Award is a commemorative certificate and a gift card.
The Award for Meritorious Service to Family History, the most prestigious award in the field of Family History in Australasia, is presented by the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations (AFFHO). Member societies of AFFHO can nominate candidates and the AFFHO Council selects the successiful nominees.