(L) Mayor Mike Smith, recipient Audrey Underwood & Joyce Johnston,Heritage Committee Chair

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On January 26th, Audrey Underwood was once again honoured for her tireless work in genealogy and history.

In 2007, she was honoured with the Municipal Heritage Conservation Award and, on Monday at Saugeen Shores Town Council meeting, she was presented with the 2008 Ontario Heritage Award for her work in preserving the community's heritage and culture.

For more than 40 years, she has been involved in history and genealogy and is always willing to share her knowledge or advise those who are researching their family trees.

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Underwood was also instrumental in establishing the first Genealogical Society in Bruce County in 1971 and was its first President. For many years, she has collected birth, marriage and death records out of newspapers and collated the information into a usable format now being used at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre.

In addition to providing archival assistance at the Bruce County Museum and giving seminars about how to 'research a family tree', Underwood is also an author and area representative on the Bruce County Historical Society.

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