Kimberly Powell of About.com is asking for your genealogy nominations and recommendations for the 2013 About.com Readers’ Choice Award in 11 categories, and this contest is open to members and nominations from around the world.

This is a great chance to bring to view those genealogical gems you rely on. To see the details and the categories, read Kimberly`s article posted today: About Genealogy Readers’ Choice Awards 2013 – Nominate Your Favorites!

One of the categories is for state, provincial, departmental, etc. genealogical societies. Of course, we hope you will nominate our own BCGS website: www.bcgs.ca

Nominations close at midnight (EST), 17 February, 2013. And then the voting begins, 19 February, 2013. Winners will be announced 27 March, 2013.

You can read more about Kimberly Powell here. She`s a very active genealogist and regularly shares her knowledge, thoughts and resources in the Genealogy section of About.com. For 2013, she won the Silver Tray for Excellence in Genealogical Publishing from the Utah Genealogical Society for her work on About.com.