well done -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wendy Archer, Chairman, Oxfordshire FHS Sent: 27 March 2012 19:33 To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] Elizabeth Simpson award placement for OFHS journal I am delighted to be able to announce that, at the Federation of Family History Societies General Meeting in London last weekend, Oxfordshire FHS was awarded second place in the Large Societies category of the Elizabeth Simpson Award for "the Journal making the Best Contribution to Family History". Congratulations to Tony Hadland, our Editor. Tony collected the award, and there are photos at <URL:http://www.facebook.com/oxfordshirefhs> and at <URL:http://www.ffhs.org.uk/awards/journal/current.php> For the curious, there were 18 entries in our category. First place in our category went to Somerset & Dorset FHS, while third place went to the Guild of One-Name Studies. The overall winner of the award was The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc. (in Australia). Wendy Chairman, Oxfordshire FHS www.ofhs.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message