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

Congratulations to OXFHS -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wendy Archer, Chairman, Oxfordshire FHS Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012 5:33 AM 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

Congratulations and well done to you. A very helpful group too I must say Thanks.... Liz C Australia

May I add my congratulations to you all at OFHS - it's a great magazine, and just love it when it arrives in the mail box. As being an editor of a magazine in the past, I understand the amount of work and dedication it takes to put a publication like OFHS together. Well done, and congratulations to all concerned. Very well deserved! Lyn Lyn Rumble Rushworth, Victoria, Australia treehouse152@gmail.com www.picturetrail.com/ironbarkstudio www.chromaonline.com/teachers/lyn_rumble -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wendy Archer, Chairman, Oxfordshire FHS Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012 5:33 AM 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