That is fabulous news. Congratulations to Tony for a great magazine. Anne -------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug and Jane" <doug_and_jane@internode.on.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 7:47 AM To: "'Wendy Archer, Chairman, Oxfordshire FHS'" <wharcher@cvd.co.uk>; <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [OXF] Elizabeth Simpson award placement for OFHS journal > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 >