Yes, it would be nice to have a list in the 'private' Members section of the website where we could add names of ancestors we are researching, at least put a name to those with similar interests. A number of Family History Societies have Members Interests either open to the public with just an email address, or give membership number to apply to the Registrar for contact, or closed to the public but give name and address/email address. I belong to five FHSs plus the Guild of One-Name Studies all of whom have their own online facility to contact other members regarding Interests in various forms. Most print a list of new members in their Journals and it seems usual that those who require further privacy can either use a P.O. Box number or be contacted via a member of the FHS Committee. From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jjgduffus via" <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> To: "sog list" <SOG-UK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 3:02 AM Subject: [SOG-UK] Fw: Lawrence John Verney > ‎I agree it would be good to have a way of identifying fellow members. > Back in the Harrington Gardens days newly elected members where published > in the Magazine. There was also a mail facility where members could > receive and exchange post in the common room, very useful saving the cost > of posting bulky documents. The society could indeed even produce a > directory of members with contact details and genealogical interests. I > suppose there would have to be a facility for members who valued their > privacy to excluded themselves from being listed. > > Julian Duffus > Sog member 1978 to be present > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. > Original Message > From: Merryl Wells via <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:56 > To: Chris Pitt Lewis; sog-uk@rootsweb.com > Reply To: Merryl Wells > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Lawrence John Verney > > It would be nice to know who are members of the Society. I can communicate > with people for years without knowing they belong to the Society of > Genealogists. Very occasionally I recognize the name of someone in the > Magazine's Recently Deceased Members column, but that is the only way now > of > knowing they were > a member. > > A way of knowing other members interests through the Magazine is the Birth > Briefs section, now without a contact address. That has included so few > submissions recently (2 in Sept. edition) which surely can't be used as a > list of all new members? > > From > Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. > E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org > GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Pitt Lewis via" <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> > To: <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 11:26 AM > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Lawrence John Verney > > >>I suppose this is Sir Lawrence John Verney, the former Recorder of >> London, who died 25 July 2014. He is among the new members listed in the >> March 1941 issue of the Genealogists' Magazine. >> >> The novelist Anthony Powell joined in the period 1 July-30 Sept 1926 and >> died 28 March 2000, so it must be very close between them. >> >> Of course there may be someone who has clocked up even longer. >> >> Chris Pitt Lewis >> >> On 03/09/2014 02:14, jjgduffus via wrote: >>> >>> I noticed in the deceased members section the remarkable fact that >>> Lawrence >>> J Verney had been a member since 1941 through to his demise in 2014. >>> Julian Duffus >>> Sog member 1978 to present > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I know at least two people, well worthy of a Fellowship, who missed out because I didn't know they were Members until I heard it their funerals! Jeanne Bunting Sent from my iPad > On 4 Sep 2014, at 05:29, Merryl Wells via <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Yes, it would be nice to have a list in the 'private' Members section of the > website where we could add names of ancestors we are researching, at least > put a name to those with similar interests. > > A number of Family History Societies have Members Interests either open to > the public with just an email address, or give membership number to apply to > the Registrar for contact, or closed to the public but give name and > address/email address. I belong to five FHSs plus the Guild of One-Name > Studies all of whom have their own online facility to contact other members > regarding Interests in various forms. Most print a list of new members in > their Journals and it seems usual that those who require further privacy can > either use a P.O. Box number or be contacted via a member of the FHS > Committee. > > From > Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. > E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org > GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jjgduffus via" <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> > To: "sog list" <SOG-UK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 3:02 AM > Subject: [SOG-UK] Fw: Lawrence John Verney > > >> ‎I agree it would be good to have a way of identifying fellow members. >> Back in the Harrington Gardens days newly elected members where published >> in the Magazine. There was also a mail facility where members could >> receive and exchange post in the common room, very useful saving the cost >> of posting bulky documents. The society could indeed even produce a >> directory of members with contact details and genealogical interests. I >> suppose there would have to be a facility for members who valued their >> privacy to excluded themselves from being listed. >> >> Julian Duffus >> Sog member 1978 to be present >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. >> Original Message >> From: Merryl Wells via <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:56 >> To: Chris Pitt Lewis; sog-uk@rootsweb.com >> Reply To: Merryl Wells >> Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Lawrence John Verney >> >> It would be nice to know who are members of the Society. I can communicate >> with people for years without knowing they belong to the Society of >> Genealogists. Very occasionally I recognize the name of someone in the >> Magazine's Recently Deceased Members column, but that is the only way now >> of >> knowing they were >> a member. >> >> A way of knowing other members interests through the Magazine is the Birth >> Briefs section, now without a contact address. That has included so few >> submissions recently (2 in Sept. edition) which surely can't be used as a >> list of all new members? >> >> From >> Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. >> E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org >> GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Chris Pitt Lewis via" <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> >> To: <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 11:26 AM >> Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Lawrence John Verney >> >> >>> I suppose this is Sir Lawrence John Verney, the former Recorder of >>> London, who died 25 July 2014. He is among the new members listed in the >>> March 1941 issue of the Genealogists' Magazine. >>> >>> The novelist Anthony Powell joined in the period 1 July-30 Sept 1926 and >>> died 28 March 2000, so it must be very close between them. >>> >>> Of course there may be someone who has clocked up even longer. >>> >>> Chris Pitt Lewis >>> >>>> On 03/09/2014 02:14, jjgduffus via wrote: >>>> >>>> I noticed in the deceased members section the remarkable fact that >>>> Lawrence >>>> J Verney had been a member since 1941 through to his demise in 2014. >>>> Julian Duffus >>>> Sog member 1978 to present >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message