The HOLMES FAMILY HISTORY JOURNAL has been the life blood of our society
for the last thirteen years, most of that time it has fallen on the shoulders of Jean Watts
to edit, produce and distribute our publication,
during that time she has also undertaken the job of membership secretary.

Statement from Jean Watts August 2006

This is definitely my last Journal.
No one has offered to have a go so the committee put their heads together and are of the opinion that we should try to keep the Society active after all the hard work that has gone on in the past.
We have decided that I will produce a news sheet whenever there is sufficient information to justify the cost of production and distribution. If any members are prepare to receive information by Email I could send information in smaller chunks and only use ’snail mail’ for those not able to communicate in this way. David will still add records to the database, which I hope you will still send to him as you do any research yourself particularly parish records, which are so invaluable to other members.
Elaine will still check my letter for mistakes,
Peter will still write those lovely labels and
Rosamund has quite a collection of microfiche records and will do look ups.
Peter has offered to put our presence on the Internet www.holmesfhs.org.uk
with a link to my new email address which is: holmesfhs@btinternet.com

My husband who does the accounts assures me that we have enough money in the bank to cover postage and printing costs for at least the next year, I will review the finances at the end of 2007 to see if I need to seek a further subscription then. I will continue to seek an initial joining fee of £5 or £10 airmail to foreign parts from new members.

I will still need you to send me topical information for the newsletters. I am not a chatty person who can
fill a page on a few facts so I will need information or articles of interest to put into the newsletters and of course I will keep you informed of any new members and their interests.

 I will do look up’s in the Vital Records Index published by the Mormons, if you send a name with approximate dates for birth/marriages in a named county.
I am willing to send print outs provided you ask for a particular Christian name and send an SAE.
There are no deaths on this index.

We will survive as a society if everybody cooperates.
As you know both David Holmes and myself can be contacted by email or snail mail so all should be well. This way we will have modernised the society and have a presence on the Internet as well.


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