The Society have launched a Graveyard Photographic Project for Dumfries and Galloway and we are looking for your help. For full details please visit our Project page at www.dgfhs.org.uk/graveyard-photographic-project which will be updated as the Project develops. Meantime if you have any questions or would like to help us please email photostudy@dgfhs.org.uk.
The Bank of Scotland have new security measures in place and all cheques have to be made out to Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society. Abbreviations are not acceptable. Cheques will be refused or returned to the Treasurer if the correct full name of the account is not on the cheque.
It was announced at the AGM today that the Society is now affiliated to Findmypast. Details of this can be found on the Findmypast page under the RESOURCES menu. The benefits to our members can be viewed on the Findmypast Benefit page under the MEMBERSHIP menu.
We always welcome offers of help from our members. Whether you would like to meet visitors in the Centre or work behind the scenes, helping with publications, or research or graveyard recording – or whatever your particular interest is, we will be pleased to see you. You do not need to be tied down to coming every week or even every month. Whatever time you can offer will be valued.
Under the RESOURCES section of the website we have created a new section being an index of all the Society’s Newsletters. We hope you find this useful.
Thanks to Alverie Weighill for creating the index of our first 91 issues.
Please read our new guide to Getting Started on Your Family Tree
The new website is up and running. One of the changes brought in is a streamlining of the contact between members/enquirers and the OS Secretary. As Overseas Membership Secretary I am now linked directly to the address on the website mbrs-sec-os@dgfhs.org.uk. One advantage is that I will reply to an enquirer using the address they used to contact me. The previous email address centre38@btinternet.com is no longer active. Can you please put this new address mbrs-sec-os@dgfhs.org.uk into your address book?
Regards,
Bill Holland
(Overseas Membership Secretary)
E-mail: mbrs-sec-os@dgfhs.org.uk
Please tell us if you change your email address. We have recently had e-Journals rejected as the members email addresses have not been recognised. If you have not received your e-Journal or if you change your email address please email webmaster@dgfhs.org.uk.
