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Administration

Administrator:

Philippa McCray

Finance Officer:

Frank Healey

Webmaster:

Peter Hunnisett

Mailing Lists Administrator & Deputy Webmaster:

Malcolm Austen

Ezine Manager:

Diane Maskell

FFHS Data Online Manager
FMP / Society Liaison Manager:

Gillian Stevens

Patron, President & Vice-Presidents

Patron:

His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG LVO OBE MC

President:

Lady Teviot

Vice-Presidents:

Dr Colin R Chapman CEng CSci CChem FEI FNucI FRSC FRSH FSG

Derek A.Palgrave MA MPhil MCoT CChem FRHistS FRSC FIRM FSG

Mrs Pauline Litton BA FSG(Assoc)

FFHS Board of Directors
and Executive Committee

Chairman:

David Holman

38 Polyear Close, Polgooth, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 7BH

Vice Chairman

David Smetham

Little Trees, Gawsworth Road, Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire. SK11 9RA

Treasurer:

Doreen Holterman

11 Rock Park, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Wirral CH42 1PJ

Archives Liaison Officers:

Maureen Bullows

The Old Stables, Main Street, Tugby, Leicester, LE7 9WD

Roger Lewry

84 Humphries Drive, Brackley, Northamptonshire NN13 6PW

Education Officer:

Malcolm Austen

11 Corn Avill Close, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 2ND

Projects Officer:

Carol McLee

3 The Green, Kirklevington, Yarm, North Yorks TS15 9NW

Publicity Officer:

Marian French

30 The Pastures, Hardwick, Cambridge CB3 7XA

Communications Officer:

David Smetham

Little Trees, Gawsworth Road, Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9RA

Legislation Monitoring Officer:

Roger Lewry

84 Humphries Drive, Brackley, Northamptonshire NN13 6PW

Additional Executive Members :

Sylvia Hall

Redcar House Farm, Sedgefield, Stockton on Tees TS21 3EN

Ann-Marie Wilkinson

4 King Alfred's Way, Wedmore, Somerset BS28 4BB

Beryl Evans

Cnwc y Barcud, Llangeitho, Tregaron, Ceredigion SY25 6QU

Honorary Officers

Legal Adviser & Company Secretary:

David Lambert

22 Lime Grove, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 6PJ

FFHS Sub-committees and Other Appointments

Archives Liaison Committee

Chairman (an Archives Liaison Officer):

Roger Lewry

Committee Members:

Maureen Bullows
Dominic Johnson
Derek Palgrave
Richard Ratcliffe
Lesley Smetham

Education Committee

Chairman (Education Officer):

Malcolm Austen

Committee Members:

The Education sub-committee is being re-formed, please contact Malcolm (above) if you have a specific interest in joining this sub-committee.

 

Finance Committee

Chairman (Treasurer):

Doreen Holterman

Committee Members:

Alan Dungate
Ken Finch
Cliff Kemball

NBI Committee

Chairman (Projects Officer):

Carol McLee

Data Co-ordinator:

Peter Underwood

Other Committee Members:

Steve Archer

Mary Rix

Peter Lord

Gillian Stevens

Projects Committee

Chairman (Projects Officer):

Carol McLee

Committee Members:

Gillian Stevens

Publicity Committee

Chairman (Publicity Officer):

Marian French

Committee Members:

Lesley Smetham

Jackie Cotterill

Ann-Marie Wilkinson

Ian Whaley

Award Panels

Elizabeth Simpson Award: 2010

Chairman of Judges:

David Gilligan (North Cheshire FHS)

Other Judges

Geoff Gardiner (Bristol & Avon FHS)
Sheila Lawson (Cumbria FHS)

Web Award: 2010

Chairman of Judges:

Peter Christian

Other Judges

David Ramsden (North Cheshire FHS)
Andy Coates (British Isles FHS of Greater Ottawa)

FFHS Services Ltd

Chairman:

Carol McLee

Financial Director :

Doreen Holterman

Accounts Officer:

Frank Healey

Director:

Marian French

Director:

David Holman

Company Secretary & Legal Adviser:

David Lambert

FFHS (Publications) Ltd has now closed its distribution warehouse and office in Oram Street, Bury. The company is continuing in business as a separate trading subsidiary of the Federation under the new title of FFHS Services Ltd.

 

Books:

In most instances, FFHS books, previously published by FFHS (Publications) Ltd, can still be obtained by purchasing on-line from www.genfair.co.uk (see below). Future publications will be published as co-branded joint ventures in partnership with the Society of Genealogists and other publishers.

FamilyHistoryOnline:

Data from the FamilyHistoryOnline has been progressively transferred, with the agreement of its owners, for hosting by www.findmypast.co.uk. This service finally closed on Monday 2nd March 2009 due to the Federation of Family History Societies and its services company being unable to invest sufficient time and money in the considerable resources that would have been necessary for FamilyHistoryOnline to continue as a viable alternative to other commercial sites.

 

The hosting of FamilyHistoryOnline by findmypast.co.uk is providing greater access to this valuable information and bringing quality data to a wider audience worldwide. It will also produce greater returns to the family history societies who own this data, enabling them to use the income to support their educational, project, and other work. However, the FamilyHistoryOnline web site will continue to provide an access link to the findmypast.co.uk web site and give details of the transferred data.

Administration queries should continue to be addressed to the FHOL Liaison Manager, Gillian Stevens at

GENfair:

This 'one-stop' shop for Family and Local Historians is now being operated under franchise on behalf of the Federation by S&N British Data Archive Ltd.
It has a new web site with improved search facilities at www.genfair.co.uk

National Burial Index:

FFHS Services Co has discontinued selling the 2nd edition of the NBI CDs. When ready, orders for the new edition can be placed via the FFHS Services Ltd page on GENfair at www.genfair.co.uk/product_list.php?sid=42&page=2
or from: FFHS Services Ltd, PO Box 673, Rochdale, OL16 9JQ.