About Us - the OFHS Volunteers
The Society
OFHS is a Registered Charity, Number 275891 and is a member of the Family History Federation. Its objectives are:
- to advance education in family history and genealogy primarily within the post-1974 county of Oxfordshire
- to collect, index, co-ordinate, publish and make accessible in the interests of family history and genealogy any relevant document or records relating to the county
- to promote the preservation of such documents or records
- to encourage the study of family history and genealogy
- to assist educationally by lectures or otherwise in record research
- to co-operate with family history and other societies with similar interests.
You gain many benefits if you join the Society. Here are some of the key volunteers.
President and Vice-Presidents
The President of the Society is Malcolm Graham.
There are two Vice-Presidents – Colin Harris and Carl Boardman.
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee members are elected at the AGM. They are responsible for making decisions on running the Society and help to organise and manage its activities.
Chairman: Responsible for chairing the Executive meetings and the day-to-day running of the Society. Current Post-holder: Malcolm Austen
Secretary: Responsible for the legal and external correspondence on behalf of the Society. Current Post-holder: Tim Emptage
Treasurer: Manages the Society’s financial activities. Current Post-holder: Charles Eldridge
Editor: Produces the Society’s journal three times a year and is responsible for all book reviews. Current Post-holder: Sue Honoré
Membership Secretary: Manages the registration of new members, changes in membership details and acts as an advocate for members in the Society. Is also responsible for the mailing lists and distribution of the journal. Current Post-holder: Susan Mattheus
Family History Fairs Co-ordinator: This role has responsibility for our own OFHS Fair held in October each year as well as managing the logistics of attending other fairs held in the UK throughout the year. Current Post-holder: John Cramer
Programme Co-ordinator: OFHS holds monthly meetings at Exeter Hall, Kidlington and this role is responsible for finding speakers and managing the events. Additional online meetings are also held throughout the year. Current Post-holder: Vacant, Online Members’ Group: Kevin Poile
Projects Co-ordinator: The Society runs several projects and this person is responsible for keeping an overall eye on the projects and their individual project managers, reviewing potential new projects and liaising with external bodies participating in projects. Current Post-holder: Vacant (temporary management by Malcolm Austen and Tim Emptage)
Publicity Co-ordinator: This role is responsible for managing the publicity for the Society through all channels and for co-ordinating those individuals who work on publicity. Current Post-holder: Angie Trueman
Other members of the Executive Committee without portfolio: There are two vacancies as at June 2022.
Minutes Secretary: This role is a non-voting role responsible for recording the minutes of the Executive meetings. Current Post-holder: Sally Abbey
Non-Executive Roles
Webmaster: Responsible for the development and maintenance of the Society’s website. Current Post-holder: Angie Trueman
Help Line Co-ordinator: Responsible for managing queries to the Society. Current post-holder: Peter Bennett
Advisor/Help Desk Co-ordinator: Responsible for arranging rotas and training of members who provide free family history advisory support at the libraries and Oxfordshire History Centre throughout the year. Current Post-holder: Wendy Archer
Search Services: Manages the OFHS Search Services Oxfordshire database and answers queries on census, parish records and monumental inscriptions from the database. Current Post-holder: Alan Simpson
CD/DVD Sales: Responsible for stocking and sending out of OFHS CDs and DVDs. Current Post-holder: June Whipp. Microfiche sales are currently handled by Wendy Archer. Terms and Conditions of OFHS Sales
Monumental Inscription Co-ordinator: This person is responsible for the management and co-ordination of individual teams who record monumental inscriptions and for the quality of the recordings. Current Post-holder: Alan Simpson
Wills Co-ordinator: Responsible for the development and maintenance of the database of will transcriptions belonging to the Society and for advising on the reading of handwriting and transcribing of early legal documents. Current Post-holder: Dave Beames
War Memorials Co-ordinator: responsible for recording, tracking and advising on Oxfordshire war memorials and other military inscriptions and records. Current Post-holder: John Blakeman
For other roles involving Strays, Birth Briefs or roles not named above, please contact help@ofhs.uk.
Other Volunteers
There are many other volunteers in the Society helping with a myriad of tasks. Without them the Society would not be able to function. If you would like to help out, then please contact us.
Contacting Us
We maintain a list of the Society post-holders and ways they can be contacted.
Legal and Technical
Information pertaining to the OFHS’ constitution, the terms of use of this website, our privacy and cookies statement, and our commitment to accessibility is all collected under a Legal and Technical category.
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I assume this was a relic from an older version of the page; I’ve just put the appropriate link in the paragraph itself now, which seems more direct and sensible.
I have looked for the email for the ‘other volunteers’ which the page tells me is ‘see below’. However, I cannot find it. Should this be clearly printed with the other volunteers paragraph?
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