| Show I G GENEALOGY lG G Y I l Society e o of Genealogists c l of London I L IJ war goes steadily and cruelly cruel cruel- WHILE V V ly IY on tho genealogists of or Great Britain quietly redouble their ef- ef fores tores ores to enlarge their scope and to heighten tho value of ot tho the work the they aro are doing to standardize the tho stud study and practice of ot genealogy In tho the British Isles With the third annual report of ot this society just out comes a request to tho foreign members to give ghe It a wide publicity especially In America Of the tho members of ot this society 27 are from the United States StatCH and 3 1 are from Utah Utah Joseph Joseph H. H Carpenter Mrs Susa Young Gates and Miss Emma Luc Lucy Gates This department publishes the re report report re- re port as many of ot our students and anet friends may glean valuable hints from the following The object of ot the Society of ot Genealogists Genea Genea- I la Is to collect index and arrange historical topographical genealogical and heraldic evidence for or the uso use of ot Its members and associates and to noli notify to them as it accrues material of ot specIal special ape ape- cial Interest to them There Thero arc are four tour classes of ot subscribers to tho the Fellows I members as associates as- as sedates and corresponding associates Fellows can only nh be elected at a meetIng meetIng meet- meet in Ing of ot fellows and unless In exceptional circumstances must have proved themselves themselves themselves them them- selves valuable members of ot the society for at least a a. year r before election The subscription of or fellows Is la 2 pounds 2 shillings n n. year car and tho the privileges privileges' 1 To receive Quarter from the tho so so- so clety advice of ot any fresh resh Information accrued c concerning concerning- certain specified families and places In which they personally personally per per- ma may bo interested the number of ot which Is at present limited to ten 2 To borrow printed works from the society's 8 library r 3 To have access to all rul printed works Indexes manuscripts or documents In the library of ot the so so- so det Fellows have a liability In the event of ot the tho winding up of ot the tho so socIety society society so- so not exceeding 2 pounds and they ma may make a n life Ufe composition of ot 10 poun pounds 10 shillings Irh Accorded I Members are aro elected b by tho the executive e committee The Tho subscription Is 1 pound 1 shillIng p per r annum with an entrance fee of ot 10 shillings and the privileges 1 They receive quarter quarterly reports from tram the tho society on as ninny many Its IB three families or places In which they thc mn may be personally personal Interested 2 The They have access to the he printed works Indexes manuscripts or documents In the tho society collections Members have haven havea a n liability not exceeding t 2 3 pounds in tho event of ot the society winding sInding up tip and they have the right to make a life lito composition of ot 7 pounds 7 shillings Associates have havo the same tion and the same annie I privileges as mem mern- hers bers but thc they have no as members mem mom bers bars The They cannot make a n life composition com corn position and they havo hao no liability Corresponding associates aro are elected b by tho the executive committee The They must reside at least twenty five miles tr from m London and the tho subscription l II 10 shillings Cd a n year Tho The privileges are similar to tho privileges of members except that they the may have reports report on I Ione one family only They The cannot make a a alito lifo lito composition or or- vote oto as 82 members at the annual meeting and the thc they have no liability be Certificates of ot membership p ma may obtained at t 1 shilling shilling- e each h. h These aro arc small enough h to go Into the Pocket and can be shown hown to tu clergy when members are aro searching and wish vis visto to show that they are aro literary nn and not legal searchers They The must bo be ro re- re renewed each year at the same samo price A A copy of ot the memorandum and I articles s of will be bo sent free tree freeto freeto to all who ore are elected but If a candIdate candidate candidate candi candI- I date wishes to do so t he ne ma may purchase on before election for 1 sh shilling fling Tho The society's s rooms are open from 10 till G C p n. n m. m each mch week weel day excepting excepting except except- In ing when tho they are arc closed at 4 p. p mAs mAs m m. As an association not for profit In Inthe inthe Inthe the pecuniary sense of ot the term the tho society relies on the efforts of In Individual In- In 1 members to make Its l purpose known A form of ot application for Cor membership will be found at nt the end of this book boo After Arter thre three years the tho agreement for tor tho society's home home In the Strand haIn having hay hav In lag ing expired a lL move has been made to larger rooms on the first floor of ot a aUno aline line Uno old Georgian house In iii Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Blooms Blooms- bury Square Here w We w are much more mOro comfortable with more light lIht more air and more for tor to use our room In 11 Ill 1 I I n w. w 0 Mill anu l i ll There i Is now v room for tor our men members to smoke for our lad lady members members mem mem- bers hers to pursue their researches undisturbed undIsturbed and for all nIl to enjoy man many mani of ot thon tho the n advantages es of ot a n club It Is even een suggested suggested sug sug- that receptions might be bo held at Rt which members could be invited to road rend papers and introduce their friends A quantity of ot furniture has been lent b by one of ot our oUt fellows an and nd we have put In ele electric light The quarterly printed report Is no longer Issued as the tho labor lobor and of ot preparing It are arc to be better employed In other directions Tho The quarterly written reports of ot accrued matter touching the Interests of ot fellows fel fel- el- el lows members or associates are enJoyed enjoyed en- en Joyed b by all all and for the tho publicity we depend upon all our members members- without exception loin doing their best to bring tho objects of ot the society before the notice of ot a wilier wider circle We are passing through a period of ot storm and stress and ur urgent ent calls are heard on every O side but we e must not tall fall to assort assert our modest place in the general scheme and our function at once useful useful useful use use- ful stimulating and refreshing should on no account be overlooked Reports were submitted from the following commutes Committee on the library Members of the society who have not yet visited the new flew rooms at 6 hao ha a a. Dleasant surprise awaiting n them Tho They cannot fail fall to be bo gratified by the sight of ot the tho handsome apartment which has been allotted to this subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee for the tue keeping of ot the so society's so so- cletys clety's growing ever collection of ot b It was wag said of ot old that no da day should be without its line we can say sa- that no da day on tho the average has been without Its volume The Tho subcommittee has hRS taken full tull advantage ad advantage advantage ad- ad vantage of ot the space placed at Its dis dis- It has hns rearranged tho the whole of tho books with one object In view and only one one to to facilitate te so far as possible genealogical research All other considerations havo have been dis dis- dia- dia regarded The new arrangement Is purely purel topographical not according to size subject or series The scheme chome of ot arrangement i Is lR as follows England g general for books re relating re- re lating to more than three three- English Ens counties This department is arran arranged ed In alphabetical order of authors' authors names namos En England land b by counties for Cor books re relating re- re lating hating to three or fewer counties The Tho counties are arranged In alphabetical alpha alpha- order Under each count county wo we have havo a books relating to tho the county count generally b tho the parishes in alphabetical alpha alpha- order with tho thio books relating to each Books relating to hamlets will bo be found tho appropriate parish references Cross s to tho the second or third coun county y are aro shown n b by means of ot dumm dummy volumes Ireland Scotland Wales the tho ions lonn beyond tho seas foreign countries Under the hea heading heading- America U U. S S. S will be found a n. good collection of ot tam tam- II ily histories Committee on tho library Ms Uh volumes vol vol- vol- vol umes committee on the tho library documents docu docu- ments committee on the consolidated Index committee on tho the subject index on cards committee on heraldry committee com coni- for tor cataloguing pedigrees com corn mitt so on monumental Inscriptions committee on parish registers and mar- mar riago licenses committee on school college apprenticeship and admission lon registers to companies guilds etc committee on leaf fly Inscriptions In family bibles etc eto committee O on records rec roe of ot migration and chan change chango o of ot resi rosl- dence committee on local records committee on family associations com corn on Irish records recons cOmmittee on Scottish records on The original scheme for tho extension extension exten exten- I sion and am amplification of ot Burkes Burko's Armoury iry and f Papworth's Ordinary of or Arms Is still Sun in abeyance as aa th tho society so- so has not up to tho the Present been able ablo KI to or borrow those works mis committee expresses expresseR a hope that lu during r tho Current year these books ml may through tho liberality of ot some Borne member or members como come Into the possession of ot tho the society The slip slip- Indexing Indexing- of ot Eodes' Eodes Armoury has hns made steady progress but tho the war has hns to some somo extent with this work wont Dr Pr Bradbrook reports that the slip slip- Indexing or of Froissart's Chronicles and Jenns s Roll Boll of ot Arms has been completed com corn and that he Is proceeding with the tho slip Indexing of ot coats o of arms on tombstones and stained lass glass In churches In the tho count county of Buckingham This commIttee will welcome the ro- ro from members and other persons interested of ot particulars of cr an any arms arias no not already appearing In Ira either Burkes Burke's Armoury or On ortha Ordinary of ot Arns Arms Committee on InscrIptions W w Carew has put on record that one of ot tho most Interesting fey riy- leaves ho had hall ever seen was In a fifteenth century manuscript Now Testament which In tho the course o of a n hun hundred years has belonged In Jn urn turn to Samuel of ot Norwich Robert Arden of ot Barwicke Anthony Webster of at London Richard of ot London and John hooker Booker and antI that Sha ton had written written written-In In direction to tho the binder binder- Remove not this lea In yo ye now new binde- binde In Ing we quote these quaint words as ns evidence of ot the tho value alne set upon those most Important parts of ot books 20 years car ago tugo Our committee wish to draw aw attention at at- to thid inter Interesting a additional proof moot of ot tho the o of leaves fly and to ask that If It they hare havo boen removed remo b before forO parting with tho the books tho they mn may be sent nent to be either to society A ur our IliA u Ul u. u turned when copied f and duly Indexed value together with any Information which ma may happen n to accompany It Tho The most valuable of or these records are re of ot course from r m Bibles which came cameto to toI tobe be family fa registers of ot births mar mar- r rages I ag S and deaths and wo aro grateful for tor those which h have havo been b ceo en already added to our records by gift or loan to the society for tho the purpose of or boIng bo- bo tag Ing copied These will 11 vil always bo be gladly gladh glad glad- ly h- received acknowledged ed and made mado full rull us us' of oc oi and members s and arid theIr ther friends can In this wn way render Important Import Import- Important ant air nil In helping the visitations 0 of the tho seventeenth century anti and the more exact and detailed records of ot tho nineteenth nineteenth nine nine- century Family Tho The Society society's list of at family has hns been added to so that in respect of or almost an any tam family 11 wo We can answer the question Has Uns anything been done for tor this family In the tho shape of ot organized effort I It takes something something some sorno- thing hiko genius to organize a 3 family association but somo some at nt an any Y rate are ar successful and havo dono useful work ork n Reports ts po-ts of or meeting of ot any such uch associations associations newspaper cuttings questions or an any literature regarding t them eni will wUl willbe b be welcome and carefully filed tiled for fu future futuro futuro fu- fu turo ture reference Subject rt Index Committee This committee can report no progress res ress for Cor want of ot an nn or organising scene secre tary The Tho object is IB to 0 provide pro a tl place for tor special Information as ns to classes of ot r records cords not nOl within the scoPe of ot theother theother the tho other committees committees' activities such as I Sims Sims' Manual for tor tho the Genealogist Ryes Ryo's and anal R Record cord searching and the Genealogists Genealogists' Pocket 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