Watkins Family History Society

10 Year Anniversary

(1995-2005)

Past and present Directors/Advisors

Bernard (Buzz) Watkins 1995-        Founder, newsletter editor (1995-2001)

J. Paul Watkins  1995-                    Original co-director

David G. Watkins (UK) 1995-            UK Liaison/director

David Watkins (Aus) 1995-                Australia Liaison/Webmaster/director

Billy Ray Watkins 1997-                Technical Advisor/director

Elizabeth Barner 2000-                    Newsletter editor (2002-

David J. Watkins 1995-1998            Original co-director

Monty Van Horn 1995-1998            Original co-director

Many thanks to those who have given their time and energies in attempting to understand this family's origins and migrations, fortunes and misfortunes, their lives and loves. 

We've had about 300 people contribute money to our projects, through one-time memberships or gifts of money, and all donations have been very much appreciated.  We've also had some very generous members and patrons who have donated information (the stuff we *really* crave) of various sorts, from cemetery inscriptions to bible entries.  There is a vast amount of personal research from thousands of people in our on-going query postings and forum messages, which shouldn't be overlooked as a donation of time to construct a question around some data points.  For these we also thank you, because they've led to many, many contacts between cousins through these 10 years, and we always delight in the "connections" stories we hear about.

We have much more to do in our future.  Our goal is still to assemble and distribute data for WATKINS researchers (and variant spellings of the name), and to make life easier for those researchers that follow us.  To help this cause, there are many small things that need doing:

I am sure there are many more things that can be done, if you choose to jump upon our noble bandwagon.  There are many ways to reach us to discuss any role you might see for yourself, and I am sure any offering will be of value.  The natural starting point would be to contact our esteemed webmaster Dave, who can direct you to the most appropriate resource for your question.  Or, you can take advantage of the automated web functions we have built-in, such as for donations or posting messages.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Sincerely,

Buzz Watkins

The following addresses may be of some benefit for contact with the Watkins FHS:

Home:  http://www.watkins.net.au

GEDCOM: http://www.watkinsfhs.net

Library: http://watkins-fhs.org  *new*

Within these pages are personal contact addresses which you can also use.