Perhaps someone in an 'official' capacity within the Society, the ACALG, or
Glamorgan Record Office (?) might like to make some diplomatic overtures? I
rather suspect that otherwise a few concerned archivists will send similar
messages to little effect, or no one will bother to do anything.
Rich
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Chell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 12:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: UK-Schools History Group
>
> Further to my posting and some of the responses on the matter above, it
> seems to me that we should be concerned at the activities of this Group.
>
> What "they" appear to be seeking are the statutory records of schools, as
> well as other items.
>
> Kim Bewick's response [copied to the list] is worrying.
>
> As I said before, the explanation of the Group's aims does not include any
> information on the composition of the Group itself, or its affiliation.
>
> Very little information is given in the Group's rules page.
>
> The Group intends to become a member of the Federation of Family History
> Societies, but only by 2002, its membership is open to all persons showing
> a genuine interest in the Group's Objectives, and it is administered by an
> Executive Committe consisting of the Chairman and Treasurer. No apparent
> link to any education group.
>
> Kim's response also points to the Group acquiring property in South Wales
> (for a repository), operating a research service, and a publications
> programme.
>
> Kim may be well placed to do this. A quick search of the internet returns
> a number of hits for Kim Bewick, including numerous references to the UK
> Schools Group, genealogical services and the photographic database; Kim's
> personal web page, The Bewick Family Genealogy pages, Fixit Systems (a
> computer company) and Fairwater Genealogy (a genealogical research
> service). All the latter can be found as sub-pages from the main bewick
> site at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.bewick/kim/
>
> Robert Chell
>
>
>
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