THANK YOU!

For all those who monitor this blog, visit the MHSA, donate records, cash or time - thanks!

Do remember the MHSA in the many ways you can support us:

·         Buy your Mennonite publications from us

·         Collect your congregational bulletins and meeting minutes and donate them for our preservation vault

·         Donate a copy of your family history for our library shelves

·         Volunteer some time to help us keep up with our library cataloguing and records processing (help!  Can anyone give us a bit of assistance with printing labels in MS Access?)

·         Make a financial contribution to help us buy an additional bay of mobile shelving ($2500), pay for our insurance (about $900/year), archival safe folders (50 cents per folder), archival safe boxes ($9.50 per box).  Our annual donation budget has been roughly $10,000 but we haven’t met it in 2007

We support you:

·         through the e-connections we make here

·         looking up records for you

·         helping you out with research strategy ideas

·         developing two major meetings a year

·         being open one day a week

·         two newsletters a year

·         membership is stable at $20/year for many years now

·         Major websites:  MHSA (www.mennonitehistory.org), Mennonite Genealogical Data Index (www.mennonites.ca), and the tips and tricks blog at http://mennonites.typepad.com/mennonite_historical_soci/

And, join me in thanking those who have helped keep MHSA operating this past year:

·         Irene Klassen (Calgary) – book and membership sales, archival records processing, and generally the “second in command”!

·         Margaret Kent (Calgary) – accountant, wrestling with our resources and invoices

·         Dave Hildebrand (Calgary) – always available to troubleshoot with “facility issues” and looking out for ways to add value to the MHSA reference area

·         Dave Toews (Edmonton) – enthusiastic newsletter editor, bringing humour to research

·         Henry Goerzen (Didsbury) – continuing his connections between the Mennonite Church Alberta’s historical needs and preservation of their records for the MHSA

·         Archives Advisory Committee (Ted Regehr, Calgary; Jim Bowman, Calgary) – Helping me make best practice decisions with our records

·         Board members who plan our major events:  Vince Friesen (Chair, Edmonton) , Colin Neufeldt (Vice Chair, Edmonton), Margaret Kent (Treasurer, Calgary), Dave Pankratz (Secretary, Ft. St. John), and Members at Large:  Henry Goerzen (Didsbury), Itrene Klassen (Calgary) and Dave toews (Edmonton).

·         Area Representatives:  Irene Klassen (Calgary), Colin Neufeldt (Edmonton), Rosemary (Mary Burkholder), Carstairs/Didsbury (Harvey Burkholder), southern Alberta (Hilda Heidebrecht).  Tofield and northern Alberta representative roles are presently vacant.

In kinship,

Judii Rempel