British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois
BIGWILL – a genealogical society of individuals who are interested in their British Isles ancestry – invites you to join their society. We are dedicated to helping all members trace their ancestry in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands.Some of the benefits of membership:
• Regular and special meetings dealing with different aspects of research in the British Isles
• Support and networking for all levels of researchers
• Bi-monthly newsletter to keep you up-to-date on events and resources which can help in your research
(Newsletters are normally sent to members as an email attachment;
for a small additional fee, a member can receive a printed & mailed paper copy of each newsletter.)
• Free entries in the BIGWILL Register, a growing database of members’ interests
NAME:________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:____________________________________________________________________
CITY/STATE:__________________________________________ ZIP:____________________
TELEPHONE: ( ______ )_______-_______ EMAIL (Optional, but requested):___________________________
List Additional Family Member(s):____________________________________________________
Do you give permission for BIGWILL to publish this information for the benefit of other members?
_____ YES _____ NO (If neither YES or NO is checked, YES will be assumed)
______ New membership ______ Renewal
About you:
Surnames you are researching:_______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(Note: Your list of surnames will be printed once in the BIGWILL News, provided you give permission to publish your contact information.
A separate form is used to submit information for the BIGWILL Register) Can You Help? We love volunteers! Perhaps you can lend a hand by holding an office, helping in the library (1-3 pm after our regular meetings), using your computer, bringing cookies? Please let us know ways you might be able to help:
__________________________________________________________________________
Membership Dues (annual; membership is on a calendar year basis):
$20.00 for new or renewing individual regular membership; $1.00 each for additional family members
Charter members (persons who have been BIGWILL members continuously since 1993): $15.00
Additional family members are entitled to vote in all membership matters, to submit surname lists and BIGWILL Register entries, and to receive member discounts as applicable, but do not receive any additional mailings. (list additional family members above)
$5.00 additional to received printed/mailed newsletters (newsletters are normally sent to members via e-mail)
BIGWILL Register: Every BIGWILL member is entitled to one free printed copy of the 4th edition of the BIGWILL Register (published in November 2006). This may be picked up at any BIGWILL meeting. If you want a copy mailed to you, check here _____ and add $3.00 to your dues payment.
BIGWILL members are encouraged to contribute $1 each year, usually at the same time as they pay their annual BIGWILL dues, to the Malcolm H. Stern NARA Gift Fund, a nationally supported program to finance the creation of finding aids and the microfilming of valuable research materials now preserved in the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. This fund drive is sometimes dubbed “Dollars for Documents.”
Have you added $1 to your dues to contribute to this fund? _____ YES _____ NO
Tax-deductible contributions (above the dues rate) to BIGWILL are greatly appreciated $ __________
Please make your check or money order payable to BIGWILL
Print a copy of this web page, fill it out and mail it (or bring it to the next BIGWILL meeting), along with your membership fee, to
BIGWILL, ATTN: Membership Chair, PO BOX 192, Richmond IL 60071-0192.
We ask that you fill out this form, .even with renewals, so that we have a paperwork trail of membership dues paid after your check has been cashed. It is acceptable to write "No change" for your address, phone number, e-mail address, and surnames being researched, but please fill out everything else. Thanks! .
If you have questions, please contact our president by email at BIGWILLGen@yahoo.com.
Note: From time to time, the BIGWILL leadership sends brief email messages to members for whom it has an email address. These messages are usually notices of interesting developments on the internet or reminders of upcoming events. If you use email, please be sure that your email is configured to allow incoming messages from both <bigwillgen@yahoo.com> and the BIGWILL webmaster, <rklittle@wisc.edu>.
Table of membership expiration dates
4 November 2009
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This site is maintained by Rollie Littlewood
This page was last modified on 24 August 2008