The new issue of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa quarterly chronicle, Anglo-Celtic Roots arrived in the mail on Monday and is online behind the members-only firewall. It's a special themed issue, something the society rarely does, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the arrival in Canada of war brides who constituted the largest cohort of immigrants that year. The articles are:
Canada’s War Brides: Love and Marriage in Times of Uncertainty, by Glenn Wright
Mary Imhoff, the War Bride on Our Family Tree, by Carol Annett
Researching WW II British War Brides to Canada, by John D. Reid
War Brides of the First World War, by Glenn Wright and John D. Reid
Further war bride stories will be published in the next issue, that's in addition to the ten online in a special section on the Society website at
https://bifhsgo.ca/upload/files/Research/War_Brides/War_Brides.pdf
What do you think of special issues? Do you want broader coverage in each? Should BIFHSGO use its quarterly chronicle to recognize special anniversaries with occasional themed issues?
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I used to belong to six British FHS's but remain only with one --- The Somerset/Dorset FHS. They have been doing themed issues now for several years with great success. It seems to focus the reader's mind on an issue in their own ancestry and results in many more submissions to the journal. In the last year alone, they have had to hold over some because of so many submissions, or, in the last issue, had to edit some submissions in order to fit the space.
So it seems like a good idea to suggest a theme and wait for the submissions to stream in.
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