Olin Family Society

At long last, I've made a change to the site that should prevent warning messages about the site security certificate. If you still observe warnings about the site certificate, or if you encounter unexpected new behavior that might have resulted from the change, please let me know.

The spring issue of The OLINews is finally in the mail for all paid members, and the electronic version is available for those signed up for it. If you want to sign up, see our Services page.

Thanks to Ruth Ellis for preparing it and thanks to our several contributors who provided the content. The delay was primarily mine.

Be sure to check out our Reunions page for recent updates, including a June reunion in Las Vegas being organized by cousins on the Minnesota (Ruth Ellis') branch.

I have granted permission to all authenticated users to blog on this site. As this is a Family site, use common sense and good judgment with your posts, but please do post.

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Donald E. Olin, my father and the founding and current Treasurer of the OFS, died early yesterday, Saturday, November 15, at his home near Ouaquaga, New York. Calling hours and funeral services are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, November 20-21. A full obituary will be published Monday and Tuesday in the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.

With apologies to Henny Youngman, I ask everyone to please take a few seconds to respond to the polls I've posted on this site. To you, they might look like innocuous filler or fluff, but they do have a serious purpose related to the mission of the OFS. It is my hope that we'll learn things that will help us in various ways.

So, please, take my polls!

The 300th anniversary of the marriage of John OLIN and Susannah SPENCER is less than a month away, but it's not too late to help us celebrate it. Go right now to the anniversary announcement and then get involved! Join a celebration in your area or host one of your own. Let's all celebrate our family!

Welcome to the new home of the Olin Family Society!

As you can see, we have overhauled our web site. Most of the previous content is still here, but many of what were static web pages are now served up by a content management system that will make it easier for other people to contribute to and maintain the site.

We call ourselves the Olin Family Society. We hope that this new web site will help create and nurture a real on-line Olin family society. Click on Login and register for an account, then join in. Post in one of our forums. Participate in one of our polls.

Coming soon will be photo albums. Beyond that, who knows? What would you like to see here? Post your ideas in one of our forums or drop us a note. We want to hear from you!