The 'Josselin Society' was formed in England in February 1991 with the following objectives:-
                          To foster association between persons who have, or whose relatives have a surname
                       Joslin, Josling, Josselin, Jocelyn, Josceline, Joscelyne, Joselyn, Joslyn or similar.
          To promote the study of, and research into, the origins and history of those names,
to encourage meetings and correspondence between such persons for social purposes
And for the exchange of information.
                         To collect and collate the results of study and research and publish it among members.
                                    To Publish newsletters and other communications to further these objects

ORGANISATION
Officers and Committee are elected at the Annual General Meeting (normally in September / October)
and comprise : Chairman, Vice-chairman, Secretary, Treasurer (who is also Membership Secretary at present),
and six other members all serving in an honorary capacity.
The Committee may appoint a President and other persons e.g. Journal Editor, Journal Designer
Annual accounts are prepared and audited by an Auditor appointed at the AGM
And a subscription fixed for the year which runs from 1st. September.
Any Newsletter or Journal is to be included within the subscription.

PAST JOSSELIN GROUP EVENTS
Gatherings have been held at: Bury St. Edmunds, Braintree, Stanstead Abbotts, Brooklands,
Leigh on Sea, Althorp, Sulgrave, Horndon on the Hill, Bishops Stortford, Hyde Hall, Exeter,
Sawbridgeworth, Maldon, Ely, Essex Record Office Chelmsford, Hemingford Grey
and two visits to Chateau Josselin in Brittany.
To celebrate the Millennium we held a Josselin 2000 Weekend in the Essex area with events over 3 days,
it included a dinner, a church crawl at Terling, White Notley and Cressing Churches
and a family history workshop and garden party at Langham near Colchester..
A Josselin gathering was held on 21st-23rd June 2002 at Alnwick Castle and Warkworth Castle in Northumberland. 
The AGM 2002 was held on Saturday the 12th of October at Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire.
Included in the days activities was a Guided tour with Derrick Thomas of Great St. Mary's Church in Sawbridgeworth.
Derrick was able to show us all the Jocelin, Hyde and Roden memorials and explained the history of our families
connection to Sawbridgeworth and Hyde Hall from 1248 when Thomas Jocelin married Maud Hide.
Take time to visit the Church website and see some Josceline family trees
and the chance to do a brass rubbing of our Jocelin ancestors.  http://www.englishchurch.org/ 
Summer 2003 meetings were held at Great and Little Horkesley & Cressing Temple Essex.
2004 saw a Josselin event at Ponteland, Northumberland.
Stoke on Trent was a Spring meeting with a visit to the Wedgwood factory.
Audley End near Saffron Walden was a summer meeting.
Bocking Mill and Braintree Museum for our AGM.
Only two events were arranged for 2005; Chartwell House the former home of Sir Winston Churchill,
and the Cold War bunker at Kelvedon Hatch Nr. Brentwood was our venue for the AGM
2006 saw a very successful summer weekend based at Long Melford in Suffolk
Our AGM was held at Earls Colne in Essex the former Parish of Rev. Ralph Josselin.

THE SOCIETIES JOURNAL
This is normally published three times a year together with occasional newsletters.
The Membership list is updated and published annually.
Articles and items of interest should be submitted to the Editor;
Dr. Averil Snodgrass  CAJOSC@aol.com

THE CURRENT SUBSCRIPTION
Is £10 (or 18 US Dollars IN BILLS or $25 in Australian dollars IN BILLS accepted)
and cheques drawn on British banks should be made payable to:
'The Josselin Society' and should be sent to the Membership Secretary and Treasurer
Mr Ben Joscelyne at 29,Thistley Green Road, Braintree. Essex. England, CM7 9SF. England.
Telephone enquiries to Ben on UK number 01376-325336.
Email: benjos@btinternet.com

ON JOINING THE JOSSELIN SOCIETY
The following will be sent to you:
1. The latest Journal and Newsletter together with the details of forthcoming meetings.
2. A Membership List- currently we have about 100 paid up members worldwide and
addresses and telephone & e-mail numbers are included.
It is an understanding of membership that the Society may hold such details in a computer database
and distribute it to members, but only for 'Josselin Society' purposes.
3. A Josselin car "sticker" and bookmark.
4. A form giving the member the opportunity of publicising in the Josselin Journal the lines of research
he or she is pursuing and fields in which the member is knowledgeable,
and also requests for specific information
(Please note)
All information passed to the Society is assumed to be freely available to other members unless advised to the contrary.
A form requesting members to lodge an autobiographical note with the Society is also included
along with pro-forma applications for the Josselin Reference Manual
and other items that may be available form time to time.

  JOSSELIN SOCIETY REFERENCE MANUAL 1 & 2
 
 The first volume was published in 2003, it contains over 100 pages of reference
   material to help members with their research, it's priced at £6.25 plus p&p
    ( members should contact Ben for a copy)

  Volume 2 was published January 2005 (place your order with Ben)

           LADIES SCARVES                   MEN'S TIES           JOSSELIN BADGES.* 
MEN'S TIES are in navy blue or wine or black polyester with two diagonal woven stripes
and the Josselin tree motif between the lines, they are priced at  £7.00 each.

LADIES SCARVES are 54 x 9 inches in navy blue or scarlet or black polyester twill
with satin borders and the tree motif at each end priced at  £6.00.each.

CHATEAU JOSSELIN PIN BADGES are 0.5 x 0.75 inch priced at  £2.00 each
*(Josselin pins are out of stock at this moment)

Please add 50p for postage for all items, Send your order to:-:
Treasurer
Mr Ben Joscelyne at 29,Thistley Green Road, Braintree. Essex. England, CM7 9SF. England.
Telephone enquiries to Ben on UK number 01376-325336.
E-mail: benjos@btinternet.com         UK Cheques payable to 'The Josselin Society' please.

JOSSELIN PEDIGREE CHARTS
In 1984 a set of four 'Josselin' pedigree charts were produced by William Frederick (Bill) Joscelyne
and the late Arthur William Joscelyne of Leigh-on-Sea, the charts were redrawn in 1996 by:
C W (Wayne) Joslin in Canada and are available for members to purchase as a set of four A3 sheets..
Chart 1 Covers the period    400BC - 1200AD in Europe
Chart 2 Covers the period 1100AD - 1800AD in England
Chart 3 Covers the period 1500AD - 1900AD in England
Chart 4 Covers maps of Europe in 741, Charlemagne 814, 10th Century France and 'First Crusade' 1097
All the charts are in black and white and are available only for members by post from :-
Mrs Brenda Humphries. "Panfields", Mill Lane, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk. IP24 2NH England.

 

  

        The cost to members of this set of four A4 charts is £2.00 plus postage

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