Category: Newsletter
Ogling for Ogles 2018
Spring, summer and fall 2018 issues of Ogling for Ogles.
Salt Lake City Business Meeting
The business meeting at the 2018 family convention lasted about 21/2 hours. Issues on the agenda included: new pricing for annual dues; updating bylaws; digital content; election of new officers.
Remember the Missing Flag?
Inquiries about the whereabouts of the Ogle Flag were published in the June 2017 issue of our newsletter, below. After the Fire
An Ogle in Action: Mbale, Uganda
Hello, I’m your Ogle relative, Barry. I’d like to share my recent trips over to Mbale, Uganda in Africa Originally published in the spring 2018 issue of Ogling for Ogles 30(1). Log-in to read this post. | Not a member? Sign-up.
Thomas Fire: A close call for OOFA and other updates
This winter of 2017/2018 has been one to remember for many. Most of you heard that the Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, CA, almost burned our home. Volunteer with O/OFA As you know, all positions within the O/OFA are volunteer positions. There are many aspects of an organization such as ours that Read more about Thomas Fire: A close call for OOFA and other updates[…]
Ogle Family Roots
Northumbria, now known as Northumberland, is England’s northern-most county. It’s a land where Anglian invaders fought Celtic natives, Roman legions guarded a walled frontier, and Vikings raided. Norman nobility later built castles to suppress rebellion and defend a contested border with Scotland. The border region between England and Scotland once stretched from Edinburgh to Read more about Ogle Family Roots[…]
Dedication of Ogle Pond
On Thursday, September 7, 2017, the O/OFA tour group traveling to Northumberland, England, met with representatives of Kirkley Hall campus to dedicate Ogle Pond on the beautiful grounds of Northumberland College. Thanks to the generous contributions by O/OFA members, $2,500 provided the means to clean up and help provide ongoing restoration of a spring fed Read more about Dedication of Ogle Pond[…]
Ogles and the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Whalton, Northumberland
St. Mary Magdalene was built around the year 1100 only a few years after the Norman conquest of England, although extensions and modifications have taken place over the centuries since. The Ogles had controlled the area and other places within Northumberland even before the Norman Conquest and they were one of a very few Saxon Read more about Ogles and the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Whalton, Northumberland[…]