Dunham/Singletary Family Connections

Dunham/Singletary Family Connections, succeeding the National Dunham Family Association, is now operational as a non-profit, public benefit corporation. It is incorporated in the State of Montana. A copy of the final Articles of Incorporation is available on the internet (it requires Acrobat Reader and takes some time to load).

An interim Board of Directors and officers has been established. The directors are listed in the Articles of Incorporation. Several individuals have been asked to serve as interim directors and officers. The interim officers are:

President - Jan Dunham, 5 Wellington Lane, Sugar Land, TX 77748
        jedunham@flash.net
Vice President - Lloyd E. Dunham, 525 Garden St., Gananoque, Ontario, Canada K7G 3E2
        LDunham@cogeco.ca
Secretary - John L. Dunham, 5120 Eat Rahn, Dayton, OH 45429-5951
        jldunham@ameritech.net
Treasurer - Paul C. Dunham, 465 Vigilante Drive, Helena, MT 59602-0234
        pcdunham@msn.com
Historian - Gratia D. Mahony, 75 Franklin St., Douglas, MA 01516
        gratiam@verizon.net
Publications Editor - Sam E. Dunnam, 2400 Pemberton Place, Austin, TX 78703
        sdunnam@techconsult.com

The mailing address of the organization is:

Dunham/Singletary Family Connections
PO Box 7178
Helena, MT 59604

MEMBERSHIP

The organization is established to perpetuate the memory and genealogy of the Dunham/Singletary family and connections.

Any individual upon application and payment of prescribed dues and fees may become a member. The annual membership fee is $25. The membership fee is not pro-ratable for partial years. The membership year runs from January 1 through December 31 of any year. The first year's membership shall extend to December 31, 2005.

Although membership cards are not yet available, it is intended to issue them as soon as possible.

Two application forms are available for use.  One is an application for on-line submission and the other intended primarily for US mail applications.  The on-line application form has a "Buy Now" button at the bottom which allows payment to be made through PayPal.  For persons outside the US applying for membership, the on-line form and payment may be advantageous.

The US mail application should be completed and mailed with the $25 US membership fee to:

Dunham/Singletary Family Connections
PO Box 7178
Helena, MT 59604

For persons for whom we may not have any lineage information, we would appreciate receiving the information with the application.

For the organization to succeed and flourish there are two major requirements: (1) a program of services to assist the members and (2) active participation by the members to the extent possible.

On the application form we are seeking your suggestions for services that the organization should consider providing and for information about skills and talents you have which would be beneficial to the organization.

OBJECTIVES

Article V of the Articles of Incorporation sets out objectives for the organization and tries to establish a tone for its activities. One might want to review these objectives when considering how to participate.

We hope to have an initial issue of a newsletter available as soon as the material can be prepared. We invite you to communicate with our Publications Editor about preparing articles for inclusion. Since we anticipate the majority of our communications with members will be done electronically, we need to know your e-mail address. We are contemplating how to make the newsletter available to you.

DIRECTORS' MEETINGS

As soon as possible we will be having an initial meeting of the directors. We will be posting notice of the meeting and agenda as soon as available. The directors will appreciate your advice and comments about any of the issues that will need to be considered.