Olin Family Society

My son Jake and I made a day-trip to Vegas for the reunion of the John-John-John-Henry-Henry-Thomas-Willard OLIN Branch of the family.
They were very welcoming. The games were fun and the food was yummy. I got to show off my collection, including stuff I couldn't bring to the Kennewick Reunion. We had a great time!

The Methodist Home for Children has honored its retiring chairman by renaming the chapel in the main building the Robert Olin Niles Chapel of the Four Orphans. John-John-Gideon-John-Patience-Algernon-Alice-Algernon-Charles-Robert "Bob" Olin NILES has been chairman of MHC since 2001. Before that, he was chairman of what is now Methodist Services for Children and Families, one of MHC’s affiliated organizations.

If you want to view the OFS y-DNA test results get an Ancestry.com log-on (free) and go here to join our Ancestry.com DNA group.

I am organizing a get-together of members of the John & Susannah (SPENCER) OLIN to be held on Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 in Redondo Beach, California. If you are interested in attending please let me know. I'm also open to any organizing assistance.
Please contact me directly at olinofla@gmail.com

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 just joined a Facebook group of "OLIN francophones". I could find a bathroom and my lawyer in Mexico (just not right now..), but I mostly talk American. I don't know a lick o' French ('Cept the naughty words), but I used iGoogle's translation service and here is what I posted on their board:

I received an email this week from John-John-John-Ezra-MaryAnn-Ezra-Mary-Grace-Edith-Nancy (BENNETT) RAWLINGS. She plans on heading north from her home near Nashville, TN on a journey to explore her ancestry. She was seeking advice on where to focus her OLIN Family search. She already had plans to go to East Greenwich, Rhode Island. I recommended she consider visiting Shaftsbury and Bennington, Vermont - they are OLIN hubs for many branches, including hers.

A mini stoneware jug from "OLIN & Co." of Pueblo, CO. sold today on eBay for $465!
I believe the jug was from one of the businesses owned by John-Henry-Caleb-Benjamin-William-Edgar W. OLIN and his brothers Fred E. & Ceylon E. OLIN. Via email, I notified the proprietors of the Edgar OLIN House - a bed-n-breakfast in a Pueblo house originally owned by Edgar -about the auction while it was active in case they'd be interested, but they never replied.