Doug Burgum created this web site and is author of the BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Journal, which is published quarterly. Doug was born in Rochford (Essex), in England in 1953. He is married and has two sons aged 13 and 16. He became interested in family history in the 1980's and began the research that was to change his life. In 1990 he founded the
BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY. His research took him back to his roots when he discovered his Burgum ancestors originally came from the Forest of Dean, in Gloucestershire. He and his wife fell in love with the area and they bought a holiday home there. Later, they moved permanently to the Forest.
Doug is an airline Captain for British Airways and travels the world flying the Boeing 747-400. This has given him a unique opportunity to meet distant relatives all over the United States, in Brazil, Australia, Singapore and South Africa.
Doug is also a trustee of the Dean Heritage Museum Trust. The Trust runs the Dean Heritage Centre which is set in an old mill, by a lake, in the beautiful Soudley Valley in the Forest of Dean. The museum records the rich history and heritage of the area and has about 30,000 visitors a year. The Trust is also responsible for several important historical sites in the Forest. Until recently, Doug wrote a column in the local newspaper. He is also a civilian instructor in the Air Training Corps.
