Ringwood HGS Family History Group meet monthly for talks and visits to inspire and help you with your research
Why Join Us?
Joining your local group provides an opportunity to meet other people who have the same enthusiasm for family history and to share skills and expertise. It’s also an opportunity to help others to break down ‘brick walls’ in their research and to have some help with your own. The talks, workshops, and social events also provide a great opportunity to extend knowledge and have fun!
The Group meetings are either a talk from a speaker on a family history related subject, or a Members’ Evening, usually arranged around members interests or a request for a particular topic. The meeting is followed by tea/coffee and biscuits, which gives everyone the opportunity to meet and chat with the speaker and each other.
If you have any articles that you would like included on our group page, please contact us, we would be delighted to receive them.
HGS Ringwood Group Events & Meetings
We have resumed in-person meetings although we will continue some meetings via Zoom. Please do check to see the type of meeting.
For those meetings that are held via Zoom, please contact us using the below form no later than 24 hours prior to the talk to be added to the invitation list. Remember to include your membership number or indicate if you are a guest.
- May 15, 2024, 7:00 pm: Four Centuries of Stories from the Bankes Archive - David Beardsley
Stories are told about items from the archives that are now in Dorchester Record Office from Corfe Castle to Kingston Lacey when the estate was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1981.
- June 19, 2024, 7:00 pm: The magnet of the Cod - Mary Baldwin
The story of Ringwood`s connection to the Newfoundland cod trade.
- July 17, 2024, 7:00 pm: English Civil War: local places, local people - Neil Mclocklin
- August 21, 2024, N/A: Cream tea in the afternoon - time/venue to be decided
- September 18, 2024, 7:00 pm: Members' Evening - What did your family do in WW2?
- October 16, 2024, 7:30 pm: Record keeping for family historians - Ian Waller - via Zoom
- November 20, 2024, 7:30 pm: Stroppy Women - Cheryl Butler: - via Zoom
History is written by men,this is the story of feisty women hidden in documents from the middle ages to the present day.
- December 18, 2024, N/A: Christmas Quiz and Festivities in the afternoon
The Group organiser is Alison Davis. She can be contacted using the form on this page.
Find Us Here:
Ringwood Meeting House
Meeting House Lane
Ringwood,
Hampshire BH24 1EY
Contact Ringwood Group Organiser
If you would like to know more about the Ringwood Group and its forthcoming events, then please contact the group organiser using this form.