Author: Richard Backhouse
New venue for Andover group
August 20, 2025
The Andover committee is pleased to announce that we have secured a new venue for our monthly HGS meetings – Picket Piece Hall in Andover. Meetings will continue to be held on the usual second Thursday of each month. We have enjoyed our monthly meetings in the Weyhill Fairground Hall for many years – it […] – read more…
New data collections in Members’ Area
July 8, 2025
Over the next few months, we’ll be adding several new Hampshire data collections, that have been compiled by volunteers, and which are not available commercially elsewhere. These will include Apprentices, Non-conformists, Criminals, Criminally insane and Named in newspapers. To start with, we offer you a list of Bankrupts – some 376 people who were declared […] – read more…
Broomfield family letters offer
February 19, 2025
Recently, on our Facebook page, we received the offer below… “I have no connection with Hampshire but I have recently purchased a large box of stamps. Included in this box is a set of about 80 letters between a Mrs P Broomfield of 2 Institute Road, Aldershot and Corporal P Broomfield of the RAF Police […] – read more…
Omitted Portsea burial registers page
October 16, 2024
I recently discovered that a page in the burial register of St Mary in Portsea never got scanned. I suspect this was because it was a loose page and got missed when FindmyPast did the scanning of the registers for the Portsmouth History Centre. Mention was made in the Hampshire Chronicle of the death of […] – read more…
HGS Online Events Team – report
March 1, 2024
HGS Online Events Team In recent weeks, a small team of Hampshire Genealogical Society volunteers have attended two online events, both were run as Zoom meetings with break out rooms allowing individual societies to have their own room and answer questions face to face. The first was the East Surrey Virtual Family History Fair on […] – read more…
Christmas closure
December 15, 2023
Please be aware that our last day at the HRO is Thursday 21st. We will reopen on Tuesday 2nd January 2024 and Wednesday opening will recommence on the 10th January. The last day for processing orders from the online shop will be Tuesday 19th December. Many thanks for your understanding. Have a wonderful Christmas period. – read more…
HGS Help Desk now open Wednesdays too!
November 16, 2023
The HGS Help Desk in the search room at Hampshire Archives in Winchester will be open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am – 4pm from Tuesday 21st November. Up until now we have only been open Tuesday and Thursday. Click to find out more about visiting the Centre. – read more…
New Safeguarding Policy
September 22, 2023
New Safeguarding Policy Since our AGM on 17th June inst., HGS trustees have begun a programme to assess our Governance system. Part of this is to review and update our various policies or, in some cases, create new ones. The first to have been completed and approved is our Safeguarding Policy which you will find […] – read more…
Andover Museum opening times
September 12, 2023
Correction to opening times The September edition of the HGS quarterly magazine publicised the Andover Museum. Unfortunately the opening times quoted are now incorrect, as the winter opening times have just started this week. They are now 10am to 4pm Friday to Sunday (closed Monday to Thursday). Sorry for any confusion or inconvenience. – read more…
Important change – e-journals now available to all members!
September 1, 2023
e-journal and archive now available to all members online The Hampshire Family Historian magazine, published quarterly, has been available to HGS members either as a printed copy or via this website as an e-journal. So if you were sent a printed copy, it was not possible to view the current issue online. Neither was it […] – read more…