Author: Richard Backhouse
New members’ resources – Nowes account book 1756-1831
April 3, 2026
Nowes account book 1756-1831 Might you find the school records of one of your ancestors in Romsey? This work is the result of a joint venture between the Romsey History Society (LTVAS) and HGS. John Nowes was a wealthy barrister who left money in his will (proved in 1719) for three schools to be set […] – read more…
Bookable service trial
February 4, 2026
New trial service Please note that on Wednesdays from March 1st 2026 we will be trialling a bookable service. The Help Desk will continue to operate on a drop-in basis on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you wish to visit the HGS Helpdesk on a Wednesday, please either ring our Office on 07769 405195 or use […] – read more…
New HGS datasets – members only
December 9, 2025
Latest additions! We are pleased to announce the addition of two new datasets to be found in the HGS members’ area. They are: Hampshire Non-Conformist Baptisms (17,213 records) Overseas Death Tributes (8,705 records) They have been compiled by our volunteers and are free for all HGS members to view. – read more…
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…