News and Notices
HGS Conference Day 2025 – Saturday 6th September *** Updated programme
August 23, 2025
Celebrating Our Hampshire Connections: Discover, Share, and Celebrate Hampshire’s Rich Heritage! Saturday 6th September 2025 Wickham Community Centre Mill Lane, Wickham PO17 5AL Tickets – £24.50, to include refreshments and a buffet lunch Everyone is welcome to join us for the day—HGS members, non-members, and anyone interested in Hampshire. This event is open to all, […] – 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…
2025 Online Lecture Series
July 11, 2025
Following the success of last year’s online lectures for HGS members, we are pleased to announce the following presentations: Tuesday 15th July 2025 at 7:30pm BST Beyond the 1939 Register: Additional Records of National Registration (1939-1991) –Richard Holt The 1939 Register is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to available records, but […] – 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…
A new HGS Chairman is required!
April 6, 2025
In the March Journal, our chairman, Tony Sinclair announced his intention to not seek re-election as chair or trustee due to personal reasons. We are therefore seeking a new chairman. The holder of the position of Chairman is one of the four Principal Officers of the Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS), along with the Vice-Chairman, Secretary, […] – read more…
HGS Bookstall Outings
March 30, 2025
We have started our annual visits to shows across the country. Our first venture was to the Genealogy Show at the Three Counties Showground at Malvern on 15th March. It was great to meet current members and welcome new ones on the day. We were helped on the bookstall by two local members, Julie and […] – read more…
Membership subscription changes
March 1, 2025
As you know, HGS is a registered charity, run entirely by volunteers who greatly value your membership and aim to deliver a good service. It won’t have escaped your notice that costs have been rising everywhere and, unfortunately, HGS has not been immune to this trend. In particular, printing and postage costs have increased significantly […] – 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…