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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

March 23, 2023

On Saturday February 25th, the HGS Bookstall paraphernalia was dusted off, loaded into the car and taken to the Old Town Hall in Havant where The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre is situated. This was our first ‘live’ show this year and, in fact, our first ‘live’ show since September 2022. That February Saturday was […] – read more…

September 5, 2022

Heritage open days are happening all over Hampshire and the rest of the country. You can find an event near you by visiting www.heritageopendays.org.uk This year Hampshire Genealogical Society are joining with our partners at Hampshire Record Office in an event called Hampshire Archives – Bring History To Life which takes place at on Saturday […] – read more…

August 29, 2021

It has been brought to my attention that the village booklet for East Meon (VB003) has two websites listed that are no longer active. The defunct ones are http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/eastmean/register.html and www.lesleeztreez.com/east_meon_index.htm They have been replaced by www.eastmeonhistory.org.uk/content/catalogue_item/architecture-2/records-registers/registers-baptisms-marriages-deaths Roy Montgomery – read more…

August 6, 2021

New one-stop-shop for family historians as Hampshire Genealogical Society creates new base in county Record Office Finding out more about your ancestors is set to get easier as Hampshire Record Office in Winchester becomes the new home of the Hampshire Genealogical Society – with the Society’s volunteers and Record Office staff together offering a one-stop-shop […] – read more…

February 14, 2021

You may find details of your ancestors in the Births, Marriages and Deaths sections of local newspapers: Births may just be an announcement of a new baby’s arrival but, if your ancestor was ‘of the middling sort’, there may be more detail about the baby’s parentage Sometimes there are detailed reports of weddings, including what […] – read more…