Andover HGS Family History Group meet monthly for talks and visits to inspire and help you with your research
Welcome to the Andover Group page! This friendly and welcoming group meets on the second Thursday of each month (except August) at The Weyhill Fairground Hall, near Andover, where there’s plenty of parking. Doors open at 7pm and the meeting begins promptly at 7:30 pm. We are always very pleased to welcome visitors and new members.
You don’t have to have Hampshire roots to join us: while most members live in Andover or within a ten-mile radius, a large number of us don’t have local connections, and are researching throughout the UK and beyond.
Our speakers cover a wide range of topics of relevance to any family historian. At Members’ Evenings we share stories, discoveries, challenges & brickwalls, expertise & skills – all of interest for long-term researchers and beginners alike. At all meetings there’s a chance to chat over tea/coffee.
We have an extensive library (free loans) of books, CDs, fiches, etc., with new acquisitions constantly being added to the catalogue (emailed to each member).
We organise occasional trips to Family History Shows and places of particular interest for our research.
HGS Andover Group Events & Meetings
*** We are going virtual for some of our meetings. To attend these Zoom meetings, please contact the Group Organiser to be added to the invitation list.
- October 8, 2020, 7:15 pm: Sold, Separated, Divorced - Ian Waller - via Zoom
Throughout history marriages have always broken down having a significant effect on the family. Not everyone divorced but there are records recording desertion, wife sale, separation and divorce some of which needed an Act of Parliament.
- November 12, 2020, 7:15 pm: Members’ Evening with a War Theme
- December 10, 2020, 7:15 pm: Christmas Meeting
For further details, including the full year’s programme, please contact the Group Organiser, Ann McKenzie, via the form below.
Find Us Here:
Weyhill Fairground Hall
Weyhill
Andover
SP11 0QN
We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month (except August).