Winchester HGS Family History Group meet monthly for Talks and Visits to Inspire and Help with your Research
Welcome to the Winchester Group page. After many years absence, and due to popular demand, we are delighted to be able to reform this group.
A varied programme has been produced for the rest of the year with talks on family history related subjects and members’ evenings arranged around a particular topic.
The inaugural meeting is on May 16th, we look forward to seeing our older members, new members and other visitors.
Why Join Us?
You do not need Hampshire ancestors to attend our meetings, just an interest in family history. Joining a local group provides opportunities to meet other people who have the same enthusiasm for family history and to share skills and expertise. It’s also a chance to help others to break down ‘brick walls’ in their research and to have some help with your own. The talks, workshops, and social events also provide a great opportunity to extend knowledge and have fun!
We are always pleased to welcome visitors and new members.
HGS Winchester Group Events & Meetings
- August 15, 2019, 7:15 pm: Members' Evening - Where have you got with your research?
- September 19, 2019, 7:15 pm: Dead, but still things to tell us - Ann McKenzie
- October 17, 2019, 7:15 pm: Members' Evening - The biggest mistake in my Family History research
- November 21, 2019, 7:15 pm: Tracing my German Ancestors - Paul Pinhorne, Chairman HGS
The challenges of researching in another country; especially if you don’t speak the language.
- December 19, 2019, 7:15 pm: Members' Evening - Christmas Festivities
For more detail or for enquiries about this group, please use the form on this page.
Find Us Here:
Littleton Millennium Memorial Hall
The Hall Way
Littleton
Winchester
SO22 6QL
Doors open at 7:15pm for 7.30pm on the 3rd Thursday of the month
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Latest News
Review of HGS Conference Day 2019
Review of HGS Conference Day 2019 Our third conference day was held on 15th June and was attended by 150 delegates. In the luxury of the Fair Oak Suite of the Macdonald Hotel and Spa, Botley, everyone took advantage of the opportunity to catch up with old friends and meet new ones.
HGS Conference Day – Rosalind McCutcheon – Fact Sheet
The factsheet from Ros McCutcheon’s excellent talk at our recent Conference Day can be accessed via the following Link: Irish-Poor-Handout-June-2019-Ros-McCutcheon (1)
Wield village booklet now available
Wield, (VB103) is a small parish consisting of two settlements, Upper and Lower Wield, with Upper Wield being the principle one including the parish church. Wield is 6 miles west of Alton and 6 miles north-north-east of Alresford.
New Item in the Members Area
We are delighted to announce that we have a new set of data in our members area. The Muster Roll of the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment dated 1889, by kind permission of two of our members, Kay and Dave Lovell,
Wield MI Correction
As with all data that gets indexed or transcribed there is always the possibility that information can be misread due to bad handwriting or general aging. Whilst preparing information for the forthcoming village booklet on Wield I have found a prime example of this.
