Promoting and encouraging the study of family history research since its formation in 1974
Join HGS NowWelcome to Hampshire Genealogical Society! We are a registered charity and have been promoting and encouraging the study of family history research since our formation in 1974. Our aim is to help you trace your family’s Hampshire roots.
The Society is run entirely by volunteers and is affiliated to the Family History Federation (FHF). This means we exchange information, ideas and best practice with other Societies and their members.
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 […]
View ArticleRecently, 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 […]
View ArticleI 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 […]
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