HGS Conference Day 2022 (including the 48th AGM)
Saturday 18th June 2022
Macdonald Botley Park Hotel
Winchester Road, Boorley Green
Southampton, SO32 2UA
Featuring Genealogy Experts and talks from guest speakers
Open to all – Members, Friends and Family with a passion for family history
Tickets – £15.00
Programme
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
Tea, Coffee and Light Refreshments available upon arrival.
10.00 – 10.15 Welcome
10.15 – 11.15 A Hampshire Record Office Manager – Hampshire Archives: Our Journey, Past and Future
A look at how the Record Office has developed, where it is now and its future direction.
11.30 – 12.30 Annual General Meeting (Members Only)
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 2.30 Michael Gandy – Name Lists of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Like us, our ancestors were repeatedly taxed and often asked to register for some level of military service but, unlike us, they were often asked to assert their loyalty either to church or state. This talk will run through a whole range of sources, some covering all males, some covering all householders including women and some covering everybody except the very poor.
2.30 – 3.00 Afternoon Tea
3.00 – 4.00 Nick Saunders – How to Research Individuals Through Military Records.
Nick will discuss how to research WW1 and WW2 relatives. In his talk he will show how to make sense of the material available on Ancestry and Find My Past and how to use war diaries and other primary sources. He will also cover the use of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, contemporary newspaper reports, and regimental archives and museums.
4.00 Wrap Up and Close