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A new HGS Chairman is required!
April 6, 2025
In the March Journal, our chairman, Tony Sinclair announced his intention to not seek re-election as chair or trustee due to personal reasons. We are therefore seeking a new chairman. The holder of the position of Chairman is one of the four Principal Officers of the Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS), along with the Vice-Chairman, Secretary, […]
HGS Bookstall Outings
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 […]
Membership subscription changes
March 1, 2025
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 […]
Broomfield family letters offer
February 19, 2025
Recently, 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 […]
Omitted Portsea burial registers page
October 16, 2024
I 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 […]