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December 9, 2024

Opening dates and orders Hampshire Archives will be closed for two weeks over Christmas and New Year. The last day of opening will be Thursday 19th December.  Both Hampshire Archives and our HGS help desk will reopen on Thursday 2nd January. As a consequence, the HGS online shop will be unable to dispatch printed orders […]

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 […]

July 11, 2024

As we continue the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Hampshire Genealogical Society, we will be holding a series of on-line lectures for HGS members. Tuesday 30th July at 7:30pm BST Six Hats A technique to help you solve your family history problems Read a full description of this talk using this link: 2024-07-SixHats Sophie […]

June 13, 2024

The Hampshire Genealogical Society is in need of a new Treasurer to succeed Ann-Marie Shearer who has stepped down from the role. The duties are those which would be expected of such a position, • Maintain the Society’s accounting records • Prepare management accounts and reports for the bi-monthly Executive meetings • Prepare the year […]

March 1, 2024

HGS Online Events Team In recent weeks, a small team of Hampshire Genealogical Society volunteers have attended two online events, both were run as Zoom meetings with break out rooms allowing individual societies to have their own room and answer questions face to face. The first was the East Surrey Virtual Family History Fair on […]