HGS Conference Day 2022

Saturday 18th June

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

 

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