The Hampshire Family Historian | Vol.48 No.1 | June 2021

Editorial

Thanks Geoff Palmer has been our main proof reader for many years, his details were passed to me when I took on the role of editor. I do not know when Geoff started as our proof readers work in the background, uncredited. However, Geoff has decided the time has come for him to stand down. Geoff could always be relied on to do a good job of reviewing material for the journal often at short notice as we were laying out the journal and something came in late or we needed another article to fill space. Thanks for all your efforts over the years. Why the deadline? In order to produce the quarterly journal on the contents page you will find the deadline for the next quarter. The date is for the regular items, group reports, news, officer’s reports. These are then proofed before being added to the journal. The first draft of the journal is produced which can mean finding some short filler items so we fill the groups of four pages. Fortunately, Roy Montgomery as well as putting items on the website and producing the village booklets sends in some ‘snippets’ that we can use. The draft journal is then proof read to ensure page headings, cross references and any other missed mistakes in content and style are found. A second draft is produced and checked for the issues found in first proof. The journal is then converted to the version for the website and sent to the printer for the paper copies. When the paper copies are ready, they are sent to despatch for packing and mailing. Message from the editor

On 1st of the month of the quarter the

website version is live and the paper copies should come through the letter box. The process takes about 5 weeks

from the last regular items. If you want to contribute an article it can be sent when you have it ready and will be checked for style and to correct or query any mistakes or clarification then added to the stock ready for the journal. If you wait until the deadline your article will probably not be in the journal until at least the next quarter depending how many are in hand. Unless time related it would be good to have a stock in hand so we know we can keep the journal going. As with articles, items for the searchers should be sent when you have them ready to avoid being delayed until the next quarter. The articles in this issue include: Jane Hurst telling of the research that can be done with the help of messages on the back of postcards. John Heighes writing of his early family in the 1500-1600s. Nick Alexander goes back even further, as far as the 1100s, with the history of the Sandys family. Finally, Julie Martin writes about her ancestors in Netley in 1800-1900s. Stephen Pomeroy Editor

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