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

Local Group Programmes

Forthcoming meetings:

14th June Fiona Ranger - via Zoom Using family heirlooms can help you trace your family history, or it can hamper your research! Fiona uses one particular heirloom to test this theory, she backs her findings using many different resources. 12th July TBA - via Zoom August No meeting 13th September My Seafaring Ancestors Kay Lovell - via Zoom Inspired by family anecdotes she often listened to whilst growing up, Kay tells family stories of murder, tragedy and heroism at sea. My Grandma's Birthday Book

Contact: Alison Davis or 07806 985671 Email: ringwood@hgs-online.org.uk

Ringwood We normally meet at 7.30 p.m. on the third

Wednesday of every month at Greyfriars Community Centre, Christchurch Road, Ringwood. Visitors and new members are most welcome. Forthcoming meetings:

Two Centuries of the Census

16th June 21st July

Gillian Blanchard

Ringwood Meeting House – maybe the first live meeting, TBC

Members Summer Social TBC

18th August

Contact: Kay Lovell Email: romsey@hgs-online.org.uk Tel: 01794 515316

Ros Boon reports: (February) Exploring the National Archives – Les Mitchinson Romsey Meetings normally take place on the first Monday of the month (except Bank Holidays) at Crosfield Hall, Romsey, at 7.30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. All meetings for the foreseeable future will by Zoom.

Les gave us an enthusiastic talk about the TNA, its history and how to navigate its vast collection. He took us on a guided tour of the building, told us how to obtain a reader’s ticket and advocated use of their fine library, and restaurant, before telling us that only about 1% of their holding is digitised; therefore, a visit is recommended. Camera-usage is free, as is access to Ancestry and other sites whether you have a paid account or not. Digitised records are free to send home these would be chargeable if you did the reverse and

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