The Hampshire Family Historian | Vol.48 No.4 | March 2022

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Contents

Editorial

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by Stephen Pomeroy Chairman’s Report

March 2022

147 HGS News – Research Centre Report 148 HGS News – Farewell 149 Hampshire Record Office 150 The Lunacy of the Madhouse 153 by Charlotte Clark Searchers 156 Phoebe and her Twins 158 by Marion Gilmour Our ancestors were coastguard boatmen! by Judith Sexton and Frances Marshall 162

Vol 48 No.4 • ISSN 0306-6843

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Deadline Material for possible inclusion in the June 2022 Family Historian should be received strictly by April 23rd, 2022. All contributions are, however, appreciated as early as possible. The deadline applies to regular features only. Disclaimer The Hampshire Family Historian is the official publication of the Hampshire Genealogical Society. Material is copyright of the Society and may not be reproduced without written permission. The Hampshire Genealogical Society does not accept responsibility for personal views expressed in this publication, or in any articles. Submission of material The editor welcomes articles, feedback, letters or searchers requests for the journal. Text should be typed in black, with illustrations if appropriate. Send to the HGS Office at the address on the inside front cover marked for the attention of the editor. Please enclose a SAE for return of any photos or other items. Items can also be sent by e-mail to editor@hgs-online.org.uk as Word documents. In this case please send any photos or illustrations as separate image files rather than embedded in the document. You can have them in the document to indicate where they should appear or use placeholders. Images degrade when they are imported and resized when embedded. HGS reserves the right to reproduce submissions in publicity materials and on the society website. Please ALWAYS include a telephone contact — and if a member your membership number. To comply with data protection requirements please state what contact details you want printed in the journal or website, e.g telephone number and/or e-mail and/or address.

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Local Group Programmes

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A Volunteer’s point of view

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Membership

IBC

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