The Hampshire Family Historian | Vol.49 No.2 | September 2022

Local Group Programmes

Sadly post COVID the group will not be restarting. Thanks to Chris Pavey and Jane Painter who organised the meetings in the past. Fareham Afternoon Group

Contact: Jane Painter Email: fareham@hgs-online.org.uk

Fareham Evening Group Meetings are normally held from 7.15 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Wallington Village Hall, Broadcut, Fareham.

No reports received Forthcoming Meetings:

Members’ Evening

September 22nd October 27th November 24th December 22nd

Victorian Crime, Police and Criminals Antony Marr – via Zoom

TBD

No meeting

Contact: Email: fleetandfarnborough @hgs-online.org.uk

The group normally meets at the United Reform Church Hall, Kings Rd, Fleet GU51 3AF second Thursday of every month except August at 7.30pm. Fleet & Farnborough

Reports by Carol Gomm (April) ABM & Member’s Evening

After our ABM and the presentation to Graham Mist as he stepped down as group organiser (see the June edition), the rest of the evening was devoted to four talks on the theme ‘What did you find in the 1921 Census?’. Two talks concentrated on some of the problems encountered. Melvyn found the index poor despite having family with unusual first names and places of birth, so he had to be inventive to find the information he wanted (Ida who married in Los Angles in 1895 sounds particularly fascinating and I am sure a talk can be squeezed out of her!). David, on the other hand, has ‘lost’ his mother. But as FMP are still releasing entries that had transcription problems, the moral of his story was ‘don’t give up’. Nick’s problem was from his own family. While the census has confirmed some things, other problems have been

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