The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 49 No.4 | March 2023

Member’s article

by every one of the 11 monarchs from HM King George II in the 1730’s to HM Queen Elizabeth II. Furthermore four Greens had won Doggetts Race namely my great grandfather, my 2 X great uncle, my father and my cousin Bertie Green. Several more Greens had been placed. No less than 67 of my relatives had been Thames Watermen and were recorded in the Company’s records starting in 1666 – that is after the earlier records had been destroyed in the Great Fire. Furthermore, two Green females had married into the Phelps family

and this produced many more Royal Watermen, a Royal Bargemaster and 10 more Doggett’s winners. Until the advent of football pools professional rowing races were the subject of much popular betting. Both races and the training for races were therefore well reported in national and local newspapers. The digitisation of newspapers by the British Newspaper Library has provided me with a rich source of information about my family particularly in the Times and Telegraph. Pat Hilbert (nee Green) (Member #6405)

THE HGS NEEDS YOU! The HGS ‘Britons Dying Overseas’ (BDO) transcription programme is up and running and we need volunteers Volunteers will be required to transfer data from index cards to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, for uploading to the HGS BDO website.

It matters not where you are in the world, we will try to find a way of sending the index cards to you for transcription. A knowledge of Microsoft Excel is helpful but full training will be given, face-to face at the HRO in Winchester, at your home (near Winchester) or via Zoom. If you are interested in helping us then please contact John Bowman bowman92@btinternet.com

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