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

Editorial

Message from the editor A quarter of the way through the year and thankfully COVID seems to not be causing the problems of the last years. However, in the UK many of us either before

meeting royalty Marion Gilmour article on her ancestor

Christmas or soon after have succumbed to a nasty cough, probably as we do not have the natural immunity of previous years as we are still limiting our ventures outside. Many of our groups are holding their winter season meetings using Zoom and will resume normal face to face meetings later in the year so please check the group reports section of the journal or better still on our website for details of your normal meetings or for online ones that you may like to ‘attend’. There is some important paperwork with this journal concerning membership and the annual conference day which you may need to fill out and send in or complete online to ensure your continuing membership or attendance at the conference day. Articles in this issue include: Richard Backhouse and some of the issues you may encounter with Ancestry Pat Hilbert’s response to the request about

Jane Beard and her life in service Alan Petrie

from the Gosport Group

contributed the article on the Bastion at Trinity Green, Gosport by the Friends of the Bastion - who allowed us to reproduce their research ahead of an exhibition, They are after any memories which people may be able to provide to bring to life the historical research. Also in this issue is a report on the HGS exhibition held at Hampshire Records Office and details about a forthcoming exhibition at HRO. Stephen Pomeroy Editor

Membership Renewal If your subscription is due for renewal please see the inside of the back cover and the insert in the centre of the journal.

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