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

HGS News

Notes From The Membership Secretary I thought that I would share some points with you about HGS, its research table and office at Winchester Record Office. If you plan to visit, our help desk is manned from 10am-4pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week. The easiest way to get to the Record Office when driving is by using the Park and Ride. The building is adjacent to a Park and Ride bus stop and the railway station. The website is kept up to date by Richard are free to all who visit the website – Royal Observer Corps records and Fleet Marriages. These marriages are clandestine or irregular marriages and who knows whether their ancestors made use of this method of a “quickie” marriage. Under this heading there is a list of our reference library catalogue. This is a list of all the books, pamphlets and donated family trees that are available for research. If you find an item that you think may help you in your research please contact us and we will do a “look up” for you. Unfortunately, we have no system in place for

Backhouse, who is an Andover member, and is always worth visiting to see what is happening at HGS. www.hgs-familyhistory.com Members’ Area – In the Member’s Only Data there are two presentations available to view. One is by our president, Nick Barratt, about “Who Do You Think You Are” (WDYTYA) and the other is about the digitisation of the 1921 census in the UK. We also offer short term presentations when a speaker agrees to allow this to happen. Also, in the Member's Only Data there are small data sets which you will not find on any subscription sites but could possibly be of interest to you as a researcher. Groups - It is always worthwhile checking to see what other groups are doing under this tab. Some have Zoom meetings during the winter months. If a presentation appeals to you, please use the contact e-mail to request a link to a Zoom meeting. Research - there is a modest charge for simple searches and for a full breakdown of our current fees please click on the research button and select HGS Research Centre. Also, by clicking on the Research button on the task bar you will find two data sets which

the loan of books, but they can be made available to personal visitors for research. Unwanted Certificates – these have been donated by members having no further use for them. I am sure that many of us have ordered a certificate only to find it was the wrong one. Click on the SHOP tab to find the list of unwanted certificates, who knows and it may save you money if we have the one that you are looking for. Contact Us – Use this tab for any enquiry that you wish to make. I hope that these few points show you that HGS has a wealth of information that we can share with you about your Hampshire ancestors, but even if you do not have many county connections there are general knowledge books etc that will fit any part of England and Wales. Take care and stay safe Kind regards Margaret Membership secretary

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