The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 50 No.1 | June 2023

Hampshire Family Historian The

Contents

Editorial

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by Stephen Pomeroy HGS News

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June 2023

HGS Bookstall’s visit to Dorset by Tony Sinclair Surnames Featured in this Issue

Vol 50 No.1 • ISSN 0306-6843

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Farewell

Comforter or Goldigger

by Roy Montgomery Book Reviews

Searchers

A Faithful Servant

Deadline Material for possible inclusion in the June 2023 Family Historian should be received strictly by 22 July 2023 . 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.

by Marion Gilmour News from the Hampshire Archives

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My DNA journey by Judy Kimber

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The Hampshire Chronicle’s Associations 32 by Barry Shurlock and Margaret Bowman Members’ Surname Interests 35 Local Group Programmes 40 Membership IBC

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