The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 50 No.2 | Sept 2023

HGS News

HGS Vice Chair Kay Lovell, Pauline Witton (Volunteer helper member from Yorkshire), HGS President Nick Barratt, Terry Knight (Volunteer helper/member from Yorkshire) and HGS Chairman Tony Sinclair.

Whittaker's story herself while she is in the Hampshire Record Office on the HGS Help Desk. Another visitor was HGS member Anita Moore, who said she follows us on Facebook and on Twitter! So that was also worthwhile finding out. Our President, Dr Nick Barratt, was also at the Family History Show. He was there all day, committed as one of the "Ask the Experts" present, as well as giving a Talk himself on tracing our house history. He was extremely busy all day, with hardly a break, but he did find the time to join us on the HGS Exhibition Stand and to pose for a photograph with the two Yorkshire Volunteer helpers, plus Kay and me. The Show was quite well attended, showing that more people are, at last, venturing out to

take part in activities outside their homes. As the Show ended, Kay and I packed the Exhibition Stand away into my car and made our way back to the hotel for a second night - too exhausted, after two days' preparation and attendance at the Show - to drive the 250 miles that evening back to our starting point in Winchester. The weekend was well worth the time and trouble for the networking Kay and I could do whilst we were there, the reception we received from the local Family History Societies, as well as the visitors who were HGS members who had seen the event on Facebook and Twitter and whose queries we could answer. We were also showing the welcome public face of Hampshire Genealogical Society to others from around the north of the country.

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