The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 50 No.3 | Dec 2023

HGS News/Farewell

News from the HGS Office

Following Chris Pavey’s resignation as Research Centre Manager it was decided to split this role in two. So, we now have Lorraine Whale as Research Manager and me, as Office Manager. Luckily I had already spent much of the previous two years assisting Chris in the office so felt that I had a reasonable grasp of what the role entailed. Nevertheless, the first few weeks were a steep learning curve. Besides managing office supplies and organisation, I also have overall responsibility for HGS sales and stock control. I am writing this at the end of October and after 4 months I finally feel like I understand my role. Recently we have recruited 5 new volunteers but have lost one regular volunteer who has moved out of the area. Having these few extra volunteers will enable us to run the help desk in the research room on Wednesdays as well as our usual Tuesdays and Thursdays starting from 8th November. We try to ensure that the HGS help desk has two volunteers available each day, but due to holidays and illness this is not always possible. Alongside this all volunteers assist with various administrative

activities such as those mentioned below. The HGS sales team meet on Tuesdays and have been working hard to restock the bookstall and find the best way to manage online sales. Village Booklets remain our most popular sales item. Although sales of CDs at Bookstall events are minimal, there is a steady turnover of CD sales via the HGS website. Many of these are sent overseas. Updated listings for the HGS Reference Library were posted on the website at the end of September. We hope to have updated listings of Unwanted Certificates posted by December. Our aim is that all data processed, stored, and shared by volunteers will be carried out using Microsoft 365/One Drive. Therefore, during 2024 we will be reviewing miscellaneous existing data, cataloguing, and uploading it to Microsoft 365. We all owe a big thank you to each of our volunteers without whom none of this would be possible Sue Stannard HGS Office Manager

FAREWELL John Cryan of Gosport Mr Robin Gain of Sarratt, Herts

With the deepest regret we wish to inform readers of the death of the following HGS members:-

Member#15895 Member #6331

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