The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 51 No.1 | June 2024

Local Group Programmes

Forthcoming meetings in the Meeting House unless stated otherwise:

The magnet of the Cod Mary Baldwin The story of Ringwood`s connection to the Newfoundland cod trade.

June 19th

English Civil War: local places, local people

July 17th

Neil Mclocklin

August 21th Cream tea in the afternoon - time/venue to be decided September 18th Members' Evening - What did your family do in WW2?

Contact: Tony Sinclair Tel: 07518 183211 winchester@hgs-online.org.uk

Winchester

Meetings are normally at 7:15pm on 3rd Thursdays in the Littleton Millennium Hall.

(January) The Role of the Workhouse in the 19th Century – Judy Hill. This talk covered the Poor Law up to the amendment act of 1834. Orphaned or pauper children were often received in a workhouse on a temporary basis. They were expected to work and received schooling in house from the Master. Between the age of 14- 19 years they left the workhouse to become apprentices to local tradesmen or farmers. The poor laws were shaped by local communities and enacted locally where face to face negotiations determined their impact. (February) The 1939 Register – Peter DeDulin He explained that as the 1931 census was destroyed by fire. It was recording a snapshot of the population, a record of who was in England and Wales on 29 September 1939. The form was delivered a week before the deadline. It differs, in that it is not covered by the 100 year rule, and is available to view on Find my Past and Ancestry. {Except people thought to still be alive at the release date are redacted – Ed} The information was used to produce identity cards and after January 1940, it was used to issue ration books as well as to administer conscription and the direction of labour. (March) DNA Secrets & Lies – Toni Neobard Instead of the original plan to talk about the Leeds Method of DNA research. Statistics show that a majority of people will take a DNA test as part of their research and follow up on enthnicity and matches but don’t explore the results. Few techniques will help, but often the unexpected, so could be the worse thing they have done! Her advice is that taking a test is useful but more than that, it is necessary. By running a shared matches filter, on each of the great grandparents cluster, even using first, second or third great grandparents and even up to the fifth generation is possible.

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