The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 51 No.4 | March 2025

Hampshire Family Historian The

Contents

Editorial

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by Stephen Pomeroy Chairman’s Letter

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March 2025

by Tony Sinclair HGS News

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Vol 51 No.4 • ISSN 0306-6843

Alton’s Mills – book review

Hampshire 'Strays' from Guildford by Joan Stephens A Long Way From Burghclere

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by Christopher Farrand Tracing Miss Daisy

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by Rod Cross Members’ Surname Interests 163 “Hello 2DP this is Mr Tranter speaking” 166 by Jacky Searle

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Deadline Material for possible inclusion in the June 2025 Family Historian should be received strictly by 19th April 2025 . 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.

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HGS Roles and Responsibilities

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Local Group Programmes

Surnames Featured in this Issue 183 Portsmouth City Local History Centre 188 News from the Hampshire Archives 189 Membership IBC 2025 Annual General Meeting BC

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