Charlotte M Yonge (1823-1901) spent her life in Otterbourne, Hampshire, and is being rediscovered in the 21st century for her significance as a novelist and editor. In this blog post,...
Archivists are comfortable cataloguing parchment and paper-based items such as deeds, letters, maps, photographs, diaries, and analogue audio-visual items such as gramophone records, cassette tapes, cinefilm and digibeta videos (a...
When Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough came to Southampton in 1723 and decided to create his country estate on the outskirts of the walled town, it was undoubtedly the...
The Fordingbridge Workhouse Project began in 2009 when a trustee of the Fordingbridge Museum mentioned several questions that merited further study. A committee was formed led by our chairwoman Janet...
The month of June has become the traditional Pride month and many parades and events are taking place across the UK. Its origins date back to the early 1970s when...
OPPORTUNITY Like many local history societies, we have a wealth of records, be they in the form of transcripts of Parish Registers, Poor Law Rate Books, Censuses or as articles...
Our beloved family stories from our grandparents need to be cherished and remembered. Knowing our family’s history is important to shape who we are, but we must be careful not...
If you, like myself live in an old house, you have probably wondered who lived there before you. Perhaps, if you are a family historian, you have wondered about the...
A One-Place-Study (OPS) is unique and combines the local history of your chosen place whilst integrating the family history of the inhabitants through time. The study can focus on a...
