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| Resource | Index Page | Members access | Description |
| Annual Report and Financial statement 2020 | 2020 Reports | Since we were unable to hold an AGM in person due to the coronavirus, these reports were published in the May 2020 Journal. The results of the Committee elections can be found in the June 2020 Newsletter. |
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| AGM Minutes | AGM Minutes | The minutes of the AGM held May 2019 (PDF file) | |
| AGM Financial Reports | Financial Reports | Financial Reports for 2018 presented at the AGM held May 2019 (PDF file) | |
| AGM Annual Report | Annual Report | Annual Report for 2018/19 presented at the AGM held May 2019 (PDF file) | |
| AGM Minutes and Reports for previous years | Please contact the Chairman if you wish to see previous years' documents | ||
| Newsletters | Index page | The monthly Newsletter from the Society | |
| Presentations | Presentations page | Presentations given by Members - including 'The Sinking of the p.s. Portsdown' | |
| Library Transcriptions | Index page | Transcriptions from some of the reference works in our possession, including Cooke's tour 1850; Blackgang Mission notes; Biographies from 'Hampshire at the Opening of the Twentieth Century'. | |
| Ryde 1821 Census transcription | Search | A transcription of the Enumerator's notebook from the 1821 Census in Ryde | |
| Newport 1855/56 Voters Lists | Search | Lists of Voters in the Borough of Newport, according to property qualifiication, or Freemen | |
| Parish Registers Baptisms 1537 - 1837 | Index page | Search | Details of Parish Register transcriptions |
| Parish Registers Banns 1537 - 1837 | Index page | Search | Details of Parish Register transcriptions |
| Parish Registers Marriages 1537 - 1837 | Index page | Search | Details of Parish Register transcriptions |
| Parish Registers Burials 1537 - 1892 | Index page | Search | Details of Parish Register transcriptions |
| RO Burials Cards 1537 - 1900 | Index page | Search | Details of Parish Register transcriptions |
| RO Guardians of the Poor - Minute Books | Index page | Search | Records of Weekly meetings to disburse out relief |
| RO Guardians of the Poor - Lists of Paupers | Index page | Search | Quarterly returns of payments made to Paupers |
| House of Industry - Apprentices 1780 - 1845 | Search | Records of people apprenticed out from the House of Industry | |
| Newspaper BMD Announcements 1852 - 1900 | Index page | Search | Notices from IW Observer 1853 - 1900 and various other publications |
| Newspaper Reports | Index page | Search | Reports of Inquests, Trials, Marriages etc |
| Wills & Transcriptions | Index page | Search | A small selection of 17th and 18th Century Wills, a small selection of Probate reports from The Times, and links to approx 32,000 Ancestry National Probate Calendar records (You will need an Ancestry Subscription to view the Ancestry records) |
| School Log Records 1895 - 1917 | Search | At present we have the records for Chillerton and Parkhurst/Hunnyhill Schools (subject to 100 year closure) | |
| Members' Interests | Search | Other Members' contact details | |
| One Name Studies | Search | Other Members' contact details | |
| Journal Archive | Contents Indexes | Journal Archive | Full access to all our Journals |
| Pedigree Index | Details | Access (or contribute) a Pedigree (Family Tree) | |
| Lives of WW I (Conference 2014 displays) | Index | View Profiles of Participants in WW I | |
| Occupational Profiles (Conference 2015 displays) | Index | View Profiles of Families and their Occupations | |
| 'All at Sea' Profiles (Conference 2016 talks and displays) | Index | View Profiles of Families and their Occupations | |
| 'Born on the Isle of Wight' Profiles (Conference 2017 talks and displays) | Index | View Profiles of Families and their experiences of emigration |