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UNCOVERING HAMPSHIRE'S HISTORY

any of us have good reason to thank the members of local history societies for their work uncovering the past of our ancestors’ part of the world. Milfordon-Sea Historical Record Society () is the oldest local history society in Hampshire. It was founded in 1909, along with its periodical . In 2019 the society completed a digital catalogue of its archives. It

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