News

Winter closure 2024-5

21st November 2024

Heritage Resource Centre Winter Closure Please note that we shall be closed as from 19th Dec 2024 to 6th Jan 2025 Last day of opening...

Plymouth Royal Naval Memorial - images added for names recorded

12th November 2024

We have now visited and photographed the Plymouth Royal Naval Memorial and detailed photographs of the names of those men with Isle of Wight connections...

RN Personnel records now implemented

22nd August 2024

We have now completed the first phase of implementing this database Over 5000 Isle of Wight men served in the Victorian Navy in the period...

easyfundraising will help us support Family History Research

20th August 2024

We are signed up to easyfundraising, whereby subscribers to easyfundraising can generate income for us (for free) by using online shopping sites where the companies...

Pedigree Index

12th August 2024

Pedigree Index with Searchable Database The donated trees have now been converted into a searchable datatbase ( members only). Available on the Database menu. Although all...

Janet Griffin 1952-2024

2nd August 2024

It is with much regret that we have to pass on the sad news that Janet Griffin, one of our founder members and a Life...

Historic Sites Books

31st July 2024

Local historian John Blythe Smart has just published two volumes covering Isle of Wight Historic Sites as detailed below. We have copies in our library...

Journal 154 now available

30th July 2024

The current (No 154, August 2024) Journal is now available to members as a PDF from the website, and printed copies are being despatched. Members...

Membership system and website issues

23rd July 2024

Membership system and website issues On Sunday 21 July at about 4.30 am, our membership system began generating e-mail messages indicating that your membership needed...

Journal 153 now available

1st May 2024

The current (No 153, May 2024) Journal is now available to members as a PDF from the website, and printed copies are being despatched. Members...

War Memorials Index added

5th March 2024

We are adding more information about National and International War Memorials where Isle of Wight men and women are commemorated. This is the next stage...

The Di Harding Awards for 2023

6th December 2023

We now have the results of the Di Harding Awards for 2023 All the prizewinners have been notified and the results can be found at...

Attrill family information

29th November 2023

We have recreated some of the ATTRILL family information compiled by the late Robin LEWIN and retrieved from the Internet Wayback machine snapshots. This is...

Victorian Marriage Indexes added

16th August 2023

We have created this index from the finding aids to marriage registers held by the Isle of Wight County Record Office. These indexes cover the...

General monuments and memorials inventory

16th August 2023

We have added entries for about 100 monuments and memorials of all descriptions, on the Island.  To search this index go to Memorials Inventory At...