WELCOME TO THE CHANGING SEASONS
The website that deals with the histories of the places and people in
NORTHERN HAMPSHIRE IN ENGLAND
Want to know more about the area?
Was this the home of your ancestors?
If so, then this is the site to see
THE CHANGING SEASONS is the trade name being used by historian and author KEN SMALLBONE to publish his own private research of local places and people in northern Hampshire.
As a seasoned professional historian and genealogist he has been able to show that the fortunes of families had waxed and waned over the years - not only in northern Hampshire, but elsewhere in the wide world . In effect, such changes of fortune could be likened to the changing of seasons: Spring and Summer being continuously followed by Autumn and Winter, and then, hopefully, by a new Spring once again. Hence, the name of this website reflects the cycles that were generally experienced by the families of northern Hampshire and elsewhere.
The area that is covered by these publications is equally changeable. Northern Hampshire contains a few large towns, along with several smaller conurbations - but most of the area is essentially rural. From the woodlands in the east the landscape of northern Hampshire rises towards the Hampshire or Kingsclere Downs in the west; from the small hills around Winchester it progresses northwards to the semi-flat and canal-bound parishes of southern Berkshire.
Click on to the Online Store, above, and see the current selection of downloads, CDs and books available on the histories of the people and places of northern Hampshire (Scroll through Currencies to convert prices into your own). And then return regularly, for the list of such publications on northern Hampshire will expand weekly. Enter your Search criterion (family or place name) above, and all the records of that name shown on the current list of northern Hampshire publications will appear. It is here that you are more likely to find mention of your northern Hampshire ancestry.
Downloads require an Adobe Acrobat reader - for your free reader, click HERE.
NEW : PEDIGREE AND BIOGRAPHIES OF THE BUDD FAMILIES OF NORTHERN HAMPSHIRE. See under Family History > Hampshire Biography
PERHAPS A NEW CONCEPT IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH - 'A DICTIONARY OF HAMPSHIRE BIOGRAPHY' ! Look under Family History > Hampshire Biography at Online Store, above, and you will see mention of the first item in this series : "The Budd Families of Northern Hampshire - A Biographical Study". This volume records much data on numerous individuals of that surname, who were living in north-central Hampshire at some time, and, in a few cases, on their descendants, wherever they had settled in this world.
Genealogy or Family History is not just about names and dates. As a researcher and professional genealogist of 35 years, I can assure you that it has more to do with recording the lives of one's ancestors and their siblings, and what they had achieved or suffered during their lives. The biographical volume of the Budd families will indeed assist anybody who is endeavouring to write a family history book on any branch of the Budd family or families. When doing so, just remember to acknowledge your sources. The volume here is under this Author's Copyright.
Over the coming months several other north Hampshire families will come under the spotlight, and a biographical volume will be produced on each.
Update 23 MARCH 2008.
Family names that are currently featured on this site: ACKLAND ANSELL AWBERY BANNING BROWN BUDD ELLIOTT HYDE MONEY PIERCE or PEARCE SMALLBONE WEST WOODS. Histories of places: BAUGHURST, EAST OAKLEY, HANNINGTON, IBWORTH, RAMSDELL, WOOTTON ST LAWRENCE (See under Online Store, above).
MANY, MANY MORE TO COME .... KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE INFORMATION ...
