Group members are keen to share knowledge, experience and resources. Subjects covered so far include:- getting started; civil registration; the censuses; organising your research; wills and probate; parish registers; nonconformist records; newspapers and periodicals; electoral registers and burgess rolls; maps; trade directories; education and educational sources; local and social history; the poor laws; sources for births/baptisms, marriages, deaths/burials; and dating old photographs. Sometimes people bring along interesting artefacts, talk about a particular ancestor or a research story. Activities such as quizzes and brainstorming also prove helpful – and fun.

Extras on the programme have included successful computer workshop sessions at a local public library, a guided tour of the Hampshire Record Office in Winchester and guided tours of the Society of Genealogists' Library in London.