Hampshire Family History

Wills and Probate Records

Hampshire Wills Documents Online - from the PRO - includes downloadable images of all PCC Wills 1384-1858 Hampshire Record Office Catalogue - includes all wills proved in the courts of Winchester Diocese before 1858 Hampshire Will Index 1571-1858 (indexes names, occupations, places) - on microfiche - from Hampshire Record Office Guide to Obtaining Copies of Probate Records after 1858 - from the Court Service

Directories

Digital Library of Historical Directories - from University of Leicester - searchable - includes: - White's Directory of Hampshire 1859 - Postal and Commercial Directory of Hampshire with the Isle of Wight 1865 - Kelly's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 1899 - Pigot & Co's Directory 1844 - includes a Hampshire section Southampton Directories 1836, 1863, 1871, 1907, 1912-1913 - downloadable

Newspapers

Local Newspaper Index - by Richard Heaton - includes extracts from Salisbury & Winchester Journal British Library Newspaper Collections

Manorial Records

Manorial Documents Register - Searchable database of Hampshire and Isle of Wight manorial records English Manor Rolls Collection -at Harvard University - includes Beaurepaire (Sherborne St John) and Odiham

Quarter Sessions Records

Catalogues of Quarter Sessions Records for Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight To access these catalogues: - Go to Access to Archives - Enter quarter sessions in the box this exact wording or phrase - Select Hampshire or Portsmouth or Southampton or Isle of Wight in the box Repository - Click Search

Medieval Sources

Medieval English Genealogy

Occupations

Hampshire Clockmakers - not currently available Hampshire Gunmakers - not currently available Hampshire Photographers - not currently available Clergy of the Church of England 1540-1835 - database in progress Tracing Medical Ancestors