Brockenhurst, Hampshire Genealogy

England Hampshire  Hampshire Parishes Brockenhurst

Guide to Brockenhurst, Hampshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
BROCKENHURST, a parish, in the union of Lymington, E. division of the hundred of New Forest, Lymington and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4¼ miles (N. by W.) from Lymington; There is a place of worship for Baptists. .

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Genealogy from Periodicals
Clasby, Valerie. The Inhabitants of Tudor Brockenhurst. The Wills and Inventories of 5 brothers with the beneficiaries listed of Richard Skory Feb 1576, Edward Skory, Apr 1577, John Skory, Dec 1581, John Skory Oct.1582, Willaim Skorye, August 1587. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. 25, no. 1, May 1998, pages 38-40. FHL Ref 942.27 B2h

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Hampshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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