Hampshire Archives and Libraries

Hampshire Record Office

 * Visiting Office – maps &amp; directions
 * “Hampshire Photographic Project” – all wills proved in courts of Winchester Diocese to 1858
 * Services Offered - Enquiries &amp; research; Getting copies, education, school visits; Publications, Talks &amp; Visits
 * Online catalogue – (ordering wills, viewing available books &amp; images to order – no online databases)

- http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/catalog.htm

Contact Information : Sussex Street Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8TH

Web site: www3.hants.gov.uk/archives

The Portsmouth Museums and Records Service

 * 14th century records of Portsmouth City, local businesses, family groupings &amp; other organizations

Contact Information : 3 Museum Road Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2LE

Web site: www.portsmouthrecordsoffice.co.uk

Southampton City Archives Services

 * Holdings date from 1199, with free use reading room and access to archivist

Contact Information : Southampton Archives Civic Centre Civic Centre Road Southampton, SO14 7LY

Web site: www.southampton.gov.uk/s-leisure/artsheritage/history/archives

Isle of Wight Record Office

 * Spans 12th to 21st centuries, including parish, estate, family, businesses, schools &amp; local government
 * Images including maps available on web site
 * Research service available

Contact Information :

Isle of Wight Record Office 26 Hillside Newport PO30 2EB

Web site: www.iwight.com/library/record_office

Dorset County Council

 * hold records of area around Bournemouth that was formerly in Hampshire

Web site: www.dorsetforyou.com/familyhistory

Staunton Park Genealogy Centre

 * Some parish registers, school and other records
 * Links to other useful web sites

Contact Information : Staunton Park Genealogy Centre, c/o The Community Department, The Havant Academy, Wakefords Way, Havant, Hants. PO9 5JD

Web site: www.stauntoninfo.co.uk/index2.html

The University of Southampton Library, Archive and Manuscript Collections

 * Particularly strong in areas of 19th &amp; 20th century political &amp; military history
 * Archives of Anglo-Jewry
 * Searchable online Manuscript Collections - www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/cataloguedatabases/index.html

Contact Information :

University of Southampton University Road Southampton SO17 1BJ

Web site: www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/index.shtml