Havant, Hampshire Genealogy

Guide to Havant, Hampshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
HAVANT (St. Faith), a market-town, parish, and liberty, and the head of a union, in the Fareham and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 21¼ miles (E. by S.) from Southampton, and 64 (S. W.) from London with the tythings of Brockhampton and Leigh. There are places of worship for Independents, and a Roman Catholic chapel. . Langstone village is near Havant.

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

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Hampshire Archives and Local Studies.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Genealogy From Periodicals
Rogers, Peter. The Book of Hayling Island and Langstone. This book will be of interest to folk who had descendants on Hayling Island and Langstone. Has photos taken in early 1900's and a list of family surnames: Adams, Danby, Goring, Marshall, Paxton, Seddon, Towse, Barsley, Duncan, Grant McKee, Pyecrefot, Short, Turner, Chilvers, Earsley, Hudson, Millgate, Fussle, Snell, Twine, Clark, Cobb, Ely, Longcroft, Padwick, Sandeman, Stead, Wallbridge, Court Goldsmith, Lowe, Parker, Scorer, Scent, Welton, Wilson. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian vol. 28, no.1. May 2001 pages 38-39, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h vol. 28, no.1.