Hursley, Hampshire Genealogy

England Hampshire  Hampshire Parishes Hursley

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



Parish History
HURSLEY (All Saints), a parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Buddlesgate, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Winchester. .

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

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Genealogy From Periodicals
Whitlock Family Tree. A Family tree starting with Stephen Whitlock, born 1766 and showing all his descendants up to 1983. Some in the parish of Bishopstoke, Bursledon, Hound, Hursley, Soton, Stoneham, and Australia. Article to be found in The Hampshire Family Historian, Vol.X.no.2, Aug.1983,page 65, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h

Nowell, Frederick. The Lavingtons. Article begins with the birth of Nicholas Lavington born 1721, and the history of descendants, dating from 1721-1852. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. XV,no.2, August 1988, pages 100-102. Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h

Kimber, Judy. More About The Lavingtons. A further article showing one of the ancestors has descendants living in Australia, who emigrated there in 1853. Includes more of the family in England, covering dates 1538-1853. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. XV,no.3, November 1988, pages 166-167, Family History Library 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.

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