Hampshire, England Genealogy

Hampshire, also known as Southamptonshire, is principally a maritime and agricultural county located on the south coast of England.

The Isle of Wight was originally part of Hampshire but is now a county in it's own right.

Civil Districts
When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Hampshire was divided into a number of registration districts, each containing several parishes. The index to the civil records gives the name of the district where an event took place. Click here to see a list of the civil districts in Hampshire and the parishes covered by each.

Read more about England Civil Registration.

Parishes
See a list of the parishes of Hampshire with links to articles.

Probate Jurisdictions
Before 1858, every town and parish in Hampshire was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. To read more about probate records and see a list of Hampshire towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to Hampshire Probate Records.

Websites
www.hgs-online.org.uk  Hampshire Genalogical Society

www.knightroots.co.uk Transcriptions of  Hampshire Parish Register entries http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/ A wonderful web site for births, marriages and deaths on the Isle of Wight.