Bursledon, Hampshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BURSLEDON, a chapelry, in the parish of Hound, union of South Stoneham, hundred of Bishop'sWaltham, Southampton and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4¾ miles (E. S. E.) from Southampton. .

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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
 * See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Hampshire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Hampshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

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, FamilySearch Library Ref. 942.27 B2h

Moore, Joyce. A Great Hampshire Shipbuilder. A photo of the Memorial Inscription on the Parson Vault, of George Parsons of St. Leonard's, Bursledon, where 4 generations of the same family are interred. A description of the vault, and some of the names and dates buried therein. Article in the Hampshire Family Historian, Vol.XIII, no.3, November 1885, page 187, FamilySearch Library Ref. 942.27 B2h v.12

Searle, J.H. A Searle - Full Edition. A history of the family of John Searle of the village of Bursledon and his family dated from 1639-1920's, with the following surnames included; fVear, Stratton, Jellico, Judd, Tongs, Court, Cawte and Iremonger. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian vol. 28, pat 2, pages 100-101, FS 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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