Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire Genealogy

England Hampshire

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
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

Thomas, James H. William Lowth 1660-1732 Clerical Worthy of Hampshire. Article covers history of William Lowth, and his descendants, who were Ministers of the Faith, in Farnham, Buriton cum Petersfield and Winchester. Also a little of it covers the family. Article to be found in the Hampshire Family Historian, vol. X, no4, pages 173-178, 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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