Selborne, Hampshire Genealogy

England Hampshire  Hampshire Parishes  Selborne

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

Parish History
SELBORNE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Alton, hundred of Selborne, Alton and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Alton. .

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
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
Reeves, John A. The Bridger Family of Selborne, Hampshire, and Bridger of Liss, Hampshire. Two descendancy charts of Robert Bridger and james Bridger of Selborne, also Bridger of Liss, Hampshire, covering years 1567-1862. Family Trees to be found in the hampshire Family Historian, vol. 2 no. 1, pages 8-9, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h vol.2 &amp; 3.

Williams, C. L. Sinclair. The Wake Family of Selborne and Solent. The history of Edward and Ann Collyn. Included are the names Baly, Bert, Merrett, Williams, Newlyn, de Bragboef, de Bohun, Stratton, Clare, de Quincy, de Bolny, and Baybof. Article covers years 1269-1981, to be found in Hampshire Family Historian Magazine. vol.9, #2, 1982, pages 50-53. 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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