Milton (near Portsea), Hampshire Genealogy

England Hampshire  Hampshire Parishes  Milton (near Portsea)

Guide to Milton (near Portsea), Hampshire family history and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Milton St James (near Portsea) was originally created as a chapelry - one of ten chapelries all within the parish of Portsea, in the county of Hampshire, created in 1844 from Portsea Ancient Parish. The other chapelries included:


 * (Holy) Trinity
 * St George
 * St John
 * St Mary
 * Land port St Luke
 * Land port All Saints
 * Havelock Park St Bartholomew
 * Southsea St Paul
 * Southsea St Jude with St Simon

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.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain