Gosport, Hampshire Genealogy

England Hampshire  Hampshire Parishes  Gosport

Parish History
Gosport.-- a fortified seaport and market town with railway station, Alverstoke parish, S. Hannts, occupying peninsula on W. side of Portsmouth harbour, opposite Portsmouth. .

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

Genealogy
Cover Picture and Story of the Bond Family of Gosport Collegiate College. The picture of John Bond and Family taken in front of the college in about 1890. It lists the children from left to right, and details of each member, dating from 1882-1971. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, Vol. XV, no.3, cover picture and page 150. 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain