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Hampshire Genealogy & Local History

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Includes Surrounding County Family History Societies

Archive Britain Campaign
Updated 15 May 2005

The Campaign promotes the preservation of archive material by digitisation and making the information available on CD-ROM and hard copy at a reasonable price. CD-ROMS of Local Trade Directories available by Mail Order at reasonable prices. Products include Stevens and Chamberlains Portsmouth Directory 1886-1887 each containing over 1,000 pages of Portsmouth Local Information from Victorian times. Pescott Frost Portsmouth Dockyard Photographs Volume I 1901-1904, Volume II 1904-1906, Volume III 1906-1907, Volume IV 1907-1909, Volume V 1910-1911 and Volume VI 1911-1914.

Association of Genealogical Research Agents (AGRA)
Berkshire FHS Berkshire Famiy History Society
Bitterne Local History Society Bitterne Local History Society
Botley Registers Complete Botley registers on-line
The Changing Seasons
The website that deals with the histories of the places and people in Northern Hampshire in England. The Changing Seasons is the trade name being used by historian and author Ken Smallbone to publish his own private research of local places and people in northern Hampshire.
Chiltern Heraldry Group
New 7 February 2008
The Chiltern Heraldry Group is an association who meet for occasional excursions and social gatherings and to receive and present talks and displays of armorial and antiquarian interest. Customarily six lectures are arranged each year, each lasting about an hour, normally held on Saturday afternoons in the autumn and spring at small village halls in the Chilterns and Thames Valley region.
Churches in Hampshire Churches in Hampshire and interesting Dates in History.
Dorset Family History Society
Updated 15 Mar 2007
For people in Dorset or people with Dorset ancestors.
Eastbourne FHS "Family Roots" - Family History Society for Eastbourne & District
GENUKI for Hampshire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Genealogy
Grave Concern This company is primarily concerned with the tending and maintenance of graves in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas, but they do run a grave location service which may be of interest to some researchers.
Hampshire Family History and Local History Compiled by Alan McGowan
Isle of Wight FHS Isle of Wight Family History Society
Poor Law Unions, etc Poor Law Unions and Workhouses in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Hampshire Constabulary History Society You can apply, by e-mail on the site, for copies of their police ancestor's personnel records
Hampshire Record Office Hampshire Record Office
Memorials in Portsmouth The pages with ships memorials have links to dozens of sites with names
Hampshire Surnames on CompuServe ROOTS Hampshire/IOW Surname Interest List
Havant War Memorial Inscriptions These have been recorded by Jane Dabbs
Headley Village Website Includes an index to the Monumental Inscriptions for All Saints, Headley.
Lower Test Valley Archaeological Society Archaeological Society for the Lower Test Valley
Manorial Documents Register A register of Manorial Documents
The Mary Rose Trust The Mary Rose is the only 16th century warship on display anywhere in the world. Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII. After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology
The History of the New Forest New Forest History
Pamber Heath Archives This site is to eventually hold a lot of historical information of use to genealogists, as well as local historians, about people, places and events of this north Hampshire village - trade directory information, information from maps, census records, parish register records, photographs etc. by Raymond West, Local Historian
Phillimore The local and family history publishers now have their website, you can browse their catalogue and make purchases using their secure credit card system
Portsmouth Streets and their History Information for Local Historians by the Editor of the widely acclaimed WEA Publications. The site includes a great deal of local information on houses, shops and pubs from documentation sources in the Portsmouth Record Office. Or start from his home page.
Portsmouth Museums Service Portsmouth Museums Service
Ryde Social Heritage Group
New 7 February 2008
Ryde Social Heritage Group, Isle of Wight, formed in 2002 aims to widen the appreciation of local history, help support people to learn about Ryde’s past and their own local histories, and record and preserve the local history of Ryde, Isle of Wight.

The Group is researching the social history of the citizens of Ryde, documenting their lives and businesses, recording their places of burial including the memorial inscriptions, and promoting and publishing the findings in electronic and printed formats.

Silchester List of Parishioners & Friends contributing to a Farewell Gift to the Rev. E.C. & Mrs Hetherington, Silchester, August, 1st 1925
Somerset and Dorset FHS Somerset and Dorset Family History Society
Southampton City Archives Follow "Archives" link on the page that is accessed
Southampton City Libraries Special Collections -Follow "Libraries" link on the page that is accessed
Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery
Updated 7 Feb 08
Volunteers helping visitors locate their graves of interest in Southampton Old Cemetery.
South Stoneham Tithe Map Tithe maps covering the Civil Parish of West End
Titchfield History Society Titchfield History Society
Village Life in 1642 Rowner area & Gosport Living History Society
West End Local History Society Museum & Heritage Centre.
newWeeke Local History Website
Added 18 April 2008
An HGS Member's site covering the local history of Weeke, which is now a suburb of Winchester.
West Surrey FHS West Surrey Family History Society
Wiltshire FHS Wiltshire Family History Society

 

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