Hampshire Genealogical Society Research Centre

At 198A, Havant Road Drayton, Near Portsmouth. Show me where!

Booking is essential: A maximum of 4 people will be allowed per session.
Sunday bookings must be made by previous Thursday.

Tel: 023-9238-7000 (Monday to Friday am)

General:

The Research Centre is easily accessible by car (free parking nearby) and bus and Cosham Railway Station is a short journey away. It is situated on the first floor, where there are also facilities available for eating of food and the purchase of tea/coffee.

Material currently available for research:

HGS:

• Census: 1841 to 1901
• Baptism Index (1752-1841 on-going)
• Marriage Index (pre 1837)
• Hampshire Burial Index (pre 1837)
• Monumental Inscriptions
• Parish Registers - photocopies and transcripts
• Hampshire Directories - mainly Kelly's
• Members’ Interests Catalogue
• Wills Beneficiaries Index
• Strays Index
• Settlement/Removal Certificates Index
• Land Tax Index
• Land Tax Assessments 1788-1832
• Hampshire Militia Muster Rolls
• County of Southampton Return of Owners of Land 1873
• Hampshire Family Historian Journals and Surname Index (reprints of articles are available).

Hampshire Record Office:

• Wills Index
• Phillimores Marriage Registers Volume 1-16
• Allegations for Marriage Licences: 1561-1640 with gaps, 1669-1837 with gaps + Supplement 1893

National Resources:

• IGI – Edition 1992
• GRO England and Wales (Sep 1837-Dec 1983) + Overseas
• 1881 Census
• British Isles Vital Records 2^nd Edition.

Federation of Family History Society Publications:

• Burial Index (2^nd Edition)
• British Isles Genealogical Register 2000 (The Big R)
  a) Hampshire, and b) British Isles

Other printed material includes articles/information on Hampshire parishes as well as general reference/guidance published by the SOG, FFHS etc. Further details are available on our Search Services and Aids to Research page.

A catalogue is available on receipt of an SAE to the Research Centre.

A printout service is available at 35p per copy (copyright regulations apply).

Internet access is also now available to researchers.

It is hoped to build up the Society’s collection of material, and if anyone has any Hampshire items that they may wish to donate please contact either Muriel Allen or Val Casey in the Research Centre.