Forum: Hampshire county-wide forum

Good Evening - please can I ask for expert help with finding maps that would provide detail, such as mills, for the tithing of Tadley in Hampshire ? The maps on Old Hampshire Mapped by Portsmouth Uni , wonderful though they are, don't give detail of smaller towns and villages, and I can't see...

Dear British Genealogy/Hampshire Forum Our ancestor Robert Thrasher/Thresher was born 1826/1831 in Southampton, Hampshire. Southampton Local Archives and Hampshire Local Archives have been unable to find a baptism for Robert - possibly because the records were destroyed during the Blitz in...

I am looking for info on my Great-Great Grandfather G.B. Wilson. He was born Circa 1824 and died 11th September 1904. He was a scenic artist for Theatres, a Victualler (Landlord of The Black Dog Pub, Arundal st Landport, Portsmouth in 1878) and Music Hall Proprietor. He was married to Charlotte nee...

William Adams..married Martha Tribe 14th Feb. 1804 St Mary's Portsea Hampshire... They had a son John William Adams, born 1805 St Mary's Portsea Hampshire...I am a direct decendant of this family...and having great difficulty in getting any information on this couple, but certain family members...

I am looking for information on John Butt in the 1851 census at Southampton John would be about 56 Augusta 41/42 they had George,Harriett, Matilda and Arthur. John was born at Houghton. Thanking you. Michelle in Australia

Please would it be possable to get a copy of these two marriages, I need compare the signatures of all parties "Married on the 18 Jan 1829 by banns, St. Mary's, Portsea, Hant’s ...

I am trying to find records for the Canoe Lake Bowling Club. My grandparents both played there between about 1916 and 1935. My grandmother told me that they both won cups for this. In fact, my grandfather was playing bowls at the club in August 1928 when his son drowned of Whale Island. I do...

I have found out that an ancestor was given 2 months (July to Sept) in prison in Portsmouth for being AWOL from the Empress of India. Does anyone know how I can find out which prison he ended up in?

Hi all, I have found a marriage entry for my ancestor from FreeBMD: Charlotte Rosa FRANKLIN Sep Qtr 1895 Portsea District However, I have tried to locate this marriage via the Marriage Locator website, searched the IGI, FMP, FreeREG etc. and I can't find any more details about this marriage...

Is anyone able to do a 1871 census look up for me please? I have William Charge as a convict at H M Convict Prison, Portsea Town, Postsea, Hampshire in the 1881 census and I suspect that he was also there in 1871. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks John Adey

I am looking for a marriage between Thomas Boxall and Edy (Edith) Mills in Havant in 1727. IGI has an entry submitted by a member of the LDS which I need to verify. I have traced their children's baptisms in Singleton in Sussex but was unable to find their marriage there. The only likely...

Looking for marriage details on register for Gosport of John DILLON and Caroline SLADE married 3 Oct. 1813. Hoping that there may be a witnesses or some other details listed. Still not sure why this couple married there when he is from Wickham. May be where she was from but haven't found out...

Have been searching for this wedding for a long time. John DILLON of Wickham would have married this lady prior to July 1837. It is possible they never married as there was a prior child (possibly John's as later takes his name). Lots of children born after this date. Would love this detail if...

I am looking for Adams families who lived in Medstead and Chawton 18th and 19th century. Little Fanny Adams who was murdered in 1868 was of the same family , a distance cousin to me. thanks, Lynne

Can anyone help me to find a distant relative who is hiding from me somewhere please? Fanny Heberden, aged eight years, is shown on the 1851 Census - living at home with her parents, Charles and Maria, in West Meon. Sadly they died in 1852 and after that I can't find a trace of Fanny on the...

Is anyone researching these families? Jenni :)

I am seeking information on my paternal Great Aunt, Elizabeth Sarah Barton, who married George Jacobs Please in December 1936 at Lewisham. George Please had been married previously to Elizabeth Mary Barton in 1882. I believe that they had 5 children, one of whom, Maggie Elizabeth Please, born in...

Hi, I'm desperately searching for the burial place of William Frederick Watts, who is registered to have died in Christchurch, Hampshire, 1912. (He was born 1848, Clapham, Surrey). Does anybody know of any transcribed burial records for Christchurch, Hampshire on the internet, or can anyone...