Hampshire Archives and Libraries
Hampshire Record Office
- Visiting Office – maps & directions
- “Hampshire Photographic Project” – all wills proved in courts of Winchester Diocese to 1858
- Services Offered - Enquiries & research; Getting copies, education, school visits; Publications, Talks & Visits
- Online catalogue – (ordering wills, viewing available books & images to order – no online databases)
- http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/catalog.htm
Contact Information:
Sussex Street
Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8TH
Web site: www3.hants.gov.uk/archives
The Portsmouth Museums and Records Service
- 14th century records of Portsmouth City, local businesses, family groupings & other organizations
Contact Information:
3 Museum Road
Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2LE
Web site: www.portsmouthrecordsoffice.co.uk
Southampton City Archives Services
- Holdings date from 1199, with free use reading room and access to archivist
Contact Information:
Southampton Archives
Civic Centre
Civic Centre Road
Southampton, SO14 7LY
Web site: www.southampton.gov.uk/s-leisure/artsheritage/history/archives
Isle of Wight Record Office
- Spans 12th to 21st centuries, including parish, estate, family, businesses, schools & local government
- Images including maps available on web site
- Research service available
Contact Information:
Isle of Wight Record Office
26 Hillside
Newport PO30 2EB
Web site: www.iwight.com/library/record_office
Dorset County Council
- hold records of area around Bournemouth that was formerly in Hampshire
Web site: www.dorsetforyou.com/familyhistory
Staunton Park Genealogy Centre
- Some parish registers, school and other records
- Links to other useful web sites
Contact Information:
Staunton Park Genealogy Centre,
c/o The Community Department,
The Havant Academy,
Wakefords Way,
Havant, Hants. PO9 5JD
Web site: www.stauntoninfo.co.uk/index2.html
The University of Southampton Library, Archive and Manuscript Collections
- Particularly strong in areas of 19th & 20th century political & military history
- Archives of Anglo-Jewry
- Searchable online Manuscript Collections - www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/cataloguedatabases/index.html
Contact Information:
University of Southampton
University Road
Southampton SO17 1BJ