Hampshire Record Office
The Hampshire Record Office (HRO) is located in Winchester. It's the home of Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, and where all of the old records are stored for the county of Hampshire. (Newer records may still be with the parish churches.) The HRO is well worth a visit. They have a spacious reading room, with plenty of microfiche readers and a couple of microfiche copiers.
It's important to remember that while they have computers and copies of the Hampshire Genealogical Society index CD collection, you really need to know the date, place and other details of the event you're looking for before you travel any distance to the HRO. (On the other hand, a lot of the information at the HRO is not indexed, so a visit and several hours staring at microfiche may be the only way you'll find what you're looking for.)
You can order copies or photographs of documents or copies of microfiche, either in-person or by downloading forms from the HRO web site and sending them by post. You can have them deliver photographs to you via e-mail.
In order to locate documents or microfiche, you need the corresponding reference number which you can locate by searching the online catalogue at the HRO web site.
Unfortunately, the HRO web site search capability is quite difficult to use and not all the documents are well indexed, so I've put together a list of useful reference numbers which you can download here:
HRO_Registers.pdf
This lists the dates and descriptions of documents or fiche available, and if they're indexed, for a few parishes in the Ringwood area:
If you wanted to order a copy of the parish record page for the baptism of Stephen Kindle on March 11th 1791 in Ringwood, you'd look for that date, see the 1782-1812 CB (christening/burial) register for Ringwood and find the reference number, which is 22M84 PR4.
You could then locate the microfiche for this register at the HRO in Winchester, or write this number on an order form, along with all the other details, and send it to them.
If you want to order a document or fiche from the HRO, you should still search the online catalogue to verify the details, but it's easier to use the reference numbers (e.g., search for 22M84 instead of Ringwood).
The HRO also has a collection of cemetery registers on microfiche. To locate the reference numbers, search the online catalogue for "cemetery fiche".
If you want to visit the HRO in person, they offer limited free parking, but you have to call ahead and reserve it. Directions, hours and other information are all available on their web site:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives.htm
It's important to remember that while they have computers and copies of the Hampshire Genealogical Society index CD collection, you really need to know the date, place and other details of the event you're looking for before you travel any distance to the HRO. (On the other hand, a lot of the information at the HRO is not indexed, so a visit and several hours staring at microfiche may be the only way you'll find what you're looking for.)
You can order copies or photographs of documents or copies of microfiche, either in-person or by downloading forms from the HRO web site and sending them by post. You can have them deliver photographs to you via e-mail.
In order to locate documents or microfiche, you need the corresponding reference number which you can locate by searching the online catalogue at the HRO web site.
Unfortunately, the HRO web site search capability is quite difficult to use and not all the documents are well indexed, so I've put together a list of useful reference numbers which you can download here:
HRO_Registers.pdf
This lists the dates and descriptions of documents or fiche available, and if they're indexed, for a few parishes in the Ringwood area:
- Bransgore Parish (16M67)
- Ellingham Parish (113M82)
- Ibsley Parish (85M83)
- Ringwood Parish (22M84)
- Ringwood Congregational/United Reformed (57M83)
- Ringwood Presbyterian/Unitarian (11M89)
- Sopley Parish (53M80)
- Ringwood Cemetery Registers
If you wanted to order a copy of the parish record page for the baptism of Stephen Kindle on March 11th 1791 in Ringwood, you'd look for that date, see the 1782-1812 CB (christening/burial) register for Ringwood and find the reference number, which is 22M84 PR4.
You could then locate the microfiche for this register at the HRO in Winchester, or write this number on an order form, along with all the other details, and send it to them.
If you want to order a document or fiche from the HRO, you should still search the online catalogue to verify the details, but it's easier to use the reference numbers (e.g., search for 22M84 instead of Ringwood).
The HRO also has a collection of cemetery registers on microfiche. To locate the reference numbers, search the online catalogue for "cemetery fiche".
If you want to visit the HRO in person, they offer limited free parking, but you have to call ahead and reserve it. Directions, hours and other information are all available on their web site:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives.htm
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