Would anyone know if there are any birth/christening records available on the net, for the son of a soldier who was garrisoned at Gosport? The birth was c.1800. I have been told there was a Garrison Chapel at Gosport and was hoping I might find the birth recorded there. Not too sure how to go about searching at this stage.
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Once again I can answer "No idea" Sorry.
Just found this by googling Gosport Might be worth a try.
Gosport Discovery Centre Museum on the Mezzanine
Starting to cloud over here, so will turn computer off at the first bit of thunder. Rain would be lovely though. The grass is completely dead from all the frost.
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As Harry's Mum suggested, you can found out a lot by Googling. I don't know anything about Gosport, but just spent 10 minutes searching and found the following:
- An 80+ page guide to genealogical sources for Hampshire, put out by the Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS).
- What appears to be a list of Gosport 'places of worship', part of a photo submission page on the HGS site.
- A list of parish registers (CoE, RC and non-cons) held at the Portsmouth Record Office (as of July 2007).
- Batch Numbers in the IGI for extracted baptism records for some Gosport parishes.
- Online transcriptions of Baptisms from some parishes in Alverstoke & Gosport (also Marriages and Burials).
- A Rootsweb mailing list called ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT, specifically dealing with genealogy enquiries for this area; besides subscribing, you can also browse or search the online archives.
Hopefully one or more of these will have the information you're looking for, or at least provide some worthwhile leads.
HTH -
Tim"If we're lucky, one day our names and dates will appear in our descendants' family trees."
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- An 80+ page guide to genealogical sources for Hampshire, put out by the Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS).
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Thanks Libby and Tim - all those websites were really interesting, unfortunately I couldn't find my elusive ancestor, but at least I can knock a few sources off my list now as there were some good lists of birth/baptism registrations from some of the churches there. Still hunting - cheers Val
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There's someone on the site who goes to the Gosport Record Office quite often and is willing to do look-ups. Really helpful.
You may find the name if you look in the Wiki. Or if you use the thread-search for Gosport.
Christine
PS - I found it: http://www.familytreeforum.com/resea...ort-hants.htmlResearching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
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Thankyou Grampa Jim, we would be most grateful
His name was William Semaine/Samain and he was born c1800 according to all the census, so I generally just check the year either side to be safe
Joy, we did look through Tony and Linda's site, unfortunately no luck, but haven't they put a lot of work into transcribing it all!
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Thanks Grampa Jim, I'm glad you told me about the 5 year leeway before I ordered any films!
I will be keeping my fingers crossed you come across William Semaine/Samain - he really is a conundrum.
Christine I will try your website suggestion once I hear back from GJ - should I still need it - (she said optimistically)- many thanks
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I have checked some of the Parish Registers and this is what I have found.
St John's is nearest to the Garrison but wasn't built until about 1830.
St Thomas' at Elson wasn't built until 1845.
So we can cross them off the list.
I have checked
Holy Trinity 1795 - 1806 without success.
St Mary's Alverstoke 1794 - 1804 without success.
St Mary the Virgin, Rowner 1795 - 809 without success.
In the records for the Independent Chapel, Gosport High Street I found this:
William, son of John Eman and Anne his wife of the Parish of Alverstoke in the County of Hants (Born on the 19th November 1800) was Baptized on the 28th day of December 1800.
There are still some further Parishes to scan. I will do them next time I am in town.Grampa Jim passed away September 2011
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Thankyou so much for this. Eman could well be yet another variation of the name Samain/Semaine, and certainly the first son of William and his wife Catherine was named John. How often are children named after their grandparents?
I am going to look for a marriage today for these two.
I have also been chosen for WDWTYA for this week so am going to fill in more details about William in that.
Once again, many thanks for your help, I can't believe this website, everyone is so helpful and just gets on with the research, assisting everyone. I hope I can do my bit in return, even from this far away in Oz. Best wishes - Val
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