Hi, I wonder if someone could advise as to the nearest, (or the best), place to Petersfield to go to find out about a Havant family. The family is HOLTON, I've traced our family back to an Edward b.c.1760 ( married to Mary LILLIETT, various spellings),who according to the 1834 Warblington voters list was residing in Havant where most of the following generations were matched, hatched & dispatched. I have also managed to trace other HOLTON's back to Fordingbridge in the 1600s; when in 1688 a William HOLTON married a Phoebe BROOMAN at Portchester and this couple raised their family in Havant, (William, Thomas, Edward & Elizabeth) between 1689 -1700. Of these children Thomas married Elizabeth GRIGGS in 1711 and raised a family of 12 in Havant between 1712 - 1730 and this is where I'm stuck, one of these children is almost certainly the parent or possibly grandparent of our Edward. I have wills as well as the usual B, M & D plus census where applicable from various on-line resources including the wonderful 'Knightroots' site but seem to have exhausted these now. I should add that I have problems with travelling but my son has agreed to come especially to try to get this link hooked up with the rest of the family but does need to know where to go and which documents are likely to be the most useful to look at. Thank you for reading all this and hope one of you knowledeable list members can advise. Helen icedancer@mail.com

I would suggest the Hampshire records office in Winchester as Havant is in that County, but the West Sussex records office in Chichester may also be usefull given Havants close proximity to West Sussex. HTH Joe Austen in NQ OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Weddell" <helen.weddell@googlemail.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:20 PM Subject: [HAM] Resource Centre > Hi, > I wonder if someone could advise as to the nearest, (or the best), place > to > Petersfield to go to find out about a Havant family. > > The family is HOLTON,

Hiya Helen, I live in Havant and know that most of the records are held at Portsmouth Record Office. There is a really good local history group too which has a website http://www.stauntoninfo.co.uk/4598.html I find this a great help. Don't forget to check the nearby parishes of Bedhampton and Rowlands Castle plus Emsworth and Warblington when researching Havant. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Weddell" <helen.weddell@googlemail.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:20 PM Subject: [HAM] Resource Centre > Hi, > I wonder if someone could advise as to the nearest, (or the best), place > to > Petersfield to go to find out about a Havant family. > > The family is HOLTON, > I've traced our family back to an Edward b.c.1760 ( married to Mary > LILLIETT, various spellings),who according to the 1834 Warblington voters > list was residing in Havant where most of the following generations were > matched, hatched & dispatched. > > I have also managed to trace other HOLTON's back to Fordingbridge in the > 1600s; when in 1688 a William HOLTON married a Phoebe BROOMAN at > Portchester > and this couple raised their family in Havant, (William, Thomas, Edward & > Elizabeth) between 1689 -1700. Of these children Thomas married Elizabeth > GRIGGS in 1711 and raised a family of 12 in Havant between 1712 - 1730 and > this is where I'm stuck, one of these children is almost certainly the > parent or possibly grandparent of our Edward. > > I have wills as well as the usual B, M & D plus census where applicable > from > various on-line resources including the wonderful 'Knightroots' site but > seem to have exhausted these now. I should add that I have problems with > travelling but my son has agreed to come especially to try to get this > link > hooked up with the rest of the family but does need to know where to go > and > which documents are likely to be the most useful to look at. > > Thank you for reading all this and hope one of you knowledeable list > members > can advise. > > Helen > icedancer@mail.com > > For FREE online parish register transcriptions and other information visit > www.knightroots.co.uk. > > Please trim ALL messages to a minimum & remove the footer as this is added > automatically at the end of all messages. > Thanks > > To subscribe or unsubscribe please send a message to > hampshire-request@rootsweb.com with the appropriate subject header.Thanks > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message