Burial records for Fordingbridge Independent Chapel

[Joy Dean]

As one can read in http://www.fordingbridgeurc.org.uk/rainbow-centre/
the burial register started in the 1840s for the Fordingbridge Independent Chapel (later known as Congregational and now is the United Reformed Church in Fordingbridge) - "We will be much helped if anyone researching their family history who comes across an ancestor with the initials M A H buried at Fordingbridge Independent Chapel in 1832 can let us know. Similarly anyone who has an ancestor with the initials A G B buried here prior to 1843, and perhaps at any time during the 18th century."
Photographs of two headstone are shown in the site.

Would anyone know where these burial records would be kept? - at the Records Office in Winchester maybe?

[bearkat]

It looks like the Hampshire Archives only have births and baptisms, 1795-1837

http://calm.hants.gov.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=Microfilm%2f361&pos=4

Just a thought - there weren't many male names that began with M.  Michael tended to be of Irish origin.

[bearkat]

The IGI batch number for Fordingbridge Independent Chapel baptisms between 1795-1837 is C069341.

If you put this number into Familysearch

https://www.familysearch.org/search/
(you have to register but it is free)

plus B* or H* in the surname fields you can get an idea of local families using the chapel. It may give you some clues.

[Joy Dean]

Thank you.