Bishop's transcripts for parish of Michelmersh, Hampshire.

[agoryliver]

I was wondering if anyone knows if Bishop's transcripts exist for the parish of Michelmersh, near Romsey, Hampshire. I'm aware that a parish register is missing, seemingly the one that I would need to further my research, typically! Perhaps they may have been transcribed and put on CD rom or printed? Any advice on this would be very gratefully received. Thanks.

[Kimbrey]

If they exist the Hampshire RO will have them-you could try e-mailing them and asking.

[Kimbrey]

According to their handbook the gaps in the Michelmersh registers are
1563-1579       1653-1660     1680-1718

[Little Nell]

That sounds like more than one register missing. 

1653 - 1660 are quite common to find missing since this is when the country was in considerable turmoil  during the English Civil War.  Many registers, not just in Hampshire, were not completed properly and there are many records missing.  The incumbents may not have stayed in the parish when the Commonwealth ordered a different system to be used.  Someone may have kept a few records on scraps of parchment, but these may have gone missing by the time order was restored.

The early years - that could be a result of poor storage conditions: damp, vermin etc. 

Nell

[dee-jay]

Sadly, the Michelmersh BTs held at HRO cover only the period 1780 - 1873 in 4 volumes under the Ref:  21M65/F8/174 on the Advanced Search facility of the CALM Database:  http://calm.hants.gov.uk/DServe/

I believe that earlier BTs for parishes in the Winchester Diocese were culled aeons ago due to the limitations of storage capacity within the Diocesan Archives.   

[agoryliver]

Thank you very much for the advice. I now know what to ask for the next time I go to HRO. The record that I need is a marriage c.1790 so hopefully, it may be there. Thanks again.