Scenes from Basingstoke and the Area Source Notes Abbreviations Used DNB Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (website). HRO Hampshire Record Office, Winchester. IGI International Genealogical Index of baptisms and marriages (access at the website: FamilySearch.org). SoG Library of the Society of Genealogists, London. V.C.H. The Victoria History of the Counties of England, The University of London Institute of Historical Research, (volumes are reprinted at the website: British History Online). Census Returns: In England, the 1841 census was the first to collect detailed family information. A census has followed every ten years. Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be accessed at the Ancestry family history website. Hampshire Marriage Licences are transcribed and published in Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester, 1689 to 1837, two volumes, Harleian Society Publication, Volumes 35 and 36, London, 1893.