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|Situated on the south coast of England, Dorset is very rural and contains mainly small towns and villages.
'''Dorset:'''
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The county Town is Dorchester which was the home of Thomas Hardy. Other main towns include Poole, which has the second largest natural harbour in the world. It is the home of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and famous for Durdle Door.
  
County town: Dorchester  
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Lyme Regis, with the Cobb made famous by Jane Austen in her novel “Persuasion”, is the location for “the French Lieutenant’s Woman” by John Fowles.
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|The coastal areas of Lyme Regis and Charmouth are well known by fossil hunters; Mary Anning having discovered an icthyosaurus locally.
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Dorset is said to be the home of Scouting, with the first scout camp organised by Sir Robert Baden Powell on Brownsea Island in August 1907.
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Thomas Hardy, the writer, was born at Upper Brockhampton, near Dorchester.
  
Other major towns: Poole, Weymouth
 
  
Situated on the south coast of England, Dorset is very rural and contains mainly small towns and villages. The county Town is Dorchester which was the home of Thomas Hardy. Other main towns include Poole, which has the second largest natural harbour in the world. It is also the home of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and famous for Durdle Door. Lyme Regis, with the Cobb made famous by Jane Austen in her novel “Persuasion”, is also the location for “the French Lieutenant’s Woman” by John Fowles. The coastal areas of Lyme Regis and Chramouth are well known by fossil hunters; Mary Anning having discovered an icthyosaurus locally.
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'''County town:''' Dorchester
  
The Dorset is also said to be the home of Scouting, with the first scout camp organised by Sir Robert Baden Powell on Brownsea island in Aug 1907.
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'''Other major towns:''' Poole, Weymouth
  
Thomas Hardy, the writer, was born at Upper Brockhampton, near Dorchester.
 
  
==Register Offices==
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Dorset| Dorset Places of Worship]]'''
  
*The Dorset Registration Service has three main offices:
 
  
Bournemouth and Poole are now separate authorities and are not connected to the three main offices, they are therefore listed separately.
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandDorset.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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Certificate Ordering Information: [http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=2417  Certificates - Dorset For You]
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==Resources==
  
=====For Dorset North Registration Districts contact=====
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'''Primary Reference'''
Blandford Office<br> 
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Salisbury Road<br> 
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*[http://212.104.140.176/index.jsp?articleid=385011 '''County Record Office''']
Blandford <br> 
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DT11 7LN
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*[http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=384949 County Library Service]
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*[http://www.dorsetfhs.org.uk/ Dorset Family History Society]
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*[http://www.sdfhs.org/ Somerset and Dorset Family History Society]
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*[http://sjdeez.tripod.com/Dorset/Dorset_Look-up_Exchange.htm Dorset Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.kingstonopc.org.uk/ Kingston Village OPC]
  
=====For Dorset East Registration District contact=====
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*[http://www.opcdorset.com/index.htm Dorset Online Parish Clerk]
Ferndown Office<br> 
 
King George V Pavilion<br> 
 
Peter Grant Way<br> 
 
Church Road<br> 
 
Ferndown <br> 
 
BH22 9EN
 
  
=====For Dorset South and West Registration District contact=====
 
Weymouth Office<br> 
 
The Guildhall<br> 
 
St Edmund Street<br> 
 
Weymouth <br> 
 
DT4 8AS
 
 
Certificate Orders can be placed by telephone and payment made by credit card at<br> 
 
01305 or 01202 225153.
 
  
=====Bournemouth=====
 
Bournemouth Register Office<br> 
 
The Town Hall<br> 
 
Bourne Avenue<br> 
 
Bournemouth <br> 
 
BH2 6DY<br> 
 
Email: linda.lovett@bournemouth.gov.uk<br>
 
  
Bournemouth Register Office supply '''handwritten''' certificates, a full guide to scanned, handwritten and typed certificates can be found at [[BMD Certificates]]<br>
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
If you can update this information then please do so [http://www.familytreeforum.com/help-our-reference-information/19709-suggestions-links-wiki.html here]
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*[http://people.bath.ac.uk/lismd/dorset/churches/ Dorset Churches]
  
=====Poole=====
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*[http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk Dorset Historic Churches Trust]
  
The Register Office<br>
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*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/marriages/uk/england/dorset.htm Dorset Marriages]
The Guildhall, <br>
 
Market Street, <br>
 
Poole, <br>
 
BH15 1NP<br>
 
E-mail registrars@poole.gov.uk<br>
 
Tel: 01202 633744
 
  
==Record Office lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.dorset-opc.com/ Dorset Online Parish Clerk]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Dorset_Home.htm Dorset Pages]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRBT.html Dorset Parish Registers Index]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Genealogy/info/dorset1.txt Dorset Poll Book 1807 A-K Transcriptions]
  
*Bournemouth/Christchurch library ''frequently'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
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*[http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Genealogy/info/dorset2.txt Dorset Poll Book 1807 L-Z Transcriptions]  
*Poole library ''less frequently'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
 
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/Portland/PYB/Contents.html Portland Year Book 1905]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richardtravell/richardtravell/ Some Parish Registers and other Materials]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://southernlife.org.uk/ Southern Life (UK)]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indices]
  
*Bournemouth:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
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*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Dorset/visitations/index.html Visitation of Dorset 1623]
*Bournemouth:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required]
 
*Burton:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required]
 
*Christchurch:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee (can do town centres easily, outside town, as and when)]
 
*Christchurch:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required]
 
*Holdenhurst:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required]
 
  
==Links==
 
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
*[http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=2203 '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www.abbotsbury.co.uk/ Abbotsbury]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/dorset.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.eyemead.com/bearmead.htm Bear Mead and Corfe Mead]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/dorset.html Local History Gateway Page]
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*[http://www.belchalwell.org.uk/ Belchalwell]
  
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*[http://www.bereregis.org/VillageHistory.htm Bere Regis Village]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/blackmore/ The Blackmore Vale inc Gillingham, Pulham, Sherbourne, Stalbridge & Sturminster Newton.]
  
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*[http://www.briantspuddle.info/ Briantspuddle, Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle]
  
*[http://www.dorset-opc.com/ Dorset Online Parish Clerk]
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*[http://www.cerneabbashistory.org/ Cerne Abbas Historical Society]
  
*[http://sjdeez.tripod.com/Dorset/Dorset_Look-up_Exchange.htm Dorset Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://chardstockwebmuseum.org/ Chardstock Web Museum by The Chardstock Historical Record Group]
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carthorse/kingston_home.htm Kingston Village OPC]
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*[http://www.xchurch.co.uk/ Christchurch Historical information and Photos]
  
*[http://www.sturminsternewton.net/ Sturminster Newton OPC project]
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*[http://www.langtonia.org.uk/ Langton Matravers Local History and Preservation Society]  
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/longfleetconnections/ Longfleet Genealogy and History]
  
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*[http://www.martinstown.co.uk/ Martinstown]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.osmington-history.co.uk/ Osmington Family History]
  
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*[http://www.radipole-dorset.co.uk/genealogy.html Radipole and Southill Genealogy]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDorset.htm#PageTitle IGI Dorset]
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*[http://www.sturminsternewton.net/ Sturminster Newton OPC Project]
  
*[http://www.dorsetfhs.org.uk/ Dorset Family History Society]
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*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~suegar/swanage.htm Swanage Genealogy Pages]
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*[http://www.upweyhistorygroup.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm Upwey History Group]
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*[http://www.verwoodhistorical.org/index.htm Verwood Historical Society]  
  
*[http://www.sdfhs.org/ Somerset and Dorset Family History Society]
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*[http://www.druvox95.plus.com/Dorset.html Dorset Index- Weymouth and Portland]
  
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*[http://www.opcdorset.com/WeymouthMelcombeFiles/Weymouth-Melcombe.htm Weymouth & Melcombe Regis OPC]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/site-map.html Weymouth-Dorset History and Genealogy, Includes many of the surrounding villages]
  
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*[http://www.dths98.co.uk/james/winterborne/ South Winterborne Local History - Winterborne Came, Winterborne Herringston and Winterborne Monkton]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRBT.html Dorset Parish Registers Index]
 
  
*[http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Genealogy/info/dorset1.txt Dorset Poll Book 1807 A-K Transcriptions]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Genealogy/info/dorset2.txt Dorset Poll Book 1807 L-Z Transcriptions]  
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*[http://www.dcda.org.uk/ Dorset Coast Digital Archives]
  
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/marriages/uk/england/dorset.htm Dorset Marriages]
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*[http://www.druvox95.plus.com/Dorset.html Weymouth and Portland Photographs and Records]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/Portland/PYB/Contents.html Portland Year Book 1905]
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Dorset/visitations/index.html Visitation of Dorset 1623]
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The Dorset Registration Service has three main offices.
  
*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indices]
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'''Bournemouth''' and '''Poole''' are now separate authorities and are not connected to the three main offices, they are therefore listed separately.
  
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Certificate Ordering Information: [http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=388468 Certificates - Dorset For You]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
 
  
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'''North Dorset Registration Districts'''
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dor/dorset_workhouses.htm Dorset Workhouses]
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Blandford Office<br> 
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Salisbury Road<br> 
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Blandford <br> 
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DT11 7LN <br> 
  
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''  
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'''East Dorset Registration District'''
  
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Ferndown Office<br> 
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King George V Pavilion<br> 
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Peter Grant Way<br> 
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Church Road<br> 
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Ferndown <br> 
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BH22 9EN<br> 
  
*[http://www.druvox95.plus.com/Dorset.html Weymouth and Portland Photographs and Records]
 
*[http://www.dcda.org.uk/ Dorset Coast Digital Archives]
 
  
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'''South and West Dorset Registration District'''
  
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Weymouth Office<br> 
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The Guildhall<br> 
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St Edmund Street<br> 
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Weymouth <br> 
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DT4 8AS<br> 
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Certificate Orders can be placed by telephone and payment made by credit card at  01305 or 01202/ 225153.
  
'''Countywide interest'''
 
  
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'''Bournemouth'''
  
*[http://southernlife.org.uk/ Southern Life (UK)]
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Bournemouth Register Office<br> 
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The Town Hall<br> 
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Bourne Avenue<br> 
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Bournemouth <br> 
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BH2 6DY<br> 
  
*[http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk The Dorset Historic Churches Trust]
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Email: linda.lovett@bournemouth.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
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[http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/Residents/births/default.asp Copy Certificate Information]
  
*[http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/ Village Index-Church Photographs]
 
  
*[http://people.bath.ac.uk/lismd/dorset/churches/ Dorset Churches]
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'''Poole'''
  
*[http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Dorset_Home.htm Dorset Pages]
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The Register Office<br>
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The Guildhall, <br>
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Market Street, <br>
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Poole, <br>
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BH15 1NP<br>
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Tel: 01202 633744<br>
  
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Email: registrars@poole.gov.uk<br>
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/blackmore/ The Blackmore Vale] Gillingham, Pulham, Sherbourne, Stalbridge & Sturminster Newton.
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/longfleetconnections/ Longfleet Genealogy and History]
 
  
*[http://www.radipole-dorset.co.uk/genealogy.html Radipole and Southill Genealogy]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~suegar/swanage.htm Swanage Genealogy Pages]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.verwoodhistorical.org/index.htm Verwood Historical Society]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.druvox95.plus.com/Dorset.html Dorset Index- Weymouth and Portland- Genealogy]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.bmvdesign.co.uk/opc/ Weymouth and Melcombe Regis OPC]
 
  
*[http://www.dths98.co.uk/james/winterborne/came.php Winterbourne Came]  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*Bournemouth [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required]
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*Burton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required]
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*Christchurch [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee (can do town centres easily, outside town, as and when)]
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*Christchurch [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required]
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*Holdenhurst [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required]
  
*[http://www.weymouth.gov.uk/Living/Genealogy/Genealogy.asp?svid=270 Parish Records of Wyke Regis, Melcombe Regis and Weymouth]
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==Photo Offers==
  
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
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*Bournemouth [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery]
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*Christchurch [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery]
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*New Forest [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery]
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*Isle of Purbeck [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery]
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*Poole [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery]
  
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 09:18, 16 May 2023

Situated on the south coast of England, Dorset is very rural and contains mainly small towns and villages.

The county Town is Dorchester which was the home of Thomas Hardy. Other main towns include Poole, which has the second largest natural harbour in the world. It is the home of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and famous for Durdle Door.

Lyme Regis, with the Cobb made famous by Jane Austen in her novel “Persuasion”, is the location for “the French Lieutenant’s Woman” by John Fowles.

The coastal areas of Lyme Regis and Charmouth are well known by fossil hunters; Mary Anning having discovered an icthyosaurus locally.

Dorset is said to be the home of Scouting, with the first scout camp organised by Sir Robert Baden Powell on Brownsea Island in August 1907. Thomas Hardy, the writer, was born at Upper Brockhampton, near Dorchester.


County town: Dorchester

Other major towns: Poole, Weymouth


Dorset Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

The Dorset Registration Service has three main offices.

Bournemouth and Poole are now separate authorities and are not connected to the three main offices, they are therefore listed separately.

Certificate Ordering Information: Certificates - Dorset For You


North Dorset Registration Districts

Blandford Office
Salisbury Road
Blandford
DT11 7LN


East Dorset Registration District

Ferndown Office
King George V Pavilion
Peter Grant Way
Church Road
Ferndown
BH22 9EN


South and West Dorset Registration District

Weymouth Office
The Guildhall
St Edmund Street
Weymouth
DT4 8AS

Certificate Orders can be placed by telephone and payment made by credit card at 01305 or 01202/ 225153.


Bournemouth

Bournemouth Register Office
The Town Hall
Bourne Avenue
Bournemouth
BH2 6DY

Email: linda.lovett@bournemouth.gov.uk

Copy Certificate Information


Poole

The Register Office
The Guildhall,
Market Street,
Poole,
BH15 1NP
Tel: 01202 633744

Email: registrars@poole.gov.uk

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.



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