Difference between revisions of "Dorset"

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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.

Resources

Primary Reference

County Record Office

County Library Service

Dorset Family History Society

Somerset and Dorset Family History Society

Dorset Look-up Exchange

Parish Register Look-up Exchange

Kingston Village OPC

Dorset Online Parish Clerk

Countywide Interest

Dorset Churches

Dorset Historic Churches Trust

Dorset Marriages

Dorset Online Parish Clerk

Dorset Pages

Dorset Parish Registers Index

Dorset Poll Book 1807 A-K Transcriptions

Dorset Poll Book 1807 L-Z Transcriptions

Portland Year Book 1905

Some Parish Registers and other Materials

Southern Life (UK)

Southwest England Genealogical Indices

Visitation of Dorset 1623

Specific Town and Village Interest

Abbotsbury

Bear Mead and Corfe Mead

Belchalwell

Bere Regis Village

The Blackmore Vale inc Gillingham, Pulham, Sherbourne, Stalbridge & Sturminster Newton.

Briantspuddle, Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle

Cerne Abbas Historical Society

Chardstock Web Museum by The Chardstock Historical Record Group

Christchurch Historical information and Photos

Langton Matravers Local History and Preservation Society

Longfleet Genealogy and History

Martinstown

Osmington Family History

Radipole and Southill Genealogy

Sturminster Newton OPC Project

Swanage Genealogy Pages

Upwey History Group

Verwood Historical Society

Dorset Index- Weymouth and Portland

Weymouth & Melcombe Regis OPC

Weymouth-Dorset History and Genealogy, Includes many of the surrounding villages

South Winterborne Local History - Winterborne Came, Winterborne Herringston and Winterborne Monkton

Maps and Photographs

Dorset Coast Digital Archives

Weymouth and Portland Photographs and Records

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

Bournemouth Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required
Burton Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required
Christchurch queenbee (can do town centres easily, outside town, as and when)
Christchurch Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required
Holdenhurst Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required

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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 '''Primary Reference'''
-*[http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=2203 '''County Record Office''']
+*[http://212.104.140.176/index.jsp?articleid=385011 '''County Record Office''']
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/genuki/DOR/ GENUKI Dorset]
+*[http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=384949 County Library Service]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/dorset.html Library Links]
+*[http://www.dorsetfhs.org.uk/ Dorset Family History Society]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/dorset.html Local History Gateway Page]
+*[http://www.sdfhs.org/ Somerset and Dorset Family History Society]
-*[http://www.opcdorset.com/index.htm Dorset Online Parish Clerk]
 *[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]
-*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carthorse/kingston_home.htm Kingston Village OPC]
+*[http://www.kingstonopc.org.uk/ Kingston Village OPC]
-*[http://www.dorsetfhs.org.uk/ Dorset Family History Society]
+*[http://www.opcdorset.com/index.htm Dorset Online Parish Clerk]
-*[http://www.sdfhs.org/ Somerset and Dorset Family History Society]
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 *[http://www.genealogylinks.net/marriages/uk/england/dorset.htm Dorset Marriages]
+*[http://www.dorset-opc.com/ Dorset Online Parish Clerk]
 *[http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Dorset_Home.htm Dorset Pages]
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 *[http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Genealogy/info/dorset2.txt Dorset Poll Book 1807 L-Z Transcriptions]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dor/dorset_workhouses.htm Dorset Workhouses]
 *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/Portland/PYB/Contents.html Portland Year Book 1905]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamilymiscellania/dorsetshiredeeds1 Some early Dorset Abstracts of Deeds]
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richardtravell/richardtravell/ Some Parish Registers and other Materials]
 *[http://southernlife.org.uk/ Southern Life (UK)]
 *[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indices]
-*[http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/ Village Index-Church Photographs]
 *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Dorset/visitations/index.html Visitation of Dorset 1623]
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
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 *[http://www.belchalwell.org.uk/ Belchalwell]
-*[http://www.bereregis.org/Index.htm Bere Regis Village]
+*[http://www.bereregis.org/VillageHistory.htm Bere Regis Village]
-*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/blackmore/ The Blackmore Vale] Gillingham, Pulham, Sherbourne, Stalbridge & Sturminster Newton.
+*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/blackmore/ The Blackmore Vale inc Gillingham, Pulham, Sherbourne, Stalbridge & Sturminster Newton.]
-*[http://www.briantspuddle.info/ Briantspuddle, comprising Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle]
+*[http://www.briantspuddle.info/ Briantspuddle, Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle]
 *[http://www.cerneabbashistory.org/ Cerne Abbas Historical Society]
+*[http://chardstockwebmuseum.org/ Chardstock Web Museum by The Chardstock Historical Record Group]
+*[http://www.xchurch.co.uk/ Christchurch Historical information and Photos]
+*[http://www.langtonia.org.uk/ Langton Matravers Local History and Preservation Society]
 *[http://www.geocities.com/longfleetconnections/ Longfleet Genealogy and History]
+*[http://www.martinstown.co.uk/ Martinstown]
 *[http://www.osmington-history.co.uk/ Osmington Family History]
 *[http://www.radipole-dorset.co.uk/genealogy.html Radipole and Southill Genealogy]
+*[http://www.sturminsternewton.net/ Sturminster Newton OPC Project]
 *[http://members.iinet.net.au/~suegar/swanage.htm Swanage Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://www.upweyhistorygroup.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm Upwey History Group]
 *[http://www.verwoodhistorical.org/index.htm Verwood Historical Society]
-*[http://www.druvox95.plus.com/Dorset.html Dorset Index- Weymouth and Portland- Genealogy]
+*[http://www.druvox95.plus.com/Dorset.html Dorset Index- Weymouth and Portland]
-*[http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/site-map.html Weymouth-Dorset History and Genealogy] Includes many of the surrounding villages as far as Abbotsbury to the West and Lulworth to the East
+*[http://www.opcdorset.com/WeymouthMelcombeFiles/Weymouth-Melcombe.htm Weymouth & Melcombe Regis OPC]
-*[http://www.dths98.co.uk/james/winterborne/came.php Winterbourne Came]
+*[http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/site-map.html Weymouth-Dorset History and Genealogy, Includes many of the surrounding villages]
-*[http://www.weymouth.gov.uk/Living/Genealogy/Genealogy.asp?svid=270 Parish Records of Wyke Regis, Melcombe Regis and Weymouth]
+*[http://www.dths98.co.uk/james/winterborne/ South Winterborne Local History - Winterborne Came, Winterborne Herringston and Winterborne Monkton]
 '''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://www.druvox95.plus.com/Dorset.html Weymouth and Portland Photographs and Records]
 *[http://www.dcda.org.uk/ Dorset Coast Digital Archives]
+*[http://www.druvox95.plus.com/Dorset.html Weymouth and Portland Photographs and Records]
-'''Books of local interest'''
 ==Register Office==
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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.
-Certificate Ordering Information: [http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=2417  Certificates - Dorset For You]
+Certificate Ordering Information: [http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=388468 Certificates - Dorset For You]
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 Email: linda.lovett@bournemouth.gov.uk<br>
+[http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/Residents/births/default.asp Copy Certificate Information]
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 Tel: 01202 633744<br>
 Email: registrars@poole.gov.uk<br>
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
 Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*Bournemouth/Christchurch library ''frequently'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
-*Poole library ''less frequently'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
 ==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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 '''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*Bournemouth [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
 *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]
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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]
 *Holdenhurst [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery-For cemeteries a grave reference number is required]
 ==Photo Offers==
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 *Isle of Purbeck [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery]
 *Poole [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=24 Merry Monty Montgomery]
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