Total number of individual records on site at end of December 2016 = 1,753,857
December 2016 (629 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
11th -
Winterborne Houghton Marriages 1731-1840 [BT/PR] [Duane Robbins] (300 records)
8th -
Hinton Martell Baptisms 1818-1830 [PR] [Ros
Taylor] (91 records)
7th -
Witchampton Burials 1900-1908 [PR] [Ros
Taylor] (56 records)
CENSUS
OTHER RECORDS
11th -
Kimmeridge Protestation Return 1641-2 [Louise Haywood] (24 records)
9th -
Hinton Martell Poll Register 1921 [Ros
Taylor] (158 records)
PARISH PAGE
8th - Victoria Gresham is the new OPC for
Wimborne St Giles. Please also refer to
the Contacts Page database for Victoria's email address
7th - The parish of
Dewlish no longer has a
designated OPC as Rachel Kent has decided to relinquish her role
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
Total number of individual records on site at end of November 2016 = 1,753,228
November 2016 (1397 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
CENSUS
OTHER RECORDS
25th -
Corfe Castle Liberty Muster roll 1569 [Louise Haywood] (65 new records)
12th -
Tarrant Hinton St Mary's
Monumental Inscription index [Jan Hibberd] (135 new records)
4th -
Fontmell Magna Extracts from Kelly's Directories of 1880, 1899, 1907, 1915, 1927 & 1931
[Chris Bellers] (308 new records)
2nd -
Fontmell Magna Lay
Subsidy Roll 1332 [Chris Bellers] (43 new records)
PARISH PAGE
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
19th - Index (only) to "The Visitation of Dorset" taken in 1677
17th - Update to
Glossary of 17th & 18th Century terms (79 entries added since 2013 now has 531 entries)
14th -
The Civil Divisions of the County of Dorset by Edward Boswell Dorchester 2nd edition published 1833
5th - Update to
The ARDEN Family 16 Times Mayors of Dorchester ( Daniel ARDEN (1623-1671) gold and silver smith of Dorchester added )
3rd - Update to
The Dorchester Company (1624-1626) [Links to 24 Biographies] (More Information added on 4 members of the DERBY Family of Beaminster & Dorchester (All Investors in the Dorchester Co)
1st -
Biography of William DERBY (1588-1649) Gentleman, and Mercer of Dorchester.
Total number of individual records on site at end of October 2016 = 1,751,831
October 2016 (2464 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
29th -
Winterborne Houghton Baptisms 1731-1880 [BT] [Duane Robbins] (791 new records)
29th -
Winterborne Houghton Burials 1731-1880 [BT] [Duane Robbins] (422 new records)
CENSUS
19th -
Dewlish 1881 Census [Terry Smith] (460 new records)
18th -
Dewlish 1871 Census [Terry Smith] (493 new records)
OTHER RECORDS
29th -
Corfe Castle Highway Rate 1728/29 [Trudy Norbury] (160 new records)
PARISH PAGE
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
28th -
Will of William DERBY (1588-1649) Gentleman, and Mercer of Dorchester.
23rd - Update to
Serjeants at Mace (List of 19 holders of the office) [John Conduit added as a Sergeant of Mace in 1622]
22nd- Update to the
Biography of John BROWNE (1582-1659) JP of Dorchester & Frampton [more information about his daughter Jane added]
16th - Update to
The Dorchester Company (1624-1626)
[Links to 24 Biography's] (Information about one of the 119 investors, William Gosley and his son, added)
14th - External link added to
History of Dorchester by James Savage published 1837
14th - External link added to
Biography of George TRENCHARD I [c1548-1630] MP 1572 & Recorder for Dorchester 1610/11
14th - Update to
Dorchester People in Historical documents (1559-1699) (45 new records added inc execution of Thomas Pilchard in 1587, now totals 544 records)
1st - Update to
Dorchester Church Officials File (from 1068) (84 entries added now totals 337 entries)
1st -
John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 23 All Saints Church of Dorchester
1st -
John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 22 Bridges, Houses and People of Dorchester
1st -
Will of William PITT (d.1687) Gentleman, Alderman and Mayor of Dorchester in 1667 and 1684
Total number of individual records on site at end of September 2016 = 1,749,367
September 2016 (3523 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
4th -
Poole St James Burials 1740-1765 [PR] [Jillian Lea] (2209 new records)
4th -
Walditch Marriages 1816-1837 [PR] [Jon Baker] (3 new records added, 1816 missing from BTs,
also date corrections to 5 Baptisms)
3rd -
Toller Porcorum Baptisms 1615-1658 [Nevill & Bartelot Transcription 1904] [Kim Parker] (566 new records)
3rd -
Toller Porcorum Burials 1615-1658 [Nevill & Bartelot Transcription 1904] [Kim Parker] (392 new records)
CENSUS
OTHER RECORDS
5th -
Fontmell Magna Protestation Returns 1641-2 [Chris Bellers] (199 new records)
5th -
Winfrith Newburgh Protestation Returns 1641-2 [Rob Andrews] (153 new records)
PARISH PAGE
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
25th -Biography of
William BARNES (1801-1886) Poet and Philologist
(1 record added)
3rd - Link to external site covering the life of
William BARNES [1801-1886] Poet
etc (In Dorchester: Solicitors Clerk 1818-1823, Schoolmaster 1835-1862)
Total number of individual records on site at end of August 2016 = 1,745,844
August 2016 (2201 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
20th -
Hermitage Burials 1909-1970
[PR] [Jon Baker] (1 new record, corrections and additions to
existing records)
11th -
Fleet Baptisms 1901-1905
[PR] [Keith Searson] (16 new records, corrections, additions to
existing records and reformatted)
11th -
Fleet Burials 1902-1927
[PR] [Keith Searson] (16 new records, 1901-1910 records now included in
new reformatted file )
CENSUS
24th -
Sixpenny Handley 1861 Census District 16 [Kim Parker] (764 new records)
24th -
Sixpenny Handley 1861 Census District 17 [Kim Parker] (439 new records)
24th -
Sixpenny Handley 1841 Census [Kim Parker] (New version, includes 25 new records)
24th -
Sixpenny Handley 1851 Census [Kim Parker] (New version, includes 20 new records)
9th - Update to
Holwell 1851 Census [Kim Parker] (corrections to surnames)
9th -
Holwell 1871 Census [Kim Parker] (512 new records)
8th -
Holwell 1841 Census [Kim Parker] (396 new records)
OTHER RECORDS
PARISH PAGE
22nd -
Hermitage added parish page and description and 3 new photographs
[Kim Parker]
9th - The parish of
Buckhorn Weston
no longer has a
designated OPC as Alex Nicole has resigned
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
29th - Update to The Life, Condemnation, Trial and Execution of
Mary CHANNING (nee BROOKES) , 1705/6 (Information added about her youngest brother Thomas Brooks and his descendants + more links to other files added)
29th - Update to
Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (9 entries + information on the Brooks Family added, now totals 586 entries)
27th -
Hayne Family of Dorchester Mercers from the 14th Century (with genealogical notes on family relationships)
7th -
Update to
Aldermen & Capital Burgesses of Dorchester
(added the names of 17 Capital Burgesses in 1548)
Total number of individual records on site at end of July 2016 = 1,743,643
June/July 2016 (3343 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
26th July -
Winfrith Newburgh Marriage Banns 1866-1921
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (770 new records)
20th July -
Winfrith Newburgh Marriage Banns 1772-1804
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (270 new records)
20th July -
Winfrith Newburgh Marriage Banns 1805-1812
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (48 new records)
CENSUS
12th July - Wool 1911 Census [Ivan T Gould] (463 new records)
16th June - Winfrith Newburgh 1911 Enumeration District 7 Census [Ivan T Gould] (321 new records)
16th June - Winfrith Newburgh 1911 Enumeration District 8 Census [Ivan T Gould] (447 new records)
14th June - Wool 1901 Census [Ivan T Gould] (497 new records)
10th June - Wool 1881 Census [Ivan T Gould] (509 new records)
OTHER RECORDS
20th July - Update to
List of Rectors for Winfrith
Newburgh [Jon Baker]
18th July -
Weymouth Parish Page link to Burial records search
- broken link fixed [thanks to Janet Masters]
PARISH PAGE
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
7th July - Will of
Richard BARKER Yeoman of Dorchester - 1621 (With genealogical notes on many Dorchester residents mentioned in the will)
4th July - Update to
The COLSON Family Apothecaries of Dorchester from 1596 (new information added placing earliest date in Dorchester back from 1621 to before 1596)
1st July - Update to
Emigration to New England in the 17th Century (more information on 16 original settlers at Cape Ann added)
1st July - Link added to
Old Planters by G H Phippen Essex Institute Historical Collections (See index pages 201 to 206)
6th June - Update to
Postcards of Fordington & St Georges Church (Watercolour and pencil sketch of Fordington Hill added)
6th June - Update to the
Life of Henry Joseph Moule (1825–1904) (Watercolour and pencil sketch of Fordington Hill added)
Total number of individual records on site at end of May 2016 = 1,740,300
May 2016 (5847 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
30th -
Powerstock Marriages 1837-1920
[PR] [Louise Anning] (760 new records)
28th -
Winfrith Newburgh Marriage Banns 1754-1771
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (116 new records)
24th -
Powerstock
Burials 1813-1851
[PR] [Louise Anning] (760 new records)
24th -
Powerstock
Burials 1851-1895
[PR] [Louise Anning] (800 new records)
23rd -
Winterbourne Abbas
Marriages 1754-1812
[PR] [Wendy Warne] (118 new records)
22nd -
Winterbourne Abbas
Baptisms 1791-1812
[PR] [Wendy Warne] (63 new records)
22nd -
Winterbourne Abbas
Marriages 1813-1837
[PR] [Wendy Warne] (64 new records)
20th -
West Lulworth
Burials 1920-1928
[PR] [Martin White] (143 new records)
16th -
Winfrith Newburgh Burials 1933-1992
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (324 new records)
16th -
Winfrith Newburgh Burials 1866-1933
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (800 new records)
14th -
Sutton Waldron Baptisms 1678-1736
[PR] [Brian Longman] (256 new records)
2nd -
Lyme Regis Marriages 1910-1919
[PR] [Theresa Rose] (238 new records)
1st -
Lyme Regis Marriages 1813-1820
[PR] [Theresa Rose] (270 new records)
CENSUS
27th -
Wool 1861 Census
[Ivan T Gould] (590 new records)
23rd -
Winterbourne Abbas 1891 Census
[Wendy Warne] (207 new records)
OTHER RECORDS
20th - East Lulworth Wills:
The Will of Mary Weld - 12 October 1827 [Ros Dunning]
3rd - Link to
Lyme Regis Parish Church Monumental Inscriptions added to Parish
Page
PARISH PAGE
3rd - Major update to Lyme Regis Parish Page
including 4 new photographs
3rd - Theresa Rose
is the new OPC for
Burstock. Please also refer to
the
Contacts Page database for Theresa's email address
3rd - Theresa Rose
is the new OPC for
Seaborough. Please also refer to
the
Contacts Page database for Theresa's email address
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
19th -
John Hutchins, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 20 Shire Hall of Dorchester
17th -
Update to the Life of
Rev .William BENN , (1600-1680) Rector of All Saints & Founder of Dorchester Congregational Church
(Image also added of quarter sessions order appointing him as chaplain of Dorchester Gaol in 1630)
17th -
John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 19 Dorchester Gaol
14th -
Biography of
Emily Bertha CHRISTOPHER (1888-1960) & her husband Percy Nicholas McNALLY (1885-1967)
added as the 11th generation of the
House of CHRISTOPHER
11th -
Great Fire of Dorchester - 25th March 1725
(285 names referenced)
6th - Update to
Holy Trinity Baptisms 1618-1669
Missing page for June 1667 to November 1668 located (38 baptisms added now holds 1,521 records)
5th -
Poor Law Removal Order rescinded for removal of Edward and Sarah Dowding - 1753
Total number of individual records on site at end of April 2016 = 1,734,453
April 2016 (1805 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
30th -
Seaborough Marriages 1838-1919
[PR] [Theresa Rose] (116 new records)
30th -
Burstock Burials 1813-1828
[PR] [Theresa Rose] (70 new records)
30th -
Seaborough Burials 1911-1970
[PR] [Theresa Rose] (51 new records)
5th -
West Milton Chapel
(Powerstock) Marriages 1837-1921
[PR] [Louise Anning]
(188 new records)
4th -
Powerstock Baptisms 1739, 1784,
1788-1789
[PR] [Louise Anning] (79 new records)
4th -
Powerstock Baptisms 1803, 1820,
1849-50, 1853-54, 1861, 1869-70, 1878-79
[PR] [Louise Anning] (350 new records)
4th -
Fontmell Magna Burials 1880-1899
[PR] [Chris Bellers] (228 new records)
4th -
Fontmell Magna Burials 1900-1948
[PR] [Chris Bellers] (318 new records)
CENSUS
OTHER RECORDS
23rd -
Wool - Extracts from Kelly's Directory 1880 [Ivan T Gould]
(34 new records added)
4th -
Lyme Regis Coombe Street Independent Chapel Baptisms 1775-1817 [Theresa Rose]
(346 new records added)
3rd -
Fontmell Magna
Register of Voters, 1837-38 [Chris Bellers]
(24 new records added)
PARISH PAGE
2nd - Theresa Rose is the new OPC for
Lyme Regis. Please also refer to
the
Contacts Page database for Theresa's email address
2nd - Ivan Gould is the new OPC for
Coombe Keynes.
Please also refer to
the
Contacts Page database for Ivan's email address
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
30th - Will of
Joseph GIGGER Grocer of Dorchester - 1718
(1 new record added)
Total number of individual records on site at end of March 2016 = 1,732,648
March 2016 (4633 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
30th -
Glanvilles Wootton Burials 1731-1812
[BT/PR] [Jon Baker] (Major revision, updated with reference to Parish Register, 12 new records added to existing burials file)
29th -
Hazelbury Bryan Burials 1747-1771
[PR] [Jan Hibberd] (203 records added)
10th -
Glanvilles Wootton Burials 1984-1985
[PR] [Jon Baker] (8 new records added to existing burials file)
9th -
East Burton Baptisms 1840-1890
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (248 records added)
8th -
Winfrith Newburgh Baptisms 1874-1906
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (712 records added)
4th -
Hazelbury Bryan Burials 1772-1806
[PR] [Jan Hibberd] (256 records added)
3rd -
Winfrith Newburgh Marriages 1837-1873
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (777 records added)
3rd -
Winfrith Newburgh Marriages 1874-1921
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (777 records added)
CENSUS
31st -
Wool 1841 Census
[Rob Andrews] (156 records added (pages 15-21), corrections to previous transcription)
28th -
Wool 1851 Census
[Ivan T Gould] (545 records added)
6th -
Winfrith Newburgh 1861 Census ED8
[Rob Andrews] (588 records added)
OTHER RECORDS
26th -
Holworth Church (St Catherine's)
Monumental Inscriptions index [Jan Hibberd] (Owermoigne Parish, 31 new records added)
2nd -
Fleet Old Church (Holy Trinity)
Monumental Inscriptions index [Dianne Gardner] (Major update with additions and corrections, 13 new records added)
2nd -
Melcombe Horsey St Andrew's
Monumental Inscriptions index [Mervyn Wright] (201 records added)
PARISH PAGE
26th -
Owermoigne Parish - added links to
Holworth Lost Village and picture of Holworth Church
24th - Ivan Gould is the new OPC for
Wool. Please also refer to
the
Contacts Page database for Ivan's email address
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
23rd -
Freemason Admission Records Durnovarian Lodge (1775-1820)
(106 Records - some lived elsewhere eg Weymouth, Sherborne, Maiden Newton, etc)
23rd - Update to 1861 Census for
Dorchester St Peters Parish (Part 2) District 5
(Illegible Names now identified and added - some corrections)
23rd - Update to 1861 Census for
Dorchester St Peters Parish (Part 1) District 5
(Illegible Names now identified and added - some corrections)
22nd - Update to 1861 Census for
Dorchester Holy Trinity Parish (Part 2) end of District 3 and start of District 4
(Illegible Names now identified and added - some corrections)
20th - The Dorchester and Fordington pages are now fully restored.
Total number of individual records on site at end of February 2016 = 1,728,015
February 2016 (2663 records added this month)
GENERAL
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
29th -
Buckland Newton Baptisms 1880-1906
[PR] [Jon Baker] (403 records added)
29th -
Fleet Marriages 1842-1848
[PR] [Keith Searson] (24 records added)
26th -
Hazelbury Bryan Marriages 1726-1802
[PR] [Jan
Hibberd] (485 records added)
10th -
Hampreston Marriages 1781-1812
[PR] [Jon Baker] (Updates
to Marriages 1791-1793, 1 new record added)
10th -
West Parley Baptisms 1773-1812
[PR] [Jon Baker] (Updates and corrections, mainly for Mesher/Messer records)
4th -
Winfrith Newburgh Burials 1841-1866
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (444 records
added)
3rd -
West Parley Baptisms 1880-1906
[PR][Jon Baker] (Minor updates and corrections, 4 new records added)
CENSUS
28th -
Winfrith Newburgh 1871 Census ED9
[Ivan T Gould] (601 records added)
28th -
Winfrith Newburgh 1871 Census ED10
[Ivan T Gould] (379 records added)
OTHER RECORDS
22nd -
Corfe Mullen Men aged 18-50 in 1759 [Zoe Martin]
(34 records added)
22nd -
Will of Joseph James
Senior (1835) of Hazelbury Bryan [Ros Dunning]
(6 records added)
22nd -
Will of William
Gauller (1597) of Hazelbury Bryan [Ros Dunning]
(9 records added)
PARISH PAGE
10th - The parish of
Okeford Fitzpaine no longer has a
designated OPC as Derek Stone cannot be contacted
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
13th - Wills of William
& Rebecca BRIDLE Maltster of Dorchester 1781 & 1794
- (With
genealogical notes on family relationships)
5th - Update to
Holy Trinity Dorchester Marriage Banns 1853-1885
- (54 records for
the years 1881 to 1885 inc added - now totals 406 records )
1st - Update to
St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1801-1885
- (22 new marriages added for the period 1883-1885)
1st - Update to
St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1885
- (103 new baptisms added for years 1883 to 1885 inc)
1st - Update to
Holy Trinity Baptisms 1851-1885
(84 new baptisms added for years 1883 to 1885 inc now totals 1,357 records)
Total number of individual records on site at end of January 2016 = 1,725,352
January 2016 (4221 records added this month)
GENERAL
11th -
Winterborne Came,
Winterborne Herringston
and Winterborne Monkton have
been temporarily restored on the Miscellany page while issues with the external
site are resolved
PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
27th -
Winfrith Newburgh Baptisms Jan-May 1842
[PR] [Jon Baker] (17 records added)
27th -
Winfrith Newburgh Baptisms 1842-1874
[PR] [Ivan T Gould] (800 records added)
11th -
Branksome Park Burials 1877-1911
[PR] [Jill Ditum] (800 records added)
CENSUS
19th -
Winfrith Newburgh
1901 Census [Ivan T Gould] (820 records added)
9th -
Winfrith Newburgh
1851 Census Enumeration District 8B [Ivan T Gould]
(549 records added)
4th -
Winfrith Newburgh
1851 Census Enumeration District 8A [Ivan T Gould] (552 records added)
OTHER RECORDS
PARISH PAGE
DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
30th - Update to
All Saints Baptisms 1851-1882
(43 new baptisms added for years 1883 to 1885 inc - now totals 772 records)
29th - Update to
Fordington St George Burials 1866-1885
(170 Burials for 1883 to 1885 inc added - new total 1083 records)
27th - Will of
Thomas LYMINGTON
[LENINGTON] of Egliston Tyneham who died at Dorchester - 1660
27th - Update to
Fordington Christchurch Baptisms 1881-1885
(176 Baptisms added for years 1883-5 inclusive)
27th - Update to
History of Christchurch West Fordington
(Account of the life of Rev Charles Arthur Monk Smith (1859-1950) curate of Christchurch 1883-1886 added)
22nd - Biography of
John CHRISTOPHER (1844-1923) & his wife Ellen CHANNING (1855-1924)of Cheselbourne added to the House of CHRISTOPHER
(Provides background information on their 13 children and 7 grandchildren which also connect to the main Christopher Family Tree)
22nd -
Will of Richard FUDGE
Butcher of Dorchester - 1836
22nd - Update to
Fordington St George Baptisms 1881-1885
(224 baptisms for years 1883 to 1885 inc added to file- now totals 379 records)
21st - Use and meaning of
Religious Christian Names used in Dorchester & Fordington
21st - Update to
Photographs of Fordington High St
(correction made to account of the life of George Trevett Innkeeper of Noah's Ark Inn)
19th - Update to Dorchester People in Historical Documents
(1700-1923) (11 additional entries made - total now 235 entries + additional image)
15th - Update to the Will of
Revd Abel EDWARDS (1747-1826) Dissenting Minister of Dorchester - 1826 (of the Presbyterian Chapel in Pease Lane)
More information now provided on his family
11th - Military
Chelsea Pensioners born in Dorchester who Served in Canada 1743-1882 -
36 records
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