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Dorset Genealogy
 
Description

""Dorset, maritime County, on south coast of England; is bounded north by Somerset and Wilts, east by Hants, south by the English Channel, and west by Devon; length, east and west, 52 miles; breadth, north and south, 37 miles; coastline, 75 miles; area, 627,265 acres; population 191,028. The main features of the coast are Poole Harbour, St Alban's Head, and the singular projection called the Isle of Portland."
from Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887

 Genuki - Dorset
Genuki is the largest collection of research information
on the net for UK
Neighbouring Counties
 
Devon, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire
Dorset GenWeb
maintained by volunteers in an effort to help researchers
find local resources and reference information
Archives and Libraries
 
Dorset Archives Service Dorset Libraries
Dorset Lookup Exchange
 request free lookups of censuses, parish registers
held by individual volunteers
Local Genealogy Societies & Groups
Cyndi's List - Dorset
largest private collection
of genealogy links on the web
 
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Genealogy Record Sources

many of these sites can provide source record information of ancestors:
 
Directories
huge resource by University of Leicester; of local and trade directories from 1750 to 1919
Probate
136,400 records including baptisms/christenings, burials,
marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists and wills.
Surname Lists
provides surnames being researched and email address of researcher
Births, Deaths, Marriages
search over 100 million UK births, deaths and marriages
Message Boards
post and read about Dorset genealogy with other researchers
Cemeteries
Interment.net - Dorset

Parish Registers

free internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records,
which have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist church registers
War Memorials
Roll-of-Honour - Dorset
Dorset war memorials and rolls of honour
 
UK Electoral Rolls
search over 100 million people in UK electoral rolls
Censuses
 
1841-1891 Census transcriptions by volunteers
 
 
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