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Family History Societies exist to support and promote genealogical research. They are very useful resources in providing help, access to others researching the same surname or area and many also publish transcripts and indexes of records which can be purchased in different formats and may be...
Hi Just thought Id post my names of interest as Ive not been on here for ages. Anyone with same interests or any info would love to hear from you HILL - MELBURY OSMOND, EVERSHOT MULLENS/MULLINS - YETMINSER (also looking at other areas) RAWLINSON (various spellings) - MELBURY OSMOND CHILDS -...
Is there anyone going to the Dorset History Centre or the Library that would be able to look up a death notice from the newspaper. I contacted the Dorset History Centre & the cost for 1 hour of research is 26 pounds. As I am in Canada that would be quite expensive. I also contacted the newspaper...
Hi everyone I would be very grateful if anyone that is visiting Dorset History Centre could possibly have a quick look at the Poole Board of Guardians records for my JOHNSON family on my behalf? I am unable to travel to Dorset and I contacted them via email a few times over the last 3 months...
Dear Senior Chatters: After consulting numerous maps, plus googling and googling, I am having a difficult time establishing where POORSTOCK is. The best I can tell is that it might be near Bridport. |help| please! Also, is anyone aware of all the various Winterbornes, and if there is any...
I'm just putting the finishing touches to the ancestry of a nurse friend of mine. Thomas Notley (Nottley) married to Esther. Found in census's 1841 and 1851. (Thomas's age in 1851 in A----y is a mis transcription as 62 when in fact its 42). Thomas in 1841 is in Hampshire, though no suggestions...
The Parish Reg. I ordered from FHC was damaged and the Yrs that I required were unreadable. I am hoping to locate the Family of Ann Masters, B c/1786; Died 1865 Tisbury R.D.. I have found a George & Mary in Tisbury Reg. Deaths. I found a Marriage in St Andrews Reg. William Masters & Mary Brockaway...
Is there a kind soul that could do a look up for me in Bridport Cemetery, Bothenhampton, Dorset please? I have at least 3 people of the same family probably buried there. There is no contact information for Bridport Cemetery records online. All of the burials took place from 1933 to 1953. I...
Since about April/May 2009 there has been a new coordinator for the site and he can be contacted via the Contacts link on the Home Page. Apparently there have been problems involving the site’s hosting service, not least of which involved some ISPs being unable to access the site. This is in the...
Hello, I am researching Christopher Cate and Margery Pike, who married 1/6 1613 in Chardstock. Their children were William 31/7 1614, John 1/1 1616, Nicholas 11/4 1624, Richard 16/4 1626, Edward 27/2 1629, Robert 3/2 1632, Jone 3/12 1620, Margery, wife of Christopher died 13/2 1638, and...
My great grandmother was born Laura Maud Hardy we believe in Weymouth, Dorset England on 7 Feb 1860 & died 11 Nov 1940 & she married my great grandfather David Gavin (1858-1937) here in South Africa. Her parents were Samuel & Ann Hardy. It was rumoured she was related to the famous Thomas Hardy....
I am searching for information regarding the family of John and Margaret ( Harris ) Royal, of Weymouth . I know one of their children was my great great great ..etc. Grandfather, Samuel Royal, born 1841. I would like to discover whatever became of the rest of his family in England. I am told...
Thought of a few more questions : Can anyone tell me what a "relief Officer" may have done or been during the time period of roughly 1830-50 in the Weymouth area ? Can anyone tell me the names of the schools in that area around the time of 1840 to 1860 ? I'm told Samuel Royal attended what...
Hello, I am looking for information about William Cate born 1639 in Chardstock,Dorset. Parents William Cate and Agnes Dummet. Can anyone provide additional infomation. I am seeking to prove, that William Cate is William Abraham Cate, who later immigrated to Colyton, Devon, and had 2 sons Robert...
Hello, I am looking for information on William Cate born 1614, Chardstock, Dorset. Parents Christopher Cate and Margery Pike married 1613. Abraham Edwards was the husband of Mary Cate. Can anyone provide additional information. Thank you, John Cates
Hi all I have recently discovered that my ancestor was born in Baiter in Dorset. Does anyone know where Baiter was and if it was a village? Thank you. :)
Hi My great great grandfather Thomas Josling was a coastguard on Brownsea Island according to 1851 census. By 1861 he was dead but I cannot find a record of his death in the register. If he drowned at sea where would he be registered? Where could I find a record of buriels in Dorset? Presumably...
I am researching the ELLEN family in the Shaftesbury area during the 1700's and would like advice on how to obtain details on baptisms at the Mustons Lane-Independent Church before 1800. I have found details from 1800 at...
I have progressed from my previous post by moving back one generation and found John Guppy b 1727 d 1766 (in Melbury Stampford), married to mary/molly with 6 children (john,jenny,christopher,may,& francis) at Girt Farm Evershot. His parents are now proving difficult to find, can anyone help.
Does anyone have access to the St Martin, Wareham parish registers - or could point me to them? (bearing in mind I'm in New Zealand) I have traced Rueben through census and Attestation papers as far as the 1841 census. His parents are listed as John Vincent and Deborah. I would like to find...
hi all have got stuck with william ormond b.1851 in tolpuddle dorset. have come some way on this ,i found his wife,(my gg grandmothers maiden name, sheer delight)have a feeling his parents were from ireland, dont quite no where to go from here, as im new to this. have checked all the census to...
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