Somerset & Dorset Family History Society

Dorset 1891 Census Index - Vol 6

Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton...

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Dorset 1891 Census Index - Vol 7

Portland and Abbotsbury...

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Dorset 1891 Census Index - Vol 8

Lyme Regis area...

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Dorset 1891 Census Index - Vol 9

Purbeck area...

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Dorset 1891 Census Master Index

Master index of surnames giving the parish. Also contains a list of parishes identifying the index volume which includes that parish....

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Dorset People Involved in the Growing of Hemp and Flax, 1782 - 1793

A fiche is included with the book. Includes three printed indexes, for Growers, Churchwardens & Overseers (for parishes where hemp was grown) and Rocognisances. The fiche includes indexes for Bounty claim forms, Newspaper records, Recognisances, Pay lists and Returns. Note that each type of records has only survived for some of the years between 1782 and 1793....

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Dorset Quarter Sessions Order Book 1625-1638, edited by Terry Hearing and Sarah Bridges

Consists of 642 numbered folios plus some additional sheets. Because of the limited survival of such records, this book is the best source for the history of local government in Dorset. Published by the Dorset Record Society. 503 pages. Hardback....

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Dorset Volunteer Soldiers 1794 - 1798

Records the recruitment of volunteer soldiers in Dorset in the French Revolutionary Wars of 1793 to 1802, from their beginnings in 1794 to their peak in 1798. An alphabetical list is provided....

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Dorset's War Diary - Battle of Britain to D-Day by Rodney Legg

Tells the story on a daily basis, from the threat of German invasion during the hot summer of 1939, through radar research and the secret war, to the arrival of the US Army and the cross-channel sea and air armada on D-Day. 336 pages. Hardback....

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East & West Coker Parish Registers etc

Includes the following: Some Parish Register information, Census Records for 1841 to 1901 and Monumental Incriptions for East Coker....

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East Dorset "Superfamily"

Contains the names of more than 6200 individuals, taken from the Society's collection of pedigrees and family trees, who have been combined into one 'superfamily' using birth and marriage records. Details are given of names, dates, locations and relationships, produced using the Generations program. It also provides a Family Tree Maker version and a file in GEDCOM format for transfer into other pr...

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Enmore Parish Registers

Christenings 1578-1948, Marriages 1602-1948, Burials 1578-1958...

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Every House Tells a Story by The Langford History Group

A history of some of Langford's older houses and the people who lived in them. Includes over 150 photographs, including a number of maps, and a comprehensive index. 229 pages. Soft covers....

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Experiences of a 19th Century Gentleman, edited by Derek Gill

The Diary of Thomas Bunn of Frome. An extensive introduction to the Bunn family is followed by diary extracts from the 1830s and 1840s. 196 pages. Soft covers....

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Frome Through the Ages by Michael McGarvie

An anthology of items extracted from original documents, to illustrate the life and activities of Frome from earliest times to the present century. 176 pages. Soft covers....

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Gie I Burtle - A Village Apart by C S John Sparkes

The story of a Somerset moorland village, located in the midst of the oft flooded Somerset Levels. Presents many aspects of Burtle, including the earliest settlers, the railway and the important turf trade of recent years. Includes a detailed account of the everyday life of the village. 255 pages. Soft covers....

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Goathurst Parish Registers

Christenings 1539-1949, Marriages 1539-1949, Burials 1539-1949...

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Hatch Beauchamp Parish Registers

Christenings 1605-1840, Marriages 1605-1840, Burials 1605-1840...

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Index to Dorset Militia Ballot Lists - Vol 1

East Dorset, 1757 - 1799...

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Index to Dorset Militia Ballot Lists - Vol 2

West Dorset, 1757 - 1799...

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Letters Home to Yeovil

(Jack Sweet) During the First World War, Yeovil men and women served on the Western Front, in Belgium and France, and many other places. Letters to and from home were welcomed by all recipients and during the four years of the war, the Western Gazette published a weekly column Yeovil and the War which included letters, either in full or extract, sent home to friends and relations by local men ser...

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