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Dorset
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs
Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.
 Updates highlighted in Red
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MILITIA   RECORDS
East Dorset Militia Ballot Lists 1757-1799
fiche Dor 21-22
West Dorset Militia Ballot Lists 1757-1799 
fiche Dor 23-24
Dorset Tudor Muster Rolls 1539, 1542 & 1569 
fiche Dor 27-30
Muster of the East Dorset Militia 1781-1782.WO 13/560 [PRO KEW]
fiche Dor 19-20

MISCELLANEOUS
Dorset People involved in the growing of Hemp and Flax 1782-1793
fiche Dor 36
Dorset Landowners of 1873 
fiche Dor 15
Poll Books 1807 
fiche Dor 7-8
Somerset & Dorset Absconders 1801-1858
Deserters listed in the Hue & Cry
fiche Dor 25-26
Dorset Parish Register Master Index 1813-1837
fiche Dor 37-46
Dorset Subsidy Rolls 1523, 1543 & 1593 
fiche Dor 31-35
Survey of West Country Manors 1525
Belonging to the Marchioness of Dorset's family [Lady Jane Grey]
fiche Gen 954-956
Somerset & Dorset FHS Members Interests, Millennium Edition 
fiche Som 1511-1512

MONUMENTAL  INSCRIPTIONS
Netherbury
Film Gen 4
Stoke Abbott
Film Gen 4

NONCONFORMIST  REGISTERS
Abbreviations used:  B. Burials,  C. Christenings/Baptisms,  D. Deaths,  M. Marriages
Blandford Forum, Independent Meeting.  Births & C.  1760-1809
Film Dev 36
Portland, Independent Church.  Births & C.  1830-1837
Film Dev 36
Weymouth Congygar Lane Wesleyan Chapel.  Births & C. 1827-1837
Film Dor 11
Wimborne Minster Particuar Baptist Chapel.  Births 1778-1837
Film Dor 11
Wimborne Minster Independent Congregational.  Births & C. 1768-1837
Film Dor 11

PARISH  REGISTER  INDEXES
Dorset Parish Register Master Index 1813-1837.
fiche Dor 37-46

QUAKER  or  SOCIETY  of  FRIENDS  REGISTERS
Hampshire, Dorset & the Channel Islands Quarterly Meeting
Births  1803-1837 including Index
Burials  1804-1833 including Index
Film Ham 5

 
Hampshire, Dorset & the Channel Islands Quarterly Meeting
Burials  1835-1837 including Index
Marriages  1805-1836 including Index
Burials  1776-1794 including Index
Births  1776-1794 including Index
Film Ham 6

 
 
 
Ringwood, Southampton & Poole Society of Friends.   M. 1805-1836
Film Ham 22
Southampton & Poole Society of Friends.   M. 1668-1775    
Film Ham 22

VISITATIONS
The Heralds Visitations of: Dorsetshire, 1623.
CD

WILLS (original)
Wills before 1858 were proved in Ecclesiastical Courts. Dorset was in the Diocese of Salisbury.
The principal Court  for Dorset was the Archdeaconry of Court of Dorset.
The Superior Court was the PCC. Prerogative Court of Canterbury (See England General)
Salisbury Diocesan Registry Wills 1500-1800,  P-Z.
Covers Berkshire & Dorset as well as Wiltshire. 
Film Wil 10

WILL  INDEXES
Dorset Wills in the PCC  1821-1858 
fiche Dor 1-2
Index to Probate Records by Occupation [A-W]
Covers Berkshire & Dorset as well as Wiltshire. 
Film Wil 8
 
Archdeaconry of Sarum Index to Wills to 1858  [A-Z] (about 22,000 entries)
Covers Dorset & some of Berkshire as well as Wiltshire.
Film Wil 9
Consistory Court of Sarum Index to Wills to 1858  [A-Z] (about 15,000 entries)
Covers Berkshire & Dorset as well as Wiltshire.
Film Wil 9
Index to Wills of the Peculiar Court of the Sub Dean of Sarum 1581-1858 
(approx 14,000 entries)
Covers Dorset as well as Wiltshire. 
Film Wil 10

 

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