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Dorset, England : Classification : Religious Lists / Records


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Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:BREW One Name Study
Link:http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm
Description:BREW One Name Study
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Catholic Family History
Link:https://catholicfhs.wordpress.com/2019/12/17/marga...
Description:The Margaret Higgins Database of Catholics in England and their Friends 1607-1840
Extra Info:See if your ancestors were recusant Catholics using a downloadable PDF or spreadsheet.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 1
Link:http://archive.org/details/publicationscat45britgo...
Description:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 1
Extra Info:Online book. List prisoners for religion 1562-1580, papers relating to Catholics in the reign of Charles I and more.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 3
Link:http://archive.org/details/publicationscat04britgo...
Description:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 3
Extra Info:Online book. Includes recusants of Masham in Yorkshire, letters about the treatment of Catholic prisoners in Cambridgeshire and more.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4
Link:http://archive.org/details/publicationscat01britgo...
Description:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4
Extra Info:Online book. Includes notes on Lord Burghley's map of Lancashire 1590, Catholic chaplaincies and families in the eighteenth century, the KNIGHT family of Lincolnshire, nuns from the institute of Mary in York and more.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Clergy of the Church of England Database
Link:https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/
Description:Clergy of the Church of England Database
Extra Info:Searchable database by name or location, also lists source documents and for some lists their education.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate
Title:CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study
Link:http://www.cluett.org.uk/
Description:CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study
Extra Info:Part way down the home page is the Search link.
Classification:Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Connected Histories
Link:https://www.connectedhistories.org/
Description:British History Sources, 1500-1900
Extra Info:From the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield. Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more...
Classification:Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:Dorset County Data from Ancestry
Link:Dorset County Data from Ancestry
Description:Dorset County Data Collection from Ancestry
Extra Info:Includes Catholic History in South West England, 1857; Netherbury and Beminster Parish History.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Dorset Online Parish Clerk (OPC)
Link:http://www.opcdorset.org/
Description:Dorset Online Parish Clerk (OPC) - A Mixture of Records
Extra Info:Some parishes have information about schools and log book extracts, tithes and the history of the parishes. Click on miscellaneous record and scroll down for some occupations.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715
Link:http://archive.org/details/englishcatholicn00estcu...
Description:English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715
Extra Info:Online book. A summary of the register of their estates, with genealogical and other notes.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:Fontmell Magna Village Archive
Link:https://fontmellmagna.net/
Description:Fontmell Magna Village Archive
Extra Info:Includes articles and details of the manorial court records, extracts from the vestry books, tithes, police and many articles about the history of the village.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
Link:https://www.jgsgb.org.uk/
Description:Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records
Title:Open Library
Link:http://openlibrary.org/
Description:Open Library - Scanned Books Online
Extra Info:Use the search facility and select e-books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Clerk Index (PCI)
Link:https://www.dands.uk/pci/
Description:Parish Clerk Index (PCI)
Extra Info:Includes Churchwardens, Sextons and more.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Records for Dorset
Link:Dorset Parish Records
Description:Parish Records for Dorset
Extra Info:Includes Confirmations 1850 - 1921.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Registers of Beer Hackett, Dorset
Link:http://archive.org/details/registersofbeerh03beer
Description:Parish Registers of Beer Hackett, Dorset
Extra Info:Online book. Includes a list of rectors of the parish.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Registers of Caundle Bishop, Dorset
Link:http://archive.org/details/registerscaundl00mayogo...
Description:Parish Registers of Caundle Bishop, Dorset
Extra Info:Online book. Includes a list of rectors of the parish.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Registers of Long Burton, Dorset
Link:http://archive.org/details/registerslongbu00parigo...
Description:Parish Registers of Long Burton, Dorset
Extra Info:Online book. Includes a list of vicars of the parish.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Registers of Lydlinch, Dorset
Link:http://archive.org/details/registersoflydli17lydl
Description:Parish Registers of Lydlinch, Dorset
Extra Info:Online book. Lists the rectors of Lydlinch.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:Parish Registers of Tarrant Hinton, Dorset
Link:http://archive.org/details/registersoftarra44tarr
Description:Parish Registers of Tarrant Hinton, Dorset
Extra Info:Online book. Includes a list of rectors of the parish.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Selected Genealogical Records
Link:http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/
Description:Selected Genealogical Records
Extra Info:A selection of transcriptions including extacts from Army lists, bankrupts, a list of people in Cornwall in past times, a list of coastguards in 1851, Hammermen and more.
Classification:Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Southern Life - A history of the villages of Hampshire and Surrounding Area
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20140516194715/http://s...
Description:Southern Life - A history of the villages of Hampshire and Surrounding Area
Extra Info:An archived copy of the site, not all pictures seem to display, but the information still seems to be available. Click on Site Map to see records available online.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:STRUDWICK One Name Study
Link:http://www.strudwicke.com/
Description:STRUDWICK One Name Study
Classification:Religious Lists / Records
Title:The Churchwardens' Accounts of England and Wales
Link:https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/myparish/proje...
Description:The Churchwardens' Accounts of England and Wales
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:The Surman Index Online
Link:http://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/drwilliams/surman/in...
Description:Biographical Card Index of Congregational Ministers
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac
Link:https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish00unkng...
Description:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1860
Extra Info:Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more.
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac
Link:https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish01unkng...
Description:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1868
Extra Info:Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more.
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac
Link:https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish02unkng...
Description:The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1853
Extra Info:Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate
Title:West Country Genealogy
Link:http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/
Description:West Country Genealogy - Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall

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