Dorset OPC Updates 2013

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
30th - Witchampton Baptisms 1661-1720 [PR] [Ros Taylor] (128 records)
8th - Poole St James Baptisms 1653-1684 [PR] [Jillian Lea] (1982 records)
3rd - Glanvilles Wootton Baptisms 1853-1876 [PR] [Jon Baker] (86 new records added from PRs, missing in BTs)

CENSUS
8th - Fontmell Magna 1901 Census [Chris Bellers] (577 records)

OTHER RECORDS
8th - Dorset Churches [Michael Day] - updated link on Links page
1st - Fontmell Magna Rectors from 1303 [Chris Bellers] (54 records)

PARISH PAGE

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
28th - Update to the Biography of John POUNCY (1818-1894) & Walter POUNCY (1844-1918) Pioneers in Photography (a new carte de viste card added dating from 1869)
15th - Fordington 1881 Census Enumeration District 8 (only) (Sywards Lodge, Louds Rd, Little Britain, Standfast Holloway and Cuckolds Rows - 658 Records)
11th - Fordington 1881 Census Enumeration District 7 (only) (Mill Street - 700 Records)
6th - Fordington 1871 Census West Fordington Barracks The 1871 Census is now complete (283 Records)
5th - Fordington 1871 Census Enumeration District 9 (only) (Includes Union Workhouse) (842 Records)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
23rd - Witchampton Baptisms 1722-1742 & 1749-1769 [PR] [Ros Taylor] (339 records)
23rd - Witchampton Baptisms 1788-1811 [PR] [RosTaylor] (282 records)
18th - Frampton Marriages 1837-1921 [PR] [Christel Muncaster] (240 records)
14th - Hilton Baptisms 1861 [PR] [Terry Smith] (24 records)

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
17th - East Orchard Prisoners in Dorchester Gaol 1782-1901 [Sue Thornton-Grimes] (17 records)
17th - West Orchard Prisoners in Dorchester Gaol 1782-1901 [Sue Thornton-Grimes] (16 records)
17th - Gussage St Michael Church Monumental Inscriptions index [Jan Hibberd] (126 records)
10th - Old photographs of Witchampton village [Ros Taylor] (5 records)

PARISH PAGE
10th - The OPC for Beer Hackett, Bradford Abbas, Caundle Marsh, Holnest and Holwell, Caryl Parsons is temporarily unable to deal with OPC enquiries
10th - The joint OPC for Yetminster, Caryl Parsons is temporarily unable to deal with OPC enquiries, please address all enquiries to Zoe Martin

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
29th - Update to Glossary of 17th Century terms (62 entires added now has 452 entries)
29th - Update to Biography of Rev John WHITE (1575-1648)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
16th - Hamworthy Baptisms 1826-1900 [PR] [Jillian Lea] (805 records)
12th - Frampton Marriages 1813-1837 [PR] [Christel Muncaster] (74 records)
5th - Witchampton Burials 1774-1782 [PR] [Ros Taylor] (56 records)
2nd - Sydling St Nicholas Baptisms 1848-1905 [PR] [Christel Muncaster] (776 records)
1st - Sydling St Nicholas Baptisms 1813-1848 [PR] [Christel Muncaster] (800 records)

CENSUS
20th - West Woodyates 1901 Census [Jon Baker] (54 records)
19th - West Woodyates 1871 Census [Jon Baker] (38 records)
19th - West Woodyates 1881 Census [Jon Baker] (33 records)
13th - Glanvilles Wootton 1911 Census [Jon Baker] (211 records)

OTHER RECORDS
22nd - Dorset Society of Friends (Quaker) Marriages 1658-1836 [Jan Hibberd] (256 records)
20th - Frome Vauchurch Church Memorial Inscriptions index [Jan Hibberd] (Replaced original file as there had been corruption extracting from the MI database)
12th - Glanvilles Wootton Church Memorial Inscriptions index [Jon Baker] (190 records)
12th - Frome Vauchurch Church Memorial Inscriptions index [Jan Hibberd] (148 records)
12th - Canford Magna Civic Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions index [Jan Hibberd] (346 records)
5th - Frome St Quintin Church Memorial Inscriptions index [Jan Hibberd] (139 records)

PARISH PAGE
16th - Chris Bellers has volunteered to be the OPC for Fontmell Magna. Contact email address available on Parish Page (and also in the Contacts Page database)
10th - Bethany Dean has volunteered to be the OPC for Bishop's Caundle. Contact email address available on Parish Page (and also in the Contacts Page database)

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
21st - Update to Holy Trinity Marriages 1800-1882 (18 marriages added for years 1881 and 1882)
 

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
29th - Hamworthy Burials 1811-1900 [PR] [Jillian Lea] (705 records)
29th - Frampton Baptisms 1840-1886 [PR] [Christel Muncaster] (515 records)
21st - Frampton Baptisms 1813-1839 [PR] [Christel Muncaster] (284 records)
17th - Hilfield Marriages 1849-1925 [PR] [Christel Muncaster] (63 records)
16th - Hilfield Baptisms 1851-1900 [PR] [Christel Muncaster] (231 records)
16th - Hilfield Burials 1851-1978 [PR] [Christel Muncaster] (133 records)
1st - Glanvilles Wootton Burials 1847-1879 [PR] [Jon Baker] (80 new records added from PRs, missing in BTs)

CENSUS
22nd - Dalwood 1841 Census [John Ridout] (513 records)
22nd - Stockwood 1841 Census [John Ridout] (28 records)
16th - Hilfield 1911 Census [Christel Muncaster] (110 records)
5th - Hilfield 1881 Census [Christel Muncaster] (133 records)
5th - Hilfield 1891 Census [Christel Muncaster] (133 records)
5th - Hilfield 1901 Census [Christel Muncaster] (113 records)

OTHER RECORDS
29th - Hamworthy Independet Chapel Baptisms and Births [Jillian Lea] (14 records)
22nd - Wareham United Reformed Church Monumental Inscriptions index [Jan Hibberd] (234 records)
21st - East & West Orchard Poor Law Record index [Sue Thornton-Grimes] (59 records)
18th - Frampton Wills and Admons [Kim Parker] (140 records)

PARISH PAGE
18th - Added 2 external links to the Frampton page and added to the textual description

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
28th - Mill Street Mission Fordington - Established 1905 
11th - Update to Ancestry File of Charles CHRISTOPHER  (1700-1791) of Fordington (Now takes his ancestry back to Charles Christopher (1569-1629) and his wife Anna (1570-1627) 
10th - Update to All Saints Marriages 1800-1882 (4 new marriages added for years 1881 & 1882 now totals 451 records)
8th - Update to Holy Trinity Baptisms 1851-1882 (77 new baptisms added for years 1881 & 1882 now totals 1,273 records)
6th - Update to All Saints Baptisms 1851-1882 (27 new baptisms added for years 1882 & 1882 now totals 702 records)
3rd - Significant update to Durngate Independent Church Baptisms File (1778-1837) (18 baptisms added, now totals 221 entries + full transcription which includes parish of birth + short account of the lives of 11 Ministers of the Church)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
11th - Stoke Abbott Baptisms 1813-1837 [PR] Major revision and many corrections (7 new records added)
4th - Poole Marriages 1685-1721 [PR] [Jillian Lea] (703 records)

CENSUS
18th - Hilfield 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (135 records)

OTHER RECORDS
31st - Sixpenny Handley St Mary's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (519 records)
31st - East Stour Christ Church Monumental Inscriptions (2 records updated - surname HISCOCK)

PARISH PAGE
13th - Beaminster OPC Zoe Martin has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)
13th - Yetminster OPC Zoe Martin has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
22nd - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (25 entries added, now totals 567 entries)
22nd - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1880) (60 entries added, now totals 712 entries)
14th - Update to Mayors of Dorchester (1629-2009) (Account of John Henning of Poxwell added who was Mayor in 1570)
6th - Further Update to Biography of Thomas GRIGG (1857-1932) Photographic Artist of Dorchester (2 more of his photographs added, advice on dating photographs & genealogical notes amended)
4th - Administration of brothers estate granted to Richard PROWSE (1688-1779) cooper of Dorchester - 1740

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
20th - Update to Sixpenny Handley Baptisms 1731-1770 [BT] [Kim Parker] (57 added records)
14th - Poole Marriages 1653-1684 [PR] [Jillian Lea] (538 records)
6th - Folke Baptisms 1538-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (1244 records)
6th - Folke Marriages 1561-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (344 records)
6th - Folke Burials 1539-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (950 records)

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
21st - Owermoigne Wills Index [Kim Parker] (123 records)
20th - Folke PCC Wills Index [Kim Parker] (24 records)
6th - Folke Wills Proved in the Court of the Dean of Salisbury [Kim Parker] (99 records)

PARISH PAGE
27th - Felicity Harrison has volunteered to be the new OPC for Sturminster Newton. Contact email address available on Parish Page and also in the Contacts Page database
14th - Pulham OPC Derek Smith has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
29th - Fordington Christchurch Baptisms 1881-1882 (107 records)
27th - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1837-1850 (16 Missing records for 1840 now added to the file making a total of 1048)
26th - Significant update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1882, - (324 new baptisms added for missing years of 1852; 1854; 1856; 1858; 1862; 1864; 1865; 1868; 1871; 1873; 1876; 1880 & extended to 1882)
23rd - Will of John LOCK alias RIDDLE (1785-1828) cork cutter of Fordington -1828
23rd - Update to Biography of William CUMING MD 49 Years Doctor of Physic in Dorchester (Letter addressed to him dated 1st June 1783 added at the end of the biography)
22nd - Significant update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1771-1812, (80 new baptisms added for missing years of 1801; 1803-1805; 1808 and 1809)
22nd - Significant update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1850 (57 new baptisms added for missing years of 1816, 1817, 1839 and 1850)
22nd - Significant update to St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1801-1882 (207 new marriages added for the period 1848-1882)
19th - Biography of James SINGLETON (1832-1905) Photographer of Dorchester (includes 2 photographs by him)
19th - Pitfield Family Photographs (11 photographs)
19th - Update to the Biography of John POUNCY (1818-1894) & Walter POUNCY (1844-1918) Pioneers in Photography (2 new carte de viste cards added and notes updated)
18th - Update to West Fordington Christ Church Marriages 1847-1882 (16 new marriages added for 1881 & 1882 - now totals 170 records)
16th - Update to West Fordington Christ Church Marriage Banns 1847-1882 (28 Banns added for 1881 and 1882 - now totals 219 records)
14th - Will of Sebastian Pitfield (1632-1702) Yeoman of Fordington (Transcription of his Will added to the Pitfield Families file)
10th - Bull's Head Inn 19 Fordington Hill (with information on 7 successive Innkeepers between 1839 and 1927)
8th - Update to the Biography of John WHITE (1590-1645) - Also known as Century White, one of the 119 investors in the Dorchester Company (1624-1626)
4th - Update to Dorchester Serjeants at Mace (List of 16 holders of the office)
4th - Pitfield Families of Fordington from 1685 (Links to 50 Families in Fordington and Dorchester)
1st - Union Arms Tavern in Cuckold's Row/Holloway Road Fordington - 1839-1931

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
29th - Glanvilles Wootton Marriages 1857-1918 [Jon Baker] (80 new records)
26th - Hamworthy Strays Marriages 1635-1899 [Jillian Lea] (239 records)
25th - Hamworthy Marriages 1826-1900 [PR] [Jillian Lea] (237 records)
25th - Lillington Baptisms 1582-1712 [BT] [Kim Parker] (220 records)
25th - Lillington Marriages 1585-1712 [BT] [Kim Parker] (79 records)
25th - Lillington Burials 1582-1712 [BT] [Kim Parker] (172 records)
23rd - Portesham Marriages 1805-1808 [Jon Baker] (16 records added for these missing years)
16th - Hazelbury Bryan Burials 1849-1873 [Jan Hibberd] (393 records)
15th - Fleet Baptisms 1888-1901 [Keih Searson] (68 records)
2nd - West Parley Baptisms 1813-1830 [Peter Relph] (Reformatted and updated to include corrections and 5 new records)

CENSUS
27th - Bettiscombe 1861 Census [John Ridout] (79 records)
27th - Burstock 1861 Census [John Ridout] (223 records)
27th - Halstock 1861 Census [John Ridout] (532 records)
27th - Loders 1861 Census [John Ridout] (1056 records)
27th - Melbury Osmond 1861 Census [John Ridout] (329 records)
27th - Melbury Sampford 1861 Census [John Ridout] (60 records)
27th - Rampsham 1861 Census [John Ridout] (358 records)
27th - South Perrott 1861 Census [John Ridout] (365 records)
27th - Walditch 1861 Census [John Ridout] (176 records)
27th - Wraxall 1861 Census [John Ridout] (75 records)
26th - Trent 1861 Census [John Ridout] (512 records)
26th - Sandford Orcas 1861 Census [John Ridout] (318 records)
26th - Purse Caundle 1861 Census [John Ridout] (185 records)
24th - Sixpenny Handley 1841 Census Woodcutts Tything corrections (1 new record added)
15th - Hermitage 1881 Census [Jon Baker] (113 records)
15th - Hermitage 1891 Census [Jon Baker] (115 records)

OTHER RECORDS
22nd - Winterborne St Martin Church Photographs [Interior views] [Jan Hibberd] (12 photographs)
16th - Iwerne Minster St Mary's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (331 records)
15th - Allington St Swithun's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (315 records)
15th - Hermitage St Mary's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (59 records)
15th - Spetisbury St John the Baptist Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (46 records)
4th - Puddletown St Mary's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (724 records)
2nd - Ashmore St Nicholas' Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (137 records)
2nd - Athelhampton St John's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (55 records)
2nd - Brownsea Island St Mary's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (48 records)
2nd - Corfe Mullen St Hubert's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (273 records)
2nd - East Burton Chapel (Winfrith Newburgh) Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (126 records)
2nd - Henley Baptist Chapel (Buckland Newton) Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (18 records)
2nd - Puncknowle St Mary's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (80 records)
2nd - Puncknowle Old Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (131 records)
2nd - Puncknowle New Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (76 records)
2nd - Sandford Orcas St Nicholas Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (196 records)
2nd - Toller Fratrum St Basil's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (18 records)
2nd - Walditch St Mary's Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (292 records)
2nd - West Stafford New Burial Ground Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (109 records)

PARISH PAGE
24th - Change to Stoke Wake parish text. (Corrections to the information about the Swing Riots)
23rd - Portesham added link to Portesham Village Website

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
19th - Monumental Inscriptions Transcribed from 4 notebooks compiled by Rev RG Barterlott, Vicar of St Georges Church [Kay Kearsey] (445 records)
13th - Will of John BLANDAMER Carrier & part owner of the 'Noah's Ark Inn' in Fordington (1822-1865) 
13th - Update to Account of the life of Richard Bury c1584-1661 grocer and apothecary of Dorchester (brother of Damaris Strong)
13th - Will of Damaris Strong (nee Bury) d1681 the 2nd wife of Rev. William Strong (d.1654) (The sister of Richard Bury - with info. about her son Nathaniel Branker of Barbados from her 1st marriage)
6th - Fordington St George Baptisms 1881-1882 (157 records)

GENERAL
6th - Added East Burton to Index Page (Chapelry of Winfrith Newburgh)

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
12th - Wimborne Minster Marriages 1839-1850 [PR] [Ros Taylor] (313 records)
10th - Godmanstone Burials 1813-1867 [PR] [Jan Hibberd] (200 records)

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
12th - Chedington St James Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (96 records)
12th - Rectors of Chalbury [Jan Hibberd] (47 records)

PARISH PAGE
27th - Jillian Lea has volunteered to be the OPC for Hamworthy. A new Parish Page for Hamworthy has been created with thanks to Jillian for the information
27th - Jillian Lea has also kindly offered to help as OPC for Poole.
12th - Jan Hibberd has volunteered to become OPC for Chalbury
9th - Winterbourne Steepleton OPC Richard Crumbleholme has new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
28th - Update to Fordington St George Marriages 1860-1882 (28 new marriages for the years 1881 and 1882 added - new total 390 records)
25th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1866-1882 (120 Burials for 1881 & 1882 added - new total 1083 records)
15th - Life, Trial, & Execution of Elizabeth Martha BROWN (Nee CLARKE) (1811-1856)
14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Dorchester British History On-Line
14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Wales: 1586-1613
14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitations of London: 1568:   &   1633-1635 A-H   &   1633-1635 I-Z
14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Hertfordshire: 1586 & 1634
14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Cornwall: 1620
14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Buckinghamshire: 1566  &  1634
14th - Update to the Biography of John WHITE (1590-1645) - Also known as Century White, one of the 119 investors in the Dorchester Company (1624-1626)
7th - Research document into the DART/DARK Families of Fordington, Dorchester and Stinsford

GENERAL
20th - Added Brownsea Island (also known as Branksea) to Index and Miscellaneous Page

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
29th - Chalbury Burials 1813-1983 [PR] [Jan Hibberd] (422 records)
29th - Removed West Parley Baptisms [BT] - these records were found to be wholly inaccurate, and as PRs are available for same time period no longer of use
28th - Fontmell Magna Baptisms 1653-1730 [PR] [Kim Parker] (1050 records)
28th - Fontmell Magna Baptisms 1731-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (1356 records)
28th - Fontmell Magna Marriages 1653-1753 [PR] [Kim Parker] (177 records)
28th - Fontmell Magna Marriages 1754-1837 [PR] [Kim Parker] (349 records)
28th - Fontmell Magna Burials 1653-1730 [PR] [Kim Parker] (997 records)
28th - Fontmell Magna Burials 1731-1789 [PR] [Kim Parker] (792 records)
28th - Gussage All Saints Baptisms 1701-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (808 records)
28th - Gussage All Saints Marriages 1701-1836 [PR] [Kim Parker] (418 records)
28th - Gussage All Saints Burials 1701-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (719 records)
28th - Shapwick Baptisms 1813-1850 [PR] [Kim Parker] (472 records)
28th - Shapwick Marriages 1654-1837 [PR] [Kim Parker] (431 records)
28th - Shapwick Burials 1813-1875 [PR] [Kim Parker] (485 records)
25th - Cerne Abbas Burials 1653-1699 [PR] [Claire Smith-Burns] (over 490 new records)
21st - Nether Cerne Baptisms 1693-1906 [PR] [Claire Smith-Burns] (approx 220 new records)
21st - Nether Cerne Burials 1693-1898 [PR] [Claire Smith-Burns] (104 new records)
21st - Nether Cerne Marriages 1716-1899 [PR] [Claire Smith-Burns] (48 new records)
7th - Piddletrenthide Baptisms 1737, 1757, 1787, 1800, 1801 & 1803 [Chris Haymes] (82 records)

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
28th - Chalbury All Saints Monumental Inscriptions [Jan Hibberd] (169 records)
9th - Broadwey and Upwey - added link to external web site Upwey and Broadwey A Dorset Village History [Sue Virgin]
1st - Kimmeridge - Added links to three external sites that give information on Kimmeridge's industrial heritage

PARISH PAGE
2nd - The parishes of Folke, Hampreston and Sturminster Newton no longer have an OPC following the resignation of Jacqui Bowen

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
22nd - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (17 entries added now totals 544 entries)
22nd - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1837) (32 entries added now totals 652 entries)
2nd - History of the Eldridge Pope Brewery - from 1833
 

GENERAL
9th - Removed reference to the UK Parish Clerk umbrella site on our main page as it is no longer being maintained

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
24th - Moor Crichel Baptisms 1620-1792 [PR][Kim Parker] (928 records)
24th - Moor Crichel Marriages 1620-1837 [PR][Kim Parker] (62 completely new records, 313 records in total with complete coverage including witnesses)
24th - Moor Crichel Burials 1620-1792 [PR][Kim Parker] (799 records)
21st - Hazelbury Bryan Burials 1874-1895 [Jan Hibberd] (296 records)
20th - Hazelbury Bryan Confirmations 1838, 1841 & 1844 [Jan Hibberd] (87 records added)
19th - Hazelbury Bryan Baptisms 1835-1844 [PR] [Jan Hibberd] (207 records)
17th - East Orchard Marriages 1753-1838 [PR] [Sue Thornton-Grimes] (89 records)
17th - West Orchard Baptisms 1768-1849 [PR] [Sue Thornton-Grimes] (344 records)
17th - East Orchard Baptisms 1813-1848 [PR] [Sue Thornton-Grimes] (74 new records)
16th - Buckland Newton Marriages 1856-1869 [PR] [Jon Baker] (89 records)
16th - Horton cum Woodlands Baptisms 1700-1750 [PR] [Kim Parker] (614 records)
16th - Horton cum Woodlands Baptisms 1751-1800 [PR] [Kim Parker] (907 records)
16th - Horton cum Woodlands Baptisms 1801-1850 [PR] [Kim Parker] (1260 records)
16th - Horton cum Woodlands Marriages 1563-1754 [PR] [Kim Parker] (478 records)
16th - Horton cum Woodlands Marriages 1754-1837 [PR] [Kim Parker] (392 records)
16th - Horton cum Woodlands Burials 1700-1750 [PR] [Kim Parker] (547 records)
16th - Horton cum Woodlands Burials 1751-1800 [PR] [Kim Parker] (597 records)
16th - Horton cum Woodlands Burials 1801-1850 [PR] [Kim Parker] (699 records)
5th - Sandford Orcas Burials 1892-1982 [PR] [Jan Hibberd] (235 records)
3rd - Blandford St Mary Baptisms 1771-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (264 records)
3rd - Blandford St Mary Marriages 1594 - June 1754 [PR] [Kim Parker] (906 records)
3rd - Blandford St Mary Marriages July 1754 - 1837 [PR] [Kim Parker] (184 records)
3rd - Blandford St Mary Burials 1586 - 1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (628 records)
3rd - Shapwick Baptisms 1654 - 1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (1341 records)
3rd - Shapwick Burials 1654 - 1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (1090 records)

CENSUS
10th - Hilfield 1851 Census [Jon Baker] (124 records)

OTHER RECORDS
17th - Bradford Abbas Parish Council Minutes 1894-1896 [Caryl Parsons]
17th - East Orchard - List of men eligible for Jury Service 1825-1863 [Sue Thornton-Grimes] (32 records)
17th - West Orchard - List of men eligible for Jury Service 1825-1863 [Sue Thornton-Grimes] (32 records)

PARISH PAGE
17th - Cann - please note Jan Kennedy has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)
17th - Gillingham - please note Jan Kennedy has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)
17th - Motcombe - please note Jan Kennedy has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)
17th - Shaftesbury Holy Trinity - please note Jan Kennedy has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)
17th - Shaftesbury St James - please note Jan Kennedy has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)
17th - Shaftesbury St Peter - please note Jan Kennedy has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
13th - Update to Dorchester Church Officials File (from 1068) (19 entries added now totals 217 entries)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
26th - Hinton Parva Burials 1820-1939 [PR] [Jon Baker] (297 records)
23rd - Gussage St Michael Baptisms 1654-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (674 new records)
23rd - Gussage St Michael Marriages 1654-1837 [PR] [Kim Parker] (197 new records)
23rd - Gussage St Michael Burials 1654-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (622 new records)
19th - Long Crichel Baptisms 1663-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (392 new records)
19th - Long Crichel Marriages 1663-1837 [PR] [Kim Parker] (92 new records)
19th - Long Crichel Burials 1663-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (209 new records)
17th - Long Crichel Baptisms 1867-1892 [PR] [Ros Taylor] (127 records)
16th - Pentridge Baptisms 1704-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (592 records)
16th - Pentridge Marriages 1714-1835 [PR] [Kim Parker] (213 records)
16th - Pentridge Burials 1714-1813 [PR] [Kim Parker] (375 records)
10th - Sixpenny Handley Marriages 1837-1880 [PR] [Kim Parker] (330 records)
10th - Sixpenny Handley Burials 1813-1880 [PR] [Kim Parker] (1279 records)
10th - Sixpenny Handley Baptisms 1813-1880 [PR] [Kim Parker] (1631 records)
8th - Sixpenny Handley Baptisms 1731-1770 [BT] [Kim Parker] (538 records)
8th - Sixpenny Handley Burials 1731-1770 [BT] [Kim Parker] (338 records)
8th - Sixpenny Handley Marriages 1732-1754 [BT] [Kim Parker] (38 records)
3rd - Farnham Baptisms 1731-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (262 records)
3rd - Farnham Marriages 1732-1837 [PR[Kim Parker] (40 records)
3rd - Farnham Burials 1731-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (140 records)
3rd - Gussage St Andrew Baptisms 1766-1920 [PR/BT] [Kim Parker] (696 records)
3rd - Gussage St Andrew Marriages 1751-1753 [BT] [Kim Parker] (5 records)
3rd - Gussage St Andrew Burials 1775-1819 [PR/BT] [Kim Parker] (9 records)

CENSUS
27th - Hinton Parva 1891 Census [Jon Baker] (71 records)

OTHER RECORDS
23rd - Melbury Abbas St Thomas Church (New Yard) Monumental Inscription index [Jan Hibberd] (241 records)
23rd - Nether Compton St Nicholas Church Monumental Inscription index [Jan Hibberd] (150 records)
23rd - Lytchett Minster United Reformed Church Monumental Inscription index [Jan Hibberd] (49 records)
23rd - Kimmeridge St Nicholas Monumental Inscription index [Jan Hibberd] (116 records)
22nd - Thorncombe - added link to the Thorncombe Village Trust site
10th - Sixpenny Handley Wills Index [Kim Parker] (159 records)

PARISH PAGE
19th - Wyke Regis - please note Barbara Hunt has a new email address (also available from Contacts Page database)

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
9th - Major update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1801-1954) (100 new wills indexed, many now linked to burials and listing beneficiaries - now totals 558 Wills)
9th - Major update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1701-1800) (379 new wills indexed, many now linked to burials and listing beneficiaries - now totals 595 Wills)
8th - Major update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1413-1700) (127 new wills indexed, many now linked to burials and listing beneficiaries - now totals 353 Wills)
3rd - Update to the Biography of Frederick John MOULE (1830-1900), Curate of St Georges Fordington; Chaplain to the Dorset County Museum; and Vicar of Yaxley

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOPS TRANSCRIPTS
27th - Winterborne St Martin Baptisms 1653-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (1208 records)
27th - Winterborne St Martin Marriages 1655-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (379 records)
27th - Winterborne St Martin Burials 1653-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (852 records)
27th - Sixpenny Handley Baptisms 1767-1812 [PR] [Kim Parker] (881 records) Temporarily removed old transcription for checking/update (232 records)
27th - Sixpenny Handley Marriages 1754-1836 [PR] [Kim Parker] (474 records) Temporarily removed old transcription (120 records)
27th - Sixpenny Handley Burials 1769-1812  [PR] [Kim Parker] (575 records) Temporarily removed old transcription (251 records)
1st - Mapperton Marriages 1813-1920 [PR] [Sally Beadle] (89 records)

CENSUS
24th - Cranborne 1841 Census Holwell Tything [Sue Sims] (8 records corrected)
24th - Cranborne 1851 Census Holwell Tything [Jon Baker] (31 records corrected)
20th - Catherston Leweston 1851 Census [Peter Anderson] (32 records)
5th - Stoke Abbott 1841 Census [Christel Muncaster] (4 records added, previously missing)

OTHER RECORDS
14th - Poole - Added link to Poole High Street Project (thanks to Vanessa Marshall for alerting me to this)

PARISH PAGE
27th - Parish page added for Winterborne St Martin alias Martinstown with photographs [Kim Parker] Records moved from Misellaneous page
27th - Kim Parker has volunteered to become OPC for Sixpenny Handley
14th - Blandford St Mary - Unfortunately as Anne Preston is no longer contactable the post of OPC is now vacant
14th - Chalbury - As above
14th - Horton with Woodlands - As above
14th - Long Crichel - As above
14th - Moor Crichel - As above
14th - Shapwick - As above
14th - Sixpenny Handley - As above

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
25th - Militia List 1764 (28 Records relating to Dorchester or Fordington) 
24th - The Life of Fortunatus FORDINGTON (b.1746) Transported to America for 7 years in 1773
22nd - Revision of the History of The Baptist Church in Dorchester & Fordington (1645-2013)
10th - Will of Robert GALPIN Maltster & Beer Retailer of Fordington (1802-1859) 
5th - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (5 entries added now totals 527 entries)
5th - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1837) (31 entries added now totals 607 entries)
3rd - Bastardy Order Sarah CRUET v James SEARLE for a female bastard child 
1st - Update to Research Notes on the Life of Samuel Cromleholme (1618-1672) Master of the Free School of Dorchester (1651-1657)
1st - Update to Glossary entry for Posey Rings