Dorset OPC Updates 2019

Last Updated 31 December 2019

Total number of individual records on site = 1,829,754

2019 (34,288 records added this year)

30 December - Tarrant Monkton 1861 census [Jon Baker] (1 new record, numerous corrections and updates, thanks to Michelle Phalp for Tapper corrections)
29 December - Update to Holy Trinity Dorchester Marriage Banns 1853-1885 [Mike Russell] (49 records for the years 1886 to 1890 inc added - now totals 455 records)
27 December - Update to All Saints Dorchester Marriage Banns 1825-1890 [Mike Russell] (File updated & extended to cover Banns for 1888-1890, 16 Records added now totals 349 Records)
22 December - Update to Dorchester People in Medical Directories [Mike Russell] (39 Records, Background added to a further 6 members listed)
19 December - Fleet Marriages 1850-1920 [PR][Keith Searson] (140 new records)
17 December - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1593-1998) [Mike Russell](11 entries added - now totals 931 entries)
17 December - Dorchester 1891 Census St Peters En Districts 5 and 6 [Mike Russell](1,385 entries)
15 December - Hermitage 1871 census [Christel Muncaster] (129 new records)
15 December - Gussage St Michael 1871 census [Christel Muncaster] (300 new records)
14 December - Chettle 1871 census [Christel Muncaster] (165 new records)
14 December - Farnham 1871 census [Christel Muncaster] (106 new records)
14 December - Edmondsham 1871 census [Christel Muncaster] (299 new records)

27 November - Langton Herring Baptisms 1881-1904 [PR] [Keith Searson] (144 new records)
26 November - Chickerell 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (836 new records)
26 November - Bourton 1871 Census Enumeration District 16 [Christel Muncaster] (426 new records)
26 November - Bourton 1871 Census Enumeration District 17 [Christel Muncaster] (451 new records)
26 November - Charmouth 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (646 new records)
24 November - Durweston 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (357 new records)
18 November - Marshwood Marriages 1841-1919 [PR][Ruth Hawkins] (380 new records)
18 November - Dorchester 1841 Census Parish of Holy Trinity Enumerators District 9 [Mike Russell] (Previously omitted in error - 272 entries added)
6 November - Iwerne Minster Baptisms 1813-1862 [PR][Dinah Tiller] (792 new records)
2 November - 1891 Census Dorchester Holy Trinity En Districts 3 and 4 [Mike Russell](1,302 entries)

31 October - Bradford Peverell 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (405 new records)
31 October - Bryanston 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (232 new records)
30 October - Buckhorn Weston 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (560 new records)
26 October - Update to Dorchester/Fordington Glossary [Mike Russell] (103 entries added since 2016 now has 634 entries) (I have recently been gathering together and adding to the Glossary references I have located relating to Inns, Taverns, Hotels and Public Houses in Dorchester and Fordington referred to in Wills, Census returns and directories - to aid research )
21 October - Update to Fordington Bull's Head Inn 19 Fordington Hill [Mike Russell](More Information added about Thomas Riggs Innkeeper)
20 October - Update to Fordington Union Arms Tavern in Cuckold's Row/Holloway Road Fordington - 1839-1931 [Mike Russell](More Information and links added about Elias William Mayo & his daughter Mary Elizabeth Thomas)
20 October - Blandford St Mary 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (448 new records)
19 October - Bere Regis 1871 Census Enumeration District 3 [Christel Muncaster] (762 new records)
19 October - Bere Regis 1871 Census Enumeration District 4 [Christel Muncaster] (604 new records)
16 October - Long Crichel Baptisms 1813-1867 [PR][Ros Taylor] (279 new records)
16 October - Long Crichel Baptisms 1893-1905 [PR][Ros Taylor] (48 new records)
16 October - Winterborne Zelston the Winterborne Zelston site hosted externally by Steve Chapman seems to have been removed, temporarily linked to Internet Archive of site (March 2019) until this can be resolved. Note that some of the links may not work as expected but most seem to be good.
15 October - Belchalwell 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (173 new records)
15 October - Athelhampton and Burleston 1871 Census [Christel Muncaster] (140 new records)
14 October - Bere Regis - Fixed broken links to external Bere Regis Village web site
9 October - Stratton Parish GWR Employment Records Bradford Peverell & Stratton Halt 1898-1905 [Colin Jackson] (14 records)
9 October - Stratton Parish GWR Employment Records Grimstone and Frampton Station 1898-1905 [Colin Jackson] (29 records)
8 October - Stratton 1939 Register [Colin Jackson] (396 new records)
6 October - Affpuddle 1871 Census Enumeration District 1 [Christel Muncaster] (318 new records)
6 October - Affpuddle 1871 Census Enumeration District 2 [Christel Muncaster] (245 new records)
1 October - Hazelbury Bryan Baptisms 1592-1626 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (347 new records)

30 September - Sherborne 1881 Census Enumeration District 1 [Terry Smith] (1197 new records)
30 September - Update to the Biography of William BARNES (1801-1886) Poet and Philologist (More added about his boarding school in Dorchester 1835-1862) [Mike Russell]
29 September - Moor Crichel Baptisms 1813-1904 [PR][Ros Taylor] (716 new records)
28 September - Update to the Will of Caleb BROOKS , Collar Maker & brother of Mary CHANNING who was executed in 1705 (Significant update to genealogical notes provided about his life and immediate descendants) [Mike Russell]
27 September - Long Crichel Register of Electors 1919 [Ros Taylor] (49 new records)
26 September - Update to The Will of Richard BROOKES,Wagoner of Dorchester 1708 (name of Inn bequeathed to his son Richard BROOKS corrected from 'The Royal Gate' to 'The Royal Oake' and more information added about the death of his widow Elizabeth in 1720) [Mike Russell]
26 September - Hazelbury Bryan Baptisms 1722-1776 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (647 new records)
25 September - Marshwood 1911 Census [Ruth Hawkins] (291 new records)
25 September - Dorchester Prison Registers 1782-1850 [Colin Jackson] (18 records)
25 September - Dorchester Prison Description of Prisoners Books 1863-1879 [Colin Jackson] (11 records)
25 September - Benjamin Richard Spracklin Housebreaking Newspaper Reports 1865 [Colin Jackson] (1 record)
25 September - Dorset County Hospital Out-Patients Register 1848-1859 [Colin Jackson] (77 records)
25 September - The Enclosure of Stratton's Common Fields - Gilbert Slater M.A. [Colin Jackson] (112 records)
25 September - Stratton Kelly's Directory 1911 entry [Colin Jackson] (22 records)
21 September - Marshwood Burials 1902-1906 [PR][Ruth Hawkins] (no new records, updates to existing records with full details)
20 September - Marshwood 1881 Census [Ruth Hawkins] (335 new records)
20 September - Marshwood 1901 Census [Ruth Hawkins] (290 new records)
20 September - Marshwood 1881 Census [Ruth Hawkins] (335 new records)
9 September - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1593-1998) [Mike Russell] (15 entries and 6 images added - now totals 920 entries)
9 September - Update to Fordington St George Marriages 1860-1890 (Image of Marriage Certification to Army for David Marjoram 1861 added) [Mike Russell]
9 September - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1837-1850 (Image of Birth Certificate added for Frederick Foote Cutler 1850 added) [Mike Russell]
9 September - Update to St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1801-1890, - (Image and transcription of Marriage Certification to Army for Henry Stanford 1820; and Image of MC with Births of Gunner Francis Walsh to Emma Meach 1864; giving more information about the marriages added) [Mike Russell]
9 September - Update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1771-1812, -(Image and transcription of Baptism Certification to Army for Barbara Boardman 1801 giving more information about the baptism added) [Mike Russell]

28 August - The Cardrowe Family of Cerne Abbas and Dorchester (1557-1632) (Note:- Includes transcriptions of the wills of William CARDROE (d.1592) Merchant of Cerne Abbas and Henry CARDROE (d.1592) Mercer of Dorchester) [Mike Russell]
27 August - Update to notes attached to Will of Roger KETE [KEATE] Gentleman of Fordington - 1620 [Mike Russell]
27 August - Update to Durngate Independent Church File (1778-1837) [Mike Russell]( Information added about Rev. Thomas Molland (1748-1808) (Minister 1776-1783)
27 August - Stratton St Mary Clergy [Colin Jackson] (54 new records)
10 August - Marshwood Burials 1842-1944 [PR][Ruth Hawkins] (216 new records)
6 August - Update to Biography of Rev John WHITE (1575-1648) [Mike Russell] (Information about the Manor of Stanton St John Oxfordshire revised and correction made to his birth place as Rectory Farm House rather than Manor Farm where his family were not tenants until 1602)
4 August - Corfe Castle Volunteers Muster Books and Pay Lists December 1798 - December 1800 [Louise Haywood and Darren Paine] (216 new records)

21 July - Dorchester Civic Cemetery Burials (1880-1900) [Mike Russell] (1,552 Burials arranged alphabetically by year)
19 July - Further update to Biography of Arthur William CHRISTOPHER Signal Fitter of Essex from to the House of CHRISTOPHER

27 June - Marshwood Baptisms 1879-1905 [PR][Ruth Hawkins] (180 new records)
20 June - Marshwood 1851 Census [Terry Pine] (520 records)
20 June - Ruth Hawkins is the new OPC for the parish of Marshwood. Please refer to the Contacts Page database for Ruth's email address.
20 June - Created new Parish Page for Marshwood Parish Page. Existing transcriptions for the Parish have been transferred from the Miscellaneous page to the new parish page.
14 June - Dorchester Civic Cemetery Burials File (1856-1879) - Burials for the missing years of 1856, 1858, 1862, 1864, 1868, 1871, 1873 and 1876 have been added to complete the file) [Mike Russell] (571 burials added total now 1,790 records)
12 June - Winterborne Kingston Burials 1898-1910 [PR][Ros Taylor] (80 records added)
12 June - Witchampton Baptisms 1840-1849, 1860-1869 [PR][Ros Taylor] (192 records added)
11 June - Hinton Martell Marriages 1837-1921 [PR][Ros Taylor] (340 records)
8 June - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) [Mike Russell] (19 entries added, now totals 633 entries)
5 June - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1593-1998) [Mike Russell] (57 entries added, now totals 905 entries - email address updated)
1 June - 1881 Census Dorchester St Peters En Districts 5a, 5b & 6 [Mike Russell] (1,403 records)

29 May - Edmondsham Monumental Inscription index [Jan Hibberd/Mervyn Wright] (188 records)

22 April - Mappowder 1911 Census [Godfrey Symes] (168 records)
17 April - Corfe Castle Baptisms 1889-1920 from the Baptismal Register held at St George & Martyr [Louise Haywood] (612 records)
10 April - Dorchester Holy Trinity 1881 Census En District 3 [Mike Russell] (522 records)
8 April - Hinton Martell Baptisms 1859-1903 [PR][Ros Taylor] (423 new records)
4 April - Hinton Martell Baptisms 1813-1858 [PR][Ros Taylor] (240 new records)
4 April - Dorchester Holy Trinity 1881 Census En Districts 3a & 3b [Mike Russell] (1078 records)

12 March - Okeford Fitzpaine Burials 1883-1918 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (341 records)
12 March - Hazelbury Bryan Baptisms 1562-1592 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (266 records)
3 March - Dorchester Parish of All Saints 1881 Census En District 2 [Mike Russell] (923 Records)

17 February - Significant update and revision to The ARDEN Family 16 Times Mayors of Dorchester (34 new names, extensive research and new pictures) [Mike Russell]
16 February - Dorchester People in Medical Directories [Mike Russell] (34 Records)
16 February - 1871 Census Dorchester Parish of St Peters En Districts 5 [Mike Russell] (1310 Records)
12 February - Will of Ann ARDEN (1690-1771) - Spinster of Dorchester [Mike Russell]

30 January - Hinton Martell Marriages 1813-1837 [PR][Ros Taylor] (80 records)
30 January - Hinton Martell Burials 1813-1992 [PR][Ros Taylor] (758 records)
21 January - Ibberton 1911 Census [Godfrey Symes] (119 records)
19 January - Fontmell Magna 1939 Register [Chris Bellers] (409 records)
19 January - 1871 Census Dorchester Parish of Holy Trinity En Districts 3 and 4 [Mike Russell] (1,630 records)
18 January - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1593-1914) [Mike Russell] (4 entries added, now totals 848 entries)
18 January - Update to Fordington Strays File(1577-1926) [Mike Russell] (4 entries added, now totals 614 entries)
8 January - Hinton Martell Baptisms 1678-1814 [PR][Ros Taylor] (629 records)
8 January - Hinton Martell Marriages 1678-1811 [PR][Ros Taylor] (294 records)
8 January - Hinton Martell Burials 1678-1812 [PR][Ros Taylor] (498 records)
6 January - Update to Dorchester Church Officials File (from 1068) [Mike Russell] (Info on The Rev John Perrett, Wesleyan Minister added - now totals 345 entries)
6 January - 1871 Census Dorchester Parish of All Saints En District 2 [Mike Russell] (925 Records)
4 January - Update to Durngate Independent Church File (1778-1837) [Mike Russell] (More Information about the Rev Thomas NEAVE (1838-) [Minister 1869-1886] )
2 January - Update to Fordington St George Marriages 1837-1859 [Mike Russell] (More information added about the family of John Hansford SPRANKLIN (1822-1856) and Bathsheba GREEN (1822-1881) who married on 20 Oct 1844)

Total number of individual records on site at end of 2018 = 1,795,468