Dorset OPC Updates 2018

December 2018 (2331 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
22nd - Fontmell Magna - Extract from Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870-72 [Chris Bellers] (1 new record)

PARISH PAGE

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES
30th - Update to 1891 Census Dorchester Parish of All Saints En District 2 (Some names clarified / corrected and comments added)
29th - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1593-1914) (7 entries added now totals 841 entries)
18th - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (16 entries added, now totals 610 entries)
15th - Fordington 1891 Census Dorchester Union Workhouse (109 Records)
14th - Fordington 1891 Census Artillery & Depot Barracks (487 Records)
11th - Fordington 1891 Census Enumeration District 10 (only) See transcription for streets etc - 1697 Records)
4th - Update to Dorchester Church Officials File (from 1068) (4 entries added and update to Chaplains of Dorchester Gaol Section - now totals 344 entries)

Total number of individual records on site at end of November 2018 = 1,793,137

November 2018 (803 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
25th - Bournemouth Remembers 1914-1918 [External] (names of over 1000 men who died during the First World War (1914 - 1918 ) and who have a proven connection to the town either by birth or residence)
20th - Corfe Castle - Wills granted by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) 1568 - 1855 [Louise Haywood] (135 new records)

PARISH PAGE

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES
16th - Fordington 1891 Census Enumeration District 8 (only) See transcription for streets etc - 666 Records)
7th - Will of Rev Thomas COLSON (1717-1784) - Rector of Studland and resident of Dorchester
7th - Update to The COLSON Family Apothecaries of Dorchester from 1596 (new information added about Rev. Thomas COLSON (1717-1784) including link to transcrition of his Will)

Total number of individual records on site at end of October 2018 = 1,792,334

October 2018 (2150 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
31st - Fontmell Magna Baptisms 1813-1842 [PR][Chris Bellers] (787 new records added)
31st - Fontmell Magna Baptisms 1843-1904 [PR][Chris Bellers] (872 new records added)
14th - Maiden Newton Burials 1813-1845 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (381 new records added)

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
31st - Fontmell Magna - Extract from Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of England [Chris Bellers] (1 new record)
27th - Wareham - Port Historical Notes [Roy Martin] (31 new records added)
27th - South Perrott - Roll of Honour [Jon Baker] (31 new records added + photograph)

PARISH PAGE

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES
22nd - Update to Biography of George CHRISTOPHER (1771-1843) part of the House of CHRISTOPHER (added more information about children of Richard Christopher (1823-1885) & Elizabeth Wheelbat (1818-1871)
5th - Update to Trinity School of Dorchester Estab 1623 (Now includes list Masters from 1625-1869 and additional references to school from Municipal Records of Dorchester)
5th - Will of Joan [Joanna] GOULD Widow (1630) of Dorchester (with background notes and links to information about the Gould Family)

Total number of individual records on site at end of September 2018 = 1,790,184

September 2018 (117 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
15th - Hilton Marriages 1841-1846 [PR][Felicity Brown] (60 new records added)

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS

PARISH PAGE

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES
25th - Update to St Peters Burials 1611-1700  (12 burials added to listing of pre 1653 burials known to have taken place there from Wills etc - now 977 records)
24th - Update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1413-1700) (4 new wills indexed, many more now linked to burials and listing beneficiaries - now totals 432 Wills)
22nd - Will of John GOULD the Elder (1630) Merchant of Dorchester (Kindly transcribed by Kim Parker OPC)
21st - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1824-1836 (8 Missing records for 1835 now added to the file making a total of 913)
21st - Update to Fordington Poor Law and Apprenticeship Records (settlement examination for John Hyde added with link to his marriage)
21st - Update to Fordington People in historical documents & Newspapers 1614-2007 (25 records added now 457 Records)
20th - Dorchester Bastardy Orders (1 record added - now 5 in total, these are all that I have located so far)
7th - Extracts from Dorset Quarter Sessions 1625-1638 Records (3 records added now totals 77)
6th - Will of William LAWRENCE (d.1646) Yeoman of Fordington (Kindly transcribed by Kim Parker OPC)
5th - Will of John LAWRENCE (d.1641) Yeoman of Fordington
5th - Poor Law Removal Orders (new removal order added for Grace DEERE widow and her children from St Peters Dorchester to Mudford in Somerset in 1722)

Total number of individual records on site at end of August 2018 = 1,790,067

July/August 2018 (2614 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
15th August - Kinson - St Andrew's Monumental inscription index [Jan Hibberd] (500 records)
2nd July - Evershot - Profile of John Martin, Land Surveyor & Valuer [Kevin Pearce]

PARISH PAGE

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES
26th August - Fordington 1891 Census  Enumeration District 9 (only) See transcription for streets etc - 1,502 Records)
9th August - Fordington 1891 Census  Enumeration District 7 (only) See transcription for streets etc - 611 Records)
9th July - Update to Biography of Richard BUSHROD [1575 –1628] Merchant Adventurer of Dorchester (Revision of John Bushrod [1612-1683/4] the elder and descendants, more cross references to other documents and lot of additional information eg to Robert Bushrod (1580-1609) and descendants and neew Section 12)
1st July - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1914) (13 entries added now totals 834 entries)
1st July - Update to Dorchester People in Historical documents (1559-1699) (8 new records added for the Bushrod Family - now totals 552 records)

Total number of individual records on site at end of June 2018 = 1,787,453

June 2018 (93 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
12th - Fontmell Magna Absent Voters Lists, 1918-1921 [Chris Bellers] (93 new records added)

PARISH PAGE
29th - Created new Parish Page for Tarrant Crawford

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES

Total number of individual records on site at end of May 2018 = 1,787,359

May 2018 (1718 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
28th - Belchalwell Burials 1862-1998 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (174 new records added)
1st - Bradpole Baptisms 1813-1816 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (74 new records added)

CENSUS

OTHER RECORDS
10th - Transcription of the 1845 Inclosure Award for Child Okeford [Kevin Pearce]
10th - Added link to the Child Okeford Village Website

PARISH PAGE
10th - Kevin Pearce is the new OPC for the parish of Child Okeford. Please refer to the Contacts Page database for Kevin's email address.

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES
15th - Commonwealth War Graves identified at Dorchester Cemetery (CWGC) - (48 records)
6th - Fordington 1881 Census Enumeration District "The Barracks" - Both the New Depot barracks and the old Royal Horse Artillery Barracks situated in West Fordington - 549 Records)
2nd   Update to - Life, Trial, & Execution of Elizabeth Martha BROWN (Nee CLARKE) (1811-1856) - (announcement Dorset Echo her body is to be exhumed )
1st - Research document into the DART/DARK Families of Fordington, Dorchester and Stinsford - (further research notes added on families of other Wm and Mary Dart Families from Steeple, Tyneham, East Lulworth and Wareham)
1st - Fordington 1881 Census Enumeration District 10b (only) See transcription for streets etc - 873 Records)

Total number of individual records on site at end of April 2018 = 1,785,641

April 2018 (1913 records added this month)

GENERAL
30th - Updated the broken link to the Gaggle of Geese Pub in Buckland Newton. Re-opens tomorrow, 1st May
29th - Added Dorset Death Certificate Transcription index to the Links page [External]
11th - Updated the broken link to the Devon OPC project

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
30th - Bradpole Burials 1813-1837 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (371 new records added)
19th - Witchampton Marriages 1860-1870 [PR][Ros Taylor] (56 new records added)
19th - Witchampton Marriages 1880-1899 [PR][Ros Taylor] (116 new records added)
19th - Witchampton Marriages 1920-1921 [PR][Ros Taylor] (20 new records added)

CENSUS
30th - Update to Bradpole 1851 Census ED2 [Jon Baker] (0 new records, corrections only)

OTHER RECORDS

PARISH PAGE
4th - Coombe Keynes, Winfrith Newburgh and Wool - Ivan Gould has a new email address, see Contacts for details

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES
26th - Fordington 1881 Census Enumeration District 10a (only) See transcription for streets etc - 345 Records)
25th - Fordington 1881 Census Enumeration District 9a & 9b (only) See transcription for streets etc - 1002 Records)
22nd - Update to Dorchester Church Officials File (from 1068) (3 entries added inc Rev Henry Puget Raikes Chaplain of Dorchester Gaol - now totals 340 entries)

Total number of individual records on site at end of March 2018 = 1,783,728

March 2018 (1242 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
12th - Corfe Castle Marriages 1900-1920 [PR][Louise Haywood] (270 new records added)
12th - Corfe Castle Burials 1900-1920 [PR][Louise Haywood] (364 new records added)
11th - Buckland Newton Baptisms 1843-1876 [PR][Jon Baker] (183 new records added, 356 records total)

CENSUS
20th - Fifehead Neville 1911 Census [Godfrey Symes] (158 new records)

OTHER RECORDS
2nd - Manston - Journal of Henry Kaines, Farmer & Diarist, 1768-1840 [Peter Shirley] (1 new record, extensive pdf document of over 200 pages, ~1.5MB)

PARISH PAGE

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES
30th - Update to History of Christchurch West Fordington (Account of the life of Rev Leonard BALDWYN (1857-1935) BA - served as curate of Christchurch from 1889-1894 added)
30th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1866-1890 (259 Burials added from 1887-1890 - new total 1560 records)
23rd - Update to the History of The Baptist Church in Dorchester & Fordington (1645-2017) - ( Marriage of Isaiah John Poole 1887 added to the Dorford Chapel Registers with photgraph )
15th - Update to Fordington Church Officials File (from 1222) (5 entries added now totals 200 entries)

Total number of individual records on site at end of Febuary 2018 = 1,782,486

February 2018 (2584 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
20th - Ibberton Baptisms 1841-1883 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (280 new records)
12th - Buckland Newton Burials 1853-1865 [PR][Jon Baker] (215 new records)
8th - Wool Marriage Banns 1913-1922 [PR][Ivan Gould] (538 new records)
7th - Wool Marriage Banns 1836-1912 [PR][Ivan Gould] (568 new records)
6th - Coombe Keynes Marriage Banns 1903-1932 [PR][Ivan Gould] (42 new records)

CENSUS
6th - Coombe Keynes 1861 Census [Ivan Gould] (163 new records)
6th - Coombe Keynes 1871 Census [Ivan Gould] (143 new records)
6th - Coombe Keynes 1881 Census [Ivan Gould] (129 new records)
6th - Coombe Keynes 1891 Census [Ivan Gould] (119 new records)

OTHER RECORDS

PARISH PAGE
3rd - Major update to Bere Regis Parish Page to restore broken external links [thanks to Jeff Ellis for alerting me to the breakages]

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES
25th - Militia List 1815 for Dorchester (13 Records) and Fordington (3 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division)
21st - Militia List 1779-1790 (Part only) for Dorchester (26 Records) and St Georges Fordington (5 )
20th - Research document into the DART/DARK Families of Fordington, Dorchester and Stinsford (now located enrollment record into Dorset Regt Militia for Wm Dart/Dark (1765-1820)
18th - Militia List 1770-1775 (Part only) for Dorchester (29 Records) and St Georges Fordington (6 )
6th - Fire of Dorchester - 4th March 1757(Kings Arms Inn)
4th - Militia List 1769 (Part only) for Dorchester (11 Records) and St Georges Fordington (1 )
3rd - Militia List 1778 for Dorchester (16 Records) and St Georges Fordington (9 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division)
1st - Militia List 1777 for Dorchester (38 Records) and St Georges Fordington (11 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division)
1st - Militia List 1776 part for Dorchester (13 Records) and St Georges Fordington (6 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division)

Total number of individual records on site at end of January 2018 = 1,779,902

January 2018 (3359 records added this month)

GENERAL

PARISH REGISTERS & BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS
31st - Wool Burials 1895-1963 [PR][Ivan Gould] (797 new records)
31st - Wool Confirmations 1925-28 & 1941-43 [PR][Ivan Gould] (74 new records)
25th - Coombe Keynes Marriages 1837-1921 [PR][Ivan Gould] (116 new records)
14th - Ibberton Burials 1851-1988 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (325 new records)
7th - Hazelbury Bryan Baptisms 1777-1788 [PR][Jan Hibberd] (155 new records)

CENSUS
25th - Coombe Keynes 1911 Census [Ivan Gould] (109 new records)
25th - Coombe Keynes 1901 Census [Ivan Gould] (120 new records)
25th - Coombe Keynes 1851 Census [Ivan Gould] (154 new records)
3rd - Winterbourne Abbas 1901 Census [Wendy Warne] (170 new records)
1st - Cheselbourne 1851 Census [Wendy Warne] (408 new records)
1st - Cheselbourne 1871 Census [Wendy Warne] (407 new records)
1st - Cheselbourne 1881 Census [Wendy Warne] (350 new records)

OTHER RECORDS

PARISH PAGE
11th - Dorchester Parishes now on main site
11th - Fordington Parish now on main site

DORCHESTER & FORDINGTON UPDATES [External - Mike Russell]
29th - Poor Law Removal Orders (two new removal orders added)
28th - Militia List 1768 for Dorchester (48 Records) and St Georges Fordington (10 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division)
26th - Update to The Life of Fortunatus FORDINGTON (b.1746) Transported to America for 7 years in 1773. (Further information added about his time serving in the Dorset Militia)
25th - Militia List 1767 for Dorchester (26 Records) and St Georges Fordington (8 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division)
24th - Update to the Militia List 1766 for Dorchester and St Georges Parish in Fordington (Further information added about the parish of origin of substitutes and ref to whether a signature or mark on oath file)
23rd - Militia List 1765 for Dorchester (24 Records) and St Georges Fordington (7 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division)
18th - Update to the Militia List 1764 for Dorchester and St Georges Parish in Fordington (Further information added about the parish of origin of substitutes and ref to whether a signature or mark on oath file)
18th - Update to the Militia List 1763 for Dorchester and St Georges Parish in Fordington (Further information added about the parish of origin of substitutes and ref to whether a signature or mark on oath file)
16th - The CHURCHILL Family of Colliton House, Dorchester and Muston Manor, Piddlehinton, Dorset - (59 Records with genealogical notes on family relationships)

Total number of individual records on site at end of December 2017 = 1,776,543