Dorset Parish Registers Index. The Dorset Parishes Registers Web pages are an attempt to place online information about Dorset church Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. It currently contains many of the Parish churches in Dorset but entries may not be a complete listing.

Somerset and Dorset Family History Society Members' Interests. The current Directory of Members' Interests contains over 11500 entries. Interests are not confined to Somerset and Dorset, but cover all parts of the UK and a number of other countries.

Somerset & Dorset Surnames Index. A list of surnames being researched & email contact.

Dorset Surname Interest List. A list of surnames being researched & email contact.

1830 Pigot's Dorset Directory - index of names

The Visitation of Dorsetshire, 1623, edited by John Paul Ryland, F.S.A. (Images Online)

Somerset and/or Dorset Contacts Sought : Index to Names

Dorset, England Poll Book for 1807 : Names A - K - Names L - Z

Index to the Dorset Poll Book for 1807

1830 Dorset Pigot's Directory - Index

Index of a few extracts from West Dorset Parish Registers, Wills, Admons, Phillimores etc

Name Index to the Book The Monumental Brasses of Dorsetshire

Historical Poll/Voting Directories and Indices Online. Free download of the following .zip files:
- Dorset 1807 Poll Book
- District of Westminster, London 1749 Poll Book
- County wide Poll Book for Sussex 1734
- County wide Poll Book for Wiltshire 1772

Newspaper names indexes (South West of England) : This newspaper index currently contains around 30,000 names covering Somerset, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall (1773 - 1847)

International Genealogical Index (IGI) Batch Numbers for Dorset, England. A useful index since searching the IGI by last name only is not permitted unless you search within a single batch of records at a time.

1881 Census of Ships in port in Dorset : Part 1 - Part 2

Dorset Genealogy Mailing List at RootsWeb. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A companion to the DORSET mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding life in the county of Dorset, England, in order to enhance our genealogy research efforts by placing the life and times of our ancestors in perspective. Topics include all things related to Dorset life including geography, history, culture and traditions. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: anyone who has an interest in genealogy and local history related to the following counties: Berkshire, Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, England. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 3 - Salisbury diocese (Berkshire, Dorset, Wiltshire). Traces the chronology and careers of the bishops and the senior clergy of Salisbury cathedral and diocese.

Dorset Domesday Book place-names and landowners. The Domesday Book is a great land survey from 1086, commissioned by William the Conqueror.

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