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Discover Dorset stories with this week's release
This Findmypast Friday, there are over 120,000 exciting new additions to explore from parishes across Dorset in the south of England.
If you've got roots in the South-West of England, this week's record release may just be able to fill in the blanks on your family tree. From baptisms to burials, read on for a full rundown of what's been added.
New Dorset parish records
This Findmypast Friday sees a triple whammy of Dorset records added to our parish collections. Across our baptism, marriage and burial sets, there are a total of 121,225 new additions for you to discover. We have baptism, marriage, and burial records from 342 parishes across the county of Dorset, covering over 450 years. Check out the full parish list for more information.
These records are the building blocks of your family tree. Whether you're tracing back a distant lineage or adding more details to family members you already know, these sets may prove key to your research.
Dorset Baptisms
First up this week is an update to our existing collection of Dorset Baptisms. We've added 38,873 new records from parishes across the county. These new additions span from 1568 to 1930.
The transcriptions in this set contain key information such as a name, birth date and place, baptism date and place, the church name, both parents' names, and the father's occupation. The information included varies slightly, especially when it comes to the very early 15th-century records.
You may also learn parents' addresses from records in this collection. If you're eager to build up a vivid picture of how and where your ancestors lived, this detail will be a huge help - who knows, perhaps the house your family lived in is still standing today.
Dorset Marriages
Next up, we've also updated our collection of Dorset Marriages, with 52,622 new records now available for you to explore.
Stretching as far back as 1470, these additions span over 500 years of Dorset's history. This means that if your ancestors were married in Dorset between 1470 and 1974, their names may just appear in this release.
The 675,000 records within this transcription-only set contain key details like a name, spouse's name, marriage date, parish, occupation and more. You'll likely be able to uncover whether someone was married by banns or by licence, and in some cases, the names of witnesses are also included.
Dorset Burials
Last but not least, we've also added 29,730 burial records from parishes across Dorset. These records span from 1559 to 1993.
If you're struggling to build your family tree back through the centuries, these additions may just provide some of the answers you need.
Like this week's other updated sets, these burials are transcription-only. Within each transcription, you'll find key details like a name, age, birth year, burial date, burial place, and county.
You'll find records from 342 parishes across Dorset within this collection as a whole. We recommend browsing our Dorset parish list for the full rundown of what's covered across the county.
Introducing our new podcast
We're delighted to announce that the first two episodes of our new podcast, Step into the Past, are available for you to listen to.
Take a stroll with Suzannah Lipscomb, as we weave together the past and the present in places that made history. With family history discoveries and so much more, this isn't one to be missed.
This week in newspapers: 100,000 new pages to explore
This Findmypast Friday, our newspaper collection grew by 96,120 pages. We've added two brand new titles - Liverpool Saturday's Advertiser and the Epsom Journal - and updated 10 of our existing publications.
In addition to this week's two new titles, there are updates to many other newspapers within our collection, with brand new pages from Sherborne to Southwark. Here's a full rundown of all that's been added.
New titles:
- Liverpool Saturday's Advertiser, 1823, 1826-1828, 1830-1832
- Epsom Journal, 1871-1896, 1898-1899, 1901-1902
- Bayswater Chronicle: 1892, 1894-1895, 1897, 1901-1908
- Gloucester Citizen: 1992-1993
- Liverpool Daily Post: 1921, 1927-1929
- Liverpool Weekly Mercury: 1908, 1913
- Middleton Guardian: 1995
- Ormskirk Advertiser: 1858, 1861, 1892, 1895, 1909, 1924, 1935-1936
- Rochdale Observer: 1897, 1902, 1920, 1932, 1951, 1961, 1966, 1985, 1988, 1996, 1998-1999
- Sherborne Mercury: 1795
- Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder: 1921-1933
- Widnes Weekly News and District Reporter: 1878, 1883-1886, 1890-1891, 1893-1895, 1897-1900, 1902, 1982
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