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Tracker: Goal 4: Learn about Dorset church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Dorset church records.
- Get an overview of Dorset church records in this article.
FS—Dorset Church Records - Learn about and search Dorset parish registers.
FS: Dorset Parish Registers - Explore the
church records link on the GenUKI Dorset site. - Explore parish records on the FreeReg.org site.
- Explore parish records on the Dorset History Centre site.
- Use this parish page to explore parish records in Dorset.
- Search for Dorset and Somerset parish files on the Somerset-Dorset Family History Society page.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Luck Farley appears in the collection for Dorset Parish Registers. Use information from the "FS: Dorset Parish Registers, 1538-2001" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who else is mentioned in the record?
- Why is there no mention of a marriage date in the record?
- What additional information is available in the Similar Records section?
- In the search screen for the QUIKLink above, enter "Luck Farley" in the appropriate search fields.
- Use the index transcription and the record image to answer the questions.
- Martha Young is mentioned.
- This record is a marriage bann, or an announcement of the intent to marry.
- The record for Luke Farley in England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001 states that he and Martha were married on February 5, 17876, in Crichell-Moore, Crichell-Moore, Crichell-Moore, Dorset, England.
QUIKLinks
- FS: England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001
- FMP: Dorset Baptism Index 1538-1912
- AC: Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
- AC: Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- AC: Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921
BExplore Dorset cemetery records.
- Learn about Dorset cemeteries in this article.
FS—Dorset Cemeteries - Search the Find a Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
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