Genealogy Chat

Hi I'm Looking for Battrick/Corfe Castle Rendell/Bushy /Corfe Castle Hooper=Slade/Corfe Castle=Poole Sue

I'm searching : DASHWOOD (Almer, Wimborne areas) GALPIN (Wimborne, Pamphill) HABGOOD (Wimborne) JOYCE SOPER (Almer, Wimborne areas) BESSANT (Sturminster Marshall) ARNOLD (Sturminster Marshall) FLORENCE

Sam & Elizabeth, We are all researching Riggs. I had not realised there were so many in Dorset. Mine are William Riggs born c1820 possibly Morden Dorset, his son Henry Riggs born somewhere between 1854 and 1857 Dorset (place as yet unknown) So far I have sent for 4 birth certs for Henry, I now put a check point on so I only lose £3. Trouble is the last one actually had a father William but I am now 99%certain it is not the right one. The problem is that William remarried and his wife in later censuses is obviously Henry's step mother. Ann Glos

Have you all tried the Dorset OPC (online Parish Council) site? Lots of goodies, lists to search on there. Ann Glos

I am looking for the Stone family in Beaminster. I have Samuel Stone (1819), his (second?) wife Hannah (1840) and their sons, Samuel (1859) and Edwin James (1867) - who appears on the 1881 census as Edward. Can't get back any further than this at the moment.

Hi all, I am researching the following Dorset surnames, with particular attention paid to those marked with an asterisk: BARTLETT BATTRICK BISHOP CHURCHILL COAKES COBB DOREY FARNHAM GIBBONS GUY HAWKINS HENWOOD * HOARE-RAWLES HUXFORD IRONSIDE * PUCKETT * RAMPLING SAMWAYS * SERGENT * STANDFIELD * STICKLEY STICKLEY-STANDFIELD TARRANT * THOMAS * TOOPE Please email me direct if ANY of the above surnames appear in your family tree! Best wishes, Justin, Southampton, UK

Hi all, Forgot to say....the places I am researching are as follows: BARTLETT - Bere Regis BATTRICK - Bere Regis BISHOP - Bere Regis CHURCHILL - Bere Regis COAKES - Bloxworth, Bere Regis COBB - Bere Regis DOREY - Lulworth area FARNHAM - Bere Regis GIBBONS - Bere Regis GUY - Bere Regis HAWKINS - Bere Regis HENWOOD * - Winterborne Kingston, poss. Bere Regis HOARE-RAWLES - Bere Regis HUXFORD - Bere Regis IRONSIDE * - Martinstown/Winterborne St Martin, Fordington PUCKETT * - Wool, Puddletown, East Chaldon, Swanage, Affpuddle, East Stoke, Winterborne Abbas, Longbury, Stinsford, Dorchester area RAMPLING - Bere Regis SAMWAYS * - East Chaldon, Sydling St Nicholas, Portisham, West Fordington SERGENT * - Osmington STANDFIELD * - Bere Regis, Winterborne Kingston, Wareham, Carey, Moreton STICKLEY - Bere Regis (especially Woodbury Hill) STICKLEY-STANDFIELD - Bere Regis TARRANT * - Weymouth, Bere Regis THOMAS * - Bere Regis (origins in Lymington, Hampshire) TOOPE - Bryanston, Bere Regis Best wishes, Justin

Hi, just spotted this thread and thought I'd add mine. MILLER-WAREHAM MILLER-WIMBOURNE COLE-WAREHAM CRIBB-not sure but in DORSET MILLER- WINFRITH NEWBURG

Hello all, I thought that I would add my interests. Samways- Toller Porcorum/ Symondsbury Hodder, Oxenbury and Guppy- Symondsbury Bulford- Hawkchurch. If anyone else has interests in Symondsbury please email me. Janet

Hello all I am researching these names: Barrett West Royall Venable/s All from Poole, Dorset Trish

Janet, have you looked on dorset online parish clerk? I saw some SAMWAYS in Wareham and Winfrith, I remembered the name because it reminded me of samwise off lord of the rings!!

Thanks Maureen, I am a regular visitor to the OPC site and also the Parish transcriptions. Most of the Samways come from Dorset. Janet

well here goes extence gillingham dorset vine wareham norris wareham crumpler wimborne keates stoborough i think theres a couple more but cant think of them at the moment. karen

Hi - My names are BOLLING CHILDS from Melbury Osmond Thelma

Hi there, I'm looking for CLARK in Weymouth & Wyke Regis and related areas of Dorset. Many thnaks, Marcus Smith

WHEATLEY - Bradpole

Added by Ann Davies Iam looking for HUNT & LEMON in West Orchard/ Fontmell OSBALDSTONE in Horton/Wimborne MARTIN in Wimborne

Heres my lot Brodby-Abbotsbury Claxton-Abbotsbury Mowlem-Hilton/Ansty/Winterborne Kingston House-Hilton Marsh-Hilton Pitcher-Abbotsbury Gibbons-Abbotsbury Boatswain-Abbotsbury Vincent-Abbotsbury Ring Dorset/somerset border Swaffield-Bradford Abbas-Milborne port Watts- Dorchester

CHRISTOPHER - Ilsington/Puddletown READHEAD - Wimborne Minster

Nice to see others having fun with Dorset families mine are Update with more names 8/05/05 Hunt -Bloxworth, Morden Turnerspuddle Day - Hyde Small - Lytchett Minster, Lytchett Matravers,Poole Thompson - Moreton Ings - Morden Soper- Same area Langdown -Lytchett Matravers Field- Corfe Mullen Bush- Possibly Blandford Pope -Morden Johnson-Lytchett Matravers Tatchell- Kingston in the Purbeck's and still digging Josephine