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DORSET - who for and where

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Jenny

Jenny Report 18 May 2005 16:13

Hello, I'm looking for the following families: DAWSON- STURMINSTER,OKEFORD FITZPAINE,FIDDLEFORD BARFOOT-STURMINSTER DRAKE-STURMINSTER NEWTON NEWTON-STURMINSTER NEWTON, HAMOON Would be great if we have common ground.Please email me separately. Best wishes Jenny

Sprack

Sprack Report 18 May 2005 13:02

I only have one ancestor from dorset robert hawkins c1813 from east morden. jenny

Steve

Steve Report 8 May 2005 15:37

Majority of my family came from Dorset: Rogers - Kinson Cherrett - Kinson Fry - Wimborne area Wells - Wimborne. They are the main ones. Any help to anyone? Steve

McDitzy

McDitzy Report 23 Feb 2005 07:56

I'm looking for the following: BESSANT - all around, and skipping over the border to Hampshire a few times! GOULD - Hampreston area HURST JACOBS LAMBERT LOCK - Weymouth area SCORE - Portland ?? SHELLEY/SHELLY TOBY - Portland WHITE - Wyke Regis area (1700s)

Lyndsay

Lyndsay Report 22 Feb 2005 19:43

I recognise some of these names from census hunting. Mine are: Aplin Beart Fooks Foss Genge Raisen Shorland - Chard Symes Combe St. Nicholas (border dorset/somerset) Thorncombe Hawkchurch (dorset/Hants) Netherbury Beaminster broadwindsor Would be ineterseted especiallt to hear from anyone interested in Fooks, Aplin or Foss in particular Lyndsay Little Bredy

Josieanne

Josieanne Report 22 Feb 2005 08:55

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

Penny Eves

Penny Eves Report 21 Feb 2005 12:24

CHRISTOPHER - Ilsington/Puddletown READHEAD - Wimborne Minster

Kazzie

Kazzie Report 20 Feb 2005 23:05

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

Ann

Ann Report 20 Feb 2005 22:17

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

Joanne

Joanne Report 19 Feb 2005 11:55

WHEATLEY - Bradpole

Marcus

Marcus Report 11 Oct 2004 11:19

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

Thelma

Thelma Report 9 Aug 2004 14:54

Hi - My names are BOLLING CHILDS from Melbury Osmond Thelma

karen in the new forest

karen in the new forest Report 3 Aug 2004 17:21

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

Janet

Janet Report 3 Aug 2004 12:36

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

Maureen

Maureen Report 2 Aug 2004 23:01

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!!

Trish

Trish Report 2 Aug 2004 23:00

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

Janet

Janet Report 2 Aug 2004 22:00

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

Maureen

Maureen Report 1 Aug 2004 18:29

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

Justin

Justin Report 3 Jul 2004 09:24

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

Justin

Justin Report 3 Jul 2004 09:03

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