Sturminster Marshall, Dorset Genealogy
Guide to Sturminster Marshall, Dorset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Sturminster Marshall, Dorset | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Cogdean |
| County | Dorset |
| Poor Law Union | Wimborne and Cranborne |
| Registration District | Wimborne |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1562 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1813 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Whitchurch |
| Diocese | Salisbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Peculiar of Sturminster Marshall |
| Location of Archive | |
| Dorset Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
STURMINSTER-MARSHALL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Wimborne and Cranborne, hundred of Cogdean, Wimborne division of Dorset, 5 miles W from Wimborne-Minster; containing, with the chapelries of Lytchett-Minster, Corfe-Mullen, and Hamworthy. Each of the three chapelries contains a chapel of ease.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
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| 1813-1906 | Ancestry[3] | 1813-1921 | Ancestry[4] | 1813-1939 | Ancestry[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Indexes | 1813-1880 | Ancestry[6] | 1540-1836 | findmypast[7] | |||||||||||||||
| 1790-1812 | Ancestry[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
Sturminster Marshall parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| FREG = FreeREG - free[9] |
| Sturminster Marshall Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FREG | 1563-1812 | 1625-1812 | 1678-1812 | |||
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Dorset Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, publ. London: 1848. Date accessed: 10 July 2103.
- ↑ Dorset, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Partially indexed.
- ↑ Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Partially indexed.
- ↑ Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Partially indexed.
- ↑ Dorset, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-2001, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Partially indexed.
- ↑ 'Vital Records Index - British Isles - Collection List,' British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd ed., hosted at Genoot, accessed 14 April 2012.
- ↑ 'Dorset Marriages,' Find My Past, accessed 28 July 2012. Described as Sturminster (perhaps Sturminster Newton).
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FHL British Book 942 V25pm
- ↑ 'Dorset Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 10 January 2014.
