The Milton Abbas Local History Group have transcribed 60,000 records of all the existing Overseers of the Poor Account books for Milton Abbas from 1771 to 1836, and are finding that the records are a fantastic resource for researching local and family history. The account book in the Dorset History Centre covers the years 1818… Read more Overseers of the Poor Account Books
We can all agree that the internet has radically changed our lives. Particularly over the last 18 months many people came to rely on it to stay connected, buy essentials and continue working. As an archive service we have been working on harnessing the potential the internet offers for a long time. But there is… Read more Why can’t I see it online?
After eight weeks, our Conservation Trainee Helen has completed her placement with us, and left us her final thoughts on her experience… — The time has flown and I have now reached the end of my placement at Dorset History Centre. This placement has been invaluable in my training as a Conservator and I have… Read more Conservation Tales: Thoughts of a Conservation Trainee
Sometimes, when working in the archives you accidently stumble upon a document that ends up being so interesting, that it distracts you from what you are supposed to be doing and you have to read it there and then! That’s what happened when we found the document D-FFO/18/132 within the Ffooks and Darlington of Sherborne,… Read more Murder in a small village?
A newly-published book takes an original look at Chesil Beach. Chesil Beach is unique: a bank of pebbles stretching for sixteen miles along the Dorset coast, from the Isle of Portland to West Bay. It seems a lonely landscape, deserted and unchanging. Yet there have always been people living here, concealed behind the shingle barrier.… Read more Chesil Beach: a peopled solitude
Sometimes forums such as the Dorset History Centre blog can uncover further stories in your family history or information on a village or house history to add to your research. The recent two part blog by Valerie Brenton (here and here) following a family in Sturminster Newton Workhouse, some of whom emigrated to Newfoundland, chimed… Read more The Rowlands of Hinton St Mary
When we can physically see smoke from chimneys and smell fumes from cars it’s clear that they are polluting our environment but when we can’t see the smoke for ourselves it’s easy to forget about the environmental impact. Invisible, yet all around us, the internet is quickly becoming one of the major contributors to our… Read more The Internet, the Environment, and Storing Records
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