We are always interested to hear about projects that are happening in our local communities. We’ve recently been pointed to the fascinating Slave Voyages Database, and links to Dorset. In this guest blog we take a look at the voyage of the Molly, charted in a fascinating new storymap… — More than thirty thousand slaving… Read more Poole and enslavement: The Voyage of Molly 1758-59
This is part two of a guest blog written for Dorset History Centre by Valerie Brenton. You can read part one here! — Incomplete Stories Sometimes the records do not exist or there is not enough detail in the records to confirm beyond doubt that they belong to the person being researched. In some cases… Read more From Workhouse Records: Sturminster Newton Workhouse to Newfoundland (part 2)
Why the Workhouse? We all know that the sons and daughters of Dorset have spread around the world – even a casual wander through the Dorset History Centre online catalogue will reveal the names of countries and territories from all around the globe. Often the records refer to business interests in foreign or empire countries… Read more From Workhouse Records: Sturminster Newton Workhouse to Newfoundland (part 1)
A new book by Brian Bates tells about some of the dramas, tragedies and even comedies that played out at the Dorset assize courts during the nineteenth century… At the Lent assizes, in 1856, 15-year-old servant Flora Everitt stood in the dock accused of trying to poison her master, and in that same year Elizabeth… Read more Stories from the Dorset Assizes
A quick search of the catalogue reveals that we hold over 4,000 records relating to Kings or Queens, which is a rather large figure given Dorset’s relative removal from Royal life! As with everything though, you can scratch away at the surface and find that this figure is swollen by the ‘other’ records, ones which… Read more Archives A-Z: K is for Kings and Queens
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