Marnhull, Dorset Genealogy
Guide to Marnhull, Dorset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Marnhull, Dorset | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Sturminster-Newton-Castle |
| County | Dorset, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Sturminster |
| Registration District | Sturminster |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1559 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1731 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Shaftesbury |
| Diocese | Salisbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset |
| Location of Archive | |
| Dorset History Centre | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
MARNHULL, a village and a parish in Sturminster district, Dorset. The village stands 1 mile E of the River Stour, 1¾ SE of the boundary with Somerset, and 3 N of Sturminster-Newton railroad station. The parish contains also the hamlets of Burton, Keutisford, and Thornton. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics.[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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| 1813-1889 | Ancestry[3] | 1813-1921 | Ancestry[4] | 1813-1989 | Ancestry[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Indexes | 1561-1837 | Joiner[6] | |||||||||||||||||
Marnhull parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| FREG = FreeREG - free[7] |
| Marnhull Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FREG | 1561-1857 | 1560-1839 | 1560-1880 | |||
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. 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]
- ↑ John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, publ. London and Edinburgh: 1870. Date accessed: 08 July 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 'Search Marriage Records in Dorset,' The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 24 June 2012.
- ↑ 'Dorset Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 10 January 2014.
