Poole St James, Dorset Genealogy
Guide to Poole St James, Dorset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Poole St James, Dorset | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Poole |
| County | Dorset |
| Poor Law Union | Poole |
| Registration District | Poole |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1538; Separate registers exist for Poole St Paul beginning 1833 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1802; Separate records exist for Poole St Paul beginning 1847 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Whitchurch |
| Diocese | Salisbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Peculiar of Canford Magna and Poole |
| Location of Archive | |
| Dorset Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Poole, municipal borough and parish, seaport and market town, and county in itself, Dorset, on a tongue of land on N side of Poole harbour, 5 miles (by omnibus) W of Bournemouth, 30 miles E of Dorchester, and 118½ miles SW of London. Poole St James, 160 acres, embracing also Hamworthy parish, and Longfleet and Parkstone townships, Canford Magna parish.[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 | 1653-1905 | findmypast[6] | 1804-1837 | findmypast[7] | 1730-1901 | findmypast[8] | |||||||||||||
| 1802-1830 1872-1880 |
FamilySearch[9] | 1810-1848 | Ancestry[10] | 1872-1880 | OnlineParishClerks | ||||||||||||||
| 1802-1880 | Ancestry[11] | 1831-1846 | FamilySearch[12] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1872-1880 | OnlineParishClerks | ||||||||||||||||||
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]
- ↑ John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England Wales, publ. London and Edinburgh: 1870. Date accessed: 09 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.
- ↑ 'Dorset Baptism Index,' Find My Past, accessed 21 May 2012.
- ↑ 'Dorset Marriages,' Find My Past, accessed 21 May 2012.
- ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage,' Find My Past, accessed 11 April 2012. For a breakdown of missing years, see 'National Burial Index - Coverage: Dorset,' Federation of Family History Societies, accessed 23 April 2012.
- ↑ Batches C159801, C159803, see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Dorset, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 21 May 2012.
- ↑ 'Vital Records Index - British Isles - Collection List,' British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd ed., hosted at Genoot, accessed 15 May 2012.
- ↑ 'Vital Records Index - British Isles - Collection List,' British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd ed., hosted at Genoot, accessed 21 May 2012.
- ↑ Batch M159802, see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Dorset, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 21 May 2012.
