Findmypast adds Dorset BMBs

Further transcripts of Dorset parish records abstracted by volunteers of the Dorset Family History Society have been added to Findmypast.

Over 68,000 new baptism records from 86 Dorset parish churches have been added bringing the total to more than 389,000 records from more than 250 parishes.

More than 42,000 new records from 47 Dorset parishes mean there are now a total of just under 648,000 marriage transcript records taken from the marriage registers of more than 384 churches, chapels and Quaker Meetings.

The Dorset Burials collections sees the addition of over 52,000 new records covering 57 burial sites bringing the total number of transcripts to more than 381,000 records from 342 burial grounds.

There's a list of Dorset links of genealogical interest at www.dorsetfhs.org.uk/links.htm