Ancestry adds Dorset, England, Poor Law Settlement and Removal Records, 1682-1862

Find searchable images of removal orders, settlement certificates, papers and examinations archived at the Dorset History Centre now on Ancestry. If you find an examination for an ancestor you'll often be able to read their life story.

The communities included, you don't need to know that for the neame search, are: Beaminster, Bere Regis, Blandford Forum, Bradford Abbas with Clifton Maybank, Broadwindsor, Buckland Newton, Burton Bradstock, Canford Magna, Castleton, Cerne Abbas, Corfe Castle, Corscombe, Cranborne, East Stour, Folke, Fontmell Magna, Fordington - St George, Frampton, Glanvilles Wootton, Hammoon, Hampreston, Hermitage, Hilton, Holnest,, Holwell, Kington Magna, Langton Herring, Litton Cheney, Long Crichel, Longburton, Lydlinch, Lyme Regis, Maiden Newton, Melbury Bubb, Melbury Osmond with Melbury Sampford, Milton, Abbas, Minterne Magna, Mosterton, Motcombe, Nether Compton, Netherbury with Salway Ash, North Poorton, Pimperne, Poole, Powerstock, Puddletown, Rampisham, Sandford Orcas, Seaborough, Sherborne, Shipton Gorge, Sixpenny Handley, South Perrott, Stoke Abbott, Stour Provost, Sturminster Marshall, Sydling, St Nicholas, Symondsbury, Tarrant Monkton with Tarrant Launceston and, Wareham