Guides to records
The Dorset History Centre holds over six miles of original records ranging from parish registers through school log books to probate inventories. But what are parish registers, what are school log books, what are probate inventories?
Our guides to records will give an introduction to the kind of records that can be found at the Dorset History Centre, giving details of what they were, what they were used for and what information they contain.
We also offer online guides to tackling particular types of research:
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