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The following services are available to members and non-members

contact:

Treetops Research Centre

bullet No search will be conducted until payment has been received (e-mail or telephone for a quote)
bullet The fee quoted is per search, and cannot be refunded if the search fails to find anything
bullet Please provide an e-mail address, if possible, so that we can deal with any queries, and to return search results
bullet Results will only be posted if a suitably sized s.a.e. is supplied, or Rate A p&p is paid
bullet Members please quote your membership number in all correspondence
bullet Payment by Sterling cheque please, payable to "The Dorset Family History Society"

Customers may now pay by credit card through The Parish Chest (no VAT)

Some of the records are on Link to FHOL and may be searched at a very modest price (only pence)

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Parish Registers

See Parish Register for details of transcribed records.

Fee is per surname, per parish, for a Baptism or Marriage or Burial transcription record.

Search fee: Members £2 – Non Members £4

Monumental Inscription Surnames Index

This gives a list of the requested Surnames with the name of the Cemetery where the name is located.

Fee is per surname searched.

Search fee: Members £2 – Non Members £3

Monumental Inscription Transcription

Fee is for a full M. I. transcription per surname, per parish.

Search fee: Members £3 – Non Members £6

Dorset Strays Index

(A Dorset stray is someone who was born in the county, but has subsequently appeared in documentation at a new location outside of the county. Strays revealed by the 1881 census are excluded due to the easy availability of that information elsewhere.)

Fee is for full information per surname.

Search fee: Members £2 – Non Members £4

Information on new Strays to Mr Richard Allen – c/o Treetops Research Centre

UK 1841- 1901 Census Index

Please give fullest possible family details to assist in the search.

Fee is for a specific search for a single person / family.

Search fee: Members £4 – Non Members £6

For blanket searches, please write first with sae, or e-mail, for a quote. Searches £2.00 (non-members £4.00) per surname.

Early Census

Corfe Castle 1790-91

Poole 1574

Fee is per surname.

Search fee: Members £2 – Non Members £4

Index to Dorset Wills & Admons (1568-1799 approx)

The index is of Wills and Admons proved in the courts of the Diocese of Bristol, the Archdeaconry of Dorset and several Peculiars. It provides a surname search facility and yields a reference to locate the deed plus, in some cases, additional information.

Search Fee: Members £3 – Non Members £6 per surname searched

Member's Interest Surname Index

Only available to Members. Please quote Membership number.

FREE

Information on new Member's Interests to Mr Richard Allen – c/o Treetops Research Centre

Newspaper Index (Mainly Births, Marriages and Deaths)

Christchurch & Bournemouth Chronicle 1872 -1875

Dorset Free Press 1874 -1875

Parkstone Reminder 1880 -1881

Poole & SW Herald 1865

Poole & Dorset Herald 1881 - 1887 and 1891

Fee is per surname searched.

Search fee: Members £2 – Non Members £4

IGI 1992 Edition

The Society holds microfiche copies for ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, WALES and the CHANNEL ISLANDS.

Fee is per surname per county.

Search fee: Members £3 – Non Members £6

Mates Directory of Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch 1939

Fee is per surname searched (for common names please quote initials).

Search fee: Members £2 – Non Members £4

Index of Surnames in Dorset FHS Journals Vols 1-19

Contact Mr J H Burnard direct, at 13 Buce Hayes Close, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5HJ.

Fee is per surname searched.

Search fee: Members £2 – Non Members £4

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