Hanford, Dorset Genealogy

England   Dorset   Dorset Parishes

Parish History
Hanford.-- A parish, N. Dorset, on river Stour, 4 miles NW. of Blandford, 460 ac; contains the seat of Hanford House.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The &lt;a href="England Civil Registration"&gt;civil registration&lt;/a&gt; article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is &lt;a href="http://freebmd.org.uk/"&gt;FreeBMD&lt;/a&gt;.

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to &lt;a href="Dorset Probate Records"&gt;Dorset Probate Records&lt;/a&gt; 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * &lt;a href="http://maps.familysearch.org/"&gt;England Jurisdictions 1851&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp"&gt;Vision of Britain&lt;/a&gt;