Dorset Family History Society

The Dorset Family History Society have a couple of courses on offer for genealogists.

The beginner’s course goes back to 1837 and the intermediate course covers research before 1837.

At £25 for two days both courses are inexpensive and affordable. According to their website subjects covered may include:

Beginners

How to begin

Surnames

Civil Registration from 1837

Researching on the Internet

Using computers

Census 1841-1901

Intermediate

Brief re-cap on Beginners Course

Parish Registers

Parish Chest

Wills & Probate

Local Repositories

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