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Civil registration records are excellent sources for names, dates, relationships, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. See [[England Civil Registration]] for more information.
Civil registration records are excellent sources for names, dates, relationships, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. See [[England Civil Registration]] for more information.
The mandatory '''civil registration''' of [[births]], [[marriages]], and [[deaths]] in Dorset was introduced on 1 July 1837 and it was throughout [[England Civil Registration|England]]. The registration districts were organised based on [[Dorset Poor Law Unions|poor law unions]]. Records are held in the [[Dorset Record Office]].


==Civil Registration Districts==
==Civil Registration Districts==
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