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::Dorset History Centre holds parish registers for 300 different parishes around Dorset. The registers contain records of baptisms, marriages and burials around the county. To check we have the registers for the parish you are interested in please [https://archive-catalogue.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/ '''search our catalogue'''] or view our [https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/285064/Parish+registers+held+by+the+Dorset+History+Centre.pdf/ae9d4e24-8134-ca73-52e5-78869a0ca982 '''full list of parish registers.'''] Our [https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/285064/Dorset+History+Centre+-+Guide+to+Parish+Registers.pdf/0c9967ea-b54d-fd60-80d4-9e4d8f33a483 '''guide to parish registers'''] gives more details on how to use parish registers and is designed to help you make the most of the archives held at the History Centre.

:Additional records include '''family and estate archives, newspapers, audio and oral history, business records, court, prison, police records, electoral registers, maps, school records, and wills''' among others.

:The Dorset History Centre brings together two services – the Dorset Record Office and Dorset County Local Studies Library. The centre is the archives service and local studies library for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole.