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Tracker: Goal 5: Learn about Dorset probate and land records.
Choices
ALearn about Dorset probate and land records.
- Learn about Dorset probate records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Dorset Probate Records - Explore wills and probate records on the Dorset History Centre site.
- Explore deeds by surname on the FamilyDeeds site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for probate and land records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Ann Rapor was admitted to the Dorchester Prison. Use the "AC: Dorset, England, Dorchester Prison Admission and Discharge Registers 1792-1901" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- How old was Ann Rapor in the record?
- What is the name of her husband?
- What was Ann's crime, and how long was her imprisonment?
- In the search screen, enter "Ann" as the first name and "Rapor" as the last name; then click Search.
- Click on her name in the search results.
- Click the original image for the answers.
- Ann was 22.
- Her husband is William Rapor.
- She was imprisoned for 6 months for aiding a soldier to desert.
QUIKLinks
- AC: Dorset, England, Land Tax Returns, 1780-1832
- AC: Dorset, England, Dorchester Prison Admission and Discharge Registers, 1782-1901
- AC: Dorset, England, Poor Law and Church of England Parish Records, 1511-1997
- AC: Dorset, England, Quarter Sessions Order Books, 1625-1905
- AC: Dorset, England, Tithe Apportion and Maps, 1835-1850