Hello I've been gathering together as many Dorset death certificates as I can (for the period 1837-75) and have now transcribed them and set up a free-to-use website. The website address is www.dorsetdci.com - easy to remember as "dci" means "Death Certificate Index". As of today there are details from 400 certificates. Obviously 400 is only a drop in the ocean. If you have any Dorset death certificates for 1837-75 please send me a scan (email them to [email protected]) and I will publish the information. I'm including everything on the certificate apart from the name of the registrar and the date of registration. The search facility means you can search for the name of the deceased, the occupation, place of death, cause of death and details of the "informant" (the person who reported the death). If you use the site and don't find anything, then do re-visit from time to time and look at the "Updates" page: that will tell you if anything has been added to the site since your last visit. My own interest is sickness and poverty in the 1850s but I thought I'd cast the net a bit wider to make the site more useful to other people. I'm interested in the diseases people *lived* with and not just the ones they died of. Some certificates give information about how long individuals had their particular illness before they died - there are some examples of people being ill for 15 or 20 years. Anyway, I hope the site is useful to others - and please send me scans of your Dorset death certificates. Many thanks. Mark

Thank you Mark -- I have found one of my ancestors in your list! Cheers, Molly from New Zealand -----Original Message----- From: dorsetdead--- via DORSET <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 6 April 2018 9:13 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [DOR] Dorset death certificates Hello I've been gathering together as many Dorset death certificates as I can (for the period 1837-75) and have now transcribed them and set up a free-to-use website. The website address is www.dorsetdci.com - easy to remember as "dci" means "Death Certificate Index". As of today there are details from 400 certificates. Obviously 400 is only a drop in the ocean. If you have any Dorset death certificates for 1837-75 please send me a scan (email them to [email protected]) and I will publish the information. I'm including everything on the certificate apart from the name of the registrar and the date of registration. The search facility means you can search for the name of the deceased, the occupation, place of death, cause of death and details of the "informant" (the person who reported the death). If you use the site and don't find anything, then do re-visit from time to time and look at the "Updates" page: that will tell you if anything has been added to the site since your last visit. My own interest is sickness and poverty in the 1850s but I thought I'd cast the net a bit wider to make the site more useful to other people. I'm interested in the diseases people *lived* with and not just the ones they died of. Some certificates give information about how long individuals had their particular illness before they died - there are some examples of people being ill for 15 or 20 years. Anyway, I hope the site is useful to others - and please send me scans of your Dorset death certificates. Many thanks. Mark _______________________________________________ *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) _______________________________________________ You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe View the archives for this list at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

This post reminds me of a mystery concerning my 4g-grandfather John Frampton of Longham. His certificate is one of the collection. He died on 15 August 1849 aged 71, death registered on 18th. Cause of death not known, not certified, no medical attendant. Curiously, he was not buried until 30 November. Does anyone have any idea what might have happened to delay the burial? Suspicious circumstances? How did they keep the body for more than 3 months? Any suggestions welcomed! Francis Auckland, NZ > On 07 April 2018 at 11:43 Molly Bowditch <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > Thank you Mark -- I have found one of my ancestors in your list! > Cheers, Molly from New Zealand > > -----Original Message----- > From: dorsetdead--- via DORSET <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > Sent: Friday, 6 April 2018 9:13 PM > To: [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > Cc: [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > Subject: [DOR] Dorset death certificates > > Hello > > I've been gathering together as many Dorset death certificates as I can (for > the period 1837-75) and have now transcribed them and set up a free-to-use > website. The website address is www.dorsetdci.com - easy to remember as > "dci" means "Death Certificate Index". As of today there are details from > 400 certificates. > > Obviously 400 is only a drop in the ocean. If you have any Dorset death > certificates for 1837-75 please send me a scan (email them to > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] ) and I will publish the information. I'm including > everything on the certificate apart from the name of the registrar and the > date of registration. The search facility means you can search for the name > of the deceased, the occupation, place of death, cause of death and details > of the "informant" (the person who reported the death). If you use the site > and don't find anything, then do re-visit from time to time and look at the > "Updates" page: that will tell you if anything has been added to the site > since your last visit. > > My own interest is sickness and poverty in the 1850s but I thought I'd cast > the net a bit wider to make the site more useful to other people. I'm > interested in the diseases people *lived* with and not just the ones they > died of. Some certificates give information about how long individuals had > their particular illness before they died - there are some examples of > people being ill for 15 or 20 years. > > Anyway, I hope the site is useful to others - and please send me scans of > your Dorset death certificates. Many thanks. > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > _______________________________________________ > You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb > Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > > To unsubscribe send an email to > mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > View the archives for this list at: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. > Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community >