If you are looking for ancestors in Weymouth and Dorchester in 1841, you may be interested to know that the Somerset and Dorset FHS have now published the 1841 census indexes for these towns: Weymouth is vol 3 and includes Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Wyke Regis, Weymouth Cavalry Barracks and Weymouth Workhouse Dorchester is vol 6 and includes Bradford Peverell, Charminster, Dorchester All Saints, Dorchester St Peters, Dorchester Union House, Dorchester Barracks, Fordington, Stinsford, Stratton, West Stafford, Winterbourne Abbas, Winterbourne St Martin, Winterton Steepleton. There are also 4 publications covering the Bridport area. They are available in booklet form, fiche and floppy disc. This is part of an on-going project which hopes to be completed within the next year, followed by a searchable all-county CD rom as per 1851 and 1891. Please see the publications page of the website http://www/sdfhs.org for prices and ordering details. It is a good idea to bookmark these pages and look at them from time to time as all new publications or additions to the book store are added within a couple of days of publication/acquisition As many of you know, I am a member of both the Family History Societies (Somerset and Dorset and Dorset) and am happy to support and promote both groups equally by posting about their new publications, meetings etc. Helen Cross posted to Eng-Dorset@British-Genealogy Helen Jones, Weymouth, Dorset http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk List Admin Rootsweb Eng Dorset & Scammell Lists, and British Genealogy Eng-Dorset, Surnames & Forenames list