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Print, Photographic - Two identical photographs of a drawing by Maria Holley Sheldon a] On Back: Asa Farwell house 1777 at Dorset, great-great grandfather of Clara Kellogg Turk, Licensed as a tavern by the state b] On Back: Asa Farwell Tavern, Drawing by Maria Holley Sheldon from an older drawing. Ms. Bley generously willed her house to the Society.
Dorset Family History Society Treetops Research Centre Suite 5, Stanley House, 3, Fleets Lane, Poole Dorset BH15 3AJ Tel: (01202) 785623 Email: Contact Us. We formed with the aim of researching and documenting more of the history of this great … We formed with the aim of researching and documenting more of the history of this great … Obviously, as the Dorset Family History Society, we are specialists in Dorset ancestry, but we also have access to worldwide resources.Dorset FHS provides facilities at our Centre where experienced and friendly volunteers are available to give one to one advice and assistance on any research questions and problems. The Dorset Historical Society was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1963. We are here to help you, wherever your ancestors lived and wherever you live.
the science of an eternal spirit life.”Spiritualism, the belief and practice of speaking with the dead, often quoting the New Testament and espousing pseudo-scientific concepts, was enormously popular around the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, and was practiced in Dorset at least beginning in the early 1860s.These letters provide a small glimpse into the spiritual world views of many people in this area. The archives are now available for researchers. The Spirit Writer, Isaac Smith, was asked about a sensitive marital problem. A little deeper research shows the advice was not heeded, and the couple remained married until the husband’s death 26 years later.Lastly, a undated letter asks, “My Superior Spirit Controller, can the people be truthfully informed as to the manner of Dr. Phelp’s Spirit inspired discovery?”Dr. 802-867-0331 E-mail: info@dorsetvthistory.org — Open Hours — Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 10-4 p.m. Saturday, 10-2 p.m. Other days and times by appointment The retired local minister, Prentiss Pratt had recommended divorce, and the Spirit Guide agreed, and went as far as to recommend a replacement husband. To me, it could be an amusement park. The building is an exhibit in and of itself as the abandoned house was first moved to Dorset in the 1930s from Hebron, NY. 6 Western Road, Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset BH13 7BN Tel No: 01202 707867 03/03/09. “Of course this planet earth’s inhabitants have now commenced an unprejudiced investigation of this the most important of spiritual scientific truths, viz. Somerset & Dorset Family History Society July 22nd, 9:38 am In 2018, the Society published Secure the shadow – Somerset photographers 1839–1939, available in our online shop, but that was not the end of the project for the book's three authors, who have continued their research.
If further research is needed, the Dorset Historical Society will provide a list of professional genealogists whom the requester may hire.The Dorset Historical Society is always interested in receiving histories, records and details about Dorset families and their descendants. Although some families are covered in only a half-page, others have fifty-plus pages that trace lines back to the immigrant ancestor, along with obituaries, photographs, and other interesting information. The Celery Compound.”Revelations from beyond the great veil, or advertisement? Urial Kent, who died in 1872, in a letter to his son Charles B. Kent in 1892, chastises, “This is for you, my bigoted and unenlightened son, to commence to use your reasoning powers in another direction.” That direction? The Dorset Historical Society's museum is in the former home of Elsa W. Bley, longtime Dorset resident, artist and teacher. The original handwritten Pratt papers now belong to the Dorset Historical Society, together with Dr. Pratt's Record of Marriages (1848-1885).The Dorset Historical Society houses a large collection of materials which may be used for genealogical research. We will do our best to assist you, whatever your level of experience. Somerset & Dorset Family History Society July 22nd, 9:38 am In 2018, the Society published Secure the shadow – Somerset photographers 1839–1939, available in our online shop, but that was not the end of the project for the book's three authors, who have continued their research. © 2005 - 2020 Dorset Family History Society. THE PRATT GENEALOGIES. The letter is dated September, 1891.This letter is one in a file folder which includes several “Spirit Letters” written between 1890-1893.
Field was a marble dealer who lived on Church Street (just east of the entrance to the Field Club).
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In 1989, the Society published Dorset Tasmania History Society, Scottsdale, Tasmania. The Society's purposes are: to discover and collect materials that will help establish or illustrate the history of Dorset, Vermont; to provide for the preservation of relevant collections; to exhibit archival materials and disseminate historical information; and to educate members of the Society and the public. Bley House became the organization's permanent headquarters in 1991. Among the museum's featured exhibits are Fenton stoneware, paintings by Dorset artists, and in the Marble Gallery, a large display that showcases 130 years of quarrying, hauling, and finishing marble in Dorset and East Dorsetall part of the town's most historically significant industry. These include the written descriptions of what the dead who materialized at séances had to say to the living. The Dorset Historical Society dedicated the reopening of their home and museum, Bley House, on September 24, 2006, after a year of work moving and renovating. It is a key Society in the small but thriving West Dorset village of Cerne Abbas nestling in the Downs, with a present day population of 820. Bley House became the organization's permanent headquarters in 1991.