Material Held:
- General Register Office Births 1890 1945
- General Register OfficeMarriages 1890 - 1945
- International Genealogical Index (1992 Edition) which covers much of the world, including the UK, Eire, USA and Canada.

- Parish Registers on microfilm:
Allington, Askerswell, Beaminster, Bettiscombe, Bothenhampton, Bradpole, Bridport Broadwindsor, Burstock, Burton Bradstock, Charmouth, Chedington, Chideock, Chilcombe, Compton Valence, Hook, Little Bredy, Litton Cheney, Loders, Long Bredy, Lyme Regis, Mapperton, Marshwood, Monkton Wyld, Mosterton, Netherbury, North Poorton, Pilsdon, Powerstock, Puncknowle, Salway Ash, Seaborough, Shipton Gorge, South Perrott, Stanton St Gabriel, Stoke Abbot, Swyre, Symondsbury, Thorncombe, Toller Fratrum, Toller Pocorum, Walditch, Wootton Fitzpaine and Wynford Eagle.

Transcripts of nominal rolls
includes Tudor Muster Rolls, Protestation Returns, Hearth Tax, Yeomanry etc.

Publications
on Dorset, such as Hutchins, Coker and Pouncey.
recent books on the local area and related subjects.
on local history and genealogy research.

Other Material
a range of family histories and private research.
collections of articles, notes etc on local subjects.

Journals
'Proceedings' of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society.
'The Greenwood Tree', of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society.

Photographs
Copies of the Museum's collection is available to view and order copies of (depending on copyright).