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| Guide to '''Langley, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| | [[Image:Langley_St_Mary_Kent.jpg|thumb|right|Langley St Mary]] |
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| | == Parish History == |
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| {{England Parish Infobox
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| | Place = Langley
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| | image = Langley St Mary Kent.jpg
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| | caption = Langley St Mary Kent
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| | Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
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| | County = Kent
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| | Hundred = Eyhorne
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| | Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Hollingbourne/ Hollingbourne]
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| | Registration District = Hollingbourn
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| | PRbegin = 1644
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| | BTbegin = 1563
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| | Province = Canterbury
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| | Diocese = Canterbury
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| | Archdeaconry =
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| | Rural Deanery = Sutton
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| | Probate Court = Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
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| | Archive = [[Kent Record Office]]
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| == Parish History == | | == Resources == |
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| LANGLEY (St. Mary), a '''parish''', in the union of Hollingbourne, hundred of Eyhorne, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent, 4 miles SE from Maidstone. There is a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51092#s1 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 23-25. Date accessed: 19 August 2013.</ref>
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| Langley is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langley,_Kent Langley Kent Wikipedia]
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| Langley St Mary is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Canterbury in Kent; a map of the parish boundary may be found at [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/langley-st-mary/ A church near you]
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| The church of St Mary Langley, Sutton Hill, has been designated as a grade II* listed building.[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-174121-church-of-st-mary-langley British listed building]
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| See Edward Hasted, ''The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent'': Volume 5 (1798), pp. 346-352 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62916 at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Langley Kent Churches website]
| | ==== Civil Registration ==== |
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| == Resources ==
| | This parish was in the Hollingbourne registration district<br> |
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| === Find Neighboring Parishes ===
| | Kent County Council (KCC) has a certificate centre at the Mansion House in Tunbridge Wells which holds all the completed registers for Kent since 1 July 1837 and can supply a certified copy of any Kent birth, death or marriage entry from any register within its custody or a Kent civil partnership registration from the government online database. |
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| Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
| | The Mansion House<br>(Certificate Centre)<br>Grove Hill Road<br>Tunbridge Wells<br>Kent TN1 1EP <br> |
| ::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
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| ::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
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| ::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
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| ::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>
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| === Civil Registration ===
| | Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. |
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| This parish was in the Hollingbourne registration district See [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/maidstone.html Maidstone Registration District]
| | ==== Church records ==== |
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| Kent County Council (KCC) has a certificate centre at the Mansion House in Tunbridge Wells which holds all the completed registers for Kent since 1 July 1837 and can supply a certified copy of any Kent birth, death or marriage entry from any register within its custody or a Kent civil partnership registration from the government online database.
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| The Mansion House (Certificate Centre)<br>Grove Hill Road<br>Tunbridge Wells<br>Kent TN1 1EP
| | Centre for Kentish Studies,County Hall,Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XX |
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| Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
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| *''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>
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| === Church Records ===
| | Fax: 01622 694379 |
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| ''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
| | archives@kent.gov.uk<br> |
| ''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
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| ==== Church of England ====
| | Family History Library film numbers <br>{{FHL|England%2C+Kent%2C+Langley|subject|disp=Langley}} <br><br> |
| <font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
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| *<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
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| *Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
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| '''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
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| | bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Langley Online Parish Records'''
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| | bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Kent
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CKent 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CKent 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CKent 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Parish Registers-Kent
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1952887|1500s-1900s}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1952887|1500s-1900s}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1952887|1500s-1900s}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center> | |
| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast-Kent ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/kent-marriages-and-banns 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/kent-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Kent ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/kent-marriages-and-banns 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Kent ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61746 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61746 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61746 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
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| | bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>
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| '''''Other Websites'''''<br>
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| These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
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| *[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Kent/ Joiner Marriage Index - Kent] ($)<br>
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| *[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] - Links to online genealogical records<br>
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| *[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/kent-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Kent] ($)<br>
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| *[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records<br>
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| ====Nonconformist Records====
| | Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. |
| "Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
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| *'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
| | ==== Census records ==== |
| *[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
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| === Census Records ===
| | Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection. See [[Kent Census]] |
| Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
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| === Poor Law Unions === | | ==== Poor Law Unions ==== |
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| Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Kent Probate Records|Kent Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. | | Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Kent Probate Records|Kent Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. |
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| *See [[England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
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| ==== Local FamilySearch Centre ====
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| *[[Maidstone FamilySearch Centre, Kent]] <br>
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| :*'''[[FamilySearch Center Portal]]''' This centre has access to the FamilySearch Centre Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
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| :*Publication of the restricted access images [[England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records]] and [[England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records]] means that it is advisable to telephone the centre to reserve a computer if you wish to view these collections using the portal.<br>
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | | *[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] |
| *[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain] | | *[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain] |
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