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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]  [[Kent]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]  [[Kent Church Records|Kent Church Records]]''  
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== Finding the Records  ==
== Finding the Records  ==
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*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ Medway Area Archives Office, Rochester], at Strood. (they have indexes and images of numerous records, including parish registers, searchable online)
*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ Medway Area Archives Office, Rochester], at Strood. (they have indexes and images of numerous records, including parish registers, searchable online)


==== Canterbury Marriage Licences ====
==== Parish Registers ====
 
{{RecordSearch|1952887|Kent Bishop's Transcripts: 1560-1904}}: Additional detailed source information is available in the [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England,_Kent,_Parish_Registers_and_Bishop%27s_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Wiki] provided by ''FamilySearch Historical Record Collection''.
 
32% of Kent's parishes are indexed in [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series Boyd's Marriage Index] (£). [http://web.archive.org/web/20110108232623/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-KEN.aspx Coverage]. Popular places to marry included the towns of [[Ludlow, Shropshire|Ludlow]], [[Oswestry, Shropshire|Oswestry]], and the [[Shrewsbury St Chad, Shropshire|Church of St Chad in Shrewsbury]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110108232623/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-KEN.aspx 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,'] ''British Origins,'' (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013.</ref>


88,166 marriage licences are indexed in [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series Boyd's Marriage Index] at FindMyPast ($) covering the years 1568 to 1751.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110108163855/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-KEN.aspx "Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,"] ''Origins.net,'' accessed 13 March 2012.</ref>
==== Marriage Licences  ====


Canterbury marriage licences have been published:
88,166 Canterbury marriage licences are indexed in [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series Boyd's Marriage Index] at FindMyPast ($) covering the years 1568 to 1751.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110108163855/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-KEN.aspx "Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,"] ''Origins.net,'' accessed 13 March 2012.</ref>
 
Canterbury marriage licences have been published:  


*'''1568-1618''' at [http://archive.org/details/canterburymarria01cant Internet Archive] - free.
*'''1568-1618''' at [http://archive.org/details/canterburymarria01cant Internet Archive] - free.


*'''1619-1660''' at [http://archive.org/details/canterburymarria02cant Internet Archive] - free.
*'''1619-1660''' at [http://archive.org/details/canterburymarria02cant Internet Archive] - free.
==== Parish Registers  ====
[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1952887 Bishop Transcriptt: 1560-1904]: Additional detailed source information is avialable in the [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England,_Kent,_Parish_Registers_and_Bishop%27s_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Wiki]&nbsp;provided by ''FamilySearch Historical Record Collection''.


== References  ==
== References  ==
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