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==== Parish Registers  ====
==== 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''.  
{{RecordSearch|1952887|Kent Bishop's Transcripts: 1560-1904}}: Additional detailed source information is available in the [[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>
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].<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>


==== Marriage Licences  ====
==== Marriage Licences  ====

Revision as of 22:44, 31 August 2013

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Finding the Records[edit | edit source]

Original Records[edit | edit source]

Records of the Church of England parishes are deposited in several record repositories in Kent.  The first two in the list hold the records of the majority of parishes, and the others hold records for specific areas.  Click on a repository link to go to their website and online catalogues:

Parish Registers[edit | edit source]

Kent Bishop's Transcripts: 1560-1904: Additional detailed source information is available in the England,_Kent,_Parish_Registers_and_Bishop's_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Wiki provided by FamilySearch Historical Record Collection.

32% of Kent's parishes are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.[1]

Marriage Licences[edit | edit source]

88,166 Canterbury marriage licences are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index at FindMyPast ($) covering the years 1568 to 1751.[2]

Canterbury marriage licences have been published:

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' British Origins, (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013.
  2. "Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county," Origins.net, accessed 13 March 2012.