Minster in Thanet, Kent Genealogy

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Parish History

Minster in Thanet St Mary is an Ancient Parish which included Acol within the parish boundary.

The church of St Mary Station Road Minster has been designated as a grade I listed building {http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-419683-church-of-saint-mary-minster+ British listed building]

Acol is a hamlet and civil parish Acol Wikipedia

From the extensive parish with the growth of Westgate on Sea Westgate on Sea Wikipedia were formed in the civil parish of Margate the Anglican parishes of

Westgate St  James

Westgate St Saviour  Westgate Bay Avenue Margate.The church of St Saviour dates from 1873-1874 and has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

Resources

Civil Registration

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.

The Mansion House
(Certificate Centre)
Grove Hill Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN1 1EP

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records

Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Acol Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Family History Library film numbers
Minster

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. 

Census records

Minster Census 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions

Thanet Poor Law Union, Kent

Probate records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to 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.

Maps and Gazetteers

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites

Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.