Kent Church Records

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Original Records

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

Kent Bishop's Transcripts: 1560-1904: Additional detailed source information is available in the Wiki provided by FamilySearch Historical Record Collection.

292,808 Kent entries are included in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.[1]

32% of Kent's parishes are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.[2]

Burials from 44 Kent places (156,783 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.[3]

Marriage Licences

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

  1. 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,' Genoot, accessed 1 September 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' British Origins, (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "bmi" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 1 September 2013.