Canterbury Christchurch Cathedral, Kent Genealogy

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Here is a "Comprehensive List of Parishes and Churches within the City of Canterbury".

Parish History
Canterbury Christ Church Cathedral was founded around 604 AD and rebuilt following fire in 1067 to form the present building Canterbury Cathedral Wikipedia

A history of the church is available at Kent Family History Society

The Cathedral church of Christ Church has been designated as a grade I listed building and many other buildings within the precincts have also been listed British listed building

The Canterbury Cathedral Archives contain the deposited records of the Archdeaconries of the Diocese of Canterbury and are located within the Cathedral precinct. The Archive is staffed by archivists from Kent County Council and some records for the diocese will in future be available at the developing Kent Archive Family History Centre and the existing Centre for Kentish Studies has copies of deposited records for Diocese of Canterbury parishes in East Kent.

The church is referred to in Edward Hasted, History of the cathedral', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 11 (1800), pp. 306-383. British History Online and Hasted has further description of the Cathedral Precints.

Civil Registration
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
Family History Library film numbers original records in possession of Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury, Kent, England. Canterbury Cathedral Archives no.: U3/146/1/1-11

original records housed at the Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury, Kent. Canterbury Cathedral Archives no.: DCb/BT2/46

For an overview of the City Canterbury Kent Online Parish Clerks

International Genealogical Index Christenings 1564-1861 Batch (P020651) Marriages 1583-1878 Batch (M020651) FamilySearch microfilm holdings are not readily pin pointed due to the hierarchy of the currently available catalogue online, the search terms England, Kent, Canterbury produce 206 microfilm holdings.

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

Census records
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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.

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Web sites
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