England, Kent, Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
The first of these collections consists of Parish Registers for the County of Kent. The records contain baptisms, marriages, and deaths for parishes throughout Kent. Availability of records vary by year and locality.

The secon collection consists of Bishop's Transcripts for the County of Kent. The records contain yearly summaries of baptisms, marriages, and deaths for parishes throughout Kent. Availability of the records varies by year and locality, and most submissions end by the year 1900.

These project are part of an agreement with the Centre for Kentish to digitize and publish our microfilm holdings. The images have all been scanned and delivered. We will be creating waypoint data with the help of the archive, we will publish images for FamilySearch Members and deliver the data to the archive as they are implementing the "Reading Room Solution".

Kent Dioceses and Deaneries
The Diocese of Rochester

The Diocese of Canterbury

Bridge Deanery
Adisham Ash, near Sandwich Beaksborne Boughton Aluph Barham Bishopsborne Bridge Brooke Challock Chartham Chilham Chillenden, Crundal Elmstone Godmersham Gunston Upper Hardres Ickham Kingston Littleborne Molash Nonington Patricksborne Petham Preston, near Fordwich Staple Stelling Stodmarsh Sturmouth Waltham Wickhambreaux Wimlingswold Wingham Wye.

Canterbury Deanery
St. Alphage, All Saints St. Andrew St. George St. Margaret St. Mary Bredin St. Mary Bredman St. Mary Burgate St. Mary Northgate St. Mildred St. Paul Canterbury St. Peter Canterbury Blean St. Martin, Near Canterbury St. Dunstan, Milton, Fordwich, Hackington Harbledown, St. Michael and All Angels Harbledown, St. Nicholas Leper Hospital seeHarbledown,_Kent Lower Hardres Nackington Sturry Thanington Westgate, near Canterbury.

Charing Deanery
Ashford Benenden Bethersden Biddenden Boughton Malherbe Charing Great Chart Little Chart Cranbrooke Eastwell Egerton Frittenden Halden Hawkhurst Hedcorne Hothfield Kennington Newenden Pluckley Rolvenden Sandhurst Smarden Tenterden Westwell.

Dover Deanery
Alcham Bewsfield alias Whitfield Buckland, near Dover Capel, near Folkestone Charlton, near Dover Cheriton Cliffe, near Dover St. James's, and St. Mary's, Dover Ewell Folkestone Guston Hawkinge Hougham Lydden St. Margaret's, near Dover Newington near Hythe Polton River Swingfield

Elham Deanery
Acrise Bircholt Braborne Denton, near Elham Elham Elmsted Hastingligh Hythe Horton Monks Lyminge Postling Paddlesworth near Dover Saltwoood Stanford Stowting Wooton

Lympne Deanery
Aldington Appledore Bilsington Blackmanstone Bonnington Brenzett Brookland Burmarsh Dymchurch Eastbridge Ebeney Fairfield Hurst Hinxhill West Hythe Hope Ivychurch Kenarton, Kingsnorth Lydd Lympne St. Mary near Romney Mersham Midley Newchurch Orgarswick Orlestone New and Old Romney Ruckinge Sellindge Sevington Shadoxhurst Smeeth Snargate Snave Stone in Oxney Warehorne Wilsborough Wittersham Woodchurch

Ospringe Deanery
Badlemere Buckland, near Faversham Boughton Blean Davington Doddington Easling Faversham Goodnestone near Faversham Harty Graveney with Goodnestone Hernhill Leveland Linsted Luddenham Newnham Norton Ore Ospringe Preston, near Faversham Otterden Selling Sheldwich Stallisfield Stone, near Faversham Tenham Throwley

Sandwich Deanery
Barson Betteshanger Coldred Deal Eastry Eythorne Ham Knolton East Langdon West Langdon Great Mongeham Little Mongeham Norborne Ringwold Ripple Sandwich St. Clement Sandwich St. Mary Sandwich St. Peter Shebbertswold (old Diocesan record spelling) Sholden Stonar Sutton, near Dover Tilmanstone Waldershare Walmer Woodnesborough Worde

Sittingbourne Deanery
Bapchild Bicknor Bobbing Borden Bredgar Eastchurch Elmley Halstow the Lower Hartlip Iwade Kingsdowne, near Sittingbourne Leysdowne Milsted Milton near Sittingbourne Minster in Sheppey Murston Newington, near Sittingborne Rainham Rodmersham Sittingbourne Stockbury Tonge Tunstall Upchurch Warden Wichling

Sutton Deanery
Boxley Bredhurst Bromfield Bersted Boughton Monchelsea Chart near Sutton Detling Frinsted Goudhurst Harrietsham Hollingborne Hucking Langley Leeds Lenham Linton Loose Maidstone Marden Otham Staplehurst East Sutton Sutton Valence Thurnham Ulcombe Wormsell.

Westbere Deanery
Birchington in Thanet, Chislet Herne Hoth St. John Thanet. St. Laurence Minster in Thanet Monkton St. Nicholas St. Peter Sarre Reculver Seasalter Swaycliffe Westbere Whitstable Wood alias Woodchurch, in Thanet

Record Content
The key genealogical facts found in Baptism records generally contain the following information:




 * Child's Christian Name
 * Mother's Christian Name
 * Mother's Maiden Name
 * Father's Christian Name
 * Father's Occupation
 * Father's Duality Trade or Profession
 * When baptism was performed

The key genealogical facts found in marriage records may contain the following information:






 * When marriage was performed
 * Groom's full name
 * Bride's full maiden name
 * Groom's age at marriage
 * Bride's age at marriage
 * Condition (Usually Bachelor (Groom) and Spinster (Bride))
 * Rank or Profession
 * Residence at the time of marriage
 * Groom's and Bride's Father's name and surname
 * Groom's and Bride's Mother's name
 * Rank or profession of both fathers

The key genealogical facts found in burial records may contain the following information:




 * Name of Deceased
 * Where died
 * Date of burial
 * Name of cemetery
 * Age at death
 * By whom the ceremony was performed

Related Websites
Kent Archives

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England Church Records

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 * “Delaware Marriage Records,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 4 March 2011), entry for William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, married 23 November 1913; citing marriage certificate no. 859; FHL microfilm 2,025,063; Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.
 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 21 March 2011), entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.

Citation for This Collection
The following citation refers to the original source of the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher, and archive for the original records.

"England, Kent, Bishop's Transcripts, 1560-1904." FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org). Kent Archives, Maidstone, England. FHL digital images, 68 digital folders. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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