East Greenwich Christ Church, Kent Genealogy

Guide to East Greenwich, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
East Greenwich Christ Church Trafalgar Road was formed as an Ecclesiastical parish in 1840 from Greenwich St Alfege, Kent Ancient Parish.

The church was built 1846-1849 to design by John Brown and Robert Kerr. The church was declared redundant in 1987 and partly demolished, the remainder is a community centre (the Forum). The new church (built 1989) is adjacent but connected to the old church building. It is now within the East Greenwich Team Ministry.

Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
 * Type the name of the parish in the search bar
 * Click on the location pin on the map
 * Choose Options from the pop up box
 * Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Kent ($)
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Kent ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records

 * Ancestry UK Census Collection ($)
 * 1841-1891 Census returns for Greenwich FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Findmypast Census ($)

Poor Law Unions

 * Greenwich 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.
 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Anglican Parishes in London (courtesy: WeRelate)
 * Christ Church, East Greenwich, Church of England GENUKI
 * Kent History and Library Centre Kent County Council