Kent, England Genealogy

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Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Featured Content

 * Kent Online Parish Clerks has transcribed many records of interest to genealogists.


 * Kent History and Library Center in Maidstone houses thousands of old documents about Kent's past.


 * 1570-1907 at FamilySearch — index and images

Jurisdictions
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Kent.

Probate Jurisdictions
Before 1858, every town and parish in Kent was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and one or more secondary courts. To see a list of Kent parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, go to Kent Probate Records.

Unique genealogical features:


 * The majority of Kent's parish registers have been indexed and are available online
 * FamilySearch has digitised Kent wills ; many indexes are available at the Kent Archaeological Society website
 * Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies is located in Canterbury

Kent is a maritime county located in the South East of England, and is one of the home counties.

Websites



 * Kent Resources and help pages on RootsChat Kent Resources and help pages. (Free).


 * Looking 4 Kin Genealogy &amp; Family History Network - Kent

To view a further list of web sites and/or web pages for Kent and many of its parishes, visit FHLFavorites.info.

Wiki articles describing online collections for Kent:


 * England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * England, Kent, Wills and Probate (FamilySearch Historical Records)