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".

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

Related Wiki Articles
England Church Records

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
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Examples of Source Citations for a Record Found in This Collection

 * “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.

Information about creating source citations for FamilySearch Historical Collections is listed in the wiki article Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections.