Kent Church Records

England  Kent   Kent Church Records

Original Records
Records of the Church of England parishes are deposited in several record repositories in Kent. The first two in the list hold the records of the majority of parishes, and the others hold records for specific areas. Click on a repository link to go to their website and online catalogues:


 * The Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone
 * Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury
 * London Metropolitan Archives, London
 * Lewisham Local Studies and Archives, Lewisham (holds the records of the parishes of Lee and Lewisham only)
 * Greenwich Local History Library (holds the records of Charlton by Greenwich only)
 * Medway Area Archives Office, Rochester, at Strood. (they have indexes and images of numerous records, including parish registers, searchable online)

Parish Registers

 * Additional detailed source information is available in the Wiki provided by FamilySearch Historical Record Collection.

292,808 Kent entries are included in England &amp; Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.

32% of Kent's parishes are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.

Burials from 44 Kent places (156,783 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.

Marriage Licences
88,166 Canterbury marriage licences are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index at FindMyPast ($) covering the years 1568 to 1751.

Canterbury marriage licences have been published:


 * 1568-1618 at Internet Archive - free.


 * 1619-1660 at Internet Archive - free.