Rochester Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
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See Rochester North West Kent Family History Society and Rochester Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary

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
Rochester Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary Virgin Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1657-1994 reference DRc/S digital images may be searched online at Medway Archives City Ark project http://cityark.medway.gov.uk

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
Census Returns for Rochester 1841-1891

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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