1.2 milion Kent parish records added to FindMyPast database

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27 April 2020
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Church of St Nicholas, Ash with Westmarsh
FindMyPast announced the online publication of over 1.2 million new Kent Parish records in partnership in association with the Medway archives.

Digitised and published online for the very first time, these new additions have been joined Findmypast’s existing collection of Kent records provided in association with Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Kent County Council, Medway Archives, the North West Kent Family History Society and Val Brown.

Kent baptisms

Over 490,000 new records covering 71 parishes have been added to our Kent baptismal collection. These give details that include:

  • Your ancestor's name
  • Their birth and baptism dates
  • Their parents’ names and occupations
  • Where they were baptised
  • Their religious denomination

The records consist of transcriptions of the original baptism record.

See the parish list for details of the new parishes and time frames covered.

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Kent marriages and banns

Explore over 360,000 additional transcripts of marriage records to FindMyPast's Kent parish collection.

70 new parishes have been added to this record set.

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Kent burials

Explore over 378,000 burial records from 54 Kent parishes here.

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