Kent Index Information
Marriage Indexes
- 1813-1837 (complete for all of Kent) Both parties
Mr. M J Gandy, 140 Hampden Way, Southgate, London N14 5AX, UK. - 1754-1812 (Complete for East Kent) Both parties
Mr. M J Gandy, 140 Hampden Way, Southgate, London N14 5AX, UK. - 1538-1754 (Complete for East Kent) Males only pre 1700
Mrs. Jane Jones, 6 Cherington Gate, Maidenhead, Berks, SL6 6RU, UK. - 1538-1812 (Complete for West Kent) Males only
(c.160,000 marriages, also includes Maidstone (up to 1754) and some stray marriages)
Mr. S G Smith, 59 Friar Rd., Orpington, Kent, BR5 2BW, UK.
Mr. Gandy and Mr. Smith charge £6, Mrs. Jones charges £5 minimum. Mr. Smith will also supply lists of all marriages of a surname over a range of dates at an additional 50p per entry which is useful if you have an uncommon name.
- Canterbury 1752-1852 (16 parishes)
Published by Kent FHS (fiche #1839) - Medway 1559-1812 Published by Kent FHS
Chatham, Gillingham, Frindsbury, Rainham, Rochester and Strood, on fiche and CD - Mid-Kent Marriage Index 1754 to 1911 [free]
Baptism and Burial Indexes
- Burial Index for East Kent 1813-1841
- David Wright, 71 Island Wall, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1EL,
UK.
This is phonetic to group spelling variants and costs £5 (minimum) for first 10 entries and 50p per additional entry. - Burial index for Canterbury 1752-1852+ (16 parishes)
- Published by Kent FHS (fiche #1772)
- Burial index for ex-Kent parishes now in London 1800-1812 (complete; 27,000+ full register entries)
- Mrs Jennifer Holmes, 19 Hazelhurst, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5TL, UK
£5 minimum; sae or email for details. - Baptism index for West Kent 1813+ (c.160,000 entries)
- Matthew J Copus
£10 plus sae minimum.
(Also has a late baptism and Non-Conformist index (35,000 entries).) - Baptism index for Canterbury 1790-1840 (complete, c.24,000 entries)
- Miss Gillian Rickard,
99 Strangers Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3XN, UK.
£5 plus sae/1irc minimum (for 5 siblings). - Baptism index for Canterbury 1752-1852+ (16 parishes)
- Published by Kent FHS (fiche #1824)
- Baptism index for Thanet 1780-1840 (in progress)
- Miss Gillian Rickard, 99 Strangers Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3XN, UK.
- Baptism index for Faversham area 1780-1840 and Mid Kent 1813-40 (in progress, 42,000+ entries)
- Raymond Godfrey,
47 Water Lane, Ospringe, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8TU
- Baptism index for SE Kent (mainly rural parishes between Canterbury, Folkestone and Deal)
- Mrs Ruth Nicol, "Captain Jan", Granville Road, St Margaret's Bay, Dover,
Kent CT15 6DT, UK
£5 plus sae.
- Baptism index for Medway 1800-1840 (in progress)
- Mrs Zia Wade
- Baptisms and burials in the Wealden parishes 1538-1600 (complete)
- Published by Kent FHS
- Thames and Medway Riverside Parish Series
- Published on fiche by R J Cottrell. See Trueflare Website for details.
- East Kent Families Database
- Primarily christenings, marriages & burials from central East Kent but includes references from Quarter Sessions, Wills indices, Lay Subsidy 1334/5 and other sources. 150,000+ entries and growing - earliest 1334/5, latest 1900. All marriages indexed by both bride and groom. Searches for an entry $1 per reference - must include full name and year range. All printouts include all entries of that surname and a full source list - $12. domestic, $15 to international destinations. Susan D. Young
Census Indexes
- 1801 census index for Deal (fiche #1681)
- Published by Kent FHS
- 1841 census index and images (whole country)
- Available online by subscription at Ancestry.com
- 1841 census index (whole county)
- Available online by subscription at The Genealogist
- 1841 census index for Milton next Sittingbourne (fiche #1707)
- Published by Kent FHS
- 1851 census index and images (whole country)
- Available online by subscription at Ancestry.com
- 1851 census index for North West Kent (in progress)
- Registration Districts of Bromley, Lewisham, Dartford and
Sevenoaks plus Deptford, Greenwich and Woolwich are
published by NW Kent FHS - 1851 census index for West Kent (95 parishes including Maidstone, 168,000 persons)
- Matthew J Copus, £10 plus sae minimum.
- 1851 census index of East Kent
- Dr.Geoff Swinfield
- 1851 census index of East Kent on fiche
- Ashford (#1525), Benenden (#1950),Canterbury (#2021), Cranbrook (#1951), Dover (#1835), Frittenden (#1952),
Goudhurst (#1953), Hawkhurst (#1954), Sandhurst (#1955) and Tonbridge (#1869,1889)
- Published by Kent FHS
- 1851 census index for Deal and Blean District
- Published on CD by Kent FHS
- 1851 census index for Blean District including Canterbury (fiche#1959)
- Published by Kent FHS
- 1851 census index for Eastry Rural District (fiche#2022)
- Published by Kent FHS
- 1851 census index for Romney Marsh (19 parishes), Hythe (8 parishes),
Elham (8 parishes) and Folkestone (4 parishes).
- Published on fiche by Folkestone & District FHS
- 1861 census index and images (whole country)
- Available online by subscription at Ancestry.com
- 1861 census index (whole county)
- Available online at Find My Past
- 1861 census index for Faversham District
- Raymond Godfrey,
47 Water Lane, Ospringe, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8TU
One surname plus variants £5. - 1861 census index for Bromley District
- Available online free from NW Kent FHS
- 1861 census index for 51 parishes (so far)
- Published by John Pain, Casmic Services, 56 Stoneleigh Road, Solihull, B91 1DQ.
- 1861 census index of Milton Registration District
- Published by Kent FHS (fiche #1858)
- 1861 census index of Tonbridge, Hildenborough and Tonbridge Union Workhouse
- Available at Tonbridge LSL, CKS and from Hildigunnur Churchman
- 1871 census index and images (whole country)
- Available online by subscription at Ancestry.com
- 1871 census index of Milton Registration District
- Published by Kent FHS (fiche #1864)
- 1871 census index of Hollingbourne (fiche #1968) and Stockbury (fiche #1967)
- Published by Kent FHS
- 1871 census index of Maidstone District (fiche #1998, #1999, #2002)
- Published by Kent FHS
- 1871 census surname index of Plumstead
- Published on fiche at £2.00 by Woolwich & District FHS,
Mr F Reynolds, 54 Parkhill Rd, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1HY, UK. - 1841-1881 census index for 11 parishes in Dover Disrtict
- (Poulton, River, Guston, East and West Langdon, St
Margaret at Cliffe, Oxney, Ringwold, Kingsdown,
Westcliffe, and Whitfield) and 4 parishes in Eastry
District (Northbourne, Ripple, Sutton and Sholden) (fiche
#834-848)
Published by Kent FHS - 1881 census index and images (whole country)
- Available online by subscription at Ancestry.com
- 1881 census index (whole country)
- Available on fiche and CD at LDS Family History Centres and online
- 1891 census index and images (whole country)
- Available online by subscription at Ancestry.com
- 1891 Census by parish (parishes A-G)
- 1891 census index of Milton Registration District
- 1891 census index of Milton Registration District
- Published by Kent FHS (fiche #1768)
- 1891 census index of Stourmouth
- 1891 Census index of Tunbridge Wells area (RG12/676-683)
- 1891 Census index of Tunbridge Wells area (RG12/676-683)
- Published on CD by Tunbridge Wells FHS
£5.50 + 65p UK or £1.75 overseas, from 18 Hydehurst Close, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1EN. - 1891 census index of Bromley, Lewisham and Tonbridge Registration Districts
- Available online at Family History Online
- 1891 census index of Bromley, Dartford (less Bexley) and Lewisham Registration Districts
- Published on CD by NW Kent FHS
- 1901 Census index (whole country)
- Available online at National Archives and at Ancestry.com.
Other Indexes
- East Kent People Index - mostly from newspapers and other records not very accessible
Kathleen Hollingsbee.
- Apprentices 1799-1837 in progress
Mrs Susan Bourne, 26 Brookside Road, Istead Rise, Northfleet, Kent, DA13 9JJ, UK.
- Settlement and Removal - East Kent 1598-1865, West Kent
1602-1870
Miss Gillian Rickard, 99 Strangers Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3XN, UK.
Minimum £5 + sae/irc. Bulk surname extracts available. - Vagrants, Gypsies and Travellers (in progress, c.16,000 entries)
- Miscellaneous Index (c.20,000 entries)
Miss Gillian Rickard, 99 Strangers Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3XN, UK.
Minimum £2.50 + sae/irc. Bulk surname extracts available. - Emigrants and Transportees 1800-1930 (in progress)
Miss Gillian Rickard. Minimum £5 + sae/irc. - Faversham Freemen 1766-1835
Published by Raymond Godfrey - Hythe Freemen 1705-1874
Published by Brickwall Research on CD-ROM £10 + p&p. - Kent Criminal Registers Index 1805-16 (3080 records) Vol.21
Published by Stuart Tamblin on fiche, disk or CD - Kent Militia Musters 1781-2
Published by Stuart Tamblin on fiche or disk. - Settlement Examinations 1747-87, 1816-31, Bromley, Beckenham and Ruxley Hundreds
Published by NW Kent FHS - Court records 1560-1850 for Hever, Westerham, Brasted, Sundridge, Edenbridge and Chiddingstone
Published by NW Kent FHS - Bromley Journal & West Kent Herald Birth, Marriage and Death notices 1869-85
Published by NW Kent FHS - Sea Fencibles 1805, Volume 1 Kent Coast (from ADM/28),
Kent and Cinque Ports Volunteers, Volume 1 South Kent Battalion 1803-13 (WO13/4386)
Lieutenancy Papers 1803 for Sandwich, Deal and Folkestone, lists male adults
Published by Jennifer Killick - Thames Watermen and Lightermen - Index of Apprenticeship Bindings 1692-1949
Published on fiche by R J Cottrell. See Trueflare Website for details. - Coroners' Inquisitions 1610-1898: Index of inquisitions held in Folkestone, Hythe, Lydd, New Romney
and Romney Marsh
Published on disk or as book by Levina Jones, Brickwall Farmhouse, Dengemarsh Road, Lydd, Kent, TN29 9JH. - Sevenoaks up to 1650, on CD by Jean Fox
- West Kent Probate Index 1750-1858, on CD by
David Wright, 71 Island Wall, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1EL, UK.
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