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The chart below sets out the time periods of births, christenings, marriages and burials for each parish of Kent as indexed in the International Genealogical Index ("IGI"), Boyd's and Pallot's Marriage Indexes, the British Vital Records Index 2nd Edition ("BVRI"), and the National Burial Index ("NBI").  IGI Batch numbers, current as of August 2002, have also been added for your convenience.  Every effort has been made to make this information as complete and as accurate as possible.

This Research Planning Aid is a tool which can help you plan the direction of your research and perhaps help you to find lost events in your ancestors' lives a little more quickly.  Compile a list of parishes that lay within a ten to twenty-mile radius of an ancestor's home parish.  Compare that list of parishes with the entries in this guide.  Mark the parishes on your list which have been indexed in the four resources shown here.  Search those indexes first.  If you need help finding the local parishes then go to this link and download the Parish Locator utility.

Boyd's Marriage Index forms part of the "100-Most Used Books" series of the Family History Library at Salt Lake City, Utah and, consequently, is available to search free of charge at most Family History Centres worldwide.  Portions of Boyd's is also now being added to English Origins on a pay-for-view basis.

Pallot's Marriage Index is available on Ancestry.com as part of their paid-for British collection.  It is also available at the Society of Genealogists in London, England.  Searches of Ancestry.com can be made free of charge at any Family History Centre worldwide that has internet service.  The only fee you should be charged is a nominal fee for any records that are printed out.

You will have to seek out parish register copies for parishes which have not been indexed.

RESEARCH TIP: Search both the on-line IGI at www.familysearch.org, as well as the 1998 microfiche edition which should be available at all Family History Centers.  Approximately 8-million entries are included on the 1998 microfiche edition which will never appear on the CD-Rom or on-line IGI.  However, drawn primarily from Church membership records, the on-line IGI now contains upwards of 40-million entries which did not appear on the 1998 microfiche edition.

In most cases, the IGI and BVRI records were drawn from the Parish Registers of the Church of England parish churches.  However, Bishop's or Archdeacon's Transcripts and even typescripts of registers were used to compile some of the indexed entries.  The registers of some non-conformist churches in Kent have also been indexed in the IGI.  The time periods that have been indexed from those registers are also shown on this chart.

Partial years or blocks of years may have been missing from the source that was indexed.  Years or time periods in this planning aid that include a numerical percentage, such as 6%, indicate the approximate percentage of total entries in a register that have been indexed.  The term 'extracts' refers to records that had been extracted for selected surnames which may or may not help your particular research project.

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PARISH

IGI:
Christen-
ings

IGI:
Marriages

BOYD’S

PALLOT’S

BVRI
2nd Ed.:
Christen-
ings

BVRI
2nd Ed.:
Marriages

N.B.I.

Acol

              

Acrise

              

Addington

1562-1875
(C109981, C109982)

1568-1836
(M109981, M109982)

1651-1675; 1701-1725

        

Adisham

              

Aldington

              

Alkham

              

Allington

1630-1875
C109991, C109992)

1630-1877
(M109991, M109992)

1651-1675; 1701-1725

        

Appledore

    

1700-1800

        

Ash-Sandwich

    

1651-1675; 1701-1725

        

Ash-Wrotham

1560-1812
(C130901, C130902)

1562-1837
(M130901, M130902)

    

1813-1872
(no change)

    

Ashford:

              

    Hempstead Place
    Wesleyan

1816-1837
(C068011)

            

    Lady Huntingdon’s

1785-1837
(C068021)

            

Ashurst

  

1813-1854
(M165022)

    

1716-1899
(no change)

1716-1854
(no change)

  

Aylesford

1653-1812
(C036511, C036513)

1653-1837
(M036512, M036513)

    

1718-1788; 1793-1795; 1806-1861
missing 1734

1718-1837
(1796-1806 added)

  

Badlesmere

              

Bapchild

              

Barfreston

    

1651-75; 1701-25

        

Barham

              

Barming

         1813-1835; 1848-1863; 1865-1902
(new)		 1813-1863
(new)		  

Bearsted

1563-1847
(C046841)

1563-1837
(M046841)

1659-1837

        

Beckenham, St. George

  

1813-1874
(M147532)

     1718-1719; 1744; 1746-1748; 1750-1755; 1757-1758; 1760-1761; 1772-1877
(new)		 1744-1755
(new)		  

Bekesbourne

1558-1812
(P008511)

1558-1812
(M008511)

1651-75; 1701-25

 1790-1812      

Benenden

    

1560-1754

        

Bethersden

              

Betteshanger

              

Bexley

1719-1875
(C130922)

1565-1706; 1723-1876
(M130921, M130922)

1651-75; 1701-25

        

Bicknor

              

Bidborough

    

1701-1725

   1716-1812
many years missing inc. 1786-1805
(new)		 1716-1811
(new)		  

Biddenden

              

Bilsington

              

Birchington:

1538-1675
(P016491)

1538-1553; 1564-1675
(M016491)

          

Ebenezer Independent

1819-1837
(C068031)

            

Birling

1715-1875
(C130931, C130932)

1711-1877
(M130932)

1711-1725

  

1558-1714; 1727
(1727 new, 1 entry only)

    

Bishopsbourne

              

Blackmanstone

              

Blean

              

Bobbing

              

Bonnington

    

1651-1675

        

Borden

1555-1839
(P020211)

1556-1837
(M020211)

          

Boughton Aluph

              

Boughton Malherbe

    

1653-1671

        

Boughton Monchelsea

              

Boughton under Blean

1558-1624
(P015111)

1558-1626
(M015111)

          

Boxley

1558-1808
(C036521)

1559-1648; 1663; 1678-1748; 1768-1800
(M036521)

          

Brabourne:

              

    Bethel Calvinist

Baptist

1817-1837 (Births)
(C091551)

            

Brasted

         1813-1841
(new)		 1813-1836
(new)		  

Bredgar

    

1563-1799

        

Bredhurst

         1564-1812
many years missing
(new)		 1570-1795
(new)		  

Brenchley

1560-1875
(C130941, C130942, C032901)

1754-1876
(M130942)

     1560-1771
(new)		 1560-1754
(new)		  

Brenzett

              

Bridge

              

Bromley:

  

1735-1881
(M147542, M147543)

    

1558-1844; 1844-1877
(new 1844-1877)

1575-1734
(no change)

  

    Bethel Independent

1788-1832
(C068041)

            

Brompton:

              

    Manner Street
    Wesleyan

1796-1837
(C068051)

            

Brook

              

Brookland

    

1560-1795

        

Broomfield

              

Broomhill

              

Buckland-Dover

              

Buckland-Faversham

    

1577-1733

        

Burham

  

1625-1876
(M130951)

    

1627-1879
(no change)

1625-1876
(no change)

  

Burmarsh

    

1651-75; 1701-25

        

CANTERBURY:

              

    All Saints

              

    Cathedral

1564-1861
(P020651)

1583-1878
(M020651)

1651-75; 1701-25

 1790-1837      

    Holy Cross

              

    St. Alphage

1558-1800
(P015201)

1558-1639; 1653-1800
(M015201)

1651-75; 1701-25

 1790-1800      

    St. Andrew

              

    St. Dunstan

1560-1800
(P015151)

1560-1800
(M015151)

1651-75; 1701-25

 1790-1800      

    St. George

1538-1800
(P015161)

1538-1800
(M015161)

   1790-1800      

    St. Margaret

              

    St. Martin

    

1573-1671

        

    St. Mary Bredin

1563-1812
(C036531)

1563-1754
(M036561)

1564-1636

        

    St. Mary Bredman

              

    St. Mary Magdalen

1559-1800
(P008321)

1559-1800
(M008321)

1651-75; 1701-25

 1790-1800      

    St. Mary Northgate

              

    St. Mildred

              

    St. Paul

1562-1800
(P016541)

1562-1800
(M016541)

          

    St. Peter

1560-1800
(P020591)

1560-1800
(M020591)

1651-75; 1701-25

 1790-1800      

    Blackfriars General
    Baptist

1780-1836 (Births)
(C091561)

            

    Guildhall St.
    Independent

1646-1837
(C068061)

            

    Malt House
    French Hugenot

1709-1823
(C049011)

            

    St. Peter St.
    Wesleyan

1798-1837
(C068071)

            

    Union Chapel,
    Watling St.,
    Lady Huntingdon

1793-1837
(C068081)

            

    Walloon or Strangers

1581-1837
(C049021)

            

Capel (see Tudeley)

              

Capel le Ferne

              

Chalk

  

1661-1876
(M130961)

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1644; 1661-1876
(new 1644; 1876)

1661-1876
(no change)

  

Challock

              

Charing

  

1590-1812
(M157741)

    

1590-1875; 1895
(new 1746-1875; 1895)

    

Charlton-Dover

       1790-1837      

Charlton – Oldchurch

1562-1653 (Extracts); 1653-1753; 1815-1839 (52%); 1867-1872
(P015511, C015512, C015513)

1562-1653 (Extracts); 1653-1753; 1815-1837
(M015511-M015513)

    

1867-1868
(no change)

 1562-1653
(new)		  

Chartham

    

1558-1740

        

Chart Sutton

              

Chatham:

1822-1827
(C166062, C738921)

1781-1834
(M166061, M166063, M166066, M166068)

    

1730-1838; 1843; 1848
(new 1730; 1822-1826; 1843; 1848)

1735-1837
(1822-1828 added)

  

    St. Paul

1855-1875
(C130971, C130972)

1855-1876
(M130972)

    

1855-1869
(no change)

    

    Clover St., Ebenezer
    Great Meeting
    Independent

1774-1837
(C068091)

            

    Heavyside Lane
    Unitarian General
    Baptist

1700-1837
(C091571)

            

    Providence Particular
    Baptist

1814-1837
(C091581)

            

    Union St. Bible
    Christian

1820-1837
(C068101)

            

Chelsfield

1538-1875
(C147551, C147552)

1538-1881
(M147551, M147552)

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1876-1892
(new 1888-1892)

    

Cheriton

    

1651-75; 1701-25

        

Chevening

1561-1875
(C130891, C130982)

1561-1873
(M130891, M130982)

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1876-1884
(no change)

    

Chiddingstone

  

1813-1836
(M166181)

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1813-1863
(no change)

    

Chilham

1558-1793; 1808-1836
(C065551)

1661-1670; 1698-1755 1774-1808
(M065551)

          

Chillenden

              

Chislehurst:

  

1754-1881
(M147562)

    

1559-1902
(mostly new)

 1558-1754
(new)		  

    Christchurch

        

1872-1909; 1911-1912
(new 1888-1912)

    

    The Annunciation

        

1875-1881
(no change)

    

Chislet

1538-1707
(P008461)

1538-1707
(M008461)

1651-75; 1701-25

        

Cliffe

  

1813-1835
(M166411)

    

1813-1835; 1845-1849
(no change)

1813-1835
(no change)

  

Cobham

1718-1812
(C166112)

1718-1812
(M166112)

1701-1725

  

1661-1884
(new pre-1813)

1679-1906
(1679-1813 & 1838-1906 new)

  

Coldred

              

Cooling

1719-1763; 1780-1812
(C166122)

1719-1812
(M166122)

    

1805; 1813-1842; 1875
(new 1805)

1816-1837
(no change)

  

Cowden:

1566-1812
(C130991, C130992, C130994)

1566-1836
(M130991-M130994)

    

1813-1846; 1853-1892; 1894-1901; 1903
(new post-1846)

1813-1836
(no change)

  

   Mark Beech

        

1853-1887
(entry found on trial search but does not appear on collection search)

    

Cranbrook:

              

    Chapel on the Hill
    Independent

1786-1836
(C068111)

            

    General Baptist

1682-1777 (Births)
(C091601)

            

    Milkhouse Wesleyan

1805-1837
(C068121)

            

Crayford

    

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1813-1858; 1884
(no change)

1813-1858
(no change)

  

Crockenhill

1852-1875
(C165272)

      

1852-1875
(a few years added)

    

Crundale

              

Cudham

1719; 1746; 1801-1812
(C166152)

1719; 1801-1812
(M166152)

1653-75; 1701-25

   1813-1825; 1898 (new) 1813-1825
(new)		  

Cuxton

1560-1875
(C135181, C135182)

1560-1876
(M135181, M135182)

1651-75; 1701-25

        

Darenth

    

1701-1725

  

1813-1834; 1863-1877
(no change)

1813-1834
(no change)

  

DARTFORD:

1561-1812
(C036541)

1561-1650; 1660-1812 1840-1843
(M036541, M036543)

    

1718-1777; 1795; 1798; 1801-1843
(some years added)

1718-1839
(filled gaps in 1st Ed.)

  

    Lowefield St.
    Independent

1797-1837
(C068141)

       1897
(new - only 1 entry)		    

    Waterside Wesleyan

1811-1837
(C068151)

            

    Zion Independent

1820-1822; 1832-1833
(C068131)

            

Davington

1552-1812
(P015141)

1565-1812
(M015141)

1549-1813

        

Deal:

              

    Ebenezer Wesleyan

1806-1837
(C068171)

            

    Independent

1681-1837
(C068161, C068162)

            

Denton

              

DEPTFORD:

              

    All Saints

  

1718-1719; 1872-1906
(M073242, M171052-M171054)

    

1918-1929
(appears to have lost some years)

1872-1906
(no change)

  

    St. Nicholas

1564-1730; 1801-1847
(P001621, P001622)

1564-1730; 1801-1838
(M001621)

1570-1653

  

1718-1719
(no change)

1718-1719
(no material change)

  

    St. Paul

1730-1875
(C006301-C006303)

1730-1882
(M006301)

   April 1780-1837 1592-1724
(new)		   1788-1826

    Baptist
    Meeting House

 

           1820; 1824-1835

    Ebenezer Chapel,
    King St. & Jireh
    Chapel, Victory St.

1811-1834
(C096871)

            

    High St. Independent

1754-1836
(C096901)

            

    Mary Ann’s Buildings,
    High St. Wesleyan

1811-1837
(C096911)

            

    Medway Place
    Independent

1781-1832
(C096891)

            

    New Cross
    Independent

1820-1836
(C096861)

            

    St. Paul & Woolwich
    Independent

1806-1832
(C096881)

            

Derling

              

Ditton

1567-1599; 1663-1812; 1850-1885
(C131011-C131015)

1567; 1665-1748; 1755-1812; 1816-1834
(M131011-M131014)

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1813-1885
(post-1849 new, some years missing)

    

Doddington

              

DOVER:

              

    St. James

1595-1842
(C036551)

1596-1643; 1664-1842,
(M036551)

          

    St. Mary Virgin

1557-1849
(C036561-C036563)

1557-1843
(M036561)

          

    St. Mary Castle

              

    Pent Side Baptist

1809-1837 (Births)
(C091591)

            

    Presbyterian

1710-1776
(C068181)

            

    Snargate St.
    Wesleyan

1807-1837
(C068191)

            

    St. Mary General
    Baptist

1730-1837 (Births)
(C091611)

            

    Zion Chapel
    Last Lane, Countess
    Huntingdon

1776-1837
(C068201)

            

    French Church

  

1647-1692
(M157751)

    

1646-1711
(no change)

    

Downe

    

1538-1732

   1813-1858; 1875
(new)		 1814-1835
(new)		  

Dunkirk

              

Dymchurch

    

1651-75; 1701-25

        

East Barming

1541-1885
(C130911-C130913)

1541-1837
(M130911, M130912)

          

East Farleigh

1580-1840
(C036591)

1580-1842
(M036591)

          

East Langdon

              

East Malling

1570-1875
(C131581)

1570-1875
(M131581, M131582)

     1876-1885
(new)		    

East Peckham

    

1651-75; 1701-25

        

East Sutton

              

East Wickham

1730-1875
(C135081, C135082)

1718-1721; 1730-1751; 1783-1812
(M135081)

    

1718-1721
(no change)

1718-1721
(no change)

  

Eastbridge

              

Eastchurch

              

Eastling

              

Eastry

              

Eastwell

              

Ebony

              

Edenbridge:

1546-1602; 1639-1791 1813-1843; 1863
(P020541, C020543)

1552-1773; 1798-1812
(M020541, M020542)

    

1716-1773; 1798-1843; 1863
(post-1812 new)

1716-1837
(new 1812-1837 & 1774-1798)

  

    Independent

1800-1837
(C068211)

            

Egerton

              

Elham:

              

    Wesleyan

1816-1837
(C068221)

            

Elmley

              

Elmsted

              

Elmstone

1552-1727; 1736-1812
(P008501)

1565-1810
(M008501)

1651-75; 1701-25

 1790-1812      

Eltham, St. John

1798-1830 (72%); 1831-1846; 1867-1875
(C067821)

1799-1830 (72%); 1831-1837
(M067821)

    

1718-1721; 1744-1766
(no change)

1718-1766
(new 1721-1744)

  

Erith:

1625-1752 (Extracts); 1625-1752; 1813-1873
(P020571, C020572, C020572)

1625-1758; 1813-1863
(M020571, M020572)

   

1718-1721; 1744-1752 1801-1829; 1874-1875
(post-1812 new)

1718-1836
(new 1813-1836 & earlier gaps filled)

  

    Lessness Heath
    Baptist

1808-1832 (Births)
(C093971)

            

Ewell

              

Eynsford:

1756-1836
(C131382)

1754-1837
(M131382)

1538-1812

 1790-1812

1538-1752; 1818; 1839-1846; 1850; 1861
(post-1752 new)

1539-1748
(no change)

  

    Baptist

1799-1837 (Births)
(C091621)

            

Eythorne:

              

    Baptist

1723; 1736-1837 (Births)
(C091631)

            

Fairfield

              

Falconhurst

              

Farnborough

1558-1875
(C131311, C131312)

1559-1875
(M131311, M131312)

   1790-1812      

Farningham

1589-1812
(C131391)

1590-1810
(M131391)

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1813-1865
(no change)

1814-1865
(new 1837-1863)

  

Faversham:

    

1560-1621

        

    Partridge Lane
    Independent

1790-1837
(C068241)

            

    Union Chapel
    Water Lane

1822-1837
(C068261)

            

    Wesleyan

1814-1837
(C068251)

            

Fawkham

  

1813-1847
(M165052)

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1718-1729; 1802;1807-1906
(post-1802 new)

1718-1906
(new 1729-1802 & 1847-1906)

  

Folkestone:

1635-1840
(P020721)

1635-1840
(M020721)

1651-75; 1701-25

        

    Buckland & Capel
    Wesleyan

1831-1837
(C068281)

            

    Mill Bay Baptist

1797-1837 (Births)
(C091641)

            

    Zion Chapel,
    Fenchurch Street

1779-1836
(C068271)

            

Foots Cray

1799-1812
(C166192)

1799-1853
(M166191, M166192)

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1813-1855; 1898-1899 (post-1855 new)

1813-1853
(no change)

  

Fordcombe, St. Peter

         1849-1865; 1870-1872
(new)		    

Fordwich

              

Frant

              

Frindsbury:

        

1718-1765; 1799; 1801-1832
(dates of coverage altered from 1st edition)

1718-1832
(new 1777-1795)

  

    Wesleyan

1813-1837
(C068291)

            

Frinsted

              

Frittenden

    

1563-1798

        

Gillingham:

1558-1812
(C147601)

1754-1770
(M147602)

1651-75; 1701-25

  

1558-1882
(new 1875-1882)

1558-1770; 1866-1882
(no change)

  

    Wesleyan

1808-1837
(C068301)

            

Godmersham

    

1651-75; 1701-25

        

Goodnestone-Faversham

    

1651-75; 1701-25

        

Goodnestone-Wingham

1558-1861
(P012941)

1559-1643; 1654-1877
(M012941)

   1790-1837 1880
(new, 11 entries only)		    

Goudhurst:

              

    Wesleyan Methodist

1815-1836
(C068311)

            

Graine, St. James

1813-1856
(C167021)

1813-1837
(M167021)

     1812
(new, 8 entries only)		 1812-1812
(new)		  

Graveney

              

GRAVESEND:

1650-1812
(C036601)

1653-1812
(M036601)

          

    St. George

1727-1875
(C131332)

1665-1727; 1751-1876
(M131331, M131332)

    

1650-1727; 1813-1865; 1871-1874
(new 1813-1847)

1665-1727
(no change)

  

    St. James

1852-1875
(C131341)

1852-1877
(M131341)

          

    Ebenezer Chapel
    Wesleyan

1810-1837
(C068331)

            

    Princes St.
    Independent

1762-1855
(C068321)