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TheGenealogist Releases Parish Records for Kent

 

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NEWS: Press Release from TheGenealogist *

Discover over 2.5 million individuals in this new release

Leading UK genealogy research website TheGenealogist has just launched a new, comprehensive collection of parish records for North West Kent. This monumental release includes over 2.5 million individuals, encompassing:

      • Baptisms: 1538-1916
      • Marriages: 1538-1939
      • Burials: 1538-2000

The detailed transcripts include direct links to original images of the parish records, providing an invaluable resource for those looking to trace their ancestry or delve deeper into their family’s history in Kent.

“We are pleased to announce this large release of new parish records broadening our coverage for Kent,” said Mark Bayley, Head of Online Development at TheGenealogist. “This release represents a significant addition to our growing Parish Record collection. Keep on eye on our news page as we’ll be adding further areas in the coming weeks!”

Parish records are an essential resource for anyone investigating their family history, offering insights into personal connections and local community histories. TheGenealogist is dedicated to providing high-quality resources and easy-to-use search tools that allow users to navigate their family’s past with ease.

Found in these records is Henry Tracey Coxwell a Victorian Aeronaut Extraordinaire, read his story here*(affiliate link): https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2024/the-victorian-balloonist-who-defied-death-at-29000-feet-7850/

Explore the parish records and start your genealogical journey today with TheGenealogist. To celebrate this release, for a limited time you can claim a Diamond Subscription for just £99.45, a saving of £40. You can claim this offer here* (affiliate link):

https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/MGBKPR1024

The offer expires 31st January 2025.

 

Parishes covered in this release are:

Ash, SS Peter & Paul

Ash next Ridley, SS Peter & Paul

Borstal, St Matthew

Bredhurst, St Peter

Burham, St Mary the Virgin

Chalk, St Mary the Virgin

Chatham, St Mary

Cliffe at Hoo, St Helen

Cobham, St Mary Magdalene

Cooling, St James

Crockenhill, All Souls

Cuxton, St Michael & All Angels

Darenth, St Margaret of Antioch

Dartford, Holy Trinity

Fawkham, St Mary the Virgin

Frindsbury, All Saints

Galley Hill, All Saints

Gillingham, St Barnabas

Gillingham, St Mary Magdalene

Gravesend, St George

Greenhithe, St Mary the Virgin

Halling, St John the Baptist

Hartley, All Saints

High Halstow, St Margaret

Higham with Merston, St Mary

Hoo All Hallows, All Saints

Hoo, St Mary

Hoo, St Werburgh

Horton Kirby, St Mary

Ifield, St Margaret

Isle of Grain, St James

 Lidsing, St Mary Magdalene

Longfield, St Mary Magdalene

Lower Birling, Christ Church

Luddesdown, SS Peter & Paul

Luton, Christ Church

Meopham, St John the Baptist

Milton, SS Peter & Paul

Milton next Gravesend, SS Peter & Paul

Northfleet, St Botolph

Nurstead, St Mildred

Old Brompton, Holy Trinity

Perry Street, All Saints

Rainham, St Margaret of Antioch

Ridley, SS Peter & Paul

Rochester, St Margaret

Rochester, St Nicholas

Rosherville, St Mark

Shorne, SS Peter & Paul

Snodland, All Saints

Southfleet, St Nicholas of Myra

Stoke, SS Peter & Paul

Stone, St Mary the Virgin

Stone next Dartford, St Mary the Virgin

Strood, St Nicholas

Sutton at Hone, St John the Baptist

Swanley, St Paul

Swanscombe, SS Peter & Paul

Upnor, SS Philip & James

Wilmington, St Michael & All Angels

Wouldham, All Saints

About TheGenealogist

TheGenealogist * is an award-winning online family history website, who put a wealth of information at the fingertips of family historians. Their approach is to bring hard to use physical records to life online with easy to use interfaces such as their Tithe and newly released Lloyd George Domesday collections. 

TheGenealogist’s * innovative SmartSearch technology links records together to help you find your ancestors more easily. TheGenealogist * is one of the leading providers of online family history records. Along with the standard Birth, Marriage, Death and Census records, they also have significant collections of Parish and Nonconformist records, PCC Will Records, Irish Records, Military records, Occupations, Newspaper record collections amongst many others.

TheGenealogist * uses the latest technology to help you bring your family history to life. Use TheGenealogist * to find your ancestors today!

 

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Over 62,000 new parish records now available at Findmypast



Have you heard that findmypast.co.uk has this week added 62,625 new parish records to the website as part of its ongoing project with the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)?

 

The new records consist of transcripts of baptism and burial registers that have been added to Findmypast’s existing collection of Cheshire, Sheffield and North West Kent parish records.

2,653 burial records spanning the years 1683 to 1850 from Church Hulme chapelry have been added in partnership with Cheshire Family History Society. The parish was called Church Hulme until 1974, when it acquired its present day name of Holmes Chapel..

15,216 records spanning the years 1867-2000 from Sheffield & District Family History Society have been added to the Sheffield, St Silas, Broomhall Street baptisms, bringing the total number of Sheffield parish baptism records to 239,220. The parish was created in 1866 when the parishes of St Peter and St Paul were merged and was called St Silas, Gilcar until it was renamed St Silas, Broomhall in 1990.

9, 756 new records have been added to Findmypast’s already extensive collection of North West Kent baptisms, which now total 28,070 records. These new additions come from the parish of Stone, St Mary the Virgin, covering the years 1718-1955 and were transcribed by North West Kent Family History Society. The 13th century church of St Mary’s has been dubbed ‘Little Westminster’ and is regarded as one of the finest in the county.

A further 35,000 records from 18 different parishes have also been added to the North West Kent burial registers, meaning the collection now houses an impressive 136,574 records. North West Kent comprises areas within the London boroughs which were historically part of Kent, such as, Greenwich, Bexleyheath and Chislehurst.

Debra Chatfield, family historian at findmypast.co.uk, said: “Parish records are one of the most valuable tools in a family historian’s arsenal.  These exciting new additions bolster our already extensive collection of parish records and mean that now even more people, wherever they are in the world, have the opportunity to discover their UK ancestors online”.

The new records can be searched at:

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/cheshire-church-hulme-chapelry-burials-1683-1850

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/sheffield-baptisms

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/north-west-kent-fhs-baptisms

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/north-west-kent-burials




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585,000 new Parish records on findmypast.co.uk and Anzac day free access at findmypast.com.au

585,000 new Parish records added to findmypast

 

I have heard from the nice people at family history website findmypast that they have added new Kent baptisms, banns, marriages & burials to their parish records collection in partnership with Kent Family History Society, making it even easier to find your local ancestors. The latest release includes records from Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Ashford & Rochester in addition to 131 smaller parishes.  They cover an extensive period of history from 1538 to 2006, allowing family historians to discover and add even more generations to their family tree.

 

Paul Nixon, Content Licensing Manager at findmypast commented “These new records are a fantastic resource for anyone eager to uncover their Kentish heritage. In combination with our recent addition of East Kent and Canterbury material, findmypast is definitely the go-to place when it comes to family history in the south east.”

 

The new records have joined over 40 million parish records from UK family history societies available on findmypast in an exclusive partnership with the Federation of Family History Societies that started in 2007.

 

Jean Skilling of Kent Family History Society added “The Kent Family History Society (www.kfhs.org.uk) is delighted to be working in partnership with findmypast.  We hope our indices will be of help to everyone tracing their Kentish ancestry.”

 

The records are available to search online now as part of findmypast’s vast collection of parish records, and can be viewed with PayAsYouGo credits, a Britain Full subscription or a World subscription.

 

While we are looking at the brightsolid group, for anybody with antipodean links then you may be interested in this information that I have been reading.

 

Free access to findmypast.com.au’s entire Military collection of 3.6 million records in memory of Anzac day!

 

Findmypast.com.au gives FREE access to Military records for Anzac Day!

To commemorate, Anzac Day, findmypast.com.au are giving away free access to 3.6 million Military records between 22-26 April 2013. Find your military ancestors completely free!

Also read heroic stories, photos, diary entries, poems, words of appreciation and articles by military experts in honour of Anzac Day.
 


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