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Tracker: Goal 4: Learn about Kent church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Kent church records.
- Get an overview of Kent church records in this article.
FS—Kent Church Records - Learn about Kent parish registers.
Kent Parish Registers - Learn about and search Kent parish registers.
FS: Kent Parish Registers - Learn about transcripts from bishops and archdeacons in the Anglican Church.
New to archdeacons' and bishops' transcripts?
Transcripts - Bishops and Archdeacons - Explore parish registers on the Kent County Council site.
- Explore the
church records link on the GenUKI Kent site. - Use this parish page to explore parish records in Kent.
Record Search Practice |
Reinard Kunst was buried in Kent in 1853. Use information from the "FS: England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When and where was Reinard buried?
- How old was he at the time of his death?
- What landmark was near Reinard's residence?
- In the search screen for the QUIKLink above, enter "Reinard Kunst" in the appropriate search fields.
- Use the index transcription and the record image to answer the questions.
- Reinard was buried on January 25, 1853 in Dover St Mary the Virgin, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
- He was 28 years old at the time of his death.
- Reinard lived near the Dover Harbour.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
QUIKLinks
- FS: England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986
- FS: England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911
- FMP: Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1913
- AC: Kent, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1914
- AC: Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records, 1539-1876
- AC: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874
- AC: Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1812
- AC: Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925
- AC: Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1985
- AC: Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935
- FS: England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911
- FMP: Kent Baptisms
- FMP: Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Baptisms
- FMP: Kent Marriages
- FMP: Kent Marriages and Banns
- FMP: Kent, East Kent Marriage Index 1538-1754
- FMP: Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Marriages
- AC: Kent, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1914
- MH: England, Kent, Archdeaconry of Rochester Parish Banns and Marriages, 1559-1939
BExplore Kent cemetery records.
- Find cemetery record resources on the Kent Family History Society site.
- Search the Find a Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
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