Canterbury St Gregory the Great, Kent Genealogy
Guide to Canterbury St Gregory the Great, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Canterbury St Gregory the Great, Kent | |
|---|---|
| Type | Extra-parochial |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Westgate |
| County | Kent |
| Poor Law Union | Blean |
| Registration District | Blean |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1852 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: None | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Not Applicable |
| Diocese | Not Applicable |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Search the courts of the surrounding parishes |
| Location of Archive | |
| Kent Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Canterbury St Gregory the Great Canterbury was an Extra Parochial place neighbouring Canterbury Holy Cross Westgate, Kent and Canterbury St Mary North Gate, Kent
The church of St Gregory the Great which dates from 1848 ( by Sir George Gilbert Scott) Old Ruttington Lane Canterbury has been designated as a grade C listed building British listed building
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
See Blean Registration District Canterbury Registration district
Kent County Council (KCC) has a certificate centre at the Mansion House in Tunbridge Wells which holds all the completed registers for Kent since 1 July 1837 and can supply a certified copy of any Kent birth, death or marriage entry from any register within its custody or a Kent civil partnership registration from the government online database.
The Mansion House (Certificate Centre)
Grove Hill Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN1 1EP
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Canterbury St Gregory the Great was an extra parochial place in the city
The church of St Gregory the Great which dates from 1848 ( by Sir George Gilbert Scott) Old Ruttington Lane Canterbury has been designated as a grade C listed building British listed building
For an overview of the City Canterbury Kent Online Parish Clerks
Canterbury St Gregory the Great parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| FMP = findmypast - (£)[1][2][3] |
| Canterbury St Gregory the Great Online Parish Records | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FMP | 1852-1912 | 1852-1912 | 1852-1928 | 1852-1928 | 1852-1939 | 1852-1939 |
FamilySearch microfilm holdings are not readily pin pointed due to the hierarchy of the currently available catalogue online , the search terms England, Kent, Canterbury produce 206 microfilm holdings.
A description of deposited records at Canterbury Cathedral Archives is available at Kent Family History Society.
Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Family Search microfilm for Census Returns for the city are at Census returns for Canterbury, 1841-1891
FamilySearch Records includes collections of census indexes which can be searched online for free. In addition FamilySearch Centres offer free access to images of the England and Wales Census through FHC Portal Computers here have access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
- Category:England Family History Centres to locate local Family History Centres in UK.
- Introduction to Family History Centers to locate outside UK.
- Many archives and local history collections in public libraries in England and Wales offer online census searches and also hold microfilm or fiche census returns.
Images of the census for 1841-1891 can be viewed in census collections at Ancestry (fee payable) or Find My Past (fee payable).
The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Kent Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Local Family History Centre[edit | edit source]
- FHC Portal This centre has access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
- Publication of the restricted access images England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records and England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records means that it is advisable to telephone the centre to reserve a computer if you wish to view these
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 'Canterbury baptism records coverage', Find My Past, accessed 8 November 2013.
- ↑ 'Canterbury marriage records coverage', Find My Past, accessed 14 November 2013.
- ↑ 'Canterbury burial records coverage', Find My Past, accessed 14 November 2013.
