Ramsgate Holy Trinity, Kent Genealogy
Guide to Ramsgate Holy Trinity, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Ramsgate Holy Trinity, Kent | |
|---|---|
 Ramsgate Holy Trinity contributor Pam Fray | |
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Ringslow or Isle of Thanet |
| County | Kent |
| Poor Law Union | Thanet |
| Registration District | Thanet |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: None | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1875 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Westbere |
| Diocese | Canterbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury |
| Location of Archive | |
| Kent Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Ramsgate Holy Trinity is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the Westbere deanery of the Diocese of Canterbury in the county of Kent, created in 1845 from St Laurence in Thanet, Kent Ancient Parish.
Ramsgate began as a fishing and farming hamlet. Ramsgate as a name has its earliest reference as Hraefn's gate, or cliff gap, later to be rendered 'Ramisgate' or 'Remmesgate' around 1225 and 'Ramesgate' from 1357. The legendary mercenaries Hengist and Horsa landed in the 5th century to herald the pagan Anglo-Saxon age in England. The Christian missionary St. Augustine landed in Ramsgate in 597 which re-established the link between England and the Christian church in Rome.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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]
Ramsgate Holy Trinity parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| FMP = FindMyPast - (£)[1][2][3] |
| Ramsgate Holy Trinity Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FMP | 1845-1912 | 1845-1912 | 1864-1912; 1864-1890 (Banns) | 1864-1912; 1864-1890 (Banns) | ||
Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)
Parish registers for Holy Trinity Church, Ramsgate, 1845-1951 Microfilm of original records in possession of Canterbury Cathedral Archives no.: U3/223/1/1-4, 6-9, D4.
| Content |
Film |
| Baptisms, 1845-1912. |
FHL BRITISH Film 1836032 Items 21 - 23 |
| Marriages, 1864-1912. Banns, 1864-1890. |
FHL BRITISH Film 1836033 Items 1 - 2 |
| Baptisms, 1912-1930. Marriages, 1912-1951. |
FHL BRITISH Film 2354703 Items 2 - 5 |
Bishop's transcripts for Holy Trinity Church, Ramsgate, 1875-1913 Microreproduction of original records housed at the Canterbury Cathedral Archives no.: DCb/BT2/242
| Content |
Film |
| Baptisms, 1875-1880, 1882-1883, 1887-1893 1898-1899, 1902-1913. |
FHL BRITISH Film 1835586 Item 2 |
Known Issues[edit | edit source]
England Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records) known issue England Easy collection Indexing Project Batch 100354-3 Incorrect parish names entered also affects Swingfield, Kent, Ripple, Kent, Westbere, Kent Error caused by incorrect place data entry field for four parishes in items on same film FHL BRITISH Film 1836032.
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census returns for Ramsgate 1841-1891
Census returns for St. Peters-Ramsgate, 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 11 November 2013.
- ↑ 'Canterbury marriage records coverage', Find My Past, accessed 14 November 2013.
- ↑ 'Canterbury banns coverage', Find My Past, accessed 11 November 2013.
