View source for Dover Castle, Kent Genealogy

==== Church records  ====

Dover Castle parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP East Kent''' = [https://search.findmypast.com/ East Kent Marriage and Burial Indexes (FindMyPast) - ($)]
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Dover Castle Online Parish Records'''
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| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center> 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center> 
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | {{RecordSearch|1473015|'''1538-1973'''}}
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | {{RecordSearch|1473016|'''1538-1991'''}}
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ '''1538-1900s''']
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP Kent''' 
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-baptisms '''1538-1988'''] 
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-marriages '''1538-1997'''] 
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-burials '''1538-2010''']
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP Canterbury''' 
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records '''1538-1754'''] 
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records '''1813-1841''']
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To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

[http://www.kent-opc.org/index.html Kent Online Parish Clerks] has indexes available for select parishes. Records are also available at the [https://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/history-and-heritage/kent-archives Kent Archives].

Family History Library film numbers<br>{{FHL|England%2C+Kent%2C+Dover|subject|disp=Dover Castle}} <br>
See also [[England, Kent, Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 

From Spring 2012 material formerly held at<br>Centre for Kentish Studies, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XX<br>is available at Kent History and Library Centre see [http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/archives_and_local_history.aspx Kent Archives] which also enables a search of the catalogue for Kent Archives material deposited at Canterbury Cathedral Archives 

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records.