As well as the registers for BM and D, Parish Records can provide a wealth of info via things like the Parish Chest. It is possible to find out info about Bastardy Orders, Removal Orders and many other records pertaining to the Village/Town.
When you next visit your Local Records Office, and in particular if you are struggling to find the info you want on a person, ask what other Parish records the Office holds.
We welcome any query on Who When Where. If you have previously posted it on another forum (including the old WDYTYA forum), please state this in your opening post - this will save people redoing the research which has been done before: they can look at it and possibly go further with it.
Parish Records
Parish Records
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Re: Parish Records
You could of course look at their catalogue and research guides before turning up at the offices, that is always a good idea.
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Re: Parish Records
Findmypast seem to have forged closer links with Kent archives. Looking for a baptism in Strood, Kent, FMP listed a likely candidate, and when I clicked on the link, I was redirected to Kent ARC, who then presented me with a PDF file of all Strood baptisms for the period 1848-1915 (I think dates are correct). I was able to download this PDF, which contained the images of ALL baptisms for the period. The same thing happened when I searched for Higham, Kent.
Having downloaded the PDFs, I can now browse these registers at will, and this is certainly a lot faster than scrolling through the images via FMP
Having downloaded the PDFs, I can now browse these registers at will, and this is certainly a lot faster than scrolling through the images via FMP