EAST KENT BURIAL INDEX:

Genealogists ignore burial registers at their own peril, for death created more records in a person's life than any other single event (death certificate, will/administration, coroner' s report, cemetery or church register entry, obituary, and many others). The national Burial Index is now well under way, but does not impinge upon the author's EAST KENT BURIAL INDEX. This enormous index comprises 128,000 entries, and covers the entire Diocese of Canterbury from 1813 - 1841, including all parochial and nonconformist registers. Many research problems will be solved as every entry gives full name, place of burial, place of abode (often far away, sometimes in London), and the crucial age at death from which the year of birth may be estimated. Covering over two decades before the civil registration period, it is usually the only source for a person's age if no monumental inscription exists. Searches are £5 a surname (plus SAE) for up to 10 entries , any balance being supplied at 50 pence an entry .

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