David Wright
The Kentish Census Returns
1801 - 1901

About the Guide to The Kentish Census Returns 1801 - 1901:

The Victorian census returns represent one of the supreme sources of information for ancestors and other individuals in the nineteenth century. Entire families, along with their servants and visitors, are recorded in their own home, disclosing names, ages, relationships, occupations and, a crucial fact for any pedigree - the parish of birth.

The historical county of Kent was covered by twenty-nine registration districts, used for both the census returns and civil registration. These are listed in Public Record Office sequence with their parishes and a parish map, the registrars, population and geographical statistics, and the present location of their registers of births, marriages and deaths.

Many pedigrees are completely blocked because people cannot be located in the returns. There are many street and surname indexes for the county, but widely scattered between archives and private individuals. This book lists them all and where they can be consulted - simply look up a parish of interest in the master index, turn to the appropriate registration district, and see what is available.

Once a rough pedigree has been constructed, the author's East Kent Parishes will guide you further, listing all parishes with their jurisdictions and ancient records, together with a great mass of other information about the Diocese ef Canterbury.

The author's three books are the culmination of thirty years' work as a genealogist and historian with deep local knowledge.

The Guide consists of 93 pages of text and maps and is soft bound. ISBN 09517580 2 0
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Details of the contents page from the new guide:

 

I INTRODUCTORY
   
The national census
4
The origins of civil registration
4
The census returns for Kent
5
Searching the 1841 retums
6
Searching the 1851 and later returns
7
The gazetteer of registration districts
7
The registrars
8
Conspectus of the district populations and acreages
10
Kent Archives and Libraries
13
Addresses of societies and index holders
14
Kent Register Offices
15
Bibliography
15
Conspectus of the PRO census piece numbers
16
Census dates and county populations
17
The Registration District maps
17
 
II THE REGISTRATION DISTRICTS
 
Greenwich
18
Cranbrook
50
Lewisham
21
Tenterden
52
Woolwich
24
West Ashford
54
Bromley
26
East Ashford
56
Dartford
28
Bridge
58
Gravesend
31
Canterbury
60
North Aylesford
32
Blean
62
Strood
32
Faversham
64
Hoo
34
Milton
66
Medway
35
Sheppey
68
Malling
37
Thanet
70
Sevenoaks
39
Eastry
72
Tonbridge
42
Dover
75
Maidstone
44
Elham
77
Hollingbourne
47
Romney Marsh
80
 
III INDEXES
 
Index of parishes and places by registration districts
82
Index of sub-districts by registration districts
88
Index of registrars by registration districts
89
 
IV COUNTY MAP

at end


Extracts from Pages 54 & 55 of the guide:

Kentish Census Returns - Page 54
Kentish Census Returns - Page 55

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