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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