« Reply #11 on: Thursday 30 August 07 21:29 BST (UK) »
Just to clarify
Most parish registers have been deposited with county or diocesan record offices, such as Canterbury Cathedral. In order to use the facilities at these archives you will need a CARN (County Archive Record Network) Reader's Ticket, which is issued free of charge on production of 2 passport photos and evidence of identification, such as a passport or driving license. You may need additional proof of address.
Once you have obtained your CARN ticket (on your first visit to an archive) you can use it for any of the record offices (but NOT the National Archives - different reader's ticket required). You will normally need to make an appointment to use the readers. Use of the archives is free, although a small charge is made for printing copies from the films.
Most of the registers at CCA have been microfilmed so you will not usually get access to the original books.
Where the registers are still in use at the parish church, the incumbent may make a reasonable charge for access, hence the £15 per hour quoted by Newbie.
Many of the Kent registers have been transcribed by the Kent FHS and are available on microfiche and/or cd.
Regards, Bill
Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
Beers, Heath, Conyers, Miller, Russell, Larson, Clark, Sibert, Hopper, Reinhart: USA
