Link: Canterbury Cathedral archives now at FindmyPast

[bearkat]

We'll have to be patient and keep checking to see what has been indexed.

[Hampshire Lass]

I emailed Cathedral Archives recently to check if they still had parish records on microfilm for Stone in Oxney, as they aren't on FindMyPast. They replied to say they do and explained that they were only able to pass on to FindMyPast the records for parishes which gave their permission......apparently 4 parishes didn't.

I'm wondering if they still have all the records they had before they closed because at the time I was under the impression they were no longer going to have any parish records available.

[smudwhisk]

I would suggest treating this as a secondary source but if you wanted to do a thorough search you would be best visiting the full collection at the Cathedral archives. I have not been over there since they reopened to see if anything has changed.

It's worth checking under the Collections menu for FindMyPast to see if they have the PRs you require to browse, it may well be that they've not indexed them all yet but the Canterbury Collection was originally uploaded to browse only (the only county that is).

[bearkat]

The pdf documents listing the parishes and dates covered is well hdden on FindMyPast

baptisms
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/cms/FindMyPast/pdf/canterbury-baptisms.pdf

banns
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/cms/FindMyPast/pdf/canterbury-banns.pdf

marriages
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/cms/FindMyPast/pdf/canterbury-marriages.pdf

burials
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/cms/FindMyPast/pdf/canterbury-burials.pdf

and here is the guide to parish records held at the Kent Library and History Centre and Canterbury Cathredral Archives
https://shareweb.kent.gov.uk/Documents/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/Archives%20Parish%20Registers%20Guide.pdf

[Jebber]

Indexing of this resource is done by Kent Family History Society for publication on CD as a source of income for the Society. They have an agreement with FindMyPast that they should not be included on FindMyPast until six months after publication of each CD, this gives them a chance to raise some much need revenue.

This information is from the March issue of KFHS Journal

[bearkat]

Thanks for that, Jebber.

I really must read my journal more carefully.