You can now search 163,477 new Thames-side and Medway parish burial records on findmypast.co.uk

These burial records cover Middlesex, Essex, Surrey and Kent for the period 1702 to 1997. These records represent the next part of a collection licensed from local specialist Rob Cottrell, and follow on from the Thames-side and Medway baptism records we recently published.

We will publish marriage records shortly and occupational records of Thames watermen and lightermen will follow to complete the collection.

Find your Thames-side and Medway ancestors today in our parish burial records.

We’ve just added three more complete counties to the 1851 census. You can now search for your ancestors in Middlesex, Hampshire and Surrey. As ever, these records are newly transcribed from a set of crisp new images. We’re confident our transcription is the best you’ll find online.

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