We have just published 131,052 indexed records from 65,526 Thames-side and Medway marriages on findmypast.co.uk

These records cover Essex, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey for the period 1750 to 1984.

These records are part of a collection licensed from local specialist Rob Cottrell and follow the recent publication of the Thames-side and Medway baptism and burial records.

Occupational records of Thames watermen and lightermen will also go online at findmypast.co.uk to complete the collection.

Find out more about the collection on our Thames-side and Medway records page.

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Almost 70,000 new Dorset and Wiltshire parish records now on findmypast.co.uk

We have just published 69,545 new parish records for Dorset and Wiltshire on findmypast.co.uk

These records were provided by the Dorset Family History Society and the Wiltshire Family History Society.

The table below provides more information on these new records:

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Over 22,000 new Thames-side and Medway parish baptism records now on the site

We have also just added 22,236 more parish baptism records to our Thames-side and Medway parish records collection. This brings the total amount of Thames-side and Medway baptism records you can search on findmypast.co.uk to 300,070 for the period 1721-1970.

Read more about our Thames-side and Medway records collection.

The value of parish records

Parish records are invaluable when tracing your ancestry as they go back much further than birth, marriage and death records. You can search parish records for baptisms, marriages and burials that date back as far as 1538 on findmypast.co.uk

The Federation of Family History Societies distributes its members’ records in partnership with findmypast.co.uk. Many family history societies contribute their records to make our parish records collection as comprehensive as it is. You can read more about the societies that contribute on our FFHS data providers page.

When you’ve found your ancestors in our parish records you’ll realise just how useful they are.

Read more about the value of parish records in our knowledge base.

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 have just published 277,834 new Thames and Medway parish baptism records on the site for the period 1721 to 1970.

These baptisms are transcriptions, not indexes, and include, among others, such key London historical periphery parishes as those in Brentford, Deptford, Ealing, Greenwich and Rotherhithe.

As well as the Thames-side parishes, the coverage extends down the estuary and the north Kent coast to the Medway towns. This release of records represents the first part of a collection licensed from local specialist Rob Cottrell.

We plan to publish burial records in August and marriage records soon after. In due course, occupational records of Thames watermen and lightermen will also go online at findmypast.co.uk

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