As I understand it, during the Commonwealth the registration of births, marriages and deaths became a civil matter, and the Justices of the Peace rather than parishes registered them. Many of these were destroyed after the restoration. But I don't know how that affected Thanet in particular. Anne On 3 Aug 2009, at 19:21, Roger Young wrote: > Can anyone advise as to whether there any notable gaps in the Parish > Registers caused by the 17C Civil War and more importantly the > subsequent Commonwealth, or was there a basic continuity during the > period 1642 to 1660? > I am writing up my family history at the moment and as background > want to assess the extent to which the records reflect the impact of > the puritan movement in Thanet. My impression is that there are no > notable gaps, or obvious insertions of the missing years after the > Restoration. But I do not have copies of all 7 parishes to hand. > certainly Lewis writing in the 1720/30s does not make much of an > issue of war and Commonwealt affecting Thanet. > Many thanks. > Roger Young > > -------------------------------