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

Monkton stops in 1639 and does not resume until 1662.   St Nicholas stops in 1639 and resumes in 1653   The other parishes run through OK.   Alan Everitt's Community of Kent is the best source on the war and its impact on the island. Although there were no battles here, there was a lot of activity. Abell also wrote a book on the war in Kent with particular relation to Colonel Edwin Sandys who invaded and took the island in 1642 for Parliament.  There is considerable material in the British Library in BM.Add.MSS 27999 - 28005.  Peter Clark's English Provincial Society gives some material on the development of the puritan movement prior to the war. Patrick Collinson, who was my professor at Kent, is obviously the expert on puritanism both locally and nationally and has published widely on the topic. ________________________________ From: Roger Young <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 3 August, 2009 7:21:49 PM Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Continuity of Thanet Parish Registers 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 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message