Where have you looked ? FreeBMD will have details of BMD registrations after 1837 http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl including this one Births Dec 1875 Beecher Stephen Richard Tunbridge 2a 573 Ancestry.com has a few extracted Parish Records for BEECHERs in Kent The International Genealogical Index http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true seems to have plenty of BEECHERs in Kent, but beware - many are patron submissions which can be pure fiction. Censuses from 1841 on (available from Ancestry.com or Findmypast.com) have BEECHERs all over Kent The Beta FamilySearch http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start has BEECHERs in Kent Anne South Australia John McCarthy wrote: > Hello List, > I am a new member to this list and hope that by > joining you all I can increase my meagre knowledge of the Beecher > name in the above centuries around Tunbridge Wells& Tonbridge. I am > hoping to find Edward Beecher and Stephen Richard Beecher, or even > any Beecher, all replies will be answered within 2 days or so, > > > John McCarthy in Australia > > >