The Society has undertaken a range of transcription and scanning projects over the years, including Census Returns and Memorial Inscriptions (MI's), but more latterly interest in Parish Registers, Cemetery Registers, School Log Books and Admission Registers and other Miscellaneous Records has meant that we have concentrated on these.  Indeed, some records come to us from other sources. We work in close co-operation with the various archive offices involved and other organisations.   These projects generally result in CD publications which we hope will both help with your own research and contribute to the Society's income.

We have a number of volunteers working at transcribing various parish registers and other records. Their efforts are outstanding and we have much to thank them for. Working in their own homes, often from poor copies of old documents they produce a large amount of data in a digital format. Also our thanks must go to those volunteers who check the output from the transcribers and edit it, most important tasks.

We do need other volunteers to assist in producing print-outs for transcription, burning CDs, preparing files for the final versions and for Find My Past. If any volunteer is interested in helping with this important task and would like to get more information, please contact our Projects Coordinator, Barbara Phillips, via the website Contact form.

Current Projects as of June 2026 

Bexley St Mary: CD-OR103v2 1565-1812: There are 4 parts to the disc and there is a huge amount of data not previously realised. Burials 1565-1707, 1678-1706, 1707-1719, Baptisms 1565-1707, 1706-1722, 1769-1771, Marriages 1565-1706, 1678-1697, 1707-170, Certificates 1683-1688, Distribution list of Bread 1768 & Fruit 1723 & Affidavits 1680-1706. The 4th part consists of Baptisms 1767-1812 & Burials 1770-1812 – now completed, awaiting publication. 

Bromley St Peter & St Paul PRs:
This parish in its entirety has now been passed to JH to manage to give BP time to process the back log she has. In hand. 

Chelsfield St Martin of Tours: Baptisms 1558-1933, Burials 1852-1965 & Marriages 1813-1943 are all transcribed, checked and edited. Awaiting publication.

Chelsfield St Martin of Tours MIs: Burials in the system on CD030 (1813-1851) extended to 1965. MIs to be added to the disc when project work is completed. Awaiting publication.

Chislehurst Division 1918 Absent Voters List: AE has completed the work, over 106 pages of detailed information, over 5,000 entries. BP went to visit her on 11 May to collect the originals so the work could be checked. BP has contacted Kent Libraries & Archives that they are happy for us to proceed. 

Crayford St Paulinus MIs - Jpgs: To be added to PR disc below. 

Crayford St Paulinus: 1538-1724 Composite; 1706-1812 Baptisms, 1629-1705 & 1724-1783 Composite, 1706-1812 Burials; 1706-1753 Marriages and 1813-1838 Marriages. However, the early work 1538 -1724 ES has found, for the first time, that she is unable to transcribe it due to poor images and in Latin. Awaiting publication.

Cudham St Peter & St Paul PRs Baps and Burials 1763-1812, Baps 1813-1917, Burials 1813-1907 & Marriages 1755-1900: Awaiting publication.

Darenth St Margaret: Baptisms 1857-1977, Marriages 1813-1922 & Burials 1844-1915 Needed to be typed as a full transcription and the PRS revamped into Composite, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. Now complete and awaiting publication. 

Dartford Stone Municipal Cemetery 1899-2006 CD146: Transcribed 1899-1997 and 1997-2006 has just been completed and is currently awaiting publication. Data Protection rules will
need to be applied.

Deptford St Luke Marriages 1913-1929: Marriages 1918-1923 expanded either side to 1913-1918 and 1923-1929 to make a run, although there are a few gaps from the entries from the
Parish Magazine. May extend the range until we hit Data Protection guidelines. Discuss at next meeting.

Farnborough St Giles the Abbot: Marriage Register 1928 to 1970: The registers are now transcribed, checked and now edited. Awaiting publication.

Fawkham St Mary, PRs Baps 1568-1812 & 1762-1789, Burials 1568-1812, Marriages 1569-1755: Registers all transcribed, checked and edited. Awaiting publication.

Freddie Foot Diaries (1889 to 1968 aged 79)
Freddie was well known in Dartford. We believe he wrote in his diary every day from when he started work. It was decided by the group that they would transcribe the period 1914 to 1920. Again it appears that the memory sticks only cover the earlier work and that there is a lot missing. This work was interrupted by Covid restrictions.

Joyce Green Hospital Cemetery Death Register H48/B/07/001 1940-1951 was seen by BP many years ago but filming is proving awkward due to its odd shape. As at LA had another look at this register. Basically it is a large thin square register. Decided to film the alphabetical index only which gives first name, last name, page number and entry number. This would enable a researcher to know if the name they were looking for was included – they could then make enquiries themselves at LA. Not filmed by Ancestry. Awaiting publication.

Keston Parish Church (No Dedication) Composite 1540-1685 P208-01-01: Likely will be a standalone disc and with all other PRs completed. Awaiting publication.

Lewisham St Mary Baptisms 1851-1886: Extended to 1920. All now transcribed and out for checking or editing. Visit to LA was very fruitful. JH came too and dealt with the queries. Pages 1-4 appeared blank and pages 5-10 were poor so we photographed them. Information incorporated into the file and now awaiting publication.

Sevenoaks Methodist Chapel & others in the Sevenoaks Circuit: Covers numerous Chapels in the area. Baptisms 1796-1837. Scanned under Projects. Likely will be a stand-alone disc.

Sidcup & District Times 17.11.1905: Full typed index of names, place, page & column. 35 pages. Stand-alone subject. Back to Library or new disc.

St Mary Cray Cemetery MIs: Indexed by Mr B. Clark in 1981: Appears different to the MIs on the Bromley Area disc. The cemetery was opened in 1881 and is in Star lane, St Mary Cray, not in the churchyard. We have transcribed Burials on CD085, perhaps we can put this data with it.

St Mary Cray Composite PRs 1579-1754: The missing data has mostly been retrieved from a microfiche discovered in our library. Baptisms 1579-1685 & 1688-1754 now handwritten; Marriages 1580-1754 now handwritten; Burials 1580-1685 & 1688-1754 now handwritten; Burials 1580-1678 now done and burials 1679-1699 queries completed. A lot of typing involved.

Stone CoE National School Log Books
It appears there are six log books covering different periods and different schools. However, there is definitely missing data for these. It appears that in the early days the projects were downloaded to a memory stick but in later times onto a portable hard-drive. We are making enquires as to if this could be found. This work was interrupted by Covid restrictions.

See also a Map of record office areas.

Information from Barbara Phillips
Chair: Publications & Projects Sub-Committee