Peter Cox wrote (04/01/2012 16:45:35):



Hi, I am from Australia and trying to track down my english ancestors.  The focus of my research at the moment is arounnd Bounton Aluph.  I have purchased CD 24 from the Kent Family history society and found out some information.  I am researcing the family of James and Mary Cox who had 6 children: Mary, Frances, Thomas, Peter, Henry and Catharine between 1802 - 1815.  My particlular interest at present is trying to identify which James and Mary Cox are the parents and where they are from.  There is a James cox from Badlesmere who married a Mary Hopkins in 1791 in Boughton ALuph.  It seems unusual to me that it would be 11 years before they began their family so that raises doubts about whether it was them or not.  Is there anything other than what is on CD 24 that could help me identify who these people are.  HOw do I go about finding/ ordering birth and death certificates and would they be helpful in this process anyway?  I am only relatively new at this genealogy thing.