Difference between revisions of "Kent"

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Kent is known as the 'Garden of England'.

With towns steeped in History, on the south coast of England, Kent is dotted with castles and historic houses, from Leeds Castle to which Henry VIII brought Catherine of Aragon in 1520 to Chartwell in Westerham, the home of Winston Churchill from 1922 until he died in 1965.

Nelsons flagship “HMS Victory” was built at Chatham Dockyards. Five of the original Cinque Ports are to be found in Kent .... Dover, Hythe, New Romney & Sandwich, (the other being Hastings in East Sussex.)

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+|Kent is known as the 'Garden of England'.
-The main Kent contact site is [http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent Registration Services - Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates - home]
+With towns steeped in History, on the south coast of England, Kent is dotted with castles and historic houses, from Leeds Castle to which Henry VIII brought Catherine of Aragon in 1520 to Chartwell in Westerham, the home of Winston Churchill from 1922 until he died in 1965.
-This site provides links and information to the local bmd database and online certificate ordering service
+Nelsons flagship “HMS Victory” was built at Chatham Dockyards. Five of the original Cinque Ports are to be found in Kent .... Dover, Hythe, New Romney & Sandwich, (the other being Hastings in East Sussex.)
-Family History Certifcate information [http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships - Research]
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+| Kent has many seaside towns perhaps the most famous being Margate, reputed to be the home of seaside donkey rides. Further round the coast are the famous white cliffs of Dover - epitomised in the wartime song by Vera Lynn.
-==Register Offices==
+The Channel Tunnel was at last built between 1987 & 1994 linking Folkestone to Calais, following an attempt in 1880 which was abandoned, fearing a French invasion.
-=====Maidstone Registration Services=====
+'''County town:''' Maidstone
-Invicta House<br>
-Maidstone<br>
+'''Other major towns:''' Canterbury, Bexley
-Kent<br>
-ME14 1XX
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Kent| Kent Places of Worship]]'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandKent.jpg|right|160px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/archive-centres/ '''Kent Record Office''']
+*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ Kent Family History Society]
+*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/ County Library Service]
+*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
+*[http://www.kent-opc.org/ Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
+*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
+'''Countywide Interest'''
+*[http://kimbo1959.tripod.com/id1.html 1841 Kent Census]
+*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.aspx Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
+*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/deal/church/churches.htm Kent Churches]
+*[http://doverdc.co.uk/kentcoal/home.asp Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts Transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/newspaper.html Indices of Articles from Kent Newspapers 1786-1850]
+*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm Kent and South London Monumental Inscriptions]
-Tel 08458 247 400<br>
+*[http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/index.html Kent Archeology Society - Includes an Index of East Kent Wills]
-E-mail Register.office@kent.gov.uk
-=====Medway Towns,Chatham,Gillingham and Rochester=====
+*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Kent Baptisms]
-Medway Register Office<br>
-Ingleside<br>
-Maidstone Road<br>
-Chatham<br>
-ME4 6DJ
-Tel 01634 338899<br>
+*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
-E-mail register.office@medway.gov.uk
-=====Bexley District Register Office=====
+*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some Early Kent Deeds]
-Manor House<br>
-The Green<br>
-Sidcup<br>
-Kent<br>
-DA14 6BU
-Tel 020 8308 7515<br>
+*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots Directory 1840]
-Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
-=====Bromley Registration Service=====
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
-Civic Centre<br>
-Stockwell Close<br>
+*[http://www.historic-kent.co.uk/ Historic Kent]
-Bromley<br>
-BR31 3OH
-Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
+*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History - Kent]
-E-mail registrars@bromley.gov.uk
-Council webpage link [http://www.bromley.gov.uk/community/BirthsDeathsMarriagesPartnerships/birth_death_marriage_certificates.htm London Borough of Bromley | Birth, death and marriage certificates]
+*[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ Mid Kent Marriages Index]
-*1966 and earlier events must be ordered by post or in person at the office,events after 1966 can be ordered online,by post or in person.
+*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/kent/index.html Kent Parishes and Villages]
-=====Greenwich=====
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
-The Register Office<br>
-Town Hall <br>
-Wellington Street <br>
-Woolwich <br>
-London <br>
-SE18 6PW
-Tel: 020 8921 4377<br>
+*[http://www.kentfallen.com/ Kent War Memorials Transcription Project]
-E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/  Medway City Ark - Parish Registers]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://vulpeculox.net/history/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/ken.htm Surrey Plus Index: Kent]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.kentvad.org/ Kent V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detatchments)]
-*Canterbury:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
-*Deal:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
-*Dover:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
-*Folkestone:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
-*Herne: Teresa Burge
-*Herne Bay: Teresa Burge
-*Medway:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
-*Malling:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
-*Maidstone:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
-*Tankerton: Teresa Burge
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]
+*[http://www.gparrett.btinternet.co.uk/chatnews/ Chatham News Index 1895-1965]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation Accounts, 1688]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/ Dover War Memorial Project]
+*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/ East Kent Local History Pages]
-*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/archive-centres/ COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
+*[http://homepages.tesco.net/martin.webb/ Egerton]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/kent_all.html LIBRARY LINKS]
+*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/elmsted/elmsted_web_page.htm Local History of The Parish of Elmsted and Family Histories of Elmsted and Neighbouring Villages on The North Downs]
-*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html KENT BMD SEARCH]
+*[http://www.elham.co.uk/#_Hlk508612863 Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ KENT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY]
+*[http://www.farnborough-kent-parish.org.uk/index.htm Farnborough Parish]
+*[http://www.faversham.org/pages/standard.aspx?i_PageID=155 Faversham History]
 *[http://www.folkfhs.org.uk/ Folkestone & District FHS]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/ Folkestone Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Folkestone Wills 1388-1858]
+*[http://uk.geocities.com/great_mongeham_pc/MongehamGraveyard.htm St. Martin's Church, Great Mongeham -Gravestones]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Street_Green Green Street Green]
+*[http://www.hartley-kent.org.uk/ Hartley]
+*[http://www.kemsingheritagecentre.org.uk/index.htm#links Kemsing Heritage Centre]
+*[http://www.lynsted-society.co.uk/index.html Lynsted with Kingsdown Society]
+*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ld_index.htm Ladywell & Brockley Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions]
+*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm Marden Village]
+*[http://www.margatehistory.blogspot.com/ Margate Historical Society]
 *[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent FHS]
+*[http://freespace.virgin.net/andrew.parkinson4/index.html Northbourne Sources]
+*[http://www.plaxtolhistory.org.uk/index.htm Plaxtol Local History Group]
+*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
+*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/index.htm Ramsgate and Isle of Thanet]
+*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
+*[http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/index.htm Sandwich]
+*[http://www.staple-online.co.uk/index.html Staple Village]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm Staplehurst Parish]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coastguards]
 *[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/kent.html Local History Society Gateway Page]
+*[http://www.walmerweb.co.uk/history.html Walmer Web]
+*[http://www.westfarleigh.org.uk/home.htm West Farleigh]
+*[http://www.west-malling.co.uk/ West Malling Resource Centre]
+*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~puxty/ Westminster Villlage, Isle of Sheppey]
+*[http://www.phone-pages.org.uk/wch/ Woodchurch Genealogy]
+*[http://goldbern.co.uk/woodchurch/index.htm Woodchurch Local and Family History]
+*[http://www.wrothamheath.co.uk/ Wrotham Heath]
-*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]
-*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10kent181/10kent181gazA.htm TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+==Register Office==
+The main Kent contact site is [http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent Registration Services]
+'''Maidstone Registration Services'''
+Invicta House<br>
+Maidstone<br>
+Kent<br>
+ME14 1XX<br>
+Tel: 08458 247 400<br>
+Email: Register.office@kent.gov.uk<br>
+'''Medway Towns (Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester)'''
+Medway Register Office<br>
+Ingleside<br>
+Maidstone Road<br>
+Chatham<br>
+ME4 6DJ<br>
+Tel: 01634 338899<br>
+Email: register.office@medway.gov.uk<br>
+'''Bexley District Register Office'''
+Manor House<br>
+The Green<br>
+Sidcup<br>
+Kent<br>
+DA14 6BU<br>
+Tel: 020 8308 7515<br>
+* Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
+'''Bromley Registration Service'''
+Civic Centre<br>
+Stockwell Close<br>
+Bromley<br>
+BR31 3OH
+Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
+E-mail registrars@bromley.gov.uk<br>
+* [http://www.bromley.gov.uk/community/BirthsDeathsMarriagesPartnerships/birth_death_marriage_certificates.htm London Borough of Bromley] Events from 1966 or earlier must be ordered by post or in person at the office. Events after 1966 can be ordered online, by post or in person.
+'''Greenwich'''
+The Register Office<br>
+Town Hall <br>
+Wellington Street <br>
+Woolwich <br>
+London <br>
+SE18 6PW<br>
+Tel: 020 8921 4377<br>
+E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk<br>
+*[http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships]
-*[http://www.kent-opc.org/default.html KENT ONLINE PARISH CLERKS]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/kent/kent_workhouses.htm Kent Workhouses]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/  Medway City Ark ]Medway area have digital images of actual parish registers available online FREE
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm  The village of MARDEN]
-*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/ Kent Archaeological Society]A huge website with loads of interesting pages including some records, wills and Monumental inscriptions.
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.htm  Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus ]Ideal Homes: Suburbia in Focus is a joint project of the London Boroughs of Bexley
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/kent/index.html  Kent Genealogy]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots 1840 Kent]
+*Canterbury [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*Deal [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*Dover [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*Folkestone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+*Malling [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+*Maidstone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
-*[http://barry-white.members.beeb.net/ Family and Local History in Thanet]
+==Photo Offers==
-*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm The Parish of Staplehurst]
+*Folkestone & Romney Marsh Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=317 Gwyn in Kent]
+*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+*Malling [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+*Maidstone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
-*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History Kent]
-*[http://www.juroch.demon.co.uk/kentvad.htm Kent V.A.D (voluntary aid detatchments)]
-*[http://ancestrydealkent.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ WELCOME TO ANCESTRY DEAL, KENT & WALMER]
+Back to [[England]]
-*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
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Difference between revisions of "Kent"

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Resources

Register Office

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Photo Offers