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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]
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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
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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==
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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=====
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'''County town:''' Maidstone
Invicta House<br>
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Maidstone<br>
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'''Other major towns:''' Canterbury, Bexley
Kent<br>
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ME14 1XX
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Kent| Kent Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandKent.jpg|right|160px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
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'''Primary Reference'''
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*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/archive-centres/ '''Kent Record Office''']
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*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ Kent Family History Society]
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*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/ County Library Service]
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*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
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*[http://www.kent-opc.org/ Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://kimbo1959.tripod.com/id1.html 1841 Kent Census]
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*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.aspx Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
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*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/deal/church/churches.htm Kent Churches]
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*[http://doverdc.co.uk/kentcoal/home.asp Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts Transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/newspaper.html Indices of Articles from Kent Newspapers 1786-1850]
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*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm Kent and South London Monumental Inscriptions]
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*[http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/index.html Kent Archeology Society - Includes an Index of East Kent Wills]
  
Tel 08458 247 400<br>
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*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Kent Baptisms]
E-mail Register.office@kent.gov.uk
 
  
=====Medway Towns,Chatham,Gillingham and Rochester=====
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*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
Medway Register Office<br>
 
Ingleside<br>
 
114 Maidstone Road<br>
 
Chatham<br>
 
ME4 6DJ
 
  
Tel 01634 338899<br>
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some Early Kent Deeds]
E-mail register.office@medway.gov.uk
 
  
=====Bexley District Register Office=====
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*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots Directory 1840]
Manor House<br>
 
The Green<br>
 
Sidcup<br>
 
Kent<br>
 
DA14 6BU
 
  
Tel 020 8308 7515<br>
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
 
  
=====Bromley Registration Service=====
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*[http://www.historic-kent.co.uk/ Historic Kent]
Civic Centre<br>
 
Stockwell Close<br>
 
Bromley<br>
 
BR31 3OH
 
  
Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
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*[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]
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*[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.
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/kent/index.html Kent Parishes and Villages]
  
=====Greenwich=====
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*[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>
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*[http://www.kentfallen.com/ Kent War Memorials Transcription Project]
E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk
 
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[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.
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*[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.
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*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://vulpeculox.net/history/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/ken.htm Surrey Plus Index: Kent]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[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:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=47 Teresa from the Bay]
 
*Herne Bay:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=47 Teresa from the Bay]
 
*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:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=47 Teresa from the Bay]
 
  
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.gparrett.btinternet.co.uk/chatnews/ Chatham News Index 1895-1965]
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation Accounts, 1688]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/ Dover War Memorial Project]
  
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*[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]
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/martin.webb/ Egerton]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/kent_all.html LIBRARY LINKS]
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*[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]
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*[http://www.elham.co.uk/#_Hlk508612863 Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy Pages]
  
*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ KENT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY]
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*[http://www.farnborough-kent-parish.org.uk/index.htm Farnborough Parish]
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*[http://www.faversham.org/pages/standard.aspx?i_PageID=155 Faversham History]
  
 
*[http://www.folkfhs.org.uk/ Folkestone & District FHS]
 
*[http://www.folkfhs.org.uk/ Folkestone & District FHS]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/ Folkestone Genealogy Pages]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Folkestone Wills 1388-1858]
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*[http://uk.geocities.com/great_mongeham_pc/MongehamGraveyard.htm St. Martin's Church, Great Mongeham -Gravestones]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Street_Green Green Street Green]
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*[http://www.hartley-kent.org.uk/ Hartley]
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*[http://www.kemsingheritagecentre.org.uk/index.htm#links Kemsing Heritage Centre]
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*[http://www.lynsted-society.co.uk/index.html Lynsted with Kingsdown Society]
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*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ld_index.htm Ladywell & Brockley Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions]
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*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm Marden Village]
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*[http://www.margatehistory.blogspot.com/ Margate Historical Society]
  
 
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent FHS]
 
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent FHS]
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/andrew.parkinson4/index.html Northbourne Sources]
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*[http://www.plaxtolhistory.org.uk/index.htm Plaxtol Local History Group]
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*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
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*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/index.htm Ramsgate and Isle of Thanet]
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*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
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*[http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/index.htm Sandwich]
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*[http://www.staple-online.co.uk/index.html Staple Village]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm Staplehurst Parish]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coastguards]
  
 
*[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
 
*[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/kent.html Local History Society Gateway Page]
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*[http://www.walmerweb.co.uk/history.html Walmer Web]
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*[http://www.westfarleigh.org.uk/home.htm West Farleigh]
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*[http://www.west-malling.co.uk/ West Malling Resource Centre]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~puxty/ Westminster Villlage, Isle of Sheppey]
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*[http://www.phone-pages.org.uk/wch/ Woodchurch Genealogy]
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*[http://goldbern.co.uk/woodchurch/index.htm Woodchurch Local and Family History]
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*[http://www.wrothamheath.co.uk/ Wrotham Heath]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
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==Register Office==
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The main Kent contact site is [http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent Registration Services]
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'''Maidstone Registration Services'''
  
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]  
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Invicta House<br>
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Maidstone<br>
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Kent<br>
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ME14 1XX<br>
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Tel: 08458 247 400<br>
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Email: Register.office@kent.gov.uk<br>
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'''Medway Towns (Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester)'''
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Medway Register Office<br>
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Ingleside<br>
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114 Maidstone Road<br>
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Chatham<br>
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ME4 6DJ<br>
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Tel: 01634 338899<br>
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Email: register.office@medway.gov.uk<br>
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'''Bexley District Register Office'''
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Manor House<br>
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The Green<br>
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Sidcup<br>
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Kent<br>
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DA14 6BU<br>
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Tel: 020 8308 7515<br>
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* Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
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'''Bromley Registration Service'''
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Civic Centre<br>
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Stockwell Close<br>
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Bromley<br>
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BR31 3OH
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Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
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E-mail registrars@bromley.gov.uk<br>
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* [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.
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'''Greenwich'''
  
*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10kent181/10kent181gazA.htm TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
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The Register Office<br>
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Town Hall <br>
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Wellington Street <br>
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Woolwich <br>
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London <br>
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SE18 6PW<br>
  
*[http://www.kent-opc.org/default.html KENT ONLINE PARISH CLERKS]
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Tel: 020 8921 4377<br>
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/kent/kent_workhouses.htm Kent Workhouses]
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E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ Medway City Ark ]Medway area have digital images of actual parish registers available online FREE
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*[http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships]
  
*[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.
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.htm  Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[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
 
  
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/kent/index.html  Kent Genealogy]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots 1840 Kent]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://barry-white.members.beeb.net/ Family and Local History in Thanet]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm The Parish of Staplehurst]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History Kent]
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*Canterbury [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
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*Deal [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
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*Dover [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
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*Folkestone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
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*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
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*Malling [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
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*Maidstone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
  
*[http://www.juroch.demon.co.uk/kentvad.htm Kent V.A.D (voluntary aid detatchments)]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://ancestrydealkent.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ WELCOME TO ANCESTRY DEAL, KENT & WALMER]
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
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*Folkestone & Romney Marsh Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=317 Gwyn in Kent]
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*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
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*Malling [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
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*Maidstone [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/turnerancestors/familytree.html Family tree of the Turners]
 
  
*[http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
 
  
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Latest revision as of 09:49, 16 May 2023

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.)

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.

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.


County town: Maidstone

Other major towns: Canterbury, Bexley


Kent Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

The main Kent contact site is Kent Registration Services


Maidstone Registration Services

Invicta House
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1XX

Tel: 08458 247 400
Email: Register.office@kent.gov.uk


Medway Towns (Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester)

Medway Register Office
Ingleside
114 Maidstone Road
Chatham
ME4 6DJ

Tel: 01634 338899

Email: register.office@medway.gov.uk


Bexley District Register Office

Manor House
The Green
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 6BU

Tel: 020 8308 7515


Bromley Registration Service

Civic Centre
Stockwell Close
Bromley
BR31 3OH

Tel 020 8313 4666

E-mail registrars@bromley.gov.uk

  • 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
Town Hall
Wellington Street
Woolwich
London
SE18 6PW

Tel: 020 8921 4377

E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


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