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'.
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-'''Kent'''
-County town: Maidstone
+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.
-Other major towns: Canterbury, Bexley
+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 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.
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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.
-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.)
 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.
-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 main Kent contact site is [http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent Registration Services - Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates - home]
+'''County town:''' Maidstone
+'''Other major towns:''' Canterbury, Bexley
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Kent| Kent Places of Worship]]'''
-This site provides links and information to the local bmd database and online certificate ordering service
-Family History Certifcate information [http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships - Research]
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandKent.jpg|right|160px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
-==Register Offices==
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/archive-centres/ '''Kent Record Office''']
-'''Maidstone Registration Services'''<BR>
+*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ Kent Family History Society]
-Invicta House<br>
-Maidstone<br>
-Kent<br>
-ME14 1XX
-Tel 08458 247 400<br>
+*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/ County Library Service]
-E-mail Register.office@kent.gov.uk
+*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
-'''Medway Towns,Chatham,Gillingham and Rochester'''<BR>
+*[http://www.kent-opc.org/ Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
-Medway Register Office<br>
-Ingleside<br>
-Maidstone Road<br>
-Chatham<br>
-ME4 6DJ
-Tel 01634 338899<br>
+*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
-E-mail register.office@medway.gov.uk
+*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
-'''Bexley District Register Office'''<BR>
-Manor House<br>
-The Green<br>
-Sidcup<br>
-Kent<br>
-DA14 6BU
-Tel 020 8308 7515<br>
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
+*[http://kimbo1959.tripod.com/id1.html 1841 Kent Census]
-'''Bromley Registration Service'''<BR>
+*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.aspx Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
-Civic Centre<br>
-Stockwell Close<br>
-Bromley<br>
-BR31 3OH
-Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
+*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/deal/church/churches.htm Kent Churches]
-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://doverdc.co.uk/kentcoal/home.asp Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]
-*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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts Transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52]
-'''Greenwich'''<BR>
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/newspaper.html Indices of Articles from Kent Newspapers 1786-1850]
-The Register Office<br>
-Town Hall <br>
-Wellington Street <br>
-Woolwich <br>
-London <br>
-SE18 6PW
-Tel: 020 8921 4377<br>
+*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm Kent and South London Monumental Inscriptions]
-E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk
+*[http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/index.html Kent Archeology Society - Includes an Index of East Kent Wills]
+*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Kent Baptisms]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some Early Kent Deeds]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots Directory 1840]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.historic-kent.co.uk/ Historic Kent]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History - Kent]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ Mid Kent Marriages Index]
+*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/kent/index.html Kent Parishes and Villages]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
-*Canterbury [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
+*[http://www.kentfallen.com/ Kent War Memorials Transcription Project]
-*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]
+*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/  Medway City Ark - Parish Registers]
-==Photo Offers==
+*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
+*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]
-*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
+*[http://vulpeculox.net/history/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
-*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.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/ken.htm Surrey Plus Index: Kent]
+*[http://www.kentvad.org/ Kent V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detatchments)]
-*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/archive-centres/ '''Kent Record Office''' - Archive & Local History Centres]
-*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/KEN/ GENUKI: Kent]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/kent_all.html Library Links]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
+*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/kent.html Local History Society Gateway Page]
+*[http://www.gparrett.btinternet.co.uk/chatnews/ Chatham News Index 1895-1965]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation Accounts, 1688]
+*[http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/ Dover War Memorial Project]
+*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/ East Kent Local History Pages]
+*[http://homepages.tesco.net/martin.webb/ Egerton]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[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://www.elham.co.uk/#_Hlk508612863 Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ Kent FHS]
+*[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://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent 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.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
+*[http://www.margatehistory.blogspot.com/ Margate Historical Society]
+*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent FHS]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://freespace.virgin.net/andrew.parkinson4/index.html Northbourne Sources]
+*[http://www.plaxtolhistory.org.uk/index.htm Plaxtol Local History Group]
-*[http://www.kent-opc.org/default.html Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
+*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
-*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/index.htm Ramsgate and Isle of Thanet]
-*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
+*[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]
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coastguards]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyKent.htm#PageTitle IGI Kent]
+*[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
-*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ChooseArticle.cfm Here's History Kent]
+*[http://www.walmerweb.co.uk/history.html Walmer Web]
-*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/  Medway City Ark- Parish Registers]
+*[http://www.westfarleigh.org.uk/home.htm West Farleigh]
-*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.htm  Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
+*[http://www.west-malling.co.uk/ West Malling Resource Centre]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engken/bmd.html Some Kent Parish Records]
+*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~puxty/ Westminster Villlage, Isle of Sheppey]
-*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Some Kent Baptisms]
+*[http://www.phone-pages.org.uk/wch/ Woodchurch Genealogy]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
+*[http://goldbern.co.uk/woodchurch/index.htm Woodchurch Local and Family History]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots 1840 Kent]
+*[http://www.wrothamheath.co.uk/ Wrotham Heath]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some early Kent deeds]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation accounts, 1688]
+'''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'''
-'''Family and Social History'''
+Invicta House<br>
+Maidstone<br>
+Kent<br>
+ME14 1XX<br>
+Tel: 08458 247 400<br>
+Email: Register.office@kent.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/kent/kent_workhouses.htm Kent Workhouses]
-*[http://www.juroch.demon.co.uk/kentvad.htm Kent V.A.D (voluntary aid detatchments)]
+'''Medway Towns (Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester)'''
-*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
+Medway Register Office<br>
+Ingleside<br>
+Maidstone Road<br>
+Chatham<br>
+ME4 6DJ<br>
-*[http://www.geocities.com/turnerancestors/familytree.html Turner Family Tree]
+Tel: 01634 338899<br>
-*[http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
+Email: register.office@medway.gov.uk<br>
-*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/ Kent Archaeological Society]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52]
+'''Bexley District Register Office'''
-*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Some Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
+Manor House<br>
+The Green<br>
+Sidcup<br>
+Kent<br>
+DA14 6BU<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Chelsfield wills 1388-1858]
+Tel: 020 8308 7515<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Folkestone wills]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/newspaper.html Indices of articles from Kent newspapers 1786-1850]
+* Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
+'''Bromley Registration Service'''
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+Civic Centre<br>
+Stockwell Close<br>
+Bromley<br>
+BR31 3OH
+Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+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.
-*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]
-*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]
+'''Greenwich'''
-*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/kent/index.html  Kent Genealogy]
+The Register Office<br>
+Town Hall <br>
+Wellington Street <br>
+Woolwich <br>
+London <br>
+SE18 6PW<br>
-*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History - Kent]
+Tel: 020 8921 4377<br>
+E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk<br>
-'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
+*[http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships]
-*[http://ancestrydealkent.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ Welcome to ancestry Deal & Walmer ]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/elmstead Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy pages]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/ Folkestone Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.kemsingheritagecentre.org.uk/index.htm#links Kemsing Heritage Centre]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.lynsted-society.co.uk/index.html Lynsted with Kingsdown Society]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://barry-white.members.beeb.net/ Family and Local History in Thanet]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm Staplehurst Parish]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm Marden Village]
+*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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
+==Photo Offers==
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coatguards]
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
+*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]
+Back to [[England]]
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+----

Difference between revisions of "Kent"

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Contents

Resources

Register Office

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Photo Offers