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|Kent is known as the 'Garden of England'.
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'''Kent'''
 
  
County town: Maidstone
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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.
  
Other major towns: Canterbury, Bexley
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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.)
  
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.
 
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]
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'''County town:''' Maidstone
  
This site provides links and information to the local bmd database and online certificate ordering service
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'''Other major towns:''' Canterbury, Bexley
Family History Certifcate information [http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships - Research]
 
  
  
==Register Offices==
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Kent| Kent Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
'''Maidstone Registration Services'''<BR>
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
Invicta House<br>
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| [[Image: EnglandKent.jpg|right|160px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
Maidstone<br>
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Kent<br>
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==Resources==
ME14 1XX
 
  
Tel 08458 247 400<br>
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'''Primary Reference'''
E-mail Register.office@kent.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/archive-centres/ '''Kent Record Office''']
  
'''Medway Towns,Chatham,Gillingham and Rochester'''<BR>
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*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ Kent Family History Society]
Medway Register Office<br>
 
Ingleside<br>
 
114 Maidstone Road<br>
 
Chatham<br>
 
ME4 6DJ
 
  
Tel 01634 338899<br>
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*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/ County Library Service]
E-mail register.office@medway.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
  
'''Bexley District Register Office'''<BR>
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*[http://www.kent-opc.org/ Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
Manor House<br>
 
The Green<br>
 
Sidcup<br>
 
Kent<br>
 
DA14 6BU
 
  
Tel 020 8308 7515<br>
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*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
 
  
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
'''Bromley Registration Service'''<BR>
 
Civic Centre<br>
 
Stockwell Close<br>
 
Bromley<br>
 
BR31 3OH
 
  
Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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://kimbo1959.tripod.com/id1.html 1841 Kent Census]
  
*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.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.aspx Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
  
'''Greenwich'''<BR>
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*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/deal/church/churches.htm Kent Churches]
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://doverdc.co.uk/kentcoal/home.asp Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]
E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk
 
  
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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]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm Kent and South London Monumental Inscriptions]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/index.html Kent Archeology Society - Includes an Index of East Kent Wills]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Kent Baptisms]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some Early Kent Deeds]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots Directory 1840]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
  
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*[http://www.historic-kent.co.uk/ Historic Kent]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History - Kent]
  
*Canterbury [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
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*[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ Mid Kent Marriages Index]
*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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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/kent/index.html Kent Parishes and Villages]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.kentfallen.com/ Kent War Memorials Transcription Project]
  
*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
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*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ Medway City Ark - Parish Registers]
*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]
 
  
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*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]
  
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*[http://vulpeculox.net/history/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
  
*[http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/archives-and-local-history/archive-centres/ '''Kent Record Office''' - Archive & Local History Centres]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
  
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/KEN/ GENUKI: Kent]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/ken.htm Surrey Plus Index: Kent]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/kent_all.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.kentvad.org/ Kent V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detatchments)]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engken/ Kent GenWeb]
 
  
*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
 
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/kent.html Local History Society Gateway Page]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
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*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]  
  
*[http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/index.html Kent Archeology Society - Includes an Index of East Kent Wills]
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*[http://www.gparrett.btinternet.co.uk/chatnews/ Chatham News Index 1895-1965]
  
*[http://www.historic-kent.co.uk/ Historic Kent]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation Accounts, 1688]
  
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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]
  
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/martin.webb/ Egerton]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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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]
  
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*[http://www.elham.co.uk/#_Hlk508612863 Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy Pages]
  
*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ Kent FHS]
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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]
  
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent FHS]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/ Folkestone Genealogy Pages]  
  
*[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
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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]
  
'''OPC'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.kent-opc.org/default.html Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
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*[http://www.lynsted-society.co.uk/index.html Lynsted with Kingsdown Society]
  
*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ld_index.htm Ladywell & Brockley Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions]
  
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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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]
  
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*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent FHS]
  
'''Archives'''
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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]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyKent.htm#PageTitle IGI Kent]
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*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
  
*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ChooseArticle.cfm Here's History Kent]  
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*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/index.htm Ramsgate and Isle of Thanet]  
  
*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ Medway City Ark- Parish Registers]
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*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
  
*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.htm Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
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*[http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/index.htm Sandwich]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engken/bmd.html Some Kent Parish Records]
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*[http://www.staple-online.co.uk/index.html Staple Village]
  
*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Some Kent Baptisms]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm Staplehurst Parish]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
  
*[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ Mid Kent Marriages Index]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coastguards]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots 1840 Kent]
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*[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
  
*[http://kimbo1959.tripod.com/index.html Pages of the 1841 Kent Census]
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*[http://www.walmerweb.co.uk/history.html Walmer Web]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some early Kent deeds]
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*[http://www.westfarleigh.org.uk/home.htm West Farleigh]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation accounts, 1688]
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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]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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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]
  
*[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)]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/turnerancestors/familytree.html Turner Family Tree]
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The main Kent contact site is [http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent Registration Services]
  
*[http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
 
  
*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/ Kent Archaeological Society]
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'''Maidstone Registration Services'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52]
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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>
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Some Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
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Tel: 08458 247 400<br>
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Email: Register.office@kent.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Chelsfield wills 1388-1858]
 
 
*[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]
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'''Medway Towns (Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester)'''
  
*[http://www.dover.gov.uk/kentcoal/intro.asp Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]
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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>
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
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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>
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ The Mid-Kent Marriages Index 1754-1911- Covers 7 Registration Districts ]
 
  
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]
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'''Bromley Registration Service'''
  
*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]
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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
  
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/kent/index.html  Kent Genealogy]
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Tel 020 8313 4666<br>
  
*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History - Kent]
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E-mail registrars@bromley.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/kent/index.html Kent Parishes and Villages] - under construction
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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'''
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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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>
  
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Tel: 020 8921 4377<br>
  
*[http://ancestrydealkent.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ Welcome to Ancestry Deal & Walmer ]
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E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]  
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*[http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships]
  
*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/elmstead Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy Pages]
 
 
*[http://www.faversham.org/pages/standard.aspx?i_PageID=155 Faversham History]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/ Folkestone Genealogy Pages]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://bloodties.net/index.html Green Street Green]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.kemsingheritagecentre.org.uk/index.htm#links Kemsing Heritage Centre]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.lynsted-society.co.uk/index.html Lynsted with Kingsdown Society]
 
  
*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm Marden Village]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://barry-white.members.beeb.net/ Family and Local History in Thanet]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.staple-online.co.uk/index.html Staple Village]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm Staplehurst Parish]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coatguards]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.westfarleigh.org.uk/home.htm West Farleigh]
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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.west-malling.co.uk/baptisms.php5 West Malling Resource Centre] St Mary Parish Baptism Records 1813 - 1931
 
 
 
*[http://www.phone-pages.org.uk/wch/ Woodchurch Genealogy]
 
  
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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]
  
  
  
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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


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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


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