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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
 
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts Transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/newspaper.html Indices of Articles from Kent Newspapers 1786-1850]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm Kent and South London Monumental Inscriptions]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/index.html Kent Archeology Society - Includes an Index of East Kent Wills]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Kent Baptisms]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some Early Kent Deeds]
  
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*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots Directory 1840]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
  
*Canterbury [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=199 Mary Poppins]
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*[http://www.historic-kent.co.uk/ Historic Kent]
*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.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History - Kent]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ Mid Kent Marriages Index]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/kent/index.html Kent Parishes and Villages]
  
*Medway [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=55 McAnne in Kent]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
*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.kentfallen.com/ Kent War Memorials Transcription Project]
  
==Links==
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*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/  Medway City Ark - Parish Registers]
  
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*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]
  
*[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.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]  
  
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/KEN/ GENUKI: Kent]
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*[http://vulpeculox.net/history/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/kent_all.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engken/ Kent GenWeb]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/ken.htm Surrey Plus Index: Kent]
  
*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
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*[http://www.kentvad.org/ Kent V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detatchments)]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/kent.html Local History Society Gateway Page]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/index.html Kent Genealogy Pages]
 
  
*[http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/index.html Kent Archeology Society - Includes an Index of East Kent Wills]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
*[http://www.historic-kent.co.uk/ Historic Kent]
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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]
  
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*[http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/ Dover War Memorial Project]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ Kent FHS]
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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://www.folkfhs.org.uk/ Folkestone & District FHS]
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*[http://www.elham.co.uk/#_Hlk508612863 Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy Pages]
  
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West 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.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
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*[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]
  
'''OPC'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.kent-opc.org/default.html Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
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*[http://www.hartley-kent.org.uk/ Hartley]
  
*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.kemsingheritagecentre.org.uk/index.htm#links Kemsing Heritage Centre]
  
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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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]
  
'''Archives'''
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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]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyKent.htm#PageTitle IGI Kent]
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/andrew.parkinson4/index.html Northbourne Sources]
  
*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ChooseArticle.cfm Here's History Kent]  
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*[http://www.plaxtolhistory.org.uk/index.htm Plaxtol Local History Group]
  
*[http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ Medway City Ark- Parish Registers]
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*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
  
*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.htm Canterbury Cathedral Archives]
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*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/index.htm Ramsgate and Isle of Thanet]  
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engken/bmd.html Some Kent Parish Records]
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*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
  
*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Some Kent Baptisms]
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*[http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/index.htm Sandwich]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Index]
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*[http://www.staple-online.co.uk/index.html Staple Village]
  
*[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ Mid Kent Marriages Index]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm Staplehurst Parish]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots 1840 Kent]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
  
*[http://kimbo1959.tripod.com/index.html Pages of the 1841 Kent Census]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coastguards]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some early Kent deeds]
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*[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation accounts, 1688]
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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]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/kent/kent_workhouses.htm Kent Workhouses]
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*[http://goldbern.co.uk/woodchurch/index.htm Woodchurch Local and Family History]
  
*[http://www.juroch.demon.co.uk/kentvad.htm Kent V.A.D (voluntary aid detatchments)]
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*[http://www.wrothamheath.co.uk/ Wrotham Heath]  
  
*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
 
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/turnerancestors/familytree.html Turner Family Tree]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/ Kent Archaeological Society]
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The main Kent contact site is [http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent Registration Services]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52]
 
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Some Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
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'''Maidstone Registration Services'''
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Chelsfield wills 1388-1858]
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Invicta House<br>
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Maidstone<br>
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Folkestone wills]
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Kent<br>
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ME14 1XX<br>
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/newspaper.html Indices of articles from Kent newspapers 1786-1850]
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Tel: 08458 247 400<br>
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Email: Register.office@kent.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.dover.gov.uk/kentcoal/intro.asp Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]
 
  
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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>
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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Tel: 01634 338899<br>
  
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Email: register.office@medway.gov.uk<br>
  
  
'''Countywide Interest'''  
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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>
  
*[http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/ The Mid-Kent Marriages Index 1754-1911- Covers 7 Registration Districts ]
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Tel: 020 8308 7515<br>
  
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]  
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* Council webpage at [http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/registrars/index.html Bexley Council - Registrars]
  
*[http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/index1a.html Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus]
 
  
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/kent/index.html  Kent Genealogy]
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'''Bromley Registration Service'''
  
*[http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/ This is Here's History - Kent]
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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.ontaworld.co.uk/england/kent/index.html Kent Parishes and Villages]
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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.
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
 
  
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'''Greenwich'''
  
*[http://ancestrydealkent.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ Welcome to Ancestry Deal & Walmer ]
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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.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]
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Tel: 020 8921 4377<br>
  
*[http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/elmstead Elmsted and Waltham History and Genealogy Pages]
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E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk<br>
 
*[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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*[http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/CommunityLiving/BirthsDeathsMarriages/FamilyHistory.htm Greenwich Council - Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships]
  
*[http://bloodties.net/index.html Green Street Green]
 
  
*[http://www.kemsingheritagecentre.org.uk/index.htm#links Kemsing Heritage Centre]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.lynsted-society.co.uk/index.html Lynsted with Kingsdown Society]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm Marden Village]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://barry-white.members.beeb.net/ Family and Local History in Thanet]
 
  
*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.staple-online.co.uk/index.html Staple Village]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/index.htm Staplehurst Parish]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coatguards]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.westfarleigh.org.uk/home.htm West Farleigh]
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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.west-malling.co.uk/baptisms.php5 West Malling Resource Centre] St Mary Parish Baptism Records 1813 - 1931
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.phone-pages.org.uk/wch/ Woodchurch Genealogy]
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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.
  
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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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