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