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*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
 
*[http://extranet3.kent.gov.uk/sp/rois/home.html Kent BMD search]
  
*[http://www.kent-opc.org/default.html Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
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*[http://www.kent-opc.org/ Kent OnLine Parish Clerks]
  
 
*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
 
*[http://members.tripod.com/~jo42/knt.html Kent Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.aspx Canterbury Cathedral Archives]  
 
*[http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives.aspx Canterbury Cathedral Archives]  
  
*[http://www.dover.gov.uk/kentcoal/intro.asp Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]
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*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/deal/church/churches.htm Kent Churches]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/trans1851.html Convicts transported from Kent to Australia in 1851/52]  
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*[http://doverdc.co.uk/kentcoal/home.asp Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/newspaper.html Indices of articles from Kent newspapers 1786-1850]
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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]
  
 
*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm Kent and South London Monumental Inscriptions]
 
*[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm Kent and South London Monumental Inscriptions]
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*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Kent Baptisms]
 
*[http://www.sartorelli.gen.nz/tree/kentbaptisms/index.html Kent Baptisms]
 
*[http://kimbo1959.tripod.com/index.html Pages of the 1841 Kent Census]
 
  
 
*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
 
*[http://www.kentchurches.info/ Kent Churches Online]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some early Kent deeds]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/kentdeeds.html Some Early Kent Deeds]
  
 
*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots Directory 1840]
 
*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/pigots_1840_kent.htm Pigots Directory 1840]
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*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]  
 
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent Surrey and Sussex]  
  
*[http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
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*[http://vulpeculox.net/history/kwills.htm West Kent Wills and Families up to 1650]
  
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/deed.html Abstracts of Title and Draft Wills]
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/ken.htm Surrey Plus Index: Kent]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/ken.htm Surrey Plus Index: Kent]
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*[http://www.kentvad.org/ Kent V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detatchments)]
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*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]  
 
*[http://www.barham-kent.org.uk/Genealogy.htm Barham Genealogy]  
 
*[http://www.bexley.gov.uk/localstudies/kellys_directories.html Bexley Street and Trade Directories 1870 -1938]
 
  
 
*[http://www.gparrett.btinternet.co.uk/chatnews/ Chatham News Index 1895-1965]
 
*[http://www.gparrett.btinternet.co.uk/chatnews/ Chatham News Index 1895-1965]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/wills.htm Chelsfield wills 1388-1858]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation Accounts, 1688]
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/myjacobfamily/dovercorporationaccounts.htm Dover Corporation accounts, 1688]
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*[http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/ Dover War Memorial Project]  
 
 
*[http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/ Dover War Memorial Project] New
 
  
 
*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/ East Kent Local History Pages]
 
*[http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/ East Kent Local History Pages]
  
 
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/martin.webb/ Egerton]
 
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/martin.webb/ Egerton]
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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.farnborough-kent-parish.org.uk/index.htm Farnborough Parish]
 
*[http://www.farnborough-kent-parish.org.uk/index.htm Farnborough Parish]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/ Folkestone Genealogy Pages]  
 
*[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]
  
 
*[http://uk.geocities.com/great_mongeham_pc/MongehamGraveyard.htm St. Martin's Church, Great Mongeham -Gravestones]  
 
*[http://uk.geocities.com/great_mongeham_pc/MongehamGraveyard.htm St. Martin's Church, Great Mongeham -Gravestones]  
  
*[http://bloodties.net/index.html Green Street Green]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Street_Green Green Street Green]
  
 
*[http://www.hartley-kent.org.uk/ Hartley]
 
*[http://www.hartley-kent.org.uk/ Hartley]
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*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm Marden Village]
 
*[http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/index.htm Marden Village]
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*[http://www.margatehistory.blogspot.com/ Margate Historical Society]
  
 
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent FHS]
 
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent FHS]
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*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
 
*[http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/ Rainham History]
  
*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/index.htm Ramsgate and Isle of Thanet] [[image:newthing2.jpg]] Feb 2009
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*[http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/index.htm Ramsgate and Isle of Thanet]  
  
 
*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
 
*[http://www.bodiam-mill.net/ Sandhurst and surrounding Villages]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/ Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey]
 
*[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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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~puxty/ Isle of Sheppey Coastguards]
  
 
*[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
 
*[http://www.tunwells-fhs.co.uk/ Tunbridge Wells FHS]
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*[http://www.westfarleigh.org.uk/home.htm West Farleigh]
 
*[http://www.westfarleigh.org.uk/home.htm West Farleigh]
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*[http://www.west-malling.co.uk/ West Malling Resource Centre]
  
 
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~puxty/ Westminster Villlage, Isle of Sheppey]
 
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~puxty/ Westminster Villlage, Isle of Sheppey]
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*[http://goldbern.co.uk/woodchurch/index.htm Woodchurch Local and Family History]
 
*[http://goldbern.co.uk/woodchurch/index.htm Woodchurch Local and Family History]
  
*[http://www.wrothamheath.co.uk/ Wrotham Heath] New
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*[http://www.wrothamheath.co.uk/ Wrotham Heath]  
  
  
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'''Books of local interest'''
 
 
 
  
 
==Register Office==
 
==Register Office==
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*Dover [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]
 
*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]  
 
*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]  
 
*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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*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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*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]  
 
*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]
 
*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]
 
*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


Kent Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

The main Kent contact site is Kent Registration Services


Maidstone Registration Services

Invicta House
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1XX

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


Medway Towns (Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester)

Medway Register Office
Ingleside
114 Maidstone Road
Chatham
ME4 6DJ

Tel: 01634 338899

Email: register.office@medway.gov.uk


Bexley District Register Office

Manor House
The Green
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 6BU

Tel: 020 8308 7515


Bromley Registration Service

Civic Centre
Stockwell Close
Bromley
BR31 3OH

Tel 020 8313 4666

E-mail registrars@bromley.gov.uk

  • London Borough of Bromley Events from 1966 or earlier must be ordered by post or in person at the office. Events after 1966 can be ordered online, by post or in person.


Greenwich

The Register Office
Town Hall
Wellington Street
Woolwich
London
SE18 6PW

Tel: 020 8921 4377

E-mail registrar@greenwich.gov.uk


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

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


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

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