KENT INFORMATION

KENT ARCHIVE OFFICES: Details of the Addresses, Telephone and Fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of the four main offices and collections in Kent can be found on this page Basic information about the collections at the various locations is also included.

KENT LOCAL STUDIES CENTRE and LIBRARIES: Details of the Addresses, Telephone and Fax numbers, together with brief information about holding for the larger libraries in Kent can be found on this page

KENT REGISTER OFFICES: Full details of the Offices listed below can be found on this page Ashford, Canterbury, Chatham (Medway), Gravesend, Maidstone, Ramsgate, Tunbridge Wells. (includes details of Parishes covered by each office)

KENT PARISH MAP: (of the parishes in the Kent family History Society area) These pages will give you visual details of the parishes in Kent particularly covered by this Society

NEW PUBLICATION: THE BOOTSHOE BOYS An account of the Elham Charity School This Charity which dates from 1723, was established to provide poor boys of Elham with schooling and clothing. It will be invaluable to family historians and all those interested in the history of this part of East Kent and early schooling, both charitable and National. The Charity also provided apprenticeships over a very wide area. Copies are available from the author, Betty Coton (a member of the KFHS) at: 34 Bishops Way, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8DS, England @ £9.95 per copy plus postage and packing* or from all good booksellers. *Postage and packing costs are as follows: (Please add these costs to the price of the book) UK Inland £1.00 Overseas:   Surface Mail £1.55 Airmail - U.S. and Canada £3.05 Airmail - Australia & New Zealand £3.30 European Mail:   Euro Surface £1.55 Euro Airmail £1.80