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1901 Census OnLine The 1901 Census on line
British Regiments A huge site about British Regiments and also runs an extremely good e-mail group for additional information.
British Telecom UK Phone Directory
Bygone Times Bygone Times is a free monthly subscription on-line magazine. The magazine will be delivered every month to your mail-box.
Channel Islands, Research in For those of us with ancestors in the Channel Islands.
Churches of the World High Resolution Old and Contemporary Photographs of the World's Churches and other places of Worship. This website was designed purely for the reason of displaying high resolution photographs of the world's places of worship.
Cyndi's Links Has to be the largest set of Genealogy Links on the Internet.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Information on ancestors who served in the Commonwealth forces and died in service. Also contains some information on civilian deaths from World War Two.
Deceased Online A commercial site with a burial and cremation database for the UK. Searches are free.
Ellis Island Records If we have family members we believe may have emigrated to the USA, this might be the place to find them.
The Federation of Family History Societies Self explanatory
Findachurch.co.uk As the name says, help with finding churches.
Footstepsphotos A commmercial site producing quality reproductions of old photographs. A library of several thousand photographs dating from about 1900 to 1930, depicting views of towns, villages, schools, churches etc. of England and Wales.
Genfair Order fiche, etc., from many neighbouring FHS's & Country Record Offices.
Gen UKI A large collection of genealogical information pages and links for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
Heritage Family History This site can design a talk, a class, a lecture or a workshop, advise you on your research or undertake research.
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies in Canterbury is a local school of family history offering many different courses in FH as well as a library containing a specialist Kent section.
Irish Roots Magazine The only magazine entirely dedicated to Irish ancestral research within the entire island of Ireland. Irish Roots magazine is a celebration of Irish ancestry, heritage, culture and tradition.
National Archives The UK Public Record Office - The National Archives
Old UK Photos This website is an archives of old photos of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, including England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the rest of the British Isles, and the Republic of Ireland.This is a free to view website, that doesn't sell images, purely displays them for your pleasure.
Ordnance Survey For information on UK maps and locations of place names
Parish Chest The Premier Online Family History & Genealogy Store where our customers come first. Shop in complete comfort without ever leaving your armchair.
The Royal Mail UK Postal Codes on-line
Weald of Kent This site catalogues the people, places, maps, drawings, engravings, books, writings and numerous lists and directories that are over 70 years old into an integrated database of information about one of the most attractive parts of England - The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Wellcome Library - guide to Family History sources A guide to Family History sources in the Wellcome Library on the Library website
Wellcome/Public Record Office Hospital Records Database (Hosprec) This can be searched under hospital name or town and will indicate where the records are held. The Wellcome Library is not a Place of Deposit for hospital records under the Public Records Act and in most cases the records, if they survive (survival of hospital records is alas very sporadic). However Wellcome have, with the PRO, now the National Archives, created this important information resource

Specifically Kent Links
Chatham Dockyard Historical Society The Chatham Dockyard Historical Society is a registered charity composed of about 280 members all of whom are volunteers dedicated to upholding the memory of Chatham Dockyard's contribution to serving the Royal Navy over the past four centuries.
Chatham Historical Society The objects of the Society are to bring together all those who are interested in the history and the archaeology of the Medway Towns and the immediate surrounding area.
Friends of Medway Archives (FOMA) We are the Friends of Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre (MALSC). Our aims are to help with the conservation and preservation of the records and other materials of historical interest held in these Archives and to promote public access.
Here's History A web site where archives, libraries and archaeology in Kent present thousands of images and pages of authoritative text from their collections.
Historic Kent Info about Kent by John Haverson.
Historic Medway A useful resource for those with links to the Medway area of Kent which contains a lot of basic details and information.
Kent Archaeological Society As the name says, archaeology in Kent.
Kent County Council - Archives This is the link to details about the new History Centre with links to their other pages. (The KCC keeps changing their pages and links - which are even out of date on their own site. Please advise the Webmaster if this link is broken and we will attempt to fix it)
Kent Genealogy A Canadian site by Maureen Rawson specifically about Kent and contains various extracts.
Kent Resources A large site about things associated with the history of Kent including its churches, parishes, research resources, historic buildings and The Buffs.
(Presently under reconstruction so some pages may not work fully at present)
Kent War Memorials Transcription Project
The Kent War Memorial Transcription Project (Kentfallen) is Kent's largest and most comprehensive online civic war memorials commemoration website covering all Kent boroughs, districts and parishes and including South East London (GLC) boroughs that were still part of Kent in the 1920's.
Marden History Group This web site tells the story of the village from its earliest days to times within living memory, through parish records, oral histories and photographic and written archives.
Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre The Medway Council Archives site.
Milton Creek Memories Milton Creek Memories is an exciting community oral history project from Swale CVS and Swale Borough Council, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Unique reflections on life and work in Milton Creek’s former industries are being captured and shared by residents of Sittingbourne and beyond.
Plaxtol Local History Group As stated.
Rainham, Kent The aim of this site is to create an archive of historical information and photos about the history of Rainham, Kent and the surrounding areas.
Sheerness Heritage Centre website
As stated.
Sheerness Town This site contains a large number of old pictures of Sheerness for those members that might have connections to that area. The site also has many pictures of other areas of Kent. Please note that recent pictures would be copyright.
Sittingbourne Heritage Museum Since the early days the museum has gained a considerable number of interesting exhibits, has opened to more and more visitors each year, has a steadily growing membership.
Upchurch Collection A large number of photos of Upchurch including a section of older photographs and prints.
Yalding Local History Site As stated.

Kent Family History Society Branch Sites

Ashford Branch  
Canterbury Branch  
Deal Branch  
Medway Branch  

Other Kent Family History Societies

Folkestone and District FHS
 
North West Kent FHS  
Tunbridge Wells FHS  
Woolwich & District FHS This Society has recently opened a new site.

Other Family History Societies

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Sites of the Members of The Society

Amos Family History This section of my family's site includes details and many records of the Amos family from Chilham and Molash areas, also Berry from Boughton-under-Blean. (Graham Redman)
Ancestor Search This site provides guidance on WHERE to find information on your English and Welsh ancestors. (Suzanne Brown nee Reeder)
Barber Family History Focus on the Barbers of Tonbridge 1683-1840 and a comprehensive analysis of the WAITE families in Leigh. (Geoff Barber)
Bishop Family Genealogy The Bishop Family web site operated by Steve Bishop (Research by John Bishop)
Chittenden family The Chittenden family - a one name study. (Arthur Chittenden)
David Wright - East Kent Guide David Wright is the author of the East Kent Guide which has been republished as an improved and expanded second edition. Other additions and CD's now available. Also holds the London Probate Index and East Kent Burial Index. (David Wright)
Dover Town War Memorial Research into the names on the Dover Town War Memorial, and other people who lost their lives in the two wars but who are not named there. The site contains much family history information.(Marilyn Stephenson-Knight)
Driver Family History Family History of Peter Driver. Includes the names; Driver, Underdown, Keeler and Heyman.
Edwina's Family History Pages A small site centred on articles about individuals from Edwina's extended family tree. Some are illustrated with old photographs. Kent names include: PHILPOTT, HARLIN and PEAK. (Edwina Higgins)
Faded Genes This is a project to re-discover the ancestry of some of those who gave their lives during the First World War. I am gathering the names
from various war memorials around East Kent, with the intention of providing some ancestral details for those listed. The site has over 340 family trees for various Kent men who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War One. (Dave Dixon)
Foad Surname DNA Project A genealogy project using standard genealogical DNA tests to connect scattered Foad family lines and to explore their ancient origins. (Martin Potter)
Hazeltine Genealogy By Paul. W. Hazeltine
History Research Historical & Genealogical Research with probate and other indexes available for the diocese of Canterbury and county of Kent. (Duncan Harrington)
Holness Discussion Group A discussion group has been set up to allow those researching information on the family name Holness to make contact with each other. (Andrew Coward)
Isard one-name study A one-name study on the name of Isard - many of them come from Kent particularly the Bromley area
Jell Family Main names are Jell/Jull and Tucker from Kent, but also includes other
names that have 'married' into the Jell families. (Carole and Andrew Jell)
Kent VAD Over 6,000 Kent people freely gave their time to Voluntary Aid Detachments to help care for over 125,000 sick and wounded soldiers during the First World War. (Hazel Basford)
King family tree This site contains information about the King family tree from the Frittenden area of Kent. (Clifford King)
Kitney/Kidney Family Contains, suggested origins of the name. Baptism, Burials and Wedding Information, 1655+. 1841/51/61/71/81/91 Kitney census information. Family trees. Links to other Kent Sites. (Graeme Kitney)
Leeds Family Ancestry of families called Leeds back to 16th Century centered on Biddenden,Benenden, High Halden, Cranbrook & Marden, also interested in any mentions of the name re One Name Study (Everett Leeds)
Maitland Family The site links many families including; Upton-Cryer, Maitland-Paine, Carter-Jarrett, Crust-Beach. Linking Kent - Sussex - Bedfordshire - Scotland, England, Australia, Canada, USA. (Mary Maitland)
Makey Family Heritage If you have MAKEY blood in your veins, then please contact me, and I will willingly share all the data obtained to date. Over the centuries - the name has sometimes been spelt as Mackey, Mackie etc., etc. (Alan Makey)
Miller, Law and associated families A history of the Miller, Law and associated families many of whom originate in various parts of Kent.(Barry Miller)
Osborn family history Mainly from Kent - names include Osborn,Burch, Drayson. The site is far from complete. (Alan Osborn)
Osborne-Waghorn and associated families A collection of family trees related to the names Osborne, Waghorn and others. Chiefly from areas of Kent around Tonbridge, Maidston, Sevenoaks, Biddenden. (Nigel Osborne)
Penny's Genealogy Pages All the names I'm researching in Kent, plus family trees of main lines, mostly in Dover, Canterbury, Sturry and Faversham. (Penny Vaughn)
PimmStyles Family Tree OnLine This is the family tree site of Vic Styles, it has about 1950 surnames on the tree and many of the families come from Kent. (Vic Styles)
Practical Research Indexes Genealogical Research Indexes and Directories including data on 100,000 postcards sent between 1890 and 1950 to UK addresses. Family History Research carried out (Sandra Vane nee Hewetson)
Sally's Genealogy Pages Information on SMALLs in the Weald of Kent (and East Sussex), including extracts of baptisms, marriages, burials and miscellaneous records. (Sally Small)
Sheerness and The Isle of Sheppey For thousands of Sheppey names and details of Sheerness,Kent.
(Colin D. Penney)
Sherwood One Name Study Includes my SHERWOOD tree back to 1550 in the Ashford area, plus many other trees/interests. (Phil Sherwood)
Staplehurst in Kent - Genealogy and Local History Site with transcripts of Baptism, Burials and Marriages (1695 to 1812 with more to come) for Staplehurst Kent. It also includes transcriptions of the 1841 and 1891 census for Staplehurst. (Cathy Goodwin)
Shrubsole family tree, Sandra's This site contains details of my SHRUBSOLE family tree of Kent. (Sandra Collins)
Whatford/Watford Family Tree Includes Harman, Hounsell, Forster, Taylor Hughes, Gain, Mossman... etc., from Kent, Sussex, London, NZ, Australia and South Africa. (Colin Whatford)
Willard, Ancestors of Mandy Most of the ancestors identified on this site were from Sussex but some were also from Kent parishes bordering Sussex. (Mandy Willard)

Non Member Kent Related Sites

The Minter Exchange A site specifically about the Minter family. A large part of the information it contains relates to Kent families and a lot of it was provided by Cliff Minter, who is a member of the Society.

Overseas Sites

Canada - GenWeb From here, links can be found to sites for each province or territory.
Canada - The National Archives The National Archives are a great starting point for Canadian Research.
Canada - Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid A searchable database of interments in Ontario.
Canada - Veteran's Affairs For those with ancestors who served in the Canadian military. Contains copy of the CWGC database for Canadian forces plus other information.
India - Family History in India Actually an Australian site but has links to useful pages containing information about servicemen who served in India.

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