How Can We Help?

Please check our online map to see which parts of Kent we are likely to have most information about. The London areas are covered by North West Kent FHS and Folkestone and District covers that corner including Romney Marsh.

Most Kent Parish records are now available on FindMyPast ( subscription needed.)

We have our own Archive in Maidstone, and our Archivist, Anne Ashdown is adding to this regularly, with much information being available online to our members. She can be contacted at archivist@kfhs.org.uk to arrange an appointment to visit, or can be contacted to look up information (charges may apply).

Kent History and Library Centre www.kentarchives.org.uk, located in Maidstone.

Canterbury Cathedral Archives archives.canterbury-cathedral.org.

This is the record office for Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury City Council and East Kent parishes, including Whitstable and Herne Bay.

Medway Archives cover the Medway Council area: Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham (Kent). https://www.medway.gov.uk or https://cityark.medway.gov.uk/

Appointments are needed at all of the above, but each archive has its own website which can be found online.

We have volunteers who transcribe documents for us- more are always welcome and increase the number and variety of documents we can make available to a wider audience. It is not always necessary to live in the UK in order to do this and small projects are available to those with limited time.

Join us and consider publishing an article in our quarterly Journal or monthly newsletter!

We look forward to seeing you, either at a local meeting or online at a Zoom talk.