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• Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury: Canterbury Probate Office Records      (Source: Kent Archaeological Society)
• ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH genealogy mail list for the village of Woodchurch, Kent, England      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• ENG-KENT-NWKFHS genealogy mail for the members of the North West Kent Family History Society to discuss their genealogical queries, including relevant local history queries  Also genealogical and local history resources available in the North West Kent area     (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• ENG-KENT-NWKFHS-COMP genealogy mail list      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• Isle-of-Thanet genealogy mail list, for the Isle-of-Thanet, England      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• Kent      (Source: GenUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy)
• Kent links by Genealogy Junction, of Wakefield Family History Sharing      (Source: Wakefield FHS, Yorkshire UK)
• Kent, England Message Board      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• KENT-ENG genealogy mail list for the county of Kent, England      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• LONDON genealogy mail list for the City of London and county of Middlesex, England  Border inquiries related to the neighboring counties of Surrey, Essex, Kent are also welcome     (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• The North West Kent Family History Society, encouraging and aiding the study of family history and genealogy in South East London and North West Kent      (Source: North West Kent Family History Society)
• Some Pedigrees from the Visitation of Kent, 1663-68      (Source: Google Books)
• SUSSEX-PLUS mail list for genealogy and history of th county of Sussex, England and the adjacent counties of Surrey, Kent and Hampshire      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• The Visitation of Kent, 1619 and an index to pedigrees recorded in the visitations      (Source: UKGenealogyArchives.org)
• West Kent Parish Gazetteer      (Source: North West Kent Family History Society)
• Archives
  
  • Kent Archive Offices 
  • Major archives offices and libraries that have local studies collections relevant to west Kent      (Source: North West Kent Family History Society)
• Burial Records
  
  • David Wright's East Kent Burial Index      ($)
• Cemeteries
  
  • Cemetery Office, inquire for Gravesend Cemetery records 
  • Dartford Borough Council Cemetery records      ($)
• Census
  
  • 1861 Census: Bromley Registration District  Parishes of Bromley, Chislehurst, Foots Cray, St Mary Cray, St Pauls Cray, Orpington     (Source: North West Kent Family History Society)
  • David Wright's Guide to The Kentish Census Returns 1801-1901      ($)
• Gazetteers
  
  • Kent in The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5      (Source: UKGenealogyArchives.org)
• Geographical Names
  
  • The Isle of Thanet lies at the most easterly point of Kent, England, one of the major areas of Stone Age settlement      (Source: Wikipedia)
  • North Woolwich village  North Woolwich, Kent, a modern village in Woolwich parish, but on the left bank of the Thames, opposite Woolwich, and the terminus of the Victoria Docks and North Woolwich branch of the Great Eastern Railway     (Source: The East of London Family History Society)
  • Place Names of Kent, Placename Changes, Archdeaconry Parishes, Consistory Court Parishes      (Source: Kent Archaeological Society)
• History
  
  • The 4,000-year-old skeleton of a wealthy Kentish Bronze-Age farmer, complete with a clay drinking beaker, is unearthed by archaeologists working at Thanet  Flash video
  • Benefactions in Snodland by the Hook family 
  • Custumal of Kent: Project to review the Customs, Rights and Privileges of the population of the ancient county of Kent      (Source: Kent Archaeological Society)
  • Hasted, History of Kent. The second edition of Edward Hasted's history, published between 1797 and 1801. 12 volumes      (Source: Institute of Historical Research)
  • A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2. A part-volume detailing the religious houses of the county. Includes accounts of the early history of Canterbury and Rochester cathedrals, and of several sites now within the conurbation of London      (Source: Institute of Historical Research)
  • Kent Hundred Rolls Project - download file, and help identify people and places 
  • Kent: history and archaeology of the ancient county of Kent      (Source: Kent Archaeological Society)
  • Search by location, period, theme, type, person, project 
  • South East: Includes the historic counties of Berks, Bucks, Hants, Kent, Oxfords, Surrey and Sussex      (Source: Institute of Historical Research)
• Language, Languages, Writing
  
  • 'A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect' available for download, also 'Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms in use in the county of Kent' 1888      (Source: Kent Archaeological Society)
• Maps
  
  • Dartford, Gravesend and Cobham area, showing parishes at the western end of the Rochester Archdeaconry 
  • Kent Archaeological Society Parish Map 
  • Medway area - Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Hoo Peninsula or eastern end of Rochester Archdeaconry 
  • Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 - Epoch 1, England - Kent      (Source: Institute of Historical Research)
• Marriage Records
  
  • Allegations for marriage licences issued by the vicar-general of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1669-1679      (Source: Archive.org)
  • Canterbury marriage licences 1568-1618      (Source: Google Books)
• Monumental Inscriptions
  
  • Ladywell & Brockley Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions  Days of opening and parking facilities are given for each repository to help researchers avoid potential problems     (Source: North West Kent Family History Society)
• Nobility & Aristocracy
  
  • Visitation of Kent: Index of Surnames      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• Parish Records (92)
• Personal Names
  
  • Kent Family History Society Member Interests 
• Photographs & Drawings of People, Places and Objects
  
  • Couchman Collection of postcards, photographs, ephemera and manuscripts pertaining to the history of the Medway Towns  Including Rochester, Strood, Chatham and Brompton (later Gillingham) and Gillingham, Rainham, Gravesend, Dickens' Country, the Lower Medway Valley and the Hoo Peninsula 1680-1993
• Societies
  
  • Kent Family History Society has indexed many parish registers and published them on CD      ($)
• Wills, Probate, Testate and Intestate Records (14)

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