County-wide Records

This page contains links to websites and web pages that hold free online searchable transcripts, extracts and abstracts of various records and record indices suitable for family research in Kent.  Links to mailing lists and individual family history society websites have been entered on the "Links" page.
Kent Genealogy Maureen Rawson's Kent Genealogy Site containing a substantial number of record transcripts online, including over 1,000 abstracts and extracts of Kent Wills.  This site also has links to hundreds of webpages profiling Kent families and other Kent records.
Kent Lookup Exchange Lookups offered by volunteers in various Kent resources.
Faded Genes WW1 East Kent war dead
Sittingbourne Remembers Memorial for WW1 soldiers from the Sittingbourne area.
Blacksmiths and related trades Interesting site for those with blacksmith ancestors.
Coastguards, Sheppey Coastguards on the Isle of Sheppey
West Kent Wills Wills proved up to 1650 in the probate courts within the Archdeaconry of Rochester and elsewhere with some family histories.
Kent Archaeology Kent Archaeological Society website - Churchyard Monumental Inscriptions (M.I.s), tithe apportionment transcripts of the early 19th century, Will transcripts and indices, index of the Lay Subsidy taken during the early 14th century and transcripts of articles previously published in the society's journal.
Kent Workhouses Contains information concerning operations of workhouses in Kent and throughout England.  This site does have some transcripts and indices of inmates in the workhouses, primarily at the time of the 1881 census.
Centre for Kentish Studies Online searchable catalogue of the holdings of the archives.
Canterbury Cathedral Archives Online searchable catalogue of the holdings of the archives.
East Kent Archives Centre Online searchable catalogue of the holdings of the archives.
Medway Parishes, PR's CityArk Parish Register images for some Kent Parishes within the area known as the Medway.  Note that these records have been digitised as jpg images and are quite substantial in size, i.e. over 700kb and can take some time to download over a dial-up internet access connection.
Research Planning Aid, Kent Table setting out the I.G.I. batch numbers, with coverage dates for christenings and marriages.  Also sets out coverage dates of christenings and marriages to be found on Boyd's Marriage Index, Pallot's Marriage Index, the British Vital Records Index and the National Burial Index.  Includes information on where to access each of the resources online.
London Marriage Licences for Kent Licences issued by the Bishop of London during the late 1500s and early- to mid-1600s.
 

 

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