Kent Family History Society
How Can We Help?
Our FAQ provides a helpful introduction to the work, resources and capabilities of the Kent Family History Society. It is designed to answer some of the most common questions you may have about our society and the support we offer to those researching their family history and connections to Kent.
If you cannot find the information you are looking for, or if you have a question that is not covered in our FAQ, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will be happy to help wherever we can.
Do you have or think you may have Kent connections?
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
Do you know where information can be found
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).
Other Kent Archives
Kent History and Library
Centre https://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
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
Appointments are needed at all of the above, but each archive has its own website which can be found online.
Are you interested in preserving history for the future
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.
Do you have information on families or places in Kent you would like to share
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.