Links to other Local and
Family History Websites

Last updated 2nd April 1999

UK GENEALOGY & HISTORY

The main site for UK genealogical information: http://www.genuki.org.uk

Familia - family history resources in public libraries: http://www.earl.org.uk/familia/

Ancestor Quest UK and Ireland Genealogy: a most interesting and original site, with especially good links to sites which may help you trace military ancestors http://members.tripod.com/~Caryl_Williams/index.html

Links to a wide variety of sites of historical interest: http://www.liv.ac.uk/~evansjon/humanities/history/history.html#Local%20History

KENT GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY

The two main Kent repositories of archives for genealogical and local history research:

The Centre for Kentish Studies: http://www.kent.gov.uk/e&l/artslib/ARCHIVES/Kentish.html

The Canterbury Cathedral Archives: http://www.kent.gov.uk/arts/archives/canter.html

Kent Family History Society, includes surname list: http://www.centrenet.co.uk/~cna49/kfhs.htm

Folkestone & District Family History Society: http://www.jmcrid.demon.co.uk/fdfhs/

GENUKI Kent pages, really worth a visit: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/KEN/

Web Site on genealogy sources for Kent: http://home.thezone.net/~mrawson/

Peter's Genealogy and East Kent Pages: http://digiserve.com/peter/sitemap.htm
This site is a treasure trove of information, not only about many places in East Kent, but also for those researching their family history.

Kent History: http://www.kentnet.co.uk/kentindex/kenthist.htm

South Coast Martello Towers: http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/history/martello/

Anyone interested in smuggling should visit Richard Platt's website at http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/richard.platt/. Richard's book 'Smugglers' Britain - the Ordnance Survey Guide' is still available direct from the author. Details on the site.

CURRENT KENT INFORMATION

Museums in the Hythe and Folkestone area: http://www.kent-museums.org.uk/kmpshep.html

What's happening in Kent? http://www.kentaccess.org.uk

Kent information: http://www.kentnet.co.uk/kentinfo.htm

Kent Hotels: http://www.hotellink.co.uk/kent.html

This is a useful U.K. mapsite: http://www.streetmap.co.uk

For a detailed map of East Kent, go to http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~kenelks/ekmap.htm. This is huge (1.5 Mb) , so right-click it when it has downloaded and save it to your hard disk for future reference. Invaluable!

KENT GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS

To subscribe to the KENT-ENG Rootsweb Mailing List, send a message to KENT-ENG-L-request@rootsweb.com with the sole message: subscribe (in the body of the message). Nothing else at all - not even a signature.

To subscribe to the Kentgene Mailing List send a message to kentgene@egroups.com with the sole message: subscribe (in the body of the message). Nothing else at all - not even a signature.

The Kent Genealogy Message Board is at http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/England/Kent

HYTHE

Hythe Town Council Website: http://www.hythe-kent.demon.co.uk

The Hythe Community Website: http://www.hythe.co.uk

Hythe, Kent website (still under construction)http://www.hythe.com

Knowhere noticeboard for Hythe: http://www.knowhere.co.uk/board/kb42.html
This message-board is a curious mixture of messages about Hythe in Kent and Hythe in Hampshire. Still worth a look, though.

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