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Welcome To Kent Genealogy

Searching for information in Kent? This section of the site aims to become a collection of links for all Kent Genealogy research.

Overview

This is a maritime county, and one of the most beautiful districts in this island; it includes within its boundaries numerous objects replete with interest, and towns of high importance, magnitude and beauty.

It is situated on the south-east extremity of Great Britain, opposite to France, from which it is distant (at its nearest point, Dover,) about twenty-four miles. Its figure is irregular, but approaches more to the trapezium than to any other. On the north it is bounded by the river Thames; on the east side, and part of the south, it opens to the German ocean and British channel; on the remainder of the south side it is skirted by Sussex, and on the west by Surrey.

From east to west (i.e. from the North Foreland to Deptford,) it is about sixty-three miles in length; and in breadth, from the point of Dungeness to the North Foreland, nearly forty miles; while, from the central sides, it is not more than twenty-five wide. The ambit of the county is about one hundred and seventy-four miles; and its area comprises 1,537 square miles, or 983,680 statute acres. In size it ranks as the ninth county in England, and in population as the sixth

-- Pigot & Co.'s Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of the county of Kent, September, 1839.
-- Facsimile edition (ISBN 0-9504069-5-3) © Michael Winton 1993

Title	Category	Places	Name Count Estimate
Kent, England: Parish and Probate Records	Birth, Marriage & Death	England; United Kingdom; Kent; Europe	123,190
Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex Counties Post Office Directory, c. 1851	Directories & Member Lists	England	59,900
New Kent County, Virginia St. Peter's Parish Vestry Book and Register, 1684-1786	Birth, Marriage & Death	USA; Virginia; New Kent	41,950
History of Kent County, Michigan : together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil,	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Michigan; Kent	22,848
Kent, England 1892	Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference	England; United Kingdom; Kent; Europe	19,600
Kent County, New Brunswick Census, 1871: Eight Subdistricts	Census & Voter Lists	Canada; New Brunswick	19,106
Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800	Court, Land, Wills & Financial	USA; Delaware; Kent	17,626
The City of Grand Rapids and Kent County, Mich., up to date : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Michigan; Kent	17,272
Blenheim, Chatham, and Harwich, Kent County, Ontario Census, 1881	Census & Voter Lists	Canada; Ontario	13,530
Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Delaware; Kent	11,713
Chatham and Blenheim, Kent County, Ontario Census, 1891	Census & Voter Lists	Canada; Ontario	10,760
A history of the Starr family, of New England : from the ancestor, Dr. Comfort Starr, of Ashford, County of Kent, England, who	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	10,336
Kent County, Ontario, Canada, 1881 Census: Chatham, Wallaceburgh	Census & Voter Lists	Canada; Ontario	9,401
County genealogies : pedigrees of the families of the county of Kent	Stories, Memories & Histories	England; United Kingdom; Kent; Europe	8,925
Genealogies of the different families bearing the name of Kent in the United States, together with their possible English ances	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	6,324
Raleigh Township, Kent County, Ontario Census, 1881	Census & Voter Lists	Canada; Ontario	5,298
Lee, Kent, S. Margaret Church Register, 1579-1754	Birth, Marriage & Death	England; United Kingdom; Kent; Europe	5,200
Dover, Kent County, Ontario Census, 1881	Census & Voter Lists	Canada; Ontario	4,447
History of Kent County, Maryland, 1630-1916	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Maryland; Kent	4,250
Dorothea Scott, otherwise Gotherson and Hogben, of Egerton house, Kent : 1611-1680.	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	4,029
The government of Kent County, Maryland : historical and descriptive	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Maryland; Kent	3,689
The descendants of William Pell, Sr. of Kent County, Maryland	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	3,604
The parish of Chislet, Kent : its monuments, vicars, and parish officers, with a digest of ancient documents now remaining in t	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; England; United Kingdom; Kent; Europe	3,570
The Forman genealogy : descendants of Robert Forman of Kent Co., Maryland, who died in 1719-20 : also descendants of Robert For	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	3,162
Under thirty-seven kings : legends of Kent & records of the family of Boys	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	3,162
A history of two Virginia families transplanted from County Kent, England	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	2,992
Tilbury, Kent County, Ontario Census, 1881	Census & Voter Lists	Canada; Ontario	2,872
History and genealogy of the Kent family : descendants of Richard Kent, Sen., who came to America 1635	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	2,652
Letters and other papers of Daniel Kent, emigrant and redemptioner : to which have been added a few interesting Hawley and Spac	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; Pennsylvania	2,550
The register of all the christenings, marriages, and burials in the parish of St. Mary, Chislet : in the county of Kent, from t	Stories, Memories & Histories	England; United Kingdom; Kent; Europe	2,550
Genealogy of the Hickman family : beginning with Roger Hickman of Kent County, Delaware	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	2,499
Stevenson family history : from the Eastern Shore of Maryland (Old Somerset, renamed Worcester County) to Woodford County, Kent	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	2,482
The Woodruffs of New Jersey : who came from Fordwich, Kent, England, by way of Lynn, Massachusetts and Southampton, Long Island	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	2,295
Kent genealogy	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	1,734
Pedigree of the family of Hovenden of Borden, Co. Kent, England : shewing the descendants in England and the United States of A	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	1,581
Genealogy of the Tenney family : more particularly of the family of Daniel Tenney, and Sylvia Kent, his wife, late of Laporte,	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	1,241
Romney Township, Kent County, Ontario Census, 1881	Census & Voter Lists	Canada; Ontario	1,082
A genealogical record of the families of King and Henham in the county of Kent	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	765
Notes on the Manning family of Co. Kent, England	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	612
Registers of the French Church at Dover, Kent	Stories, Memories & Histories	England; United Kingdom; Kent; Europe	595
William Usilton of Kent County, Maryland (?-1729) and some of his descendants	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	578
New Kent County, Virginia Land Tax Records, 1782	Court, Land, Wills & Financial	USA; Virginia	373
Kent family record	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	289
The Taylor manor houses : Shadoxhurst, Kent, England, earlier called Shadochurst or Shadokurst, the Taylor manor houses.	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA; England; United Kingdom; Kent; Europe	187
A Kent family tree	Stories, Memories & Histories	USA	51

Further Genealogy

Email lists

As a general pointer to email lists covering this (or any other) county have a look at this list.

RootsWeb supports three open lists covering Kent:

• Kent-Eng is the main RootsWeb list for Kent, covering the whole of the county.
• The Isle of Thanet has its own very localised RootsWeb list.
• Sussex-Plus was one of the early RootsWeb lists. As well as Sussex, it originally covered Surrey, Kent and Hampshire too. Now those counties have their own RootsWeb lists and Sussex-Plus contentrates on Sussex itself.

Yahoo Groups has a list, Kent-Gene for Kent genealogy.

The new British-Genealogy site has a list for Kent genealogy.

There are also some closed lists:

• For members of the Kent FHS.
• For members of the North West Kent FHS.
• For members of the North West Kent FHS Computer Group.

Look-up Exchange

Jo Morris maintains this list of people with specific resources in which they are willing to perform look-ups. Note it is not a research exchange scheme.

General area interest

Maureen Rawson's Kent Genealogy pages.

Peter Blanche's East Kent and Genealogy pages.

Barry White's Family History in Thanet and Kent pages.

Janet and Richard Mason's Genealogy pages.

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