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Most of the links on this page open in a new
window.
For licensing reasons, some of our resources are only
accessible from computers in particular libraries.
Ancestry.com (all libraries) - provides
access to the 1841 to 1901 UK censuses and contains more than 4
billion names. A simple search using an ancestor's christian and
surname can produce some interesting results, which can be viewed,
printed or emailed.
Credo Reference (formerly Xrefer) - gives
you access to 100 top reference books from some of the world's
biggest publishers including Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage,
Debrett's People of Today.
Dictionary of National Biography - tells the
stories of over 50,000 people who shaped the history of the British
Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to those who died in the
year 2004. It also includes over 10,000 portrait illustrations, and
the complete text of the 33-volumes of the first edition of the
Dictionary of National Biography.
Times Digital Archives - search through
the digital edition of The Times (London) 1785 - 1985 using
keyword or date searches to retrieve full facsimile images of
either a specific article or a complete page. The entire
newspaper is captured, with all notices, obituaries,
advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into
categories to facilitate searching.
Who's Who
with Who was Who Online - Who's Who is the essential
directory of
the noteworthy and influential in the UK and worldwide. Who Was
Who includes over 100,000 entries from the archives of Who's Who
dating back to 1898.
More specialised biographical resources can also be found in the
Arts and humanities section.
Free websites
Kent-specific
Explore Kent's past - 'Explore England's Past'
provides free access to 1000s of local history resources including
images, transcribed wills and documents and town trails. The Kent
section includes transcribed wills and a history of the papermaking
industry and a history of people and work in the Lower Medway
Valley is being prepared.
Hasted's 'History and Topographical Survey of the
County of Kent' - Search the volumes of the second edition
(text and maps) of this major work on Kent history published
between 1797 and 1801.
Kent
Archaeological Society - Provides access to a range of
electronic publication from the Society.
Kent birth, marriage and death - Allows user to
search the registration indexes for births (1992 - 2002),
marriages(1837 - 2002) and deaths (1992 - 2002).
National
A2A (Access to
archives) - This database contains catalogues describing
archives held locally in England and Wales and dating from the
eighth century to the present day.
Commonwealth War
Graves Commission - The "Debt of Honour Register" database
lists the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who
died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials
and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. You can
also search the register for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth
civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World
War.
Family
search - FamilySearch.org is a non-profit service sponsored by
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.The site provides
access to "the largest collection of free family history, family
tree and genealogy records in the world".
FreeBMD
- access to partial indexes for 1837 to 1915 civil records of
births, marriages and deaths.
Genealogy in
the UK and Ireland (Genuki) - Search tool listing a wide range
of British sources.
Victoria County History - Founded in 1899 and
originally dedicated to Queen Victoria, the VCH is an encyclopaedic
record of England's places and people from earliest times to the
present day.
View other relevant pages on this website for more details about
the resources held in
libraries and
archives centres to aid your research.
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