Each year a number enquiries are received in the Tourism Section asking for help with researching family history across Swale. Useful contact information.
Each year a number enquiries are received in the Tourism Section asking for help with researching family history. Although we are not able to do this on your behalf, a list of contacts has been compiled to give you a starting point in tracing your family tree in the Swale area.
Are held at Sittingbourne Library (Reference Section), Central Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4AH.
Phone: 01795 476545
Swale Centre for Kentish Study, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ.
Phone: 01622 694363 (for enquiries on the whole of Kent area)
Are held at Canterbury and Swale Registration Office, Wellington House, St Stephen's Road, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7RD.
Telephone: 01227 470480
You must ring for an appointment to view records.
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Organisation |
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Contact Details |
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Sittingbourne Family History Society |
Mr K.F. Lainton, Algarve House, 140 Borden Lane, SITTINGBOURNE, Kent ME9 8HW |
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Faversham Society |
Fleur De Lis Heritage Centre, 13 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent ME13 8NS |
Website: Faversham Society |
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Queenborough Society |
Mrs L Vine, 8 North Road, Queenborough, Kent ME11 5EZ |
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Sheerness Society |
Mr B R Sinclair, 49 Alexandra Road, Sheerness, Kent ME12 2AS |
Tel: +44 (0) 1795 665285 |
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Sheppey Local History Society |
Lena Crowder 01795 875111 or Ken Ingleton 01795 873709 |
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Sittingbourne Society |
11 Farm Crescent, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4QD |
Tel: +44 (0) 1795 423288 |
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Kent Family History Society |
Mrs J Horwood, Westgate House, Dickley Wood, Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME17 1BL |
https://www.kfhs.org.uk/ |
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College of Arms |
Keeps all the English Herald records for the Commonwealth and Canada |
Tel: +44 (0) 171 248 2762 |
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Association of Genealogists and Record Agents |
Secretary Mrs D Young, 29 Badgers Close, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 5RU |
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Family Tree Magazine |
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Tel: +44 (0) 1487 711361 |
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The National Archives |
The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, TW9 4DU |
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Federation of Family History Societies |
Administrator Mrs P Saul, c/o The Benson Room, Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BS |
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Society of Genealogists |
The Library, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA |
Tel: Library +44 (0) 20 7250 0291 |
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British Isles Family History Service Centre (The Mormons) |
185 Penns Lane, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B76 1JU |
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General Register Office for Northern Ireland |
Oxford House, 49-55 Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 4HL |
Tel: +44 (0) 28 9025 2021 |
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National Records Office of Scotland |
HM General Register House |
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Public Records Office |
Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444 |
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Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN) |
Abden House, 1 Marchhall Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 5HW |
Tel: +44 (0) 131 662 1211 |
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Rootsweb |
The Internets oldest genealogy site |
Website: Rootsweb |
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Cyndi's List |
41,850 links, categorised and cross-referenced. |
Website: Cyndi's List |
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GenUKi |
Surname Listings |
Website: GenUKi |
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Genealogical Society of Utah |
751 Warwick Road, Solihull, Birmingham, B91 3DQ |
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The Mormons' International Genealogical Index |
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The WorldGenWeb Project |
Website: The WorldGenWeb Project |
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