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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Ashford Library
Church Road
Ashford
Kent TN23 1QX
Tel: 01233 620649
Fax: 01233 620295
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Local Studies Librarian
Opening hours:
Mon: 0930-1800
Tues: 0930-1800
Wed: 0930-1700
Thurs: 0930-1800
Fri: 0900-1900
Sat: 0900-1700
Other Libraries:
3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
First 30 minutes free
Provided by local Record Office?
Also by Centre for Kentish Studies, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, East Kent Archives Centre
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
RG Indexes not held
5. Census returns
1841-1901 for Ashford borough. Some name indexes available.
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
County: microfiche: 1792-1938
Hard copy: 1874, 1878, 1887,1891,1895,1899,1905,1909,1911,1922,1927,1930,1934,1938
6(b) City and Town Directories
Ashford 1791-1970
6(c) Telephone Directories
Canterbury 1969-date
Tunbrdge Wells 1968-date
Yellow Pages 1979-date
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Electoral registers: 1966-71
7(b) Poll Books
Microfiche:1734, 1754,1802, 1818, 1830, 1832,1837, 1852, 1857, 1859, 1865, 1868,
Hard copy: 1790, 1835, 1837, 1847, 1852, 1863, 1865
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Microfiche: Kent 1992
9. Unpublished Indexes
10. Parish Registers
Microfiche: Ashford borough 1538-1978 (incomplete, check for holdings)
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Archaologia Cantiana
Bygone Kent
Family Tree Magazine
Journal of Kent History
Kent Family History Society Journal
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
13. Other material
Railway Collection: one ot the largest collections of railway material in any public library in the country. No staff records, however, are listed.
14. Guides to Collections
Guide to the Local Studies Collection
Guide to the Railway Collection
15. Local Record Offices
Local Record Offices:
Centre for Kentish Studies
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XQ
Tel: 01622 694363
Fax: 01622 694379
Canterbury Cathedral & City Archives
The Precincts
Canterbury
Kent CT1 2EH
01227 865330
01227 865222
East Kent Archives Centre
Enterprise Zone
Honeywood Rd
Whitfield
Dover
Kent CT1 3EH
Tel: 01304 829306
Fax: 01304 820783
Other information
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