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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Rochester upon Medway Studies Centre (RUMSC)
Civic Centre
Strood
Rochester
Kent
ME2 4AW
Tel: 01634 732714
Fax: 01634 297060
Email:
Contact:
Opening hours:
Monday: 0900-1700
Tuesday: 0900-1800
Wednesday: Workroom closed
Thursday: 0900-1700
Friday: 0900-1700
Saturday: (1st and 3rd of each month) 0900-1300
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Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
Limited service
Fee-based?
No
Provided by local Record Office?
RUMSC offers a limited free enquiry service. Detailed research cannot be undertaken at present. The Centre for Kentish Studies (CKS) offers a full service.
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
Nil
5. Census returns
1941-1891 Chatham, Rochester, Strood and adjacent rural areas
1881 - Kent (Mormon/PRO microfiche with name indexes etc.)
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Some directories on microfiche
6(b) City and Town Directories
Kelly's Directory of Rochester, Strood, Chatham etc. 1890; 1891-2; 1894; 1897-1898; 1898-1899; 1900-1974 (few gaps)
Several other miscellaneous directories (often extracts) for earlier period
6(c) Telephone Directories
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7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Chatham 1953 to date
Rochester 1931 to date
Strood rural district 1959 to date
7(b) Poll Books
Chatham: 1835, 1840, 1859, 1865, 1868
Rochester: 1765, 1768, 1771, 1774, 1780, 1790, 1792, 1796, 1802, 1806, 1807, 1816, 1818, 1830
Kent: 1734, 1790, 1802
East Kent: 1837
West Kent: 1835, 1837, 1847, 1852, 1857, 1859
Burgess Rolls:-
Chatham: 1903-1914; Rochester: 1892-1910
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992. Kent. Microfiche
9. Unpublished Indexes
1841-1881 censuses (for the area held) - name index
1891 - nearly complete name index
Freemen of the River Medway
Local illustrations index
10. Parish Registers
Church of England Parish Registers. Rochester Diocese: Archdeaconry of Rochester (originals and microfilm) (microfilm copies are normally available for public consultation - not originals)
Bishops Transcripts: all those surviving for parishes in the Archdeaconry of Rochester (microfilm)
Methodist Church Medway Towns Circuit including circuit and chapel registers 1768-1988
Nonconformist registers (for area) 1700-1837 (microfilm)
Burial registers for Chatham, Rochester and Strood Corporation Cemeteries 1852-1973
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Kent Family History Society Journal
Archaeologia Cantiana 1858 to date
and other periodicals on Kent
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
St Margaret's Parish Church, Rochester: transcription - index of registers: baptisms 1653-1897; marriages 1653-1837; burials 1639-1896
St Mary's Parish Church, Chatham: index of baptisms 1601-1675, 1722-1812; index of marriages 1601-1675; index of burials 1601-1675
13. Other material
Local government archives: City of Rochester 1227-1974; Borough ofChatham 1890-1974; Strood Rural District Council 1896-1974
Dean and Chapter of Rochester archives (very extensive) 1080-1983
Private family collections, e.g. Earls of Darnley of Cobham Hall 1537-1974; Best family of Boxley and Chatham 1596-1905
School records for Medway area
Royal Navy Collection: collection of books and journals of interest to the naval historian
Dickens Collection: books, journals, ephemera by and about Charles Dickens
14. Guides to Collections
Rochester upon Medway Studies Centre. Free leaflet
Guide to the Naval Collection. Free leaflet
Guide to the Rochester upon Medway City Archives. Free leaflet
Handlist of Parish Registers. Price �5.50 + postage
Guide to Location of Sources for Armed Forces Genealogy in the Medway area �2.50 + postage
Subject Guide to Archives �2.50 + postage
15. Local Record Offices
Rochester upon Medway Studies Centre (RUMSC)
Civic Centre
Strood
Rochester
Kent
ME2 4AW
Tel: 01634 732714
Fax: 01634 297060
Other information
See also entry under Centre for Kentish Studies
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