GENEALOGY

The following family names are being researched by Parishioners or visitors to our site.

Family Name

Location

Date Added or  Updated

The Fancett's

The Fry Family

The Savages

DID YOU KNOW?

that… it is possible to consult the Land Register?  This provides the names of property owners since registration, the rights attached to the property or rights it is subject to (such as footpaths), and details of mortgages (such as the name of the bank).  A search for a property can be done through the HM Land Registry’s website, www.landregisteronline.gov.uk using the title number or address.  If the property has been sold since 1st April 2000 it should be possible to download copies of the title register and title plan for a small fee.  There are limitations though as the records only begin from when the property was first registered and few were registered before 1920.  Although the register does not contain genealogical information as such, documents produced as a result of changes in ownership, since registration, are retained.  The Land Registry advises that you write a letter outlining details of the property in which you are interested, and as much information as you can provide with respect to approximate dates of purchase and sale etc.  They will then see if there is any documentation that they can provide.

RADIO KENT

In December 2004 BBC Radio Kent, in conjunction with BBC2s "Who do you think you are?", ran an open day at The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies in Canterbury. The webmaster was lucky enough to attend and meet the Radio Kent presenter Julie Maddocks and her team and the researchers at the Institute. They were able to help me with my research and were also very interested in some of the documents and records I had compiled in my travels. I was also interviewed for BBC Radio Kent.

I am trying to find out if my great grandfather was a Freeman of the City of London but progress is slow at the moment. My grandmother was born in New York and I have recently received a copy of her birth certificate from The New York City Records Office for a little over £10. Received it in about 3 weeks as well, quicker than ordering one for my great, great grandfathers marriage from the UK! It is recommended that you find the reference number of the certificate you need and check your details carefully first by using Ancestry.Com or similar.

HELPFUL SITES

You may find the following sites helpful in your search for family records.

The Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies, 79-82 Northgate, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1BA, Tel:- 01227 768664, Fax:- 01227 765617, has a free newsletter. Sign up here - www.ihgs.ac.uk

If anyone is looking for a good source of genealogy links try www.cyndislist.com which has over 240,000 links on its pages. This is probably the premier site like this unless anyone knows otherwise. Other useful sources are www.ancestry.co.uk, www.genuki.org.uk and www.genealogy.com.

Don't forget the BBC2 "Who do you think you are?" website, the Public Record Office, Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates at www.1837online.com and The 1901 Census. Your local family history group or one for the area you are researching may also be worth contacting and joining.

Parish Chest - The Parish Chest has lots of books, parish transcriptions, UK Census, etc.

A new helpful genealogy site has been set up at www.genealogy-guide.org.uk. It has helpful guides and a section where you can build your own family tree.

GENERAL

If anyone else would like to start tracing their family history in West Farleigh and use this website to aid collecting data then please contact me and I will add your queries to this page, plus any links to your family website.