GENEALOGY
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The
following family names are being researched by Parishioners or visitors to our
site.
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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
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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
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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.
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Family Name
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Location
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Date Added or Updated
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The Allbrooks |
Help with a Christening |
August 2005 |
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The Ashby's |
Lived at the bottom of Kettle Lane in 1835 |
March 2005 |
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The Bingham's |
A grandfather who was born on the Green |
March 2005 |
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The Carmichaels |
From Scotland and Rangoon |
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The Crayfourd's/Crayford's |
A rare spelling of Crayford to research |
September 2005 |
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The Crittendens |
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March 2008 |
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The Dawsons |
Related to the Philpotts |
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The Doves |
The uncle of Roger Dove kept the village post office |
February 2006 |
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The Eldridges |
From Hadlow, Dover and West Farleigh - also the Firmingers |
February 2008 |
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The Fairman's
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From the old Oil Mill
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The Fancett's
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From Australia. Also seeking the names
Hickmott, Turley, Tidy, Ledger,
Seager,
Nash & Crayford |
November 2002 |
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The
Fry Family
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Updated message on the Fry research |
November 2006 |
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The Fullman's |
New search |
February 2006 |
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The Gennards |
Help wanted for a 1558 marriage |
August 2005 |
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The Gibbons |
A family bible lists many Gibbons born in West Farleigh |
November 2004 |
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Groombridge or Smart
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From Australia
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Changes Jan 2005 |
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The Hickmotts |
A search from Canada and a family website to research.
Help needed in Australia |
December 2006 |
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The Hylands |
From Barming but related to the
Philpotts |
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The Jeffrey's
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Born in West Farleigh but now being researched in Australia
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The Lemmys |
A Hugenot connection? |
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The Marshalls |
From Kent to the USA and Canada |
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The Martins |
A new search for the new year |
January 2005 |
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The Paramours |
A sailor who settled in Gillingham |
February 2006 |
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The Philpott family |
Born in WF but also from Sutton Valence |
July 2007 |
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Pirton or Purton
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From Yalding |
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The Pretzels |
Worked at Court Lodge, can you help? |
February 2006 |
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British Resistance Fighters
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A History Researcher seeks information
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Roberts & Spice
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Gordon and Jodie are searching for the Roberts and Spice
families |
Updated May 2003 |
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The Rubys |
From Maidstone and West Farleigh |
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The Savages
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The Savages from West Farleigh. Are they related to the
local crane hire company? |
January 2003 |
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The Smiths |
A request for Parish Register info |
January 2007 |
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The Smithermans |
A new request for info |
April 2008 |
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The Spices |
From W. Farleigh, related to the Mercy and Hodsell
families |
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The Startups |
Also married into the Phillpott family |
June 2006 |
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The Stone family |
A gardener from Court Lodge |
August 2005 |
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Tutsham
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From France
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Whatman
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More from Australia
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The Whites |
Farmers at Court Lodge Farm |
March 2005 |
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.
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