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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Tunbridge Wells Library
Mount Pleasant
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN1 1NS
Tel: 01892 522352
Fax: 01892 514657
Opening hours:
Monday: 0930-1800
Tuesday: 0930-1700
Wednesday: closed
Thursday: 0930-1700
Friday: 0930-1800
Saturday: 0900-1300
Other Libraries:
Southborough Library
Yew Tree Road
Southborough
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN4 0AB
Tel: 01892 529808
Fax: 01892 540442
(Enquiries about Southborough only)
3. Research Service
Service available?
No
Fee-based?
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Provided by local Record Office?
Centre for Kentish Studies
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
None
5. Census returns
1841-1891. Area covered by Tunbridge Wells Borough
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Kent: 1792-1938 (some years missing): microfiche; 1871, 1882, 1891, 1934, 1938: hard copy
6(b) City and Town Directories
Tunbridge Wells: 1868 and 1886-1974 (some years missing)
6(c) Telephone Directories
Tunbridge Wells residential 1970 to date
Tunbridge Wells Yellow Pages 1977 to date
All current (residential and Yellow Pages) for UK
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Tunbridge Wells 1971 to date
7(b) Poll Books
Sussex: 1820
Kent: 1791 and 1734
West Kent: 1865
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 edition on microfiche for Kent and Sussex
9. Unpublished Indexes
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10. Parish Registers
Microfilm: Benenden, Bidborough, Cranbrook, Frittenden, Goudhurst St Mary, Hawkhurst St Lawrence, Lamberhurst, Langton Green, Paddock Wood, Pembury, Penshurst, Rusthall, Southborough St Matthews, Tudley, Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells King Charles the Martyr
Transcripts: Brenchley, Tudley
~See additional page for coverage - not attached$
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Kent Life 1962-
Kent Post 1974-
Bygone Kent 1979-
Kent Family History Society Gazette 1974-
Tunbridge Wells Family History Magazine
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
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13. Other material
Local newspapers 1837 to date
Woodbury Park Burial Register (microfiche)
Local historical map collection, Tunbridge Wells area only
Local photographic collection (1890s -)
14. Guides to Collections
Pamphlets serving as an introduction to the collection available on request
15. Local Record Offices
Centre for Kentish Studies
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1XQ
Tel: 0622 694363
Fax: 0622 694379
Other information
Readers are advised to write or telephone in advance, especially if requiring use of material on microfilm
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