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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Gillingham Library (GILL)
High Street
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 1BG
Tel: 01634 281066
Fax: 01634 855814
Email:
Contact:
Opening hours:
Monday: 0930-1900
Tuesday: 0930-1900
Wednesday: 0930-1300, 1400-1700
Thursday: 0930-1800
Friday: 0930-1800
Saturday: 0930-1700
Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
No
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
Nil
5. Census returns
1841-1891 Gillingham, Rainham, Chatham (part)
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Some directories held on microfiche
6(b) City and Town Directories
Kelly's Directory of Rochester, Strood, Chatham, New Brompton ... 1890, 1891-2, 1894, 1897-8, 1898-9, 1900-1901, 1902-1903, 1903-1904 (all on microfilm)
From 1904 this directory was entitled kelly's Directory of Rochester, Strood, Chatham, Gillingham ... 1904-1905 to 1911-1912 (on microfilm)
Originals; 1923-1974 (with some 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
Gillingham Borough: 1936, 1938, 1939, 1945-1964, 1967-1976, 1978 to date
7(b) Poll Books
Kent: 1790
Kent. Western Division: 1835, 1837, 1847, 1852, 1857 (April), 1859 (May), 1865 (July)
Kent. Eastern Division: 1852 (July), 1857 (Mar), 1863, 1865 (April), 1868
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Nil
9. Unpublished Indexes
1841-1881 censuses (for the area held) Name index
1891 Partly completed name index
Marriage indexes (names abstracted from the following parish registers):
St Mary's Gillingham 1700-1812
St Mary's Chatham 1700-1704; 1720-1812
All Saints, Frindsbury 1754-1812
St Nicholas, Strood 1700-1812
Calendar of Quarter Sessions Records: 1574-1622 Index of persons
Calendar of Quarter Sessions Records, Sessions Papers 1639-1677; 1686-1714 Index of persons
Calendar of Quarter Sessions Records. East Kent Order Book 1653/4 and 1671/2 Index of persons
Calendar of Early Quarter Sessions Rolls, 1596-1605 Index of persons
10. Parish Registers
~see attached sheet. These are originals on microfilm$
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Archaeologia Cantiana 1858 to date
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
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13. Other material
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14. Guides to Collections
Family History Research: an outline of the holdings at Gillingham Library, Kent (compiled for Kent Family History Open Day September 1995). Obtainable from Gillingham Library. Price: cost of photocopying plus postage
15. Local Record Offices
Centre for Kentish Studies (CKS)
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1XQ
Tel: 01622 694363
Fax: 01622 694379
Rochester upon Medway Studies Centre (RUMSC)
Civic Centre
Strood
Rochester
Kent
ME2 4AW
Tel: 01634 732714
Fax: 01634 297060
Other information
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