WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE!
This site has been created to bring information about our meetings and activities
to Members and Non-Members alike, plus information about the Canterbury district
that may be of interest to anybody involved in the wonderful, educational (and
sometimes downright frustrating!) experience that is Family History research.
This site also contains links to useful Websites, especially those relating
to the Garden of England
Day-Trip to France and Belgium,
13th September 2008
Pick-ups at Canterbury
West train station at 5.45am, and Russell
Street car park, Dover, at 6.30am for ferry crossing.
Tour of Belgian 1914-1918 battlefields, starting at Vimy Ridge, and
finishing, via Tyne Cot, at the Menin Gate for the Last Post. Click here
for detailed itinerary.
Guide- Captain Paul Snook.
Price- £35.00 per member. Cost of any Museum entrance extra.
Please contact Derek Drury on d_j_drury@btinternet.com,
or telephone 01227 274162.
Seats will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. |
Harold Gough (left) with former Branch Chairman Derek
Drury. |
Harold Eric Gough
The memorial
service for Harold, who died on the 2nd of June, is being held on
Saturday, the 26th July, at 3pm, at Christchurch, Herne Bay . Donations, payable to either
Herne Mill or to Herne Bay Historical Records Society, can be sent c/o
A. Welch and Sons Ltd, 94 Station Road, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 5QB.
On behalf of all our members, we send our
condolences to Harold's wife Anne, and to all his family. |
Pictures
from the June 2007 Outdoor Meeting Tour of Huguenot Canterbury
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Merrilyn Joy Minter R.I.P.
The society is sad to announce the death of Merrilyn
Joy Minter on 13th June 2008. Merrilyn joined the society in 1983 and soon
joined the KFHS team as Australian agent. Merrilyn served the society well
in this post and became our first volunteer to serve for over 22 years in
one post.
She was a very special person and was always willing to
help members from across the globe. When she was diagnosed with Cancer a
number of years ago, she fought very bravely, but finally lost the battle.
Merrilyn was always a cheerful and friendly person; her emails would often
tell us about her family life and how she was hoping to see her grandson
grow up.
To Norman and her family we extend our deepest
sympathies and are forever grateful that we had the pleasure of knowing
such a very special person.
The society has donated to the two requested charities
in Australia. |
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Find details of venue, parking and speakers at the
monthly Canterbury branch meetings.
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 July
Meeting
Free Prize Draw
One member
on the night will win a Pay As You Go mobile phone, or a Computer Mouse.
Usual
terms, free entry (but a donation of whatever you can afford to Guide Dogs for the Blind would be
appreciated).
Tickets
from Alan on the night- the draw will take place after the speaker.
KENT
FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
29 The Mall, Faversham, Kent ME13 8JL
Tel./Fax 01 795 – 537 802
http://www.kfhs.org.uk
chairman@kfhs.org.uk
FAMILY HISTORY – The second most popular hobby in the world!
The
Kent Family History Society was founded in 1974 in Canterbury, and is run
entirely by volunteer members.
The
society now has over 4,000 members worldwide and has six branches in east
and west Kent who meet most months of the year in Ashford, Canterbury,
Deal, Maidstone, Strood and Birchington. All members receive a copy of the
society’s journal each, March, June, September and December which is
packed full of information connected with family history.
A
benefit of membership is the reduced price charged on the Society’s
publications on Microfiche (over 2,100 published to date) and CD-ROM
(currently 14 published to date).
Entry
to the monthly meetings is also free to paid-up members.
Chairman,
Alan Makey is hoping to enrol into the KFHS the 4,242nd paid-up
active member this year, and the lucky person will win the following
prizes; a 6 million mega pixel Digital Camera, and a 7” Digital photo
frame, worth in total over £180.00.
Family
membership is just £15.00 (includes £5.00 Joining fee) and thereafter at
£10.00 per annum. (Fees current as of 01.03.07).
You
can join on line via the KFHS ‘Online shop’ at www.kfhs.org.uk
and pay by debit or credit card, or by post at Kent FHS, Dept ARM, 29 The
Mall, Faversham, Kent ME13 8JL. (Please enclose an ssae).
Further
information about the Kent Family History Society can be found at the
society’s website or phone 01 795 – 537 802 for more information.
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Go to this page for details of the churches where
your ancestors were hatched, matched and dispatched, including
availability of parish registers. |
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Family history websites relating to the UK and Kent.
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New to family history? Unsure where to start? Find
some tips and hints here, courtesy of the Federation of Family History
Societies. |
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Canterbury branch committee members |
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Click here
if you have a quick question regarding your ancestral research in Canterbury. If
the answer can be supplied by the branch without the need to conduct further
research, we are happy to do so for free; if research in local archives is
necessary to investigate the question, we will contact you first with a
suggested fee. Please note that we are not in a position to carry out detailed
family tree research; your best approach is to contact Canterbury Cathedral
Archives for local professional researchers to contact.
I hope that this site will prove to be useful to anybody
researching their ancestry in Canterbury.
David Wood, Branch Chairman (and
Webmaster!)
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