Family History In Swale

Each year a number enquiries are received in the Tourism Section asking for help with researching family history.  Although we are not able to do this on your behalf, a list of contacts has been compiled to give you a starting point in tracing your family tree in the Swale area.

PARISH RECORDS and the CENSUS RETURNS are held at
Sittingbourne Library (Reference Section), Central Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4AH.  Telephone: + 44 (0) 1795 476545

Swale Centre for Kentish Study, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ.   Telephone: +44 (0)1622 694363 (for enquiries on the whole of Kent area)

BIRTH/MARRIAGE/DEATH CERTIFICATES are held at
Canterbury & Swale Registration Office, Wellington House, St Stephen’s Road, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7RD.  Telephone: + 44 (0) 1227 470480

YOU MUST RING FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW RECORDS

Useful Contacts and Web Sites

Sittingbourne Family History Society Mr K.F. Lainton, Algarve House, 140 Borden Lane, SITTINGBOURNE, Kent ME9 8HW  
Faversham Society Fleur De Lis Heritage Centre, 13 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent ME13 8NS www.faversham.org/society
Tel: +44 (0) 1795 534542
Queenborough Society Mrs L Vine, 8 North Road, Queenborough, Kent ME11 5EZ  
Sheerness Society Mr B R Sinclair, 49 Alexandra Road, Sheerness, Kent ME12 2AS Tel: +44 (0) 1795 665285
Sheppey Local History Society Miss B G Greenstreet, 34 St Helens Road, Sheerness, Kent ME12 2QX  
Sittingbourne Society 11 Farm Crescent, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4QD Tel: +44 (0) 1795 423288
Kent Family History Society Mrs J Horwood, Westgate House, Dickley Wood, Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME17 1BL  
College of Arms Keeps all the English Herald records for the Commonwealth and Canada Tel: +44 (0) 171 248 2762
Association of Genealogists and Record Agents Secretary Mrs D Young, 29 Badgers Close, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 5RU  
Family Tree Magazine   Tel: +44 (0) 1487 711361
www.family-tree.co.uk
Family Records Centre 1 Myddelton Street, London EC1R 1UW Tel: +44 (0) 20 8392 5300
Certificate Enquiries: +44 (0) 151 471 4800
Email: certificate.services@ons.gov.uk
www.ons.gov.uk
Federation of Family History Societies Administrator Mrs P Saul, c/o The Benson Room, Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BS www.ffhs.org.uk
Society of Genealogists The Library, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA Tel: Library +44 (0) 20 7250 0291
Membership +44 (0) 20 7251 8799
www.sog.org.uk 
British Isles Family History Service Centre (The Mormons) 185 Penns Lane, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B76 1JU  
General Register Office for Northern Ireland Oxford House, 49-55 Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 4HL Tel: +44 (0) 28 9025 2021
www.nics.gov.uk/nisra/gro 
General Register Office for Scotland New Register House, 3 West Register Street, Edinburgh EH1 3YT Tel: +44 (0) 131 334 0380
Email: nrh.gros@gtnet.gov.uk 
www.open.gov.uk/gros/groshome.htm
Public Records Office Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU Tel: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444
Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN) Abden House, 1 Marchhall Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 5HW Tel: +44 (0) 131 662 1211
www.scran.ac.uk 
Rootsweb The Internets oldest genealogy site www.rootsweb.com 
Cyndi's List 41,850 links, categorised and cross-referenced. www.cyndislist.com 
GenUKi Surname Listings www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/SurnamesList 
Familia Lists family history resources in public libraries in the UK and Ireland www.earl.org.uk/familia 
Genealogical Society of Utah 751 Warwick Road, Solihull, Birmingham, B91 3DQ  
The Mormons' International Genealogical Index   www.familysearch.org
The WorldGenWeb Project   www.worldgenweb.org

Swale Tourism +44 (0)1795 417478
Email: tourism@swale.gov.uk