Society members - do you ever need help translating German Documents?
#NWKFHS Member Martin Magdziak has offered help:
If another member has a German root or German hit during research and needs help please get in touch with the society.
#Kent #Genealogy #German
17.10.2025 08:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Can you help run our Society? We urgently need to fill a number of volunteer roles within the Society including a Chair, further details can be found on what’s involved below. Please feel free to contact the Society if you are able to help in any way #NWKFHS
01.06.2025 11:37 — 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
The library has recently received a donation of volumes by Lorraine E. Schmidt, documenting her research on the John Henry Henderson and Ann Craggs Silvester families of Gravesend, Milton, and Northfleet.
These works are now available on the shelves for consultation.
#NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy
15.10.2025 08:03 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Can you help us with this mystery object this #FindsFriday? It was found in a possible 17th century house pressed down between a joist and a chimney breast behind a wattle and daub panel. We are going to be undertaking more work to see if it might shed more light on its purpose and origins!
03.10.2025 11:01 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0
List of records for sale
We have new records available for sale and we always welcome new members. #Genealogy #Kent #England
23.08.2025 15:15 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
![Shown here is part of a black and white photograph capturing male students using the 'spider's web' ropes in the gymnasium at Nonington College of Physical Education, 1970s [ref. U4164/P3/3/3]
[Archives@Kent] is the quarterly newsletter published by Kent Archives and Local History Service, Maidstone. From publicising newly catalogued material to exploring documents in detail and sharing information about upcoming events, our newsletters can be delivered straight to your email inbox or accessed at www.kentarchives.org.uk/archive-newsletter
Have yet to subscribe? Contact us today and we’ll be happy to add you to our mailing list –
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Shown here is part of a black and white photograph capturing male students using the 'spider's web' ropes in the gymnasium at Nonington College of Physical Education, 1970s [ref. U4164/P3/3/3]
[Archives@Kent] is the quarterly newsletter published by Kent Archives and Local History Service, Maidstone. From publicising newly catalogued material to exploring documents in detail and sharing information about upcoming events, our newsletters can be delivered straight to your email inbox or accessed at www.kentarchives.org.uk/archive-newsletter
Have yet to subscribe? Contact us today and we’ll be happy to add you to our mailing list –
Email: archives@kent.gov.uk
Telephone: 03000 420 673
🗞️ Autumn 2025 newsletter:
www.kentarchives.org.uk/archive-newsletter
Discover new additions to the Brabourne family papers including a note from #Gandhi concerning the death of the 5th Lord Brabourne, and somersault head first into the records of #Nonington College of Physical Education 🤸🏻
02.10.2025 12:19 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Were any of your World War II ancestors service personnel from Petts Wood (an area formerly in Kent, now a south east London suburb)?
Jennie Randall is gathering information about service personnel from the Army, Navy & RAF from Petts Wood who lost their lives during WW2. Please contact the Society.
04.10.2025 08:03 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
No 2025
30.09.2025 11:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My usual reaction to a bad piece of transcription is to groan inwardly (and occassionally outwardly) but this one just made me smile. I can see how they got there but it's clearly wrong.
A point for the first person to reply with what it really says...
23.09.2025 10:04 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0
A good example of why we should always view all available copies of a record. Here we have two versions of the same marriage record; on the left is the Bishops' Transcript, on the right the original from the parish register of All Saints, Wigan.
Check out the witnesses...
23.09.2025 15:47 — 👍 40 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0
Shown here is a mid-20th century photograph of two policewomen from Kent County Constabulary. Image courtesy of the Kent Police Museum.
About the talk:
2024 was the 80th anniversary of the first recruitment of policewomen in Kent, the Second World War having opened the doors to female officers. Did war accelerate change? How did women carve out a path of respectability within a male dominated organisation? Pam Mills will examine these questions and other issues, such as the reluctance of Chief Constables to recruit women into the force and how after the war, change was inevitable.
Pam is a former police officer and has written several books about the history of policing. The most recent of these is 'Commanding Kent County Constabulary 1857–1957' and her next book – currently with the publishers – is titled 'Reflections of 80 years: telling the story of Policewomen in Kent'.
Pam will bring a collection box for donations to the charity 'Care of Police Survivors' (COPS), which supports the families of police officers and staff who have lost their lives on duty.
Announcing our penultimate lunchtime talk of 2025…
Monday 13th October, 1-2pm
📍 Lecture Theatre at County Hall, #Maidstone
'The history of Policewomen in Kent County Constabulary' presented by Pam Mills.
Book your free seat today:
📧 archives@kent.gov.uk
☎️ 03000 420 673
17.09.2025 08:34 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
20 September 10am to 1pm Drop-In at Bexley Central Library
Free Drop-In Family History Session
Join volunteers from the North West Kent Family History Society at the Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre.
#NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy
18.09.2025 08:03 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
20 September 10am to 1pm Drop-In at Bexley Central Library
Free Drop-In Family History Session
Join volunteers from the North West Kent Family History Society at the Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre.
#NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy
18.09.2025 08:03 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A double bill here at #BexleyArchives on 20 September!
10am-1pm: free drop-in session with North West Kent Family History Society.
2.30-4pm: talk by Peter Daniel, The Blitz Over Bexley. Tickets £5
Plus see this new book now on our shelves! #familyhistory #WWII
03.09.2025 15:00 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Local historian Peter Daniel will give a talk here at #BexleyArchives on 20 September 2.30pm ‘The Blitz Over Bexley’ exploring this period of intensive bombing raids which disrupted life and caused death and injury to civilians in the Bexley area. Tickets: £5.
15.09.2025 15:52 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The #BexleyArchives autumn events programme begins 20 Sept. with a North West Kent Family History Society pop-in session 10am-1pm at Local Studies Centre on 1st floor of Central Library Bexleyheath. Everyone is welcome, no pre-booking required. #genealogy #familyhistory @nwkfhs.bsky.social
15.09.2025 15:47 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Blurb:
Commanding Kent County Constabulary offers a comprehensive history of Britain's most south-easterly police force, covering its introduction and first hundred years; exploring innovations and developments, whilst also considering the lot of the front-line 'Bobbies' who kept the county safe.
This history is charted through the lineage of its chief constables — from the indomitable John Henry Hay Ruxton, who instigated a constabulary where it "would have been impossible to find a force with a better state of efficiency and discipline"; through six successors including the indefatigable Major Chapman, the forward-looking Major Sir John Ferguson, and the high-flying Sir Percy Sillitoe.
Featuring photographs, newspaper excerpts, and extensive archival research, this fully referenced and indexed book is a must for anyone who has served in Kent Constabulary, has a broader interest in the County's history, or the casual reader.
Newly acquired & available to read in our Search Room:
'Commanding Kent County Constabulary 1857–1957' by Pam Mills and Dave Swarbrick, 2025
🔎 To view, request ref. BK/C158062562
📚 For blurb, click ALT ☟
#Policing #LawAndOrder #CrimeAndPunishment #Kent
11.09.2025 08:57 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Nice to see one of my relatives and their unusual combination of occupations get a mention from @chiddickstree.bsky.social.
@familytreeplus.bsky.social
#FamilyHistory
#Lancashire
15.09.2025 12:21 — 👍 30 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1
Writing on Genealogy Methods and Techniques - My Experience
My ongoing experience of writing my first book on genealogy methods and techniques, a book I have wanted to write since I began my family history research.
For those who attended my talk on Writing #Genealogy Client Reports at the Society of Genealogists this week, here is more detail on my upcoming book, Genealogy Methods and Techniques - A Practical Guide to Research. Sign up for updates too.
www.professionalfamilyhistory.co.uk/writing-on-g...
06.09.2025 18:28 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2
Podcaster, Historian, Writer, living in Salinas, California. Check out the Interesting Pod: https://pod.link/1826088946. Doctoral degree in counseling, pursuing a history PhD. I love hiking, mystery reading, & eating cereal in perilously unhealthy volumes.
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Tears, Drama.
Repeat daily.
UH Press is a small academic press publishing local and regional history. We have numerous series and imprints and we specialise in landscape history.
Art Historian, teaching at Universidad de Salamanca. Goya, antiquaries, collecting, books, prints
https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/157360/detalle?lang=en
In no particular order:- E17. Cooking. PS5. Arsenal. Beer. My 3 children. OHMSS. 2 start ups. Retired. WWII history. Gadgets. More beer. Home town Reading.
Head of European Political & Social Research at YouGov. Dartfordian. Hates agree-disagree statements.
curb shopper, librarian, news, boiled peanuts.
Create a beautiful poster of your family, showing all types of relatives: cousins from both sides, in-laws, step relatives, and multiple sets of parents. https://faganm.com/diagram
Dedicated to the love of books, manuscripts, written words in multiple media across the ages. Did we mention books?
Our website = https://manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/
Official section of the Archives and Records Association
Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
Working to keep your sporting stories alive.Visit our website for support and info, add your collection & join our networks. www.sportingheritage.org.uk
National Sporting Heritage Day, 30th Sept #NSHD2025
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The International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) is based at De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.
We are the world's leading research centre for the study of the history of sport.
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) photographs, catalogs, & provides access to manuscripts—partnering with more than 1,500 libraries worldwide to preserve & share handwritten history. Learn more: hmml.org
Preserving the region's agricultural heritage https://tths.ca
The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/
#histmed
Founded in 1887, the Selden Society is the only learned society and publisher devoted entirely to English legal history. Account maintained by @jctate1215.bsky.social.
The London Group of Historical Geographers is a seminar series hosted by the Institute of Historical Research. Conveners: Felix Driver, Margot Finn, Innes M. Keighren, and Miles Ogborn. https://lghgseminar.wordpress.com/
The Scottish Record Society is one of Scotland’s oldest historical societies, and is dedicated to publishing calendars, indexes and texts of historical records.
