Websites with Resources for Kent History | People's History of Kent

Kent Photo Archive: http://www.kentphotoarchive.com/kpa/desktopindex.php
CityArk (online catalogue of the Medway Council Archives Service): http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/
Kent Archaeological Society: http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/research.htm
Here’s History Kent: http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/
Canterbury Archaeological Trust: http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/
Kent Heritage Maps (with searchable versions of following four series of historic Kent 25 inch ordnance maps: 1871-90, 1897-1900, 1907-1923, 1929-1952; also aerial photographs of Kent from 1946, 1990, 2008): http://webapps.kent.gov.uk/KCC.HeritageMaps.Web.Sites.Public/Default.aspx
Kent History and Library Centre: http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/history-and-heritage/kent-history-and-library-centre
- Kent Archives online catalogue: http://www.kentarchives.org.uk/CalmView/
- Kent Libraries online catalogue: https://kent.spydus.co.uk/
- A guide to the archival and local history collections held at the Kent History and Library Centre: http://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/16245/New-to-our-collections.pdf
- Links to online family and local history resources: http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/libraries/online-reference-library/family-and-local-history-resources

For first steps towards developing People’s History of Kent projects you can think about the following resources:

Visit Kent Libraries which hold runs of historic local newspapers, often on microfilm. Contact individual Kent town centre libraries for further details of their local history collections, including historic local newspapers
Use library computers to access significant runs of historic local newspapers via the online British Newspaper Archive. Free access is restricted to library computers and you will need to register for an individual account
Use the public access computers in any Kent Library to access the Ancestry Library Edition & Find My Past Community Edition websites (no remote access as free access is restricted to library computers). Key sources include the censuses for England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, and Scotland, 1841-1911. There are also sources connected with births, marriages & deaths, immigration & travel, military service, wills, probates, land, taxes and crime

People's History of Kent is a collaborative project between partners in the education, arts, and heritage sectors to deepen engagement with and awareness of the diverse peoples, movements, and legacies of Kent's cultural heritage (from first settlement to the present day)