Beekeeping demonstration in Boughton Under Blean, from Kent Photo Archive

Websites with Resources for Kent History

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