Here's a handy guide (Ancestry take note): 1660-1822 The original church on Pancras Road = St Pancras parish church 1822-today The new church on Euston Road = St Pancras parish church 1848-today The original church restored and named Old St Pancras church (no marriages solemnised there until 1859).

Having just read a refence to a marriage taking place at "St Pancras’ Old Church in 1854" in an otherwise excellent article about a case of bigamy, I thought it might be worth revisiting my blog about the St Pancras churches. It's easy; the 'old' church is (kind of) the newer of the two...

Kent Archives will be closed from Monday 1st - Sunday 14th December whilst we conduct essential collections work. During this time, our Search Room will be closed to the public and we will not be accepting enquiries. Normal service will resume on Monday 15th December.

13 November Zoom Talk: Artificial Intelligence and Family History with speaker Andrew Redfern www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... This talk is for everyone who is interested in exploring the exciting possibilities of AI in the realm of family history research. #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

Remembrance Day, a day to remember all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. So take a moment to pause, reflect and honour those who served and continue to serve our country. We will remember them. Lest we forget #LestWeForget #PoppyDay #RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2025

12 November 10.30am Zoom Talk Migration Throughout the UK with speaker Debbie Bradley www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/works... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.’ ‘All Gave Some, Some Gave All - We Will Remember Them” #RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2025 #PoppyDay A day of reflection, remembrance and gratitude

12 November 10.30am Library DNA and General Family History Discussion Group with Pam Goddard www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

During the summer of 2025 I visited the WW1 battlefields and I made a promise. At every cemetery I visited, I would choose one individual, not known to me, and tell their story. This is the first of those stories. #WW1 #RemembranceSunday #Military #Genealogy chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/11/08/t...

thegenealogist.co.uk releases over 1 million #WW1 casualty lists for Diamond subscribers www.thegenealogist.co.uk/search/advan... #ancestors

From a 'flight of fiery whirlwinds' to a 'perfect umbrella of fire', this programme from November 1883 suggests that C. T. Brock and Co's fireworks display in #Ramsgate was a feast for the eyes – and a health and safety nightmare, no doubt! Happy #BonfireNight 🔥 ☟ See U4364/Z3

Fright-seeking residents of Kent need not travel far this #Halloween. Allegedly home to over twelve spectres, the village of #Pluckley near #Ashford is said to be the most haunted in England. Visit at your own peril… To learn more, click ALT ☟ 🎃 See KHLC-IMG/PO/1/PLU/4

Announcing our final lunchtime talk of 2025! Monday 10th November, 1-2pm 📍 Kent History & Library Centre, #Maidstone 'Recreation, health and competition: Sport in Victorian Kent' presented by Dr Catherine Budd. Book your free seat today: 📧 [email protected] ☎️ 03000 420 673

Sevenoaks Branch 8 November The life of Helen Thomas and Otford in the 1920s with Alan Williams Doors open 10.45am meeting starts 11am Otford Village Memorial Hall 28A High Street, Otford, Kent TN14 5PQ www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

Effective 17 November 2025, the fee charged by the Government Find a Will Service [ www.gov.uk/search-will-... ] will increase from £1.50 to £16 per document. I suggest that you use the next week to order any wills you know you want before the price hike!

5 November 10.30am Zoom Discussion Group with Ann Clarke: Did you have unusual occupations in your family? www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

FindMyPast are offering FREE ACCESS to millions of military records for the weekend of 7-9th November #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

Dartford Branch 1 November AGM and Family History Day See the Journal or the website for the full day AGM and speakers' programme: www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... AGM is 10.30am Dartford Science and Technology College, Heath Lane, Dartford Kent DA1 2LY #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

Final local group spotlight for October is the Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society! The objective of the Local History Group is to encourage the study of Tunbridge Wells and its past. For more information visit: www.thecivicsociety.org

Just a few more hours until the society's latest online lecture! Medieval and historic graffiti at Rochester Cathedral Jacob Scott will be revealing 900 years of history as told through the inscriptions, scratches and marks on the walls and piers Rochester Cathedral.

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

Over two million service records of those who served in the British Army infantry division during the Second World War are now available online via Ancestry and will be freely available to view in the lead-up to Remembrance Day.

#31DaysOfGraves #27 Trees This is the gravestone commemorating my wife's 2x Great Grandfather, Hermann Hirsch in the Jewish Cemetery in Waibstadt, Baden-Württemberg. The question is, is the tree attacking the stone or supporting it?

Is it just me or does anyone else see an inheritent design flaw with Friers Bridge? Map: The county of Suffolk, surveyed by Joseph Hodskinson, 1783 @natlibscot.bsky.social maps.nls.uk/view/262718411

🆓 FREE WEBINAR - SIGN UP NOW! We're delighted to be working with @findmypast to bring you a special webinar on researching your WWI ancestors. 👉 Sign up: http://bit.ly/4hF6ile Presented by Findmypast's Jen Baldwin, this exclusive webinar takes place on 6 November 2025, 7pm.

🎧🌳 From short walks down the lane, to voyages across the world, when doing family history we discover that our ancestors sometimes moved about more than we might think. What was it that made them move though? Podcast cohosts Nathan and Helen chat about push-pull factors...

29 October 10.30am ZOOM Scottish Interests Discussion Group with Pam Goddard www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

Last months online lecture with Professor Dan Hicks is now available online for your viewing pleasure! www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/videos/pitt-...

Opened in 1830, the #Canterbury and #Whitstable Railway was among the first in the world to carry passengers and freight by steam. It also featured Britain's first purpose-built railway tunnel, at Tyler Hill. For more information and document details, click ALT ☟ 🚂 #Railway200

Can you help us identify photographs from our #Sittingbourne Paper Mill Collection? If so, join us for a trip down memory lane... 🗓️ Friday 24th October, 11:30am - 4:45pm 📍 Sittingbourne Library 🗃️ View archival material and share your knowledge about the Mill with our team

22 October 7.30pm ZOOM Talk: The Weald and Downland Living Museum with David Cufley www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

Our AGM and Family History Day is scheduled for 1st November 2025 at the Dartford Branch venue. To help the organisers plan, please confirm your attendance by booking as soon as possible using the form in the June Journal. www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv...

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

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 October 10.30am ZOOM DNA Discussion group with Laura Lincoln www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #Kent #NWKFHS #Genealogy

Sevenoaks Branch 11 Oct A Spy for Love with Melanie Gibson-Barton Doors open 10.45am Otford Village Memorial Hall Hear the story of an honourable man who turned to espionage to win the heart of the woman he loved. #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

8 October 2.30pm ZOOM Discussion Group: Let's talk Family History with David Cufley www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

8 October 10.30am LIBRARY DNA and General Family History Discussion Group with Pam Goddard www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

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!

We have new records available for sale and we always welcome new members. #Genealogy #Kent #England

🗞️ 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 🤸🏻

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.

Dartford Branch 4 October Talk: The History of Oxleas Woods with Tom Wareham Doors Open 9.45am Meeting starts 10.30am Dartford Science and Technology College, Heath Lane, Dartford Kent DA1 2LY #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

15 October 10.30am ZOOM DNA Discussion group with Laura Lincoln www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

Zoom Discussion Group : Child deaths, how did they affect your family? with Ann Clarke Event Date 01-10-2025 10:30 am to 12:30 pm #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv...

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...

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...

24 September 7.30am Zoom Workshop: Parish Chest with David Cufley www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

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: 📧 [email protected] ☎️ 03000 420 673