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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Kent => England => Kent Lookup Requests => Topic started by: epo on Thursday 08 December 05 01:33 GMT (UK)
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Being in the US, how would one go about finding obituaries that would've appeared in Maidstone's newspaper-provided it had one at the time? Dates I am interested in consist of 1891, 1884, 1873, 1903, 1904, 1946. I have more specifics on the people/dates, but didn't bother to list them as I don't even know if Maidstone had a newspaper then. Any advice/help/info. greatly appreciated.
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Hi Epo
I can't help you directly but Maidstone Local Studies Library hold a good collection of old newspapers both on microfilm and hard copy:
http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/kent_maidstone.html
There would appear to be a number of newspapers to choose from but I'm sure they will know which are the most likely to have obituaries for your family. As far as I am aware, they will still do half an hours research for free and from thereon require payment:
Maidstone Library
St. Faith's Street
Maidstone
ME14 1LH
Tel: 01622 752344
Fax: 01622 761699 / 754980 (Reference)
Text: 01622 663770
I couldn't see an email address
Casalguidi