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		England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Kent => Topic started by: jacqueline  cox on Sunday 26 May 24 11:04 BST (UK) 
		
			
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				I can't remember how I have previously accessed Medway's archives online - "ark" ? something but don't know where to start. Link, please?
			
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				https://cityark.medway.gov.uk/search/simple
			
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				Thank you. I'm grateful.
			
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				Has anyone else had problems trying to get onto the cityark.medway site? It had been working fine up until about a week ago - since then, I keep getting "can't reach this page, cityark.medway.gov.uk took too long to respond". Is it just me?
			
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				Have a look at this page
 
 https://www.medway.gov.uk/info/200391/medway_archives_centre/317/medway_archives_centre/2
 
 Digital material you can view free at Medway Archives Centre, Medway Libraries, or from home with a subscription
 
 Perhaps they've taken their parish records down  :'(. Hopefully it's just a glitch as it also says
 
 Digital collections you can view from home
 You can view records online via the Medway Council Heritage Services catalogue, including:
 
 Parish registers, recording baptisms, marriages and burials, for the Archdeaconry of Rochester
 but the link isn't working
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				I normally access them through a link against a record on FindMyPast but that is not working.  I have just tried checking on 'Is it down or just me' and they say it is down.
			
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				Thanks Bearkat and Rosie. So it is a problem at their end. I'll just have to be patient. I really appreciate that their parish records are free to access, and I use them a lot, so I don't want to have a moan to them or bug them about it!
 
 
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				Nor do I; I'm really grateful for parish record images!
			
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				It used to be down quite regularly but has been better of late.
			
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				It is working for me this afternoon via FindMyPast  :)
			
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				I tried about 10 minutes ago and again after your update but I'm geting a 'sorry, an error has occurred" message  ??? That was through Medway Council's website.