Library Notes

Library Volunteers have completed work on some 200 of the slides files of genealogical information on Kentish families, and each file now has a list of contents, to assist the researcher. A start is being made on the Hussey files on Kentish locations with particular reference to families associated with the location. We hope that work on these files will be completed before the end of the year, and appropriate reference to them will then be posted on kentarchaeology.ac website. Addition to the website of the index of the Gordon Ward files on Kentish locations proceeds and has reached letter L. The use of the website facility for the publication of articles on Kent history and archaeology is increasing, and in future the site is to be used by the KAS Publications Committee for the publication, where appropriate, of articles and books sponsored by the Committee. The website itself is about to undergo a make-over, partly in order to be able to manage and accommodate with greater ease its increasing use.

For the History and Archaeology Show on June 5, the Library hosted displays by KAS Committees on their work - Publications, Education, Field Work, Place Names and Library Committees. The Library Committee, a selection of rare books on Kent, and journals from other regional and national history and archaeology societies were exhibited, together with a montage of visual images of Kentish buildings and locations from our extensive collection. The displays were well appreciated by the visitors, and the Publications stall in particular was well favoured in its sale of KAS publications.