Medway Archives online

[jacqueline cox]

I can't remember how I have previously accessed Medway's archives online - "ark" ? something but don't know where to start. Link, please?

[haliared]

https://cityark.medway.gov.uk/search/simple

[jacqueline cox]

Thank you. I'm grateful.

[Sandy_W]

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?

[bearkat]

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

[rosie99]

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.

[Sandy_W]

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!

[jacqueline cox]

Nor do I; I'm really grateful for parish record images!

[bearkat]

It used to be down quite regularly but has been better of late.