KEY SOURCES

CANADIAN RECORDS

A variety of Canadian records are accessible to ancestry .co.uk users with a Worldwide subscription, including census returns and electoral rolls. Personnel files for men who joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War (including Arthur Bardoe) are available to view free of charge via the Library and Archives Canada website ( www.bac-lac.gc.ca).

NORTH WEST KENT PARISH RECORDS

Karen was able to research Arthur and Susan’s early lives using CityArk ( cityark.medway. gov.uk), a free service offering access to baptism, marriage and burial registers held by Medway Local Studies & Archives.

Transcriptions of local parish records created by North West Kent Family History Society can also be found at findmypast. co.uk.

PASSENGER LISTS

If your ancestors suddenly disappear and you can’t find information about their deaths, it’s worth checking outbound passenger lists.

Details of people travelling from the UK between 1890 and 1960 can be found on both Ancestry ( ancestry.co.uk) and Findmypast ( findmypast. co.uk), with some material also available via TheGenealogist ( thegenealogist.co.uk).