Welcome to Kent County, Maryland A Proud part of the Genealogy Trails Group Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Kent County. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This website is in need of a dedicated host! This is a continuation of our original Illinois Genealogy Trails project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project grow. If you think you might be interested in hosting a county website such as this one, please view the Volunteer Page for further information and contact Kim. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists Kent County was named for the county of the same name in England. In 1642, the Governor and Council appointed commissioners for the Isle and County of Kent. This act appears to represent the creation of Kent County The county seat is Chestertown It is the least populous county in Maryland ONLINE DATA We're looking to add the following types of data to this site: Births Death notices and obituaries Marriages Biographies Events Census Data Cemeteries Newspapers County History Cities and Towns Land Records Military Data   Website Updates: 1 Nov 2007: 1 new bio for Ez. Chambers 31 Oct 2007: 1699-1715 Marriages 28 Oct 2007: Battle of Caulk's Field; Chestertown Tea Party; Kent County in the War of 1812; The Record Summer of 1816 30 May 2007: Cities and Towns; Cemeteries; Obit Adjacent counties Cecil County (north) New Castle County, Delaware (northeast) Kent County, Delaware (southeast) Queen Anne's County (south) Copyright © 2006 by: Genealogy Trails - with original rights reserved for contributors