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These free sites might be useful to you

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ - transcribed BMD index. After Sep 1911 the mother's maiden name on birth records, and the other person's surname on marriages is shown.

http://www.freereg.org.uk/ - transcribed parish records

http://www.freecen.org.uk/ - transcribed census records

None of the above are complete, but a good place to start.

Sites for Essex and your area of Kent ......

http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ - non indexed PR images for the Medway area. Its worth checking freereg first, which if your people are listed helps to narrow down your search.

http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/EssexAncestors.asp - not free but worth it once you have the time and names to sit down and search for. £5 for 24 hours access. If you consider that a BM or D cert will cost £9.25 from GRO, this is a cheap alternative...........if the relevant church records are there.

The most useful free resource is https://www.familysearch.org/ transcribed PR and 1881 census + many other things. Beware of the 'submitted' records which although they may be correct, could also be the figment of someones's imagination. We all make mistakes at some point!

And of course.....the GR community! :-D

Thank you all very much for that information!! I wish i had the proper resources to research the way that you have into this! Ive been doing this off and on for about six years now, it has become a bit of a hobby/obsession ha.
Much appreciation sent your way,
Viv x

Vivien,
The Ancestry tree found by Brummiejan says that Alfred Hodges married Sarah Elizabeth Blackman in 1904
However Sarah Elizabeth Blackman was a widow and married under her 1st husband's name of: BEEDEN.

The marrige between Sarah Elizabeth Blackman and Frederick Thomas Beeden is registered in Chatham, Kent 2 quarter 1899
The death of Frederick Thomas Beeden is registered in Medway, Kent, 4th quarter 1901

The marrige between Alfred Hodges and Sarah Elizabeth Beeden is registered in Medway Kent 1st quarter 1904

Apparently, Alfred and Sarah had 4 children.
3 sons and one daughter.
The tree has kept info on the daughter private

1901 England Census about Sarah Beeden
Name: Sarah Beeden
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Frederick Beeden
Gender: Female
Where born: Old Brompton, Kent, England

Civil parish: Chatham
Ecclesiastical parish: Chatham Christchurch
County/Island: Kent

Registration district: Medway
Sub-registration district: Rochester and Chatham

Frederick Beeden 32
Sarah Beeden 22
James Blachman 11 (Blackman, brother-in-law)
Clara Hawkes 25
Thomas Hawkes 4
Henry Hawkes 26

Name: Frederick T Beeden
Birth: abt 1869
Death: Oct 1901 - Medway, Kent

Maybe she was married before?

Marriages Jun 1899 (>99%)
Barton George Henry A Medway 2a 1260
Beeden Frederick Thomas Medway 2a 1260
Blackman Sarah Elizabeth Medway 2a 1260
Mutter Annie Maria Medway 2a 1260


Marriages Mar 1904 (>99%)
Beeden Sarah Elizabeth Medway 2a 852
Boorman Clara Eugenie Medway 2a 852
Brown Bridget Jane Medway 2a 852
Hodges Alfred Medway 2a 852
Hooker Alfred George Medway 2a 852

Jan

There is an Ancestry tree with Harry on - they have parents Alfred Hodges and Sarah Elizabeth Blackman.
They must be closely involved with this branch, as they have 2 photos of him.
Jan

Hey yeah im looking for Ada Birks by the looks of it mothers maiden name Pratt.
I have got Hilda M Pratt married George Birks March 1919 Rochford Essex.
Im now looking into a Hodges/ Blackman wedding. I have deduced that they have had 3 children from sept 1913 but i cannot find the marriage.
This can be so frustrating.
Thanks everybody for your help!!

You appear to have Ada Birks in your tree on here, so what information are you looking for?
Thanks

Suggest you get some certificates for more information.

Added:
2 other people have Harry, 1918, in their trees on here, but you have him 1921. Is your date accurate?

Similarly, this looks like her Mother's birth;
Births Dec 1919
Birks Ada M Pratt Rotherham 9c 1589

Death/birth a year out?
Ada Mary Hodges
Birth Date: 7 Oct 1918
Date of Registration: Nov 1987
Age at Death: 69
Registration district: Chatham
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 16
Page: 710

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Births Sep 1918
Hodges Harry T Blackman Medway 2a 1104

Harry Thomas Hodges
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1918
Date of Registration: Jan 1998
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Chatham
Inferred County: Kent
Register Number: D13A
District and Subdistrict: 5611D
Entry number: 244

Her birth is easy to find on Freebmd, as is the marriage:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk

Jan

Mother maiden name from Birth record (in Chatham) is Birkes.

Several other Hodges/Birks births in same area.

This marriage record, a long way away.

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1938 (>99%)
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Birks Ada M Hodges Rotherham 9c 1852
Hodges Harry T Birks Rotherham 9c 1852


Andy

Hi i am looking for any info regarding Myra Hodges born 1944 Chatham. I cannot find anything relating to her birth parents. any help would be great. thanks