West Middlesex FHS Journal, Volume 15 (1997)
Notes on research articles that appeared in volume 15 of the Journal are listed here.
Note that news items, reports of meetings and conferences, Help! entries, surname interests,
etc. are not recorded. Since 1994 a complete index to each volume of the Journal has been
published in the March issue of the following year.
Middlesex County Records - Yvonne Woodbridge
Introduction to and examples of cases from Middlesex Sessions in late 16th century.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(1) 16-18 (March 1997)
The Diary of H.H. Crawley 1893-4 - Vic Rosewarne
Extracts from a recently discovered diary of a Curate of St Mary's, Twickenham in the 1890s.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(1) 20-22 (March 1997)
Electoral Registers as a Research Resource - Peter Lee
An example of the use of electoral registers in research, applied to Appleton ancestors in Windsor, BRK.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(1) 22-23 (March 1997)
The Census and Census Indexes - Vic Rosewarne
Concluding part of an examination of the scope for errors and misinterpretation in both the creation
and use of the census returns.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(1) 25-28 (March 1997)
Courts Baron of Harmondsworth 1717-1728 - Eileen Startin
Background procedural details to court proceedings, with examples taken from court rolls recently acquired
by the West Middlesex FHS, and transferred to the London Metropolitan Archives.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(2) 7-9 (June 1997)
West Middlesex Marriage Index - Janet Huckle
Summary of the content of the index, with bracketing dates for parishes within the West Middlesex area.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(2) 12-15 (June 1997)
Two Very Different Marriages - Peter Lee
Examples of a clandestine marriage at St George's, Mayfair in 1754, and the procedures of a
Quaker marriage in 1774, both in relation to the Jarvis and Appleton families of
Harmondsworth, MDX.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(2) 22-26 (June 1997)
Garibaldi's Thousand or 'The Excursionists' - Tony Simpson
Background to the author's discovery of papers relating to volunteer British forces serving with Garibaldi
in 1859-60. Examples of the information contained are given.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(3) 9-12 (September 1997)
Isleworth - Mary Brown
A short history of the parish of Isleworth.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(3) 12-13 (September 1997)
Policies and Rate Books - Valerie Walker
Example of the combined use of Sun Fire Office policy registers, and parish rate books,
applied to Taylor ancestors in Westminster, MDX.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(3) 17-18 (September 1997)
Middlesex County Records: Part II - Yvonne Woodbridge
Further examples of cases from Middlesex Sessions in late 16th century.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(3) 19-23 (September 1997)
A History of the Wild and Weekly Families in Harmondsworth 1600-1950 - William Wild
A narrative family history of two important families of Harmondsworth, MDX, based upon an extensive archive of documents
passed down to the author. The first part deals with the Weekly family and the second part deals with the Wild family.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(4) 17-23 (December 1997) and 16(1) 21-30 (March 1998)