West Middlesex Family History Society

Image of the month It's time for a palace. Not the usual frontage of Hampton Court Palace, but its south face seen from the river with a view of the Privy Garden in the foreground. All very imposing, especially with agood evening sunlight.

Tip of the month We have just had Ann Larkham talk to us about dating family history photographs, which blew me away with the forensic detail that she has collected on so many aspects of dating a photograph. From today Ann's talk will be available from our Meetings Playback page for two weeks up to May 2nd. Ann also provided a comprehensive set of notes to support her talk. These can also be accessed from the Meetings Playback page, or more permanently from our Useful Documents page.

Our aims
The Society aims to encourage and assist those involved in the study of family history and genealogy in the western part of the ancient English county of Middlesex. See also our Objectives page.

Using this website
The website contains much information about the Society, and provides general assistance in providing links to other websites of use to family historians. You may explore the site using the menus above, including to use the Sitemap, where you can see all our pages at a glance.

For example under Research and Indexes you will find pages which tell you which members of the Society hold some of our special assets, Parish Registers, Indexes relating to Places, and other General Indexes.

New members
We are always keen to welcome new members. Benefits of membership include attending our monthly meetings at St. John's Centre in Isleworth, where you can meet like-minded souls, many of whom have been enjoying this hobby for a long while. You will also receive a copy of our Quarterly Journal. Joining instructions may be found on our How to join the Society page. Attending our meetings is free, and you may come as a guest just to see what goes on, if you wish. Cost of membership is a modest £15 per annum.