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News Roundup
Derbyshire Family History Society video "How to Trace Your Family Tree in Derbyshire"; details available from Mrs L I Bull, Bridge Chapel House, St Mary's Bridge, Sowter Road, Derby, DE1 3AT
Family Records Centre / Public Records Office - 1901 Census Update.
The Society of Genealogists has recently refurbished its library of 105,000 titles.
Diary Dates

Arthur Gunter's Memoirs - Part II - Arthur Gunter
Continuing the memoirs of Arthur Gunter, who grew up in 19th century Staines, Middlesex before emigrating to Australia; conveyed to us by his great granddaughter, WMFHS member Mardi Harrison
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(1) (March 2002)

The Search for GUIDON Ancestors - Brian Dowden
Were they Huguenot refugees or economic migrants? (GUYDON, GUITON, GUITTON, DOUNTON)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(1) (March 2002)

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The Search for Great Uncle Walter - E A Feaver
On a recent walk along the Thames, the group I was with happened to stop for 'elevenses' opposite Hampton Church. I happened to remark that I had recently found out that my great-aunt Rosina had married Walter Dorrell there in 1903. This is the story behind that statement. (FEAVER, DORRELL)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(1) (March 2002)

Family History and Ealing Local History Centre - Jonathan Oates
The principal sources for family history that are available at the Ealing Local History Centre
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(1) (March 2002)

Past Meetings

• December - Christmas get-together and Morris Dancing

• January - Census-taking over 200 years - Audrey Collins

• February - Red Herrings: errors and confusion in family history - Ray Wiggins

• April - Up with the Lark! - the life of the C19 agricultural labourer - David Waller

• May - Was Your Ancestor a Criminal? - Colin Chapman

• June - On the Parish - the various poor laws and systems to bring relief to the poor - Peter Park

• July - Records Held at the Imperial War Museum - Sarah Paterson

• August - Members' Evening - 4 Short Talks

  • Obtaining certificates from the FRC and the Courier Database - Valerie Walker
  • Upstairs, Downstairs: Osterley House - Lewis Orton
  • Tracing Living People - Toni Davis
  • The Temple Family of Cumbria - Diana Bradley

• September - Jewish Community of Notting Hill - Shaaron Whetlor

• October - The Pears Family: Soap Manufacturers - Andrew Cameron

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Bookshelf

• Sunbury and Shepperton Past and Present by Nick and Sue Pollard, Jean Althorp and Pat Ward of the Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society. (54pp, A4, 100 illus., £5.00 + pp from the West Middlesex FHS Postal Book Service (see Journal insert for details))

• Tales of Old Middlesex by Mike Hall (127pp, A5, 10 illus., £6.95 + pp from the West Middlesex FHS Postal Book Service (see Journal insert for details))

• Special Website for Members of Societies and Associations helping find old and out-of-print books for sale in Britain.

• The Clique, founded in 1890 and the world's longest established specialist publisher of information on old, rare and out-of-print books, have now started issuing an annual CD-ROM series of price-guides in this field. The 2001 edition contains the current catalogue prices of 420,000 old books in all subject areas published between 1600 and 1990. By special arrangement with The Clique, members of British literary and historical societies and associations can now obtain copies of this UKBW 2001 Windows CD-ROM for £48 instead of the normal retail price of £60.

• Stamford Brook: An Affectionate Portrait (new edition). (68pp, with index and bibliography plus list of sources, £9.95 + 75p p&p from the West Middlesex FHS Postal Book Service (see Journal insert for details))

• Little Ealing: A Walk Through History. Did you know that a future American President (John Quincy Adams) resided in Little Ealing for two years? A history with maps, illustrations and reminiscences of Little Ealing. A lot of names and places are mentioned. (56pp, £5. Available by post from the Ealing Fields Residents Association Treasurer,

  Duncan Cameron, 8 Bramley Road, Ealing, London W5 4SS.

• The following is a selection of books available from the Imperial War Museum's Publications Catalogue,
  available from Imperial War Museum, Mail Order, Duxford, Cambridge, CB2 4QR, tel: +44 (0) 1223 499345 (on-line ordering not yet available).
  For postage and packing add 20% UK, 30% EC, 40% Other.

  • Tommy Goes to War by Malcolm Brown
    First-hand accounts from uncensored letters and diaries tell the story of the British soldier in the First World War, conveying the horror of the trenches, what it was like to go into battle, to be wounded, or witness the death of friends.
    Hardback: mail order no. BK5244 £18.99
    Paperback: mail order no. BK9071 £14.99

  • The Imperial War Museum Book of the Somme by Malcolm Brown
    Offers a fresh perspective on the 1916 campaign and describes the later battles of the Somme in 1918.
    Paperback: mail order no. BK3447 £8.99

  • Boy in the Blitz by Colin Perry
    The diary of Colin Perry, written when he was an 18 year-old boy in London. It gives a unique account of the bombing of London during the summer and autumn of 1940.
    Paperback: mail order no. BK5982 £6.99

  • Go to It! Working for Victory on the Home Front 1939-1945 by Asa Briggs
    The story of the civilian war effort in Britain during the Second World War, lavishly illustrated with photographs and posters from the archives.
    Hardback: mail order no. BK5370 £16.99

  • The 1940s House by Juliet Gardiner
    On 15 April 2000, the Hymers family moved into a 'wartime' house to discover what it wa like to cope with rationing, blackouts and air raids. Juliet Gardiner draws on the letters and diaries of home front veterans and interweaves the history of wartime Britain with the Hymers' story.
    Hardback: mail order no. BK6020 £20.00

  • The Women's Land Army by Vita Sackville West
    Reprinted by poular demand. Expanded edition.
    Hardback: mail order no. MB0079 £17.00

  • The Schools in Wartime (Ministry of Information contemporary publication)
    Short sketches depicting different aspects of school ife under the stress and strain of war, including the migration of children from the towns to the country. First published 1940.
    Mail order no. MB0131 £4.50

  • Eve in Overalls by Arthur Wauters
    Although not attributed to a government department, this pamphlet uses official photographs. Richly illustrated, it describes the various jobs undertaken by women as 'substitution' labour.
    Mail order no. MB0132 £3.50

  • Make Do and Mend by Arthur Wauters
    A delightful reminder of the techniques of household economies extolled by the wartime government.
    Mail order no. MB0159 £3.50

• The Changing Face of Hammersmith and Fulham by Jane Kimber and Francis Serjeant
  A new book of photographs illustrating the changes that have taken place over the last 150 years.
  (Hardback, 160pp, over 300 photographs with index. £14.99 + £2.00 p&p from the West Middlesex FHS Postal Book Service (see Journal insert for details))

• History and Guide to Harlington and Harmondsworth by Philip Sherwood
  Harlington and Harmondsworth are two ancient Middlesex parishes that now form the southernmost parts of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Since 1944, they have contained most of Heathrow Airport. The development of the airport has drastically changed their character over the last 50 years and continually threatens their very existence. Part 1 of the book deals with aspects of the history of Harlington and Harmondsworth from the time they first appeared in written records in the 9th century to the present day. Part 2 is a guided, illustrated tour of the villages, which include not only Harlington and Harmondsworth, but also the villages of Sipson, Longford and the lost hamlet of Heathrow, all now part of the large parish of Harmondsworth.
  (£13 (incl. p&p within UK) from: P.T.Sherwood, 5 Victoria Lane, Harlington, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 5EW)

• Hanworth, Bedfont and Feltham: A Pictorial History by Andrea Cameron
  A new book of photographs illustrating the changes that have taken place over the last 150 years.
  (£13.99 Phillimore & Co. 2002 ISBN 1 86077 209 9. Order on-line from Phillimore and get a 10% discount!)

• Brentford Past by Gillian Clegg
  The latest in the series of 'Past' books, on sale from early November 2002, the first such publication for Brentford since the 1920s.
  (Produced by Historical Publications, published by Phillimore & Co. £15.95)

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West Middlesex Marriage Index: Project Work
Volunteers are needed to help with indexing the marriages that took place at the parish church of Chelsea St Luke between 1801 and 1837. This is one of the few large gaps that remain in the coverage of the marriage index for our area and around 5,500 entries need to be recorded. The task involves visiting either London Metropolitan Archives or Chelsea Library and transcribing details from microfilm onto preprepared forms. These forms, together full instructions on how to record the information, will be provided. The project has been split into batches of 150 marriages - perhaps three hours work - and is being coordinated by Ken Butler of the Society's Projects Sub-Committee. If you are able to visit one of these venues and could spare a few hours to help out with this project, we would be most grateful: every batch will make a real difference.
If you can help, or would like further information, please contact Ken Butler
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(1) (March 2002)

Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the West Middlesex Family History Society was held at Montague Hall, Montague Road, Hounslow on 21 March 2002. Those members of the Committee requiring re-election were willing to continue and were unanimously re-elected en-bloc. Three minor changes to the Society Constitution were approved unanimously. A full account of the proceedings and reports of the Chairman, Secretary, Membership Secretary, Project Coordinator and Treasurer are published in the Journal.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(2) (June 2002)

Was Your Ancestor an Officer at the Middlesex Industrial School? - Peter Watson
The Middlesex Industrial School (MIS) was opened in 1859 to receive boys convicted by juvenile courts across London. Up to 800 inmates could be accommodated at any one time. Many of the officers were from a military background, but there were also teachers, cooks and various instructors and tradesmen.
Many of the records of the MIS are at the London Metropolitan Archives, but are more likely to give details of inmates than staff; some may be subject to the 100-year closure rule. Census returns give details of staff. The author details some books that may be useful sources. Some records (such as the first baptism register) are still held be the present-day Young Offenders Establishment. The Middlesex Chronicle is another valuable source of information.
The article concludes with a list of staff who have been identified from the various sources; unfortunately, it is too long to repeat here.
Peter Watson invites anyone who thinks they may have an ancestor associated with the MIS to contact him.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(2) (June 2002)

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Network 11 Tape Library
Tapes of talks which have been given to participating societies may be hired (by UK members only) at a cost of £1.60 (incl. p&p). Full details are given in the Journal.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(2) (June 2002) and 20(3) (September 2002)

Civil Registration: Vital Changes
A Government White Paper with the above title was published in January 2002 and is available on the Internet, from HM Stationery Office and at many public libraries.
It is intended that the registration service in England and Wales will eventually be completely computerised. It might then be possible to register a birth or death by telephone or via the internet, or in person at a local office. the local service would become the responsibility of the local authority, who may subcontract it. Registers currently held at local Register Offices would be transferred to Local Record Offices. Birth registrations would be coordinated with NHS birth records.
A big 'plus' for family historians is that the birth, marriage(s) and death of individuals could be linked together to provide a 'through-life' record, which could easily be amended in case of divorce, change of name etc. Records could be checked to see if an individual is free to marry; it should be impossible to assume a dead person's identity. This linked system could be completed in 5 years.
Personal details would be transmitted to other government departments, such as Pensions, Health, Benefits etc. Licence providers, such as the Passport Office and the DVLA would be able to check details provided against the computer record. Commercial organizations would need to ask permission from the subject (or next of kin) to use their details, but should no longer need to see birth certificates etc.
Records of the 'Active' (ie living) population, initially of the last 70 years, would be entered as soon as possible. When a record became 100 years old it would be transferred to the 'historic' records, which would be in the public domain. Records less than 100 years old would be accessible with certain restrictions.
There is debate over the closure period before which records were made public. There is also debate over the ways that historic records should be made public.
A second consultation document will be published in Autumn 2002, followed by a three month consultation period. Proposals would then be put before a Parliamentary Committee. On present plans, a final Order would be made in the winter of 2003 and many of the proposed changes could then be in place by the end of 2005.

• This is an abridged version of the item in the Journal. Readers are advised to consult information elsewhere on the Internet (such as the full text of the White Paper, or the Office of National Statistics and Federation of Family History Societies sites) for further and more up-to-date details.

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A Sad Tale of Edwardian Fulham - Geraldine McGrath
Discovering the background to the deaths in 1907/08 of James and Maria RUDLING of Lintaine Grove, Fulham (now within Normand Park). (RUDLING, HILSDEN, PEARCE, CLEAR, PHELP, Sgt Edward DWYER VC)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(2) (June 2002)

The 2002 West London Local History Conference
This year's conference, on the general topic 'Gardens of West London', took place on March 9th at Montague Hall and as usual was a great success, all tickets being sold. The first talk of the day was given by Brent Elliott, Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society, who spoke about the Society's first garden in Chiswick, the exact site of which is now lost. With the aid of old maps, deeds and other documents, historian David Jacques gave a fascinating insight into how a great estate is put together, taking as an example Marble Hill Park, Twickenham, which was built up by the Countess of Suffolk, one-time mistress of King George II. After lunch, members of the Committee performed the now regular tradition of readings connected with the day's topic. Then, local history enthusiast, David Shailes spoke on the RONALDs, a market gardening family of Brentford between 1754 and 1880, giving an insight into a nurseryman's life and business in those times. Next came David Rose to talk about the POUPART and SECRETT families, West London market gardeners between 1874 and 1936. Neil Robson of the Wandsworth Historical Society followed with a delightful account of the 'Dig for Victory' campaign during the Second World War, basing his talk largely around such activities in Wandsworth.
A more detailed summary is published in:
West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(2) (June 2002)

Editor's Notes

Could I take this opportunity to remind members that those people listed in this journal as running an index enquiry or other kind of service are doing so entirely on a voluntary basis in their 'spare' time. It is certainly not a commercial enterprise. It has unfortunately been noticeable that some people taking advantage of these services are not always as polite about it as they might be. To add a 'please' or a 'thank you' to an enquiry costs nothing and can only give added encouragement to our service providers!

The stock of articles to be published in future editions of the Journal is running very low, so can you start putting all those half-formed ideas and amazing family stories on paper at once and send them in!

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(2) (June 2002)

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Letter to the Editor

I was intrigued to read Geraldine MacGrath's article "A Sad Tale of Edwardian Fulham" (June 2002 issue). It makes me wonder whether there was something about old Fulham that induced death wishes, as my family also has a similar experience.
In September 1887, a sensation was created when Henry CHASEMORE, aged 46 years, committed suicide by hanging himself in the organ loft at Fulham Parish Church. Apparently he was a cripple and in distressed circumstances. He had been lodging with a Mrs Ann Holder at 23 High Street, Fulham and, at the time of the inquest, she testified that Henry had been depressed for a long time. It seems that his sole income was from being an organ blower at the church. A full account of the inquest was given in the West London Observer of 10 September 1887.
His parents, grandparents and all his siblings but one, Philip Nathaniel CHASEMORE, predeceased him, but the strange thing is that, at the time, there were numerous other members of the Chasemore family in Fulham, most of whom seem to have been comfortably off. One would have thought that help from someone in his family would have been forthcoming.
Worse still, his only surviving brother was actually married in Battersea just a week or so after Henry's death. The kindest thing that can be said for Philip is that he might have been unaware at the time of the suicide. He certainly cannot have been very close to poor Henry.

• Webmaster's Note: I have a similar tragic event in my own family and associated with Fulham Parish Church (All Saints). In the early years of the 19th century, Mary MATYEAR, the wife of the bishop's churchwarden at All Saints church and mother of a young family went out to the stable one morning after her husband had departed on business for the day and apparently cut her own throat. No reason was adduced for this act at the time, but (in the absence of surviving evidence of foulplay) post-partum depression would seem likely.
  David Childs

Elizabeth Johnston and the Hibernian Seducer - Colleen Newton

Elizabeth JOHNSTON, the eldest daughter of Robert JOHNSTON, a merchant, lived in Brompton, Middlesex until her death in May 1784. A slightly disguised account of her tragi-comic liaison with Charles COOTE, 1st Earl of Bellamont was published in Town and Country magazine in 1786 and this is repeated in the Journal

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(3) (September 2002)

Thomas Herbert Waters - Jill Bennett

The author's grandfather, Thomas Herbert WATERS, was born at Battersea, the first of 22 children born to his father, who married twice and had eleven children by each wife. An account of the effect on him of army service during the First World War.

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(3) (September 2002)

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Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace - Bridget Purr

A brief history of a royal chapel and details of the names of those associated with Hampton Court Palace who lost their lives in the two World Wars that are inscribed on two wooden panels in the chapel:

• TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF
• C A KEITH Midshipman RN 15 October 1914
• G C BROOKE Major 1^st Border Regt. 28 April 1915
• J L G IRVINE Captain Argyll Sutherl^d High^lds 8 July 1915
• B E BARTON Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 22 Sep. 1915
• E SELF Private East Kent Regt. 26 Sep. 1915
• E H PELLOW Trooper Surrey Yeomanry 28 Oct. 1915
• R H ABNETT Sergeant 8^th Middlesex Regt. 16 Sep. 1916
• T E B OAKEY Private 21^st Middlesex Regt. 6 March 1917
• A WOOD Major 3^rd Royal Sussex 12 April 1917
• R H ABNETT Private 4^th Middlesex Regt. 24 April 1917
• W J COLE Sgt. Major 8^th Middlesex Regt. 29 April 1917
• P M MAXWELL MC Major Royal Field Artillery 1 Oct. 1917
• L McC SLADE THOMSON RN Sub-Lieut. 23 December 1917
• O CREIGHTON C.F. 17 April 1918
• E F GOODALL Private 51^st Royal West Surreys 22 Aug. 1918
• N H KING-SALTER Captain 1/6^th Gurkha Rifles June 1919
• WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914-1919
• He that loseth his life for My sake shall find it

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The Queen's Bench Prison - Valerie Walker

Whilst most of the country has been indexed by various family history societies for the 1851 census, I wonder whether members think to check debtors' prisons.
In the 1840s the King's Bench Prison (mainly a debtors'prison) was amalgamated with the Fleet and Marshalsea prisons and renamed Queen's (Bench) Prison and by 1850 an historian complained that it had lost much of what had made it picturesque! It was on the east side of Southwark Bridge Road between Borough Road and Great Suffolk Street next to the Winchester Music Hall and the Post Office Receiving House. Its census records for 1861 are lost and it was perhaps about this time that arrest for debt was abolished. By 1871 the buiding had become Southwark Convict Prison and was demolished in 1880.
Queen's Bench Prison in 1851 is on HO 107/1564, starting on folio 232, page 34. I have just looked at the 60 inmates listed on pages 37, 38 and 39. Of the 52 men aged between 21 and 72, two were widowers, 34 were married and 16 were unmarried. Of the 8 women, who were aged between 35 and 71, three were unmarried, four were widows and one was married.
Many occupations are given. 'Gentlemen' is listed for 16 of the inmates, but there were also victuallers, merchants (5), surgeons (2), bakers (3), navy (3) and one each of the following: professor of music, upholsterer, farmer, milkman, woolen draper, accountant, staymaker, needlemaker, cheesemonger, shoemaker, brewer, solicitor and several "none". My favourite is Baron von Ruthen Anythony Bernheard, unmarried, aged 62 who is an Engineer, Inventor and Painter, born in Austria. Fallen on hard times indeed!
Twelve of the prisoners were born in London, five each in Yorkshire and Ireland and many other counties are represented, plus two from France.

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(3) (September 2002)

The Charles Booth Online Archive

The Charles Booth Online Archive provides free access to a new, detailed online catalogue of materials relating to Booth's survey into life and labour in London (1886-1903). The organisation of trade and industry, the lives and employment of women, the effects of national and international migration, leisure activities and the religious life of the capital are all described in fascinating detail in 450 survey notebooks, which are held in the London School of Economics' Library Archive. Digitised images of 31 of these notebooks can be accessed on the website. It is also possible to view and search the digitised image of 12 colour-coded maps of London poverty, produced from Booth's survey.
[The Journal article gives further information on Charles Booth and the information available on-line, but you could see for yourself at www.lse.ac.uk/booth]

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(3) (September 2002)

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Middlesex Churches

A series of pen and ink drawings were done some time ago of several of the parish churches in our area of interest. There are eleven in the series and they have been produced as postcards, size 105 mm x 148 mm (A6) They are:

• Ashford, St Matthew

• Greenford, the old church of the Holy Cross

• Hampton Church

• Heston, St Leonard

• Laleham Church

• Littleton Church

• Northolt, St Mary

• Shepperton, St Nicholas

• Staines, St Mary

• Stanwell Church

• Sunbury Church

• Teddington Church

• Twickenham, St Mary

They cost 55p each, including postage and can be obtained from:

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Annual General Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the West Middlesex Family History Society will be held on Thursday 20 March 2003 at Montague Hall, Montague Road, Hounslow.

Reports will be presented by the Chairman and Treasurer and members will be asked to approve the accounts for the year 2002 and elect accounts examiners for the coming year.

Elections will be held for officers and members of the Executive Committee.

Members who wish to bring forward any matters at the AGM, or to propose nominations for the Committee, are asked to write to the Secretary at the address below by 10 January 2003.

The agenda for the AGM will be included in the next issue of the Journal, to be published and distributed at the beginning of March 2003.

WMFHS Noticeboard

• Subscriptions - time to renew!
• WMFHS One-day Conference - PRO Kew - Sat 13 September 2003 - more details to follow.
• Family History Fairs in 2003 - Bracknell, North London & Herts at Watford, York.
• Certificate Courier Service
• Open Day 2002 - Photos and Thanks.
• 1891 Census Project - A response by Richard Chapman (Projects Coordinator) on the reasons for the suspension of work on the 1891 Census indexing project.
• E-mail Contacts for the Society.

A Potpourri of Ancestors - Peter Jennings

Huge swathes of my family story will forever be untold, even though it's obvious from the available evidence that sometimes something really interesting, tragic or momentous probably happened...   ... a potpourri of entries in the history of my forebears who, in the middle of the nineteenth century from diverse places in England, Ireland and Scotland came together in Fulham and Chiswick:

    The Hod-Carriers (1873-1921) [JENNINGS]
    Life with the Sister-in-Law (1872-1916) [JENNINGS, MORROW, CLARIDGE, WEBSTER, BURGESS]
    Unmarried Mothers (1789-1863 and 1811-1851) [SPACKMAN, HAINES, PICKETT, WILDER]

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(4) (December 2002)

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Well Suited! - Colin Bower

I thought that readers of the WMFHS Journal might like to know that I have had a breakthrough that I was seeking, mentioned in my article "By George, We Come from Fulham!" in the December 2000 journal. [PITTS, BOWER, BATES]

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(4) (December 2002)

Protestant Dissenters in Harmondsworth - William Wild

The following gives the contents of a document long held in the WILD family, who for several centuries farmed land which now lies under Heathrow Airport.

• A licence for the Meeting of Protestant Dissenters in the house of William Wild, Yeoman of Sipson in the parish of Harmondsworth in the County of Middlesex. Certified to the Quarter Sessions at Hirks Hall the 13th Aprill 1708 by us whose names are subscribed.
  
  
• John Ridell, Thos. Fennell, Benjamin Thornton, John Haynes, Joseph Elley, Richard Sparks, Joseph Thorton, Tho. Goring, John Wanman.
  
  
• Direct to Hayford Wainwright at Hirks Hall.
  
  
• On the back: Protestant Dissenters at the house of Wm. Wild Att Harmondsworth

My Ancestor was a Lunatic - Muriel Sprott

Using lunatic asylum / mental hospital records (e.g. Middlesex Lunatic Asylum records at London Metropolitan Archives (LMA Ref. H11/H11/B...)). Note: subject to a 100 year closure rule. [Edwin HANN]

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(4) (December 2002)

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Finding Mistakes in the Records - Shirley Barnes

UNDRILL = UNDERHILL / Salver Green = Southall Green
[DUFFIN, UNDERHILL, MILLER, FRYER]

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(4) (December 2002)

Servants in the Census - Lewis Orton

A resumé of one of the short talks given at our August 2002 Members evening.
The inhabitants of Osterley Park as recorded in the census returns.

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(4) (December 2002)

Middlesex Registrars in 1837

I [Ed] came across this list of registrars for Middlesex in an 1837 directory. At least one name on it has come up in my research, so I thought it might be useful to include it in the journal, in case members were unaware that someone in their own tree once held the job of Registrar - Ed.

West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(4) (December 2002)

A Very Special Calendar for 2003

The West Middlesex Family History Society is proud and very happy to be able to offer a unique calendar for 2003 which features some of the beautiful drawings of West Middlesex churches (one for each month) drawn variously by Ken Huckle and Ted Dunstall, which have hitherto only been available as postcards.
The calendar is A4 landscape (11³/₄" wide x 8¹/₄" high), spiral wire-bound with a month to each page. The illustrations are black line on a cream background.
We are offering it at £4.00 plus 50p postage and packing, available from:

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