Image of the month
A picture conveys a thousand words. This was the first slide of Mia Bennett's talk to us on Using DNA for Family History Research, and it sums up very well what the subject is all about. Your DNA Test results will provide you with a list of people who have shared DNA with you (a match), but more important than that the results will tell you when these people also share the same matches as are on your list. That's when you can start looking for your common ancestors. You need to have a good method of working this out, which is what Mia told us about in her talk. As with her previous talk to us in August 2023 Mia has left us with a comprehensive handout which summarises how to do this. See our Helpful Documents page.

Tip of the month
Knowing which London Family History Society is reponsible for which towns in Greater London can be quite a challenge, but we do have the right tool to quickly answer that question. See the Gazetteer under the Research tab. To get an overview of the London Family History Societies you can also visit the Parish Maps page, and select The Family History Societies of Greater London from the available maps.


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.




Society news

Notice Board

The Notice Board was last updated on 29th March 2024.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is on Thursday 17th October 2024. This will be a hybrid Zoom meeting with the speaker at St. John's. The focus of the meeting will be a talk by Sarah Slater titled Walking with the Ghosts of Hampton Court Palace.

Next Fair

Our next family history fair is the Surrey Family History Show - Woking, on Saturday 16th November.


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Recent updates

22-Sept-2024

New image (and tip) of the month.

20-Sept-2024

The handout for Mia Bennett's talk on Using DNA to Support Family History has been added to the Helpful Documents page in the Members Area.

6-Sept-2024

Committee minutes for July 2024 now added to Members Area.

17-Aug-2024

New image (and tip) of the month.


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