West Middlesex Family History Society

Image of the month Just one of James Marshall's excellent slides from his talk to us on 15th August on the Breweries in and around Hounslow. The Brewery tower includes sections to mill the grain, to mash it, to ferment it, and to rack it, basically using gravity to feed each stage from the top to the bottom of the tower. Members who missed James's talk can see the playback available on our Meetings Playback page.

Tip of the month If you are searching for where a recent ancestor may be buried in Richmond borough, namely East Sheen, Hampton, Richmond, Teddington or Hampton cemeteries, or Old Mortlake Burial Ground, then you can search all of these at once using Richmond's Burial Register Search Facility. And once you have found a grave of interest, the index will also tell you who else was buried in the same grave - very useful. Here's the link: Richmond Burials Index.

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.