West Middlesex Family History Society

	Image of the month Time to get used to AI. This is the logo of ChatGPT, which stands for Chat Generative Pre-trainer Transformer. In his talk to us on 17th July Andrew Redfern showed us how the name fits what can be achieved by ChatGPT and the many other AI products that are available. If you missed his talk you can see it all on our Playback page.
	Tip of the month More from Andrew Redfern's talk. I have used Google Translate to help translate Latin and other languages to English. Among the many AI products mentioned by Andrew was Transkribus, a product that can read handwriting, and translate it if required. Like other AI products Transkribus can be used for free, within a user limit.

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.