West Middlesex Family History Society

Image of the month
This month's image is one of several ancient brasses laid into the floor of St. Mary the Virgin, Hayes. Select the image to see it at greater magnification. The memorial is beautifully preserved considering that it dates from 1421, but it is very hard to decipher the inscription accurately since all the characters in this medieval script appear to consist just of downward strokes. But editor Ann Greene was up to the challenge. See my article in the December journal for more about how this inscription was interpreted.

Tip of the month
This month I urge you to get familiar with FamilySearch Wiki. Our website already links to FamilySearch Wiki from our Research Parish Information page to find out what parish registers exist online for our parishes, and we also link to the Wiki's map section from our own Parish Maps page, but the Wiki has very much more besides. This is the Wiki's Home Page. From this page starting with Online Genealogy Records (top left) see if you can find their reference to our Society. You should learn quite a lot on the journey. Starting from Research Resources (top left) will also provide an interesting journey.