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Image of the month
Our new editor, Ann Greene - Ann spent her working life in libraries, starting at the Athenaeum Club in Pall Mall
where she numbered the late John Betjeman among her customers. She then worked for
various public library authorities, the last of them being London Borough of Hounslow.
She took advantage of a restructure in 2012 to take semi-retirement and move to a job
in Hounslow Local Studies, finally retiring in 2015.
Ann has been researching her family history for about 25 years. None of her roots
are in West Middlesex, although she did find a distant relative working for Hounslow
Post Office as a telegrapher in WW1! In addition to family history, Ann has a passion
for local history and both of these “hobbies” have to led her to undertake further study.
She has achieved the Higher Certificate in Genealogy with the Institute of Heraldic
and Genealogical Studies and the Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History.
Since joining the West Middlesex Family History Society, Ann has initiated and organised
our Monthly Advice Sessions and, most recently, has taken over from Bridget Purr as the
editor of our Journal.
Her favourite things: gardening, reading history, walking around London to photograph
its history. Pet hates: unpunctuality, missed deadlines, bad spelling and misplaced
apostrophes - ouch!
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Tip of the month
It may be an obvious one, because we have all heard of and used FamilySearch, but do
you know the kind of records they have been adding in recent months? They continue to
add many diverse records. The way to being kept informed is to subscribe to their blog,
or you may prefer to make it a favourite, and dip in as and when. This is their
FamilySearch Blog
page, which includes a subscribe option.
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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.
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