West Middlesex Family History Society

Image of the month Real family history fairs are fewer now than they used to be, and we are running down our bookstall, but we can still put on a show. Yvonne Masson, Julia Zouch and Roland Bostock (right to left) are ready for business at the start of The Family History Show - London, held at Kempton Park Racecourse on Saturday 4th October.

Tip of the month A technical one. I have found references to Bostock obituaries in American newspapers, but when trying to retrieve the relevant page I get a message that because the request is from Europe, where GDPR applies, the page is not accessible. The way round is to alter your IP address to one that is not in Europe. A free tool called VPN, which is easy to use, lets you pretend to be in any country of your choice - nifty, and very effective.

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.