Acknowledgements

Thanks and acknowledgements are due to all those who have, in one way or another, contributed to the development of this website. Among the notable contributions are those of:

  • David Childs: Founding webmaster for West Middlesex Family History Society from 1997 to 2006, for taking the Society on to the web in the first place - and for all his work over the years that has made my (ie Richard Chapman who took over) task so much easier. Richard handed over webmaster to Roland Bostock, the current webmaster in January 2015;
  • The Chairman and members of the Executive Committee of the West Middlesex FHS (2007-2009) for their support with regard to the redevelopment of this site and for their many valuable suggestions;
  • Individual members of the West Middlesex Family History Society for contributions to individual pages: Mike Cordery, Wendy Mott, Bridget Purr, Pam Smith, Muriel Sprott and Valerie Walker;
  • Pam and Brian Smith: For their critical review of the entire site during its development in 2008;
  • Federation of Family History Societies: For permission to use the FFHS logo image on the Federation page;
  • Ryan Thrash: For his excellent CSS method to implement the rounded-corner boxes as used on this site;
  • Stu Nicholls: For the amazing array of CSS methods for menus he has published, one of which was adapted for use for the main menu on this site - see CSSPlay;
  • Sergo Villarreal: For the CSS Drop Shadows method used with many of the images on this site.

All text and images on this site that are not otherwise indicated are copyright of West Middlesex Family History Society.

The responsibility for any errors on this site remains with the Webmaster: please email with details of any corrections that need to be made.




Society news

Notice Board

The Notice Board was last updated on 9th January 2026.

Next Members Meeting

Our next members meeting is on Thursday 20th August 2026. The focus of the meeting will be a talk by Nigel Crompton titled The Women Police Service during WW1 and the involvement of the Ministry of Munitions. Nigel will be speaking from St. John's Centre. Members may be remote or at St. John's.

Next Chat-in Meeting

Our next members chat-in meeting is on Tuesday 28th July 2026. Join us from the WMFHS Chat-In Meeting page.

Next Fair

Our next family history fair is The History Show - London at Kempton Park Racecourse on Saturday 3rd October.


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Recent updates

17-Jul-2026

New image of the month.

17-Jul-2026

Clare O'Grady's handout for her Researching Your Rural Ancestors talk is available to all on our Talk Handouts page.

3-Jul-2026

Committee Minutes for June 2026 added to Members Area.

20-Jun-2026

New image of the month.

19-Jun-2026

Adele Emm's handout for her Silken Threads talk is available to all on our Talk Handouts page.


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