West Middlesex Family History Society

Activities

This section of the site outlines the main activities of the Society.

• Our most regular activity is our Monthly Meeting held on the third Thursday of each month at St. John's Centre in Isleworth. These meetings are hybrid Zoom meetings and can be attended in person at St. John's Centre, or by Zoom.


• Provided the speaker gives us permission the talk will also be recorded and be available for one month after the meeting, from the Meetings Playback page.


• Since March 2026 we have also been running WMFHS Chat-In meetings, for which there is no fixed agenda. Members and guests are encouraged to use this meeting to ask questions about researching their family history. These meetings areon the fourth Tuesday of each month.


• A few times each year the Society sets up stall at the nearest and best attended of Family History Society Open Days and Fairs. See the referenced page for the fairs we plan to visit in the next few months. This is our way of telling interested people about the Society. We always take our bookstall to the fairs, and usually a Computer connected to the internet by wifi, so we can display our website, and also access websites such as Find My Past.


• From time to time we will also sponsor an event in our area, where there is a strong local history or family history connection at the event. See the Sponsored Events page for any upcoming events we may be sponsoring.


• Social Media has become an increasingly important aspect of how we present our Society to a wider audience than our membershipp. This page introduces you to our two Social Media hosts and provides information on each of the four Social Media platforms that we are active in.


• We all need advice from time to time, and when our interest is in researching family history then finding a helpful hand is particularly helpful. See our Advice page for how to contact us to receive advice, or attend one of our WMFHS Chat_in meetings (see above).


• Since its inception the Society has always had some projects on the go, which are a mix of getting out there and collecting information, and the transcribing and indexing of records. See our Projects page for the projects we are currently active in, and where we would like some additional help.


• Here also on Our own Youtubes page we provide access to any YouTube videos created specifically for our Society.


• One further activity which generally gives great satisfaction is to take on one of the Society's many roles. While most of these roles are listed on our Contacts page there are a few more roles besides, and we welcome any volunteer who is ready to take on any of our roles, whether there is an incumbent or not. This includes serving on our Executive Committee, which meets every month on the first Thursday of the month. It is a Zoom meeting, so geography should be no barrier to joining us on the committee. Any volunteer for any role should make themselves known to the Secretary.