West Middlesex FHS Journal, Volume 2 (1980-81)
This page contains a summary of the articles that appeared in the Journal
issues of 1980 (part) and 1981. For 1981 you may select
an article and go straight to the right page in the journal, or use the links below to browse the journal
from its cover.
Tracing London Ancestors - Cliff Webb
Cliff provides a detailed review of the resources available (in 1980)
for tracing family history in London fir pre-1837 events.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(1) 6-10 (Autumn 1980)
Middlesex Non-Parochial Registers - V. E. Gale
Vic gives an account of how the non-conformist and Roman Catholic churches
in England and Wales wre invited in 1837 to send in their existing registers
to be authenticated. This then led to the R.G.4 set of records at the Public
Record Office.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(1) 11-12 (Autumn 1980)
Research Report - V. E. Gale
Vic gives a brief update on the Society's memorial inscriptions and marriage index
projects.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(1) 13 (Autumn 1980)
Shattering a Childhood Illusion - Ian Durban
Ian had thought his surname was French, but as his research develops he finds
that his ancestors from 1841 were living in Hanwell.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(1) 14-15 (Autumn 1980)
Notes & Queries
Various requests for help in family history research.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(1) 19 (Autumn 1980)
James Sabourin the Mysterious - Alan Sabourin
A well written piece on Alan's researches into his Sabourin ancestry, which
certainly includes Huguenots. He finds a confusing number of James Sabourins, and
is uncertain which ones can be linked.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(2) 27-29 (Spring 1981)
Profile - Kenneth E. Cox
Ken provides a brief profile of his activities and interests.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(2) 29 (Spring 1981)
Digging up a bit of Family History - Susan Higlett
To give part of the game away, what was dug up was a Codd bottle, a ginger beer bottle
with the name N. Button inscribed upon it.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(2) 30 (Spring 1981)
"I think you have a Great-Aunt Liz" - Sherley Ewart
Sherley shares the results of her two-year investigations into her ancestry, and
especially the follow-up after she advertised in a Portsmouth newspaper for
descendants of her greant aunt Liz Bate.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(2) 31-33 (Spring 1981)
Profile - Sam Norton
Sam provides a short profile of his life, and shares some of his research into his
family history.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(2) 33 (Spring 1981)
Chiswick Church - Sam Morton
Sam follows up the ongoing transcription of MIs at St. Nicholas, Chiswick with
a short article on the church itself.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(2) 35 (Spring 1981)
Research Reporth - Vic Gale
Vic provides a brief update on thye several indexing projects the Society is engaged upon,
including a listing of recently found Strays.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(2) 37-39 (Spring 1981)
New Brentford Census 1810 - Constance Zouch
Connie Zouch provides a list of surnames found in the 1810 census of New Brentford.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(2) 40 (Spring 1981)
Notes & Queries
Various requests for help in family history research.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(2) 43 (Spring 1981)
Prisons and Hulks - David Hawkings
David gives a short account of work done by Society volunteers compiling
a list of the contents of 207 large volumes on Prisons and Prison-Hulks
held at the PRO.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 51 (Summer 1981)
Profile - Chris Watts
Chris provides a profile of his various activities and interests.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 52 (Summer 1981)
Settlement Records - Pat Kelvin
Pat outlines the various types of Settlement Record - Settlement
Certificates, Removal Records and Settlement Examinations - and what
may be found in each type of record.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 53-55 (Summer 1981)
Profile - Vic Gale
Founder member, Vic, provides a profile of his various activities and interests,
including a long list of his surname interests.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 56 (Summer 1981)
A Coastguard Index - Eileen Stage
Eileen tells how research into her husband's great grandfather showed that he had
been a coastguard involving assignments at various coastal towns, and this started
her on making a collection of information on coast guards.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 57 (Summer 1981)
Other People's Families - Susan Higlett
Susan gives an account of her investigations into the surname of
Riminton, her mother's maiden name, leading to a visit by a relation
from New Zealand and some gravestones at St. Mary's, Teddington.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 58-59 (Summer 1981)
Three Years Hard - Mary H Smith
Mary gives a graphic account of three years work that was required to clean up
the churchyard of St. Margaret of Antioch, St. Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent. She and volunteers
then also read the inscriptions on 600 gravestones in the churchyard.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 60-61 (Summer 1981)
A Grain of Truth - H C Faulkner
Mr. Faulkner investigates the rumour that someone on his mother's side came to grief
through riding on roller skates. There are false trails a plenty. In the end it
appears that a steam roller was involved rather than roller skates.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 62-63 (Summer 1981)
Frederick John White - Arthur Powell
A brief account of the death of Private White, said to be the last soldier
in the British Army to die as a result of a flogging.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 64 (Summer 1981)
Research Report - Vic Gale
Vic provides an update on the collecting of Memorial Inscriptions, the Marriage Index,
and the Strays Index.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 65-67 (Summer 1981)
Notes and Queris
Various requests for help in family history research.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(3) 65-67 (Summer 1981)
Annual General Meeting
A report on the Annual General Meeting including the accounts for the year ended
30th September 1981.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(4) 77-78 (Winter 1981)
An Enumerator's Lot - Rosemary Essam
Rosemary gives a graphic account of her experience as an enumerator of the
1981 census, a mixture of boring training sessions, kind and hostile people.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(4) 79-82 (Winter 1981)
Profiles - Pat Kelvin and Connie Zouch
Pat and Connie give brief accounts of their careers and interests.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(4) 83 (Winter 1981)
I found a Will - (a will and a bit actually) - Vic Gale
Vic tells how he located the will of his ancestor John Gale of Loders, Dorset,
proved in 1798, and how it helped his family research.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(4) 87-88 (Winter 1981)
Huguenot Ancestry - Alan Sabourin
Alan gives the history of how the Huguenot church started in France
as a Protestant breakaway from Catholicism in the 16th century, how
persecution followed leading to large numbers of Huguenots leaving
France in the late 17th century.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(4) 89-92 (Winter 1981)
Research Report - Vic Gale
Vic provides a brief update on the Society's research, including updates on memorial
inscription transcribing, parish register transcribing, and the strays index.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(4) 95-96 (Winter 1981)
Help !!!
Various requests for help in family history research.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 2(4) 99 (Winter 1981)
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