West Middlesex FHS Journal, Volume 42 (2024)
This page provides a summary of the articles which appeared in our journals of 2024a.
The last four published journals may only be viewed by Society members or our Exchange Journal partners
using Our Recent Journals page, which is password protected.
Annual General Meeting
The Agenda for this March's AGM.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 6 (March 2024)
Monthly Talks - Roland Bostock, Yvonne Masson, Muriel Sprott
Notes on the talks given at three recent meetings: Hilary Blanford on 'Convicts Galore' (November);
Nigel Bostock and Julia Zouch on 'Brick walls and how we solved them' (December);
and Sarah Slater on 'Secrets, Scandal & Salacious Gossip of the Royal Court 1660-1830' (January).
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 7-16 (March 2024)
Latymer Upper School - Transcribing - Lesley Kinch
Lesley provides an upbeat report on her recent contribution to the transcibing of the admission
registers of Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 17-20 (March 2024)
Latymer Upper School - The Project - Roland Bostock
Roland adds further information on the Latymer Upper School transcribing project, including
what the records contained, and the volumes involved.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 20-22 (March 2024)
Seaman's Snippets - John Seaman
John gives us a short piece on the memorial to Thomas Bentley (1730-1780) to be found at
St. Nicholas Church in Chiswick.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 23 (March 2024)
Website Updates since March 2022 - Roland Bostock
Roland provides a resume of the main updates made to the Society's website since March 2022.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 24-25 (March 2024)
Revelations from Drainage Plans - Marion Williams
Marion tells how much information can be obtained about a property and its ownership
from its drainage plans.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 26 (March 2024)
Questionnaire Summary Report - Muriel Sprott
Muriel gives early feedback on the Questionnaire responses that she received
after the Society sent out the Questionnaire to all members at the end of November 2023.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 27-29 (March 2024)
On using Zoom - Roland Bostock
One of the feedbacks from the Questionnaire was a lack of knowledge on how to view
meeting playbacks using Zoom. Roland provides a short guide on using Zoom.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 30-31 (March 2024)
Fields and Furlongs - Jethro Floodgate
Jethro likes a good map, and he was not disappointed when he investigated land plans for
the area where his house was built. Later in Holbeach, Lincolnshire he finds himself studying
their Acre Books.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 32-33 (March 2024)
A Message from the Data Manager of the Family History Federation - Kevin Todman
Kevin summarises what member societies have achieved by submitting data to Find My Past during 2023.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(1) 34-35 (March 2024)
Annual General Meeting
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 21st March 2024, including a copy of the accounts.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(2) 6-12 (June 2024)
Monthly Talks Ann Greene, Roland Bostock & Yvonne Masson
Notes on the talks given at three recent meetings: Janet Few on 'Ancestors on the move' (February);
David Shailes on 'Brentford Gas' (March);
Ann Larkham on 'Date and Identify your Family History Photographs' (April).
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(2) 13-24 (June 2024)
Are you related to Tom & Ivy Poole?
Brenda Batho is hoping to find a home for a photo album of the Poole family.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(2) 24-25 (June 2024)
Brick Walls Giz Marriner, Roland Bostock
Continuing the theme of describing solutions to our own brick walls:
Giz Marriner writes about finding Alfred Moulsdale in the 1921 census, indexed as
Macdonald. Roland writes of having to ceate three brickwalls in his ancestral tree
even after it was all approved by the College of Heralds.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(2) 26-32 (June 2024)
Mapping Linkfield Road Ann Greene
Ann describes the work that went into identifying where particular addresses were in
Linkfield Road in Isleworth. All part of the Isleworth 390 project, as no less than 21
of the deceased soldiers had addresses there when joining the war effort for WW1.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 42(2) 33-36 (June 2024)
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