West Middlesex Family History Society

Image of the month It's family history, and it has a Christmas connection. The photo shows my nephew Tim Bostock on the left, his son Kai on the right, and Kai's son Arthur, aged 2 in the centre. And on the T shirt is of course a very fine rendering of the Bostock coat of arms. Kai's wife Asia gave these T shirts to her close family as Christmas presents in December 2022. A rather wonderful gift I think.

Tip of the month You likely know of Cyndi's List as a comprehensive reference for websites of interest to family historians. It certainly looks different now than it did some time ago. It is well structured to identify useful websites according to geography and type of record. If you are hitting a brickwall, it's a very useful site to discover what is out there. Here's the link.

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.