West Middlesex Family History Society

Image of the month (Click on the image for a full screen view) Yvonne and I have moved on from Twickenham Cemetery to Hampton Cemetery which is very green and quiet. This is their Columbaria, a place designed to hold cremated remains. The wall contains 35 chambers with hexagonal cover stones each of which is designed to hold an urn of ashes. Further chambers are arranged on the ground, and there are two orchid columbaria (so called for any above ground structure designed to hold cremated remains). The place is kept pretty with plenty of plants in pots.

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.