London Family History Resources
| SOCIETIES | Click on the link in the left hand
column to visit the site |
| London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society | Covers the city of London. formed in 2001 from an amalgamation of two former societies: the London & North Middlesex FHS (formed in 1978) and the Westminster & Central Middlesex FHS. The Society's area now comprises the City of London, the City of Westminster and the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow and Islington, together with parts of Ealing and Hillingdon. |
| The following societies cover areas that fall within Greater London | |
| East of London Family History Society | Covers that part of Greater London, north of the Thames, east of the old City of London gates of Aldgate and Bishopsgate, and through the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge to the edge of Metropolitan Essex at Havering (roughly up to the M25). |
| Hillingdon Family History Society | Hillingdon FHS covers the following nine ancient parishes which were once part of the County of Middlesex and now constitute the London Borough of Hillingdon - Cowley, Harefield, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Hayes, Hillingdon , Ickenham , Ruislip and West Drayton. |
| West Middlesex Family History Society | The West Middlesex Family History Society covers the ancient parishes
in the former English county of Middlesex:
Acton, Ashford, East Bedfont, Chelsea, Chiswick, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Ealing with Old Brentford, Feltham, Fulham, Hampton, Hanwell with New Brentford, Hanworth, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Hayes with Norwood, Hammersmith, Heston, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Isleworth, Kensington, Laleham, Littleton, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Twickenham and Uxbridge. From the time of its foundation in 1978 the Society also included Greenford and Perivale in its area, but these were transferred to the Westminster and Central Middlesex Family History Society in August 1995. |
| Woolwich & District FHS | Email: suhiwfhs@tiscali.co.uk |
| The following Societies cover areas which include parts of Greater London | |
| North West Kent FHS | The North West Kent Family History Society was formed in 1978 and covers South East London and North West Kent. |
| East Surrey FHS | Includes the modern London Boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Lambeth, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth. |
| West Surrey FHS | |
| DATA RESOURCES | |
| London Look-up Exchange | Census, vital record and directory look-ups. |
| Middlesex Look-up Exchange | Census, vital record and directory look-ups. |
| PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY | |
| Francis Frith Collection for London | Photographs for London. Copies can be ordered for a fee. |
| HISTORY | |