Turnham Green

[andy48]

Valda, would you know if Findmypast.com is the exclusive holder of the West Middlesex Family History Society marriage index please? (your post 16/1/2012 refers)
Andy

[dawnsh]

There's a basic partial index here available without subscription along with a list of what's included

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Middlesex.html

The one on FindMyPast has been added to

Dawn

[Cwch]

I can completely understand the confusion here.
Turnham Green as mentioned in earlier posts, is in Chiswick. It is a green in the (now) middle of Chiswick which has a late C19 church - Christchurch still operating, but no graveyard.
For the period you are looking at, the parish church would have been St. Nicholas, which is of significant historical interest, including its churchyard which closed in 1854 and includes the graves of both Hogarth and Whistler. (The churchyard re-opened in 1867 following a grant of land by a local benefactor, but for any burials betwen those dates, anyone searching will need to look further afield outside London, in for example, the Woking cemetery.)Thanks to the efforts of the Friends of St Nicholas, the parish registers have been restored.

See this link for further info: http://www.stnicholaschiswick.org/heritage/Archives.shtml

Needless to say, Turnham Green today is VERY exclusive, and many of the original dwellings that would have stood around it during the period that you are researching have long since disappeared. I would be happy to try and help further with any Chiswick-specific question.

[andy48]

Many thanks for this useful information Cwch. I am going to try to contact them to find my ancestor's (George Edward Anderson) birth/baptism record from the early 1830s.

[ReadyDale]

Thanks for that ReadyDale, all this info re the police has been really helpful. I saw the old maps and on one could see Queens Gardens where this family moved to after Yeomans Row. It doesn't exist now so it was good to see it so close to Yeomans.
Andy

Hi Andy,

Not sure if you still need it, but there is a large article in this month's (May) edition of "Your Family History" regarding police ancestors and associated records. May be of use.

[andy48]

Thanks ReadyDale, I'll have a look.....