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The answers to the questions generally consist of a link to a web page
Note: this is an evolving document that seeks to provide answers to questions often met on the Middlesex Genealogical Mailing List. I would be very happy to take suggestions for further questions (and answers) - Brian Fisk
| Q1 | Where can I find information about the Middlesex Mailing List including how to subscribe/unsubscribe and how to access the archives? |
| RootsWeb Middlesex Mailing List, British Genealogy Middlesex Mailing List | |
| Q2 | Where can I find information about the Middlesex Query Board? |
| Middlesex Query Board | |
| Q3 | Where can I publish or find information about who is researching which surnames from Middlesex? |
| Middlesex Surname Index | |
| Q4 | Where can I find information about what parishes are in Middlesex? |
| Middlesex GENUKI or North London Parishes or Brian Fisk's list of Middlesex Parishes | |
| Q5 | Where can I find more information about the county of Middlesex? |
| Middlesex GENUKI | |
| Q6 | Where can I find some maps of the county of Middlesex? |
| Environs of London 1829, Greenwood's 1827 map of London, John Snow's 1859 map of London, London Maps, Booths Poverty map of 1889, Free Historic Maps, Alan Godfrey Maps | |
| Q7 | Where can I find the parish registers for Middlesex? |
| London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) | |
| Q8 | Where can I find the parish registers for Westminster? |
| Westminster City Archives | |
| Q9 | Where can I find the census information for Middlesex? |
| Family Records Centre | |
| Q10 | Where can I find the information about the Chelsea Deanery and its parishes? |
| Chelsea Deanery | |
| Q11 | What are the adjacent counties to Middlesex? |
| Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire | |
| Q12 | I'm confused about the term London and how it relates to Middlesex. Where can I get some clarification? |
| London | |
| Q13 | Where can I find more links to information about Middlesex on the InterNet? |
| On Brian Fisk's Middlesex website | |
| Q14 | Middlesex has several Family History Societies. Which one should I join? |
| I have created two pages - FHSs sorted by society or sorted by place - please also consult the GENUKI FFHS page or the FFHS | |
| Q15 | Where can I find more information about genealogy in general? |
| On Rootsweb's Helpdesk or the Genealogy Home Page or Genealogy Resources on the Internet or Cyndi's List or UK Genealogical links or GENUKI FAQ or PRO Guide | |
| Q16 | As a beginner where would you suggest I start? |
| You could try RootsWeb's Getting Started Guide or RootsWeb Guide or GENUKI Getting Started | |
| Q17 | Where can I find out more about the London Livery Companies? |
| Livery companies (including a list) | |
| Q18 | Where can I find a list of the genealogical mailing lists on the InterNet? |
| MAILING LISTS | |
| Q19 | Where can I find a list of occupations on the InterNet? |
| A List of Occupations or GENDOCS Trades page or Old Occupations Page or GENUKI | |
| Q20 | Where can I find information about dates and calendars on the InterNet? |
| Old Style and New Style Dates or a Perpetual Calendar or another Perpetual Calendar | |
| Q21 | Where can I find a list of common genealogical acronyms used on the InterNet? |
| genealogical abbreviations or GENDOCS abbreviations and acronyms or Genealogy Abbreviations or Abbreviations found in genealogy or UK Genealogy Common Acronyms & Jargon or Acronyms and Shorthand | |
| Q22 | Where can I find information about churches in Middlesex? |
| Victorian London Churches or County of Middlesex Parish Churches (Diocese of London) or current churches(findachurch) or John Henley's Dockland Churches | |
| Q23 | Where can I find comprehensive listing of British Army/Regimental websites |
| Regiments and Corps of the British Army | |
| Q24 | Where can I find a list of Lord Mayor's of London? |
| Lord Mayor's of London | |
| Q25 | Where can I find out more about lost London streets? |
| Victorian London A-Z Street Index or THE LOST LONDON STREET INDEX | |
| Q26 | Where can I find out more about current London streets? |
| Streetmap.co.uk or Multimap.com | |
| Q27 | I live in North America - is there a local Family History Society I can join that covers the UK? |
| Yes, the British Isles Family History Society - USA | |
| Q28 | Where can I find out more about newspapers in the UK? |
| The Newspaper Society or The British Library Newspaper Library | |
| Q29 | My ancestor ran a Public House (or an Inn) - where can I find further information ? |
| The Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900 | |
| Q30 | I understand that many genealogical records have been assembled by the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, USA. Is it possible to access this facility via the InterNet? |
| Yes, very much so. This is often referred to as the IGI but in fact there is much more there than just the IGI. To access go to the the Church of Latterday Saints. If you need access to their batch numbers try the following site IGI Batch Numbers. | |
| Q31 | Where can I find a list of marriages in Middlesex? |
| Middlesex Marriages (incomplete but very useful) | |
| Q32 | Where can I find a list of archaic terms for diseases? |
| Archaic medical terms, Genealogy Library, Genealogy Quest, Medical Dictionary, Cyndi's List, Yahoo | |
| Q33 | Where can I get advice on accessing wills proved in England? |
| The PRO Guide has lots of useful advice including some on wills | |
| Q34 | Where can I find more about freemasonry in London? |
| Freemasonry in London | |
| Q35 | Where can I find on-line telephone directories for the UK? |
| Telephone Directories on the Web | |
| Q36 | Is there some where that I can look up births, deaths, and marriages on-line? |
| Try the FreeBMD web page | |
| Q37 | Where can I buy publications from UK Family History Societies? |
| Try GenFair - many UK Family History Societies use this web site to sell there publications. There is also a host of other material there. | |
| Q38 | Where can I obtain publications such as county directories published last century? |
| "The Archive CD Books project" seeks to obtain and copy old books related to family history onto CDs. Although the books often cost of the order of 100 UK pounds and can be extremely difficult to find you will find the CDs are priced cheaply at less than 10 UKP. This is an extremely useful resource and comes highly recommended. | |
| Q39 | Where can I post queries about Middlesex without joining a mailing list? |
| "Ancestry Query Boards" have a board specifically for Middlesex | |
| Q40 | Where can I find people prepared to do lookups for me? |
| The Middlesex Lookup Exchange is a web page full of such details |
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