The Waltham Forest Family History Society was founded in 1978 to bring together and to encourage people with an interest in family history and genealogy. We are a small but friendly society that caters for all those with South West Essex ancestry who might live at a distance, and for those who live locally but whose ancestors came from elsewhere.

The Society has

  • regular talks on family and local history
  • workshops to discuss particular topics
  • visits to archives and museums
  • twice-yearly journal Roots in the Forest
  • collection of magazines and local records
  • projects to transcribe MIs and local records
  • FMP discount

Our next meeting, on 12th March will be a workshop on finding military recordsresearching military ancestors, led by Chris Hunt of the Western Front Association, East London Branch. Chris and others from the branch have much experience in finding military records and using them in research, and there has been some collaboration between WFFHS members and WFA ELB on projects. Chris' last session was much enjoyed by those present provoking lots of questions an dmany helpful answers from Chris' extensive knowledge. If you have a question about where to find records you are interested in, bring it along. This session will take place at the church hall, starting at 8pm.

You can search our records on-line at records.wffhs.org.uk
January update: Transcriptions of the St Oswald's Walthamstow marriage registers up to 1940 have been added to the database.