Waltham Forest Family History Society
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 10th December will be an on-line talk, on apprenticeship records by Richard Holt. This talkHe will go through some of the key legislation relating to apprenticeship, the various key sources, and including a case study showing how they can be used in practice.
You can search our records on-line at records.wffhs.org.uk
August update:
Transcriptions of the St Andrew's, Higham Hill marriage registers up to 1943 to the database. Waltham Abbey marriages 1933 to 1943 have also been added.