Genealogy Research Aids
Our specialist area of research expertise lies with the history and people of Victorian London. We suppose this was inevitable for although we now live in Northampton, which is a mere 80 miles from London, we were both born and raised in post-WW2 London - John in the City of Westminster and Elaine in Plumstead. Many generations of our ancestors came from London and bordering counties:-
John's London ancestors were predominently from the north side of the River Thames:- Bow (Middlesex), Chiswick (Middlesex), Edmonton (Middlesex), Fulham (Middlesex), Hammersmith (Middlesex), Harrow (Middlesex), Heston (Middlesex), Little Stanmore (Middlesex), Marylebone (Middlesex), St Pancras (Middlesex), Poplar (Middlesex) and Southall (Middlesex), and from the south side:- Barnes (Surrey), Lambeth (Surrey) and Southwark (Surrey).
Elaine's London ancestors were predominently from the south side of the River Thames:-Bermondsey (Surrey), Borough (Surrey), Camberwell (Surrey), Catford (Kent), Rotherhithe (Surrey), Southwark (Surrey) and Woolwich (Kent), and from the north side:- City of London, Edmonton (Middlesex) and City of Westminster (Middlesex).
Both of our fathers and many of John's ancestors were Police Officers, which is probably where we inherited our "man-hunt" instincts from, and many of our ancestors were employed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) and it's predecessors. Please visit Our Family History Pages if you have London ancestors.
We have built up a large library of London research aids and material. Over many years, John has been compiling computer lists of useful research aids for locating people in parish registers and census returns and these are now made available to you here on our web site.
GenDocs On-Line Research Aids:
Victorian London Street Index
Victorian London Churches
Victorian London Cemeteries
Victorian London Lodging Houses
Irish Nests in Victorian London
London Metropolitan Police Divisions
Victorian London Institutions
Victorian London Inns, Taverns & Public Houses
Victorian London Census Surname Indexes
Middlesex Parish Churches (Diocese of London)
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