Family history sources

Family history resources held at the Local History Centre.

Census returns
Ealing, 1598
Ealing, 1801 and 1811 (indexed)
Whole borough, 1841-1901 (indexes for Ealing, 1841-1861, Acton, 1851, Northolt 1841-1881, street index for whole borough, 1891)

Directories

County of Middlesex, 1822-1937 (gaps)

Ealing, (includes Acton to 1913, Hanwell to 1975, Southall, 1914-1935, Perivale and Greenford, 1927 1940)

1853-1975 (gaps)

Acton, 1915-1940, 1955

Southall, 1896, 1900

Electoral registers

Ealing District of Middlesex (includes Acton, Chiswick, Ealing, Greenford and Perivale), 1890-1914

Borough of Acton, 1918-1964

Borough of Ealing, (includes Hanwell, Greenford, Northolt and Perivale from 1945) 1919-1964

London Borough of Ealing, (whole borough) 1965 to date

Hearth tax records

Indexed transcripts for whole borough except Southall, 1664-1674

Local newspapers on microfilm

The Acton Gazette, 1871-1989 (Indexed to 1965)

The Acton Express, 1900-1911

The Buckinghamshire Advertiser (includes some Ealing news), 1854-1874

The Middlesex County Times (mostly Ealing, also Greenford, Perivale and Northolt), 1866-1974 (Indexed to 1961, and 1972-1974)

The Ealing Gazette, 1974-1989 (Indexed to 1986)

The Ealing and Acton Gazette, 1989 to date

Ealing Gazette, 1898-1923

The Ealing Guardian, 1898-1900

The Midweek County Times, 1969-1981

The Greenford and Northolt Gazette, 1974 to date (Indexed to 1986)

The Hanwell Gazette, 1898-1923

The Southall News, 1885-1888

The Southall-Norwood Gazette, 1894-1923

West Middlesex Gazette (covered Southall), 1923-1954

Middlesex County Times, Southall edition, 1954-1974

The Southall Gazette, 1974 to date (Indexed to 1986)

Monumental inscriptions

St Mary's Acton

St Mary's Ealing (Indexed)

St Mary the Virgin, Norwood

St Mary the Virgin, Perivale

Parish registers (copies)

Holy Cross Greenford
Marriages, 1539-1812

Northolt Methodist Chapel
Baptisms, 1908-1965

St Mark's, Hanwell
Baptisms, 1880-1980
Marriages, 1919-1979

St Mary's, Acton
Baptisms, 1539-1936
Marriages, 1564-1946
Burials, 1564-1963

St Mary's, Ealing
Baptism, 1582-1948
Marriages, 1582-1939
Burials, 1582-1958

St Mary's Hanwell
Baptisms, 1570-1966
Marriages, 1570-1940
Banns, 1754-1929
Burials, 1571-1928

St Mary's Northolt
Baptisms, 1560-1930
Marriages, 1575-1901
Burials, 1583-1855
(All Indexed)

St Mary the Virgin, Norwood
Baptisms, 1700-1837
Marriages, 1664-1837
Burials, 1700-1834
(All Indexed)

St Mellitus', Hanwell
Baptisms, 1910-1951
Marriages, 1910-1979

South Acton Methodist Chapel
Baptisms, 1873-1966
Marriages, 1901-1903

West Ealing Methodist Chapel
Baptisms, 1890-1945

Poor rate books

St Mary's, Hanwell, 1808-1855

St Mary's Ealing, 1674-1836 (Indexed, 1700-1798)

St Mary the Virgin, Norwood, 1769-1787, 1816-1826

Tithe award schedules

Ealing (Indexed)

Hanwell

War records

Acton Roll of Honour, 1914-1918

Ealing Roll of Honour, 1914-1918

Southall Men Enlisted, 1915

Acton Civilian War Dead, 1939-1945

Ealing Civilian War Dead, 1939-1945

Southall Civilian War Dead, 1939-1945

Historical records
Records of births, deaths and marriages since 1837 (within the London Borough of Ealing).

NB For parish registers, electoral registers and rate books not mentioned above, contact the London Metropolitan Archives.