Introduction
Family history resources held at the Local History Centre:
- Census Returns
- Admission registers
- Directories
- Electoral registers
- Hearth tax records
- Local newspapers on microfilm
- Monumental inscriptions
- Parish registers (copies)
- Poor rate books
- Tithe award schedules
- War records
- Other sources
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 and 1901)
Admission registers
Schools and college
Acton
- Acton Special School, 1915-1971
- Acton Wells School, 1955-1979
- Priory First School, 1952-1981
- Rothschild Infant School, 1971-1981
- Southfields School, 1906-1909
- Staff records, 1903-1924
- Thomas Huxley College student cards, 1970-1980
Ealing
- Ealing County School, 1913-1981
- Ealing Green School, 1981-1993
- Elthorne High School, 1942-1986
- Little Ealing School, Under Fives, 1946-1964
- Little Ealing School, Infants, 1932-1976
- Little Ealing School, Juniors, 1932-1993
- Little Ealing School, Girls', 1905-1931
- Little Ealing School, Middle School, 1976-1993
- Little Ealing School, 1905-1974 (Secondary Modern School for Boys)
- Northfields Mixed School, 1904-1905
- Northfields Boys’ School, 1905-1932
- Northfields First School, 1974-1980
- Northfields Middle School, 1976-1981
Greenford
- Coston Girls’ School, 1932-1975
Hanwell
- Bordeston School, 1932-1974
- St. Ann’s School, 1903-1975
Northolt
- Arundell School, 1958-1979
- Wood End Junior Girl's School 1939-1966
Perivale
- Perivale Girls’ School, 1936-1975
- Selborne Boys’ School, 1937-1975
Southall
- Biscoe School, 1860-1950
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
- Borough of Southall, 1948-1965
- 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
Note: For parish registers, electoral registers and rate books not mentioned above, contact the Archives for London
Other sources
Brentham Estate Tenants’ Ledgers, 1914-1940
Lists addresses with tenants and monthly rents paid
Ealing Land Value Books, 1910
List of properties within modern borough boundaries, listing owners/tenants
Ealing Civil Defence personnel lists, 1939-1945
Southall Borough Council staff record cards (microfilm) 1955
Alphabetical list of employees work records
Ealing Staff Book, 1884-1904
Lists council staff, department, occupation, salary dates of admission/discharge.
Southall Tribunals List, 1916-1918
Lists names, addresses, employer, occupation, tribunal's decision and dates.
Indexed by name
Southall Record of Arrivals, 1916-1918
Lists people, old and new addresses, age, occupation, marital status, dates.
Indexed by name