Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions added at Findmypast

Monumental inscription is a term used mainly in the UK for the inscription on a grave marker, cenotaph, memorial plaque, church monument or other memorials to the dead.

Findmypast now has 2,189 transcript records for Hillingdon in Greater London. Hillingdon which includes the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton — home of Heathrow airport. Most, if not all are for the church of St. John the Baptist in Uxbridge for the years from 1485 to 2014. Each entry is linked to a description of the projects to record the inscriptions and detailed plans of the layout of the interior of the church and churchyard with monument locations.

These additions take the Findmypast Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions collection to 61,592 records from the communities of Acton, Ashford, Bedfont, Chelsea Old Church, Chiswick, Cowley, Cranford, Feltham, Fulham, Hampton Hill, Harefield, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Heston, Hounslow, Isleworth, Laleham, Northwood, Norwood Green, Poyle, Shepperton, Southall Green, Stains, Sunbury, Teddington, Twickenham and Uxbridge, West Drayton. The West Middlesex FHS website has helpful maps.

There is no comparable collection in Ancestry, MyHeritage or TheGenealogist. The Society of Genealogists online databases include 24 identified as Middlesex MIs, many not in the FMP collection as they are considered to be in London.