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A society for all who are interested in their roots on the Isle of Wight
Site Updates
Entries are given in reverse chronological order. Some entries, e.g. Help Wanted, which change frequently are 'aged off' after about a month, to avoid the list becoming too long. Other entries are removed when no longer relevant or current.| Date | Web Page | Contributor | Description | More Details | |
| 12 Oct 2020 | Members' Only - Guardians of the Poor Minutes | Geoff Allan / Antony Barton and Volunteer team | After a hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic, we are pleased to announce that our volunteers are back in the record office. More records have been added from the transcriptions of the Minute books of the Guardians of the Poor 1778 - 1834 | Databases updated | |
| 04 Sep 2020 | Photo Identification | Peter Stone | Photo Identification - Added 4 photos possibly connected to White / Brown / Stone families in Cowes | Page last updated | |
| 21 Mar 2020 | National Hospital Search | Antony Barton / Shani Watts | Added a further batch of 126 index records from the Patient Records from the National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest | ||
| 20 Feb 2020 | Pedigree Index | Pedigree Index Manager | Index of entries in Pedigree Index (usually updated annually) | Page last updated | |
| 14 Aug 2019 | Help wanted - WOODHOUSE, Jack Eric | Andrea Ballantine | Help wanted on WOODHOUSE, Jack Eric | ||
| 08 Jun 2017 | Photograph and Autograph Albums | Geoff Allan / Kåre Eriksson | Added a further 6 Images from the 'Guy - Military Album' - postcards from WW I of the Guy family of Arreton, and friends and acquaintances | 
| * UPDATED Album * |
| 10 Oct 2016 | Photograph and Autograph Albums | Geoff Allan / donation by Gwen Bowen | A set of Island postcards typical of those sent in the first half of the 20th century. | 
Medley's stores, Bonchurch | * NEW Album * |
| 10 Aug 2016 | Websites - General | Webmaster | Useful websites - General (updated infrequently) Added link to two websites indexing Australian convicts | Page last updated | |
| 30 Mar 2016 | Monumental Inscriptions Coverage | Webmaster (transcription by Di Hayter) | Monumental Inscriptions Coverage - added pre-1901 transcriptions for Godshill : All Saints Church | Page last updated | |
| 10 Dec 2015 | Help Offered | Robert Blakey | Help Offered - Family tree relating to Dora Mary BABBIDGE | Page last updated | |
| 09 Feb 2015 | Programme and Meetings | Webmaster | Programme and Meetings - added forthcoming meetings for this year (with many still to be firmed up) | Page last updated | |
| 02 Feb 2015 | Websites - Members | Webmaster | Useful websites - Members - added link to the DOWNER family website created by Amy Wiles | Page last updated | |
| 16 Jan 2015 | Photograph and Autograph Albums | Geoff Allan / Kevin Murphy | Images from an Autograph Album that probably belonged to a member of the Terry family, 1926 - 30 | 
| * NEW Album * |
| 03 Dec 2014 | Photograph and Autograph Albums | Geoff Allan | Images from an Anonymous Photo Album, with views of Ventnor and Cowes, 1935-36 | 
| * NEW Album * |
| 03 Dec 2014 | Photograph and Autograph Albums | Geoff Allan | Images from an Anonymous Photo Album, with views of Shanklin and other Island locations, 1929 | 
| * NEW Album * |
| 27 Nov 2014 | Photograph and Autograph Albums | Geoff Allan / Kåre Eriksson | Images from the 'Guy - Family and Friends Album' - postcards from 1911-1925 of the Guy family of Arreton, and friends and acquaintances. includes many photos of members of the St John's Athletics Club of Newport. | 
| * NEW Album * |
| 24 Nov 2014 | Photograph and Autograph Albums | Geoff Allan / Kåre Eriksson | Images from the 'Guy - Military Album' - postcards from WW I of the Guy family of Arreton, and friends and acquaintances | 
| * NEW Album * |
| 19 Nov 2014 | Help Offered | Peter Austin-Smith | Help Offered - lookup in Harvey's Almanac, Sandown c 1903 |  | Page last updated |
| 16 Nov 2014 | Photograph and Autograph Albums | Geoff Allan / Ainsley Alexander | Images from 'Amy's Autograph Album' - i.e. Amy Adelaide Coombes, of Ryde |  | * NEW Section * |
| 24 Oct 2014 | Photograph and Autograph Albums | Geoff Allan / Eileen Clark | Images from 'Fan's Autograph Album' | * NEW Section * | |
| 04 Oct 2014 | Memorial Inscriptions in Churches, Chapels | Webmaster | Memorial Inscriptions in Churches, Chapels Added St Mary's Church, Cowes (entries are infrequently updated) | Page last updated | |
| 29 Sep 2014 | Memorial Inscriptions in Churches, Chapels | Webmaster | Memorial Inscriptions in Churches, Chapels Added Holy Trinity Church, Cowes (entries are infrequently updated) | Page last updated | |
| 24 Sep 2014 | Monumental Inscriptions Index | Webmaster | Indexes of Monumental Inscriptions in Churchyards - added 74 photos naming 116 individuals at Totland : St Saviour's RC Church burial ground : also added 30 photos naming 42 individuals at Thorley : St Swithin's Churchyard. (entries frequently updated) | Page last updated | |
| 12 Sep 2014 | Memorial Inscriptions in Churches, Chapels | Webmaster | Memorial Inscriptions in Churches, Chapels Added St James's Church, Ryde (entries are infrequently updated) | Page last updated | |
| 10 Sep 2014 | War Memorials Index | Webmaster | Added names from the Sep / Oct 1914 Listings of the "Island Roll of Honour" in the IW County Press. Index of entries on War Memorials (entries are frequently updated) | Page last updated | |
| 03 Sep 2014 | Ventnor (Ashdown Collection) | Mark Ashdown | added Ventnor (Ashdown Collection) to Photo Galleries | Page last updated | |
| 29 Aug 2014 | Memorial Inscriptions in Churches, Chapels | Webmaster | Memorial Inscriptions in Churches, Chapels Added St Saviour's R.C. Church, Totland Bay (entries are infrequently updated) | Page last updated | |
| 27 Aug 2014 | Site Updates | Webmaster | Site Updates (this page) | Page last updated | |
| 26 Aug 2014 | News | Webmaster | IWFHS News | Page last updated | |
| 04 Aug 2014 | Home | Webmaster | Home page | Page last updated | |
| 01 Aug 2014 | Members' Interests | Peter Spencer | this is updated on a frequent basis - generally weekly | ||
| 30 Jul 2014 | Journals | Webmaster | Journals (updated quarterly) | Page last updated | |
| 31 May 2014 | About the Society | Webmaster | About the Society | Page last updated | |
| 27 May 2014 | Members' Area | Webmaster | Members' Area | Page last updated | |
| 08 May 2014 | Resource Centre | Webmaster | Resource Centre - currently closed | Page last updated | |
| 08 May 2014 | Contact Us | Webmaster | Contact Us (usually updated annually) | Page last updated | |
| 15 Mar 2014 | BMD Indexes | Webmaster | Indexes of Births. Marriages and Deaths | Page last updated | |
| 19 Feb 2014 | Site Map | Webmaster | Site Map (updated infrequently) | Page last updated | |
| 02 Jan 2014 | Other Strays | Webmaster | Index of entries in Other Strays (entries are often updated) | Page last updated | |
| 02 Jan 2014 | Churches, Chapels and Cemeteries | Antony Barton | Churches, Chapels and Cemeteries (entries are infrequently updated) | Page last updated | |
| 19 Dec 2013 | Family pages | Webmaster | Family Pages (updated infrequently) | Page last updated | |
| 06 Dec 2013 | Websites - Isle of Wight | Webmaster | Useful websites - Isle of Wight (updated infrequently) | Page last updated | |
| 05 Dec 2013 | Monumental Inscriptions Coverage | Webmaster | Monumental Inscriptions Coverage (entries are infrequently updated) | Page last updated | |
| 29 Oct 2013 | Become a Member or Renew | Webmaster | Become a Member (usually updated annually) | Page last updated | |
| 14 Aug 2013 | Make Contact | Webmaster | Make Contact (with other researchers) (entries are infrequently updated) | Page last updated | |
| 13 Jun 2013 | Constitution | Webmaster | Constitution | Page last updated | |
| 13 May 2013 | Articles | Webmaster | Articles (updated infrequently) | Page last updated | |
| 21 Feb 2013 | Census Strays | Webmaster | Index of entries in Census Strays (entries are often updated) | Page last updated | |
| 31 Jan 2013 | Maps | Webmaster | Maps | Page last updated | |
| 29 Jan 2013 | IW County Record Office | Webmaster | IW County Record Office (updated infrequently) | Page last updated | |
| 28 Jan 2013 | Isle of Wight Rifles Photos | Webmaster | Isle of Wight Rifles Photos | Page last updated | |
| 22 Jan 2013 | Books, CDs, DVDs | Webmaster | Books, CDs, DVDs (updated infrequently) | Page last updated | |
| 21 Jan 2013 | Volunteers | Webmaster | Volunteers | Page last updated | |
| 21 Jan 2013 | DPA Policy / Cookies | Webmaster | DPA Policy / Cookies | Page last updated |