The Journal is published quarterly and issued to all paid up Members in February, May, August and November each year. New Members joining later in the calendar year will receive back issues for the year of joining.

The Journal Editor is always happy to consider articles by Members for publication, although the Editor reserves the right not to publish, and will advise the Submitter if this is the case and the reason for non-publication.

Typed, word-processed or handwritten articles will be considered. The preference is for word-processed documents sent by e-mail. The Editor uses Microsoft Word 2007 and can therefore accept documents in earlier Word formats or RTF (Revisable Text Format). For documents prepared using other software, please contact the Editor for advice. The preferred Font is Arial 10 point as this produces a reasonable size on the A5 format of the Journal pages. Headings are 12 point. Do not send text as image files as these cannot be edited. Any images should be sent separately - do not embed them in your document. If you do send images then they should preferably be in JPG format, of 300 dpi resolution, and no larger than 3 Mb, and if there are more than one, please send each as an attachment to a separate e-mail. As the Journal is printed in black and white, please ensure that any graphics are of good quality so that they can be reproduced well.

For typescript or manuscript please ensure that your article is legible, and preferably double spaced on one side of the paper only. As this sort of submission needs to be retyped or scanned, then there is no guarantee that they will appear in the next issue of the Journal. For longer articles, it may be necessary to serialise them. Any graphics or illustrations should also be placed on separate sheets of paper. For material to be returned, please ensure that you include a stamped self-addressed envelope or International Reply Coupons. Copyright in the text remains with the authors, but please ensure that you acknowledge copyright in other material, e.g. scans of Census returns are copyright The National Archives.

The Journal Editor is Peter Spencer. E-mail contact Click for email address

The Di Harding Awards

At the Annual General Meeting in May 2009 it was agreed that, in order to perpetuate Di's name, an award would be given annually to the authors of the three best articles submitted by members and published in this journal. For more details see Di Harding Awards

Contents of 2003 Journals

Contents of 2004 Journals

Contents of 2005 Journals

Contents of 2006 Journals

Contents of 2007 Journals

Contents of 2008 Journals

Indexes to the Journal

Volumes 1-59 Winter 1985 - November 2000

These indexes were prepared by Mr Michael Outlaw for the Isle of Wight Family History Society in 2000. The Society is very grateful to him for all the work that he put into this. As well as the General Index there are separate indexes of Names of people and Locations, on the Isle of Wight, the Mainland and Abroad.

General Index of Journals

Alphabetical Index of Surnames

Index of Isle of Wight Locations

Index of Mainland Locations

Index of Locations Abroad