West Lothian Family History Society - WLFHS

West Lothian Family History Society - WLFHS The Society was formed in November 2000 to assist those researching family history and genealogy throughout the county of West Lothian.

Please see information about WLFHS now located at Torridon House Almondvale Boulevard, Almondvale, Livingston EH54 6QY (where Lanthorn Library has relocated to). All welcome during our opening times at both Torridon House and Linlithgow Local History Library.

20/05/2026

Just a reminder that our next Members meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd June 2026 at Lanthorn Community Centre, Kenilworth Rise, Dedridge Livingston EH54 6JL. Meeting will commence at 7.00pm.

The meeting this evening is our Annual AGM. Hope to see as many as can manage. We also hope to have a bit of a Gees a Haun as well, so if you have any queries that you can't solve, bring it along and we will do our best for you.

Usual Tea, Coffee and biscuits.

This will be our last Member's meeting until the new session in September (1st Tuesday of the month)

But until then you can still contact us at our office inside either Lanthorn Library - we are there on a Thursday from 11.00am until 3.00pm.
Linlithgow, Local History Room (upstairs) either on a Tuesday or a Friday 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
No appointmentsd are necessary for both locations.

24/04/2026

Looking for somewhere to go Summerlee Museam is hosting a LOCAL HISTORY FAIR

Summerlee Museum of
Scottish Industrial Life

Saturday 9 May 2026 10am - 3.30pm
FREE ENTRY to Museum and Fair

Just a reminder that our next Members meeting will be on Tuesday 5th May 2026 at Lanthorn Community Centre, Kenilworth R...
16/04/2026

Just a reminder that our next Members meeting will be on Tuesday 5th May 2026 at Lanthorn Community Centre, Kenilworth Rise, Dedridge Livingston EH54 6JL. Meeting will commence at 7.00pm.

For the evening we welcome guest speaker for the evening. Ken Nisbet who will be speaking to us about 'Who is the Father' and he will give us ideas about researching illigitimate births. Hope to see as many as can manage.

Usual Tea, Coffee and biscuits.

26/03/2026

Range of genealogy classes and talks for all at Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies

Spring Genealogy Classes & Talks

Join us them this spring for an exciting range of classes and talks brought to you by Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies. Take a look at what we have coming up...

✨ Intermediate Scottish Family History Research Course – 5th & 6th May. Join us on-campus for this 2-day immersive course, perfect for intermediate level researchers. Enjoy talks from prominent Scottish genealogists and educators, covering research techniques and using a variety of Scottish records. In-course exercises will provide hands-on learning to embed the skills and knowledge covered. Find out more and book online!

✨ Sailing to Philadelphia: Scottish sources for tracing emigrant ancestors (online talk) - 16th April 18.00-19.15 BST. Discover family members who have left Scotland, and the destinations where they eventually settled. Rather than looking at the obvious passenger lists, it will cover less well-used records such as poor relief applications, estate papers, and gravestones. Can’t attend live? All participants will receive access to the recording for two weeks after the event. Find out more and book online!

✨ Early Modern Scottish Family History Research Course (online course) - 28th April, 5th & 12th May 18.30-20.00 BST. Tracing and identifying your ancestors in Scotland before 1800 can be very challenging, especially when trying to find those who migrated elsewhere. This course will provide an overview of various records which may contain useful information and will also outline records which do not exist for the period 1600-1800. All participants will receive access to the recording for two weeks after the event. Find out more and book online!

We hope you can join us!

Tahitia McCabe

Head of Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies

18/03/2026

Just a reminder that our next Members meeting will be on Tuesday 7th April 2026 at Lanthorn Community Centre, Kenilworth Rise, Dedridge Livingston EH54 6JL. Meeting will commence at 7.00pm.

For the evening we are having a 'Gees a'haun night. We will have various tables set up for small groups, with computers and small screens to help you with any queries you bring along that our volunteers can help you with, we will do outr best.

Usual Tea, Coffee and biscuits.
Hope to see as many as can manage.

Rhona Gordon
Editor / Events Coordinator
West Lothian Family History Society
Scottish Charity No. SCO31501

12/02/2026

Just a reminder that our next Members meeting will be on Tuesday 3rd March 2026 at Lanthorn Community Centre, Kenilworth Rise, Dedridge Livingston EH54 6JL. Meeting will commence at 7.00pm.

We have a speaker for the evening and welcome Margaret Fox who will tell all about Sarah Greig.

Afterwards we will have the usual Tea, Coffee and biscuits.
Hope to see as many as can manage.
New members welcome.

Hope you have all had a good New Year and ready and able to get back to researching and able to join us at the first mee...
12/01/2026

Hope you have all had a good New Year and ready and able to get back to researching and able to join us at the first meeting back this year

Our first Members meeting of the new year will be on Tuesday 3rd February 2026 at Lanthorn Community Centre, Kenilworth Rise, Dedridge Livingston EH54 6JL. Meeting will commence at 7.00pm.

For the evening we welcome Hugo Kekewich from The Commonwealth War Graves Commission and as this promises to be a very interesting talk.

Afterwards we will have the usual Tea, Coffee and biscuits.

Our Website http://www.wlfhs.org.uk

Hope to see as many as possible.

We on 2nd December 2025 we held our informal annual Christmas meeting and tha night was enjoyed with all who were able t...
06/12/2025

We on 2nd December 2025 we held our informal annual Christmas meeting and tha night was enjoyed with all who were able to attend. So here are a few photos od the evening.

We should all remember the sacrifice that enables us to live free today. Peace and prayers to all.
08/11/2025

We should all remember the sacrifice that enables us to live free today. Peace and prayers to all.

Just a reminder that our next Members meeting will be on Tuesday 4th November 2025 at Lanthorn Community Centre, Kenilwo...
27/10/2025

Just a reminder that our next Members meeting will be on Tuesday 4th November 2025 at Lanthorn Community Centre, Kenilworth Rise, Dedridge Livingston EH54 6JL. Meeting will commence at 7.00pm.

For the evening we welcome Geoff Bailey from Falkirk History Society who will be speaking about The Home Guard.

Afterwards we will have the usual Tea, Coffee and biscuits.

The rest of the Syllabus can be found on our Website http://www.wlfhs.org.uk If you have difficulty accessing this, please email me and I can forward you a copy.

I will remind you all that if you have not renewed your membership by 31st October 2025 your details will be removed from our records in accordance ith Data Protection.

Address

WLFHS, Lanthorn Library Kennilworth Rise, Dedridge
Livingston
EH546NY

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 3pm
Thursday 11am - 3pm
Friday 11am - 3pm

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