Month: January 2017

Clare O'Grady
30 Jan, 2017

Genealogist of the Week – Clare O’Grady

What started your interest in genealogy? I’ve always loved history but hadn’t really thought about my own genealogy until I came across an old tin of my late grandfather’s hidden away in the garage.  It contained various family papers including some birth, death and marriage certificates, some mortgage papers and some photographs.  Up until this […]

23 Jan, 2017

New Genealogist of the Week – Jane Tunesi of Liongam

What started your interest in genealogy? My interest in genealogy started whilst I was at school.  During the 1977 Silver Jubilee celebrations my school studied the Royal Family, a subject I was already interested in.  This progressed to learning about the monarchs of this country and culminating in a project based on our own family […]

16 Jan, 2017

British History Online website Survey

The results of a survey recently conducted on the use of the British History Online website has been published. It compared how genealogists use the site compared to Academics and casual users with regards to search criteria and content access. The full survey results are in a long report and can be read here   http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/10/4/000270/000270.html

16 Jan, 2017

New Genealogist of the Week – Clare Fowler

What started your interest in genealogy? I think I am like most people in having always had an interest in family stories, but it was really only in 2002 that I decided to follow it through. My grandfather had passed away and in his papers we found several documents and newspaper cuttings that we didn’t […]