Month: October 2016

21 Oct, 2016

My Favourite Archive – Herefordshire Archives and Records Centre

RQG member Clare O’Grady of @HerefordGen selected Herefordshire Archives and Record Centre, Herefordshire Council as her #explorearchives favourite. “The new purpose built Centre was opened in 2015 to a leading edge “passivhaus” design. As a result of the move all of the items were stock-checked, cleaned, packaged and re-boxed and so this makes finding the […]

17 Oct, 2016

Anne Sherman – New Genealogist of the Week

What started your interest in genealogy? It started as a homework project at college when I was 19. I was on a business course and we had to write a report about our family. When I asked a librarian how I should get started, the reply was “what do you want to do that for?” […]

11 Oct, 2016

The Future of Archives in England

The UK National Archives has just published the Consultation on a new Strategic Vision for the Archives Sector, which is a draft for future policy concerning archives.  Developing a future vision for archives on The National Archives website explains their role in leading developments in the UK archive sector. Archives are important to genealogists as […]

10 Oct, 2016

New Genealogist of the Week – Roger W Whitworth

What does being a genealogist mean to you? Relating to my clients the same pleasure that I derived in accessing my own family history, drives the unstinting work that I carry out as a genealogist. In the ten years that my own business has existed an increasing number of records have become accessible via the […]