Join our campaign: #LoveYourArchives
The recent furore caused by proposed changes to access to Northamptonshire Archives has underlined how important archives are to genealogists and historians both amateur and professional. The Register of Qualified Genealogists want to celebrate archives and all that they represent. The funders of archives need to know how much they are used and treasured and […]
Alison Mitchell – Genealogist of the Week
What started your interest in genealogy? My grandparents. They used to talk about their own parents and grandparents and various distant relations who had got up to all sorts of shenanigans in far flung places. My maternal grandmother was rather a hoarder and as a small child I was fascinated by a box made out […]
Helen Smith – Genealogist of the Week
What started your interest in genealogy? My interest in genealogy was sparked when I was 12 years old and my grandfather related a story about the Arran Murderer. We were walking along the promenade at Prestwick, Scotland, looking over to the hills of Arran. He pointed to Goatfell and said that he had a great […]
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