About: Clare O'Grady
Recent Posts by Clare O'Grady
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 […]
Julie Buist – Genealogist of the Week
What started my interest in genealogy? My father died when I was thirteen and shortly after I remember walking through the cemetery in which he was buried. From that time I found headstones fascinating, hinting at the life that had gone before, stories untold. However, it wasn’t until 2010 when we (my husband, my son […]
Anne Holmes – New Genealogist of the Week
What started your interest in genealogy? Some intriguing family stories related to my mother’s ancestry in the north east of England. Research revealed they were mostly true (but not the Viking ancestry!) What are your specialist areas of interest and why have you chosen them? Nonconformity in my home county of Bucks and life in […]