About: Clare O'Grady
Recent Posts by Clare O'Grady
New Genealogist of the Week – Tessa Szczepanik
What started your interest in genealogy? I have always been interested in history, which developed into my choices of Latin & Ancient Greek for my university degree, but winning a prize at school for the best Family Project was my first experience of researching genealogy. What are your specialist areas of interest and why […]
New Genealogist of the Week – Michael McCormick
What started your interest in genealogy? As a young child I was amazed by the 1800s family bibles, old books, and a pedigree chart on shelves in my grandparents’ dining/library room. My church taught some lessons on the benefits of family history which I noticed from my childhood, though I did not have any involvement […]
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 […]
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?” […]