Category Archives: "Blog"

8 Mar, 2024

International Women’s Day RQG Member Guest Blog

International Women’s Day – Guest Blog by RQG Member Dr Dawn Jennifer Ordinary women: what can a family portrait tell us about female ancestors? Until the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ordinary women’s identities were constructed, and their lives lived, within the private sphere of the home. A daughter’s, wife’s, mother’s existence was defined […]

18 Dec, 2023

Christmas vouchers available from our RQG members

It’s not too late to order your Christmas vouchers. Many of our members offer vouchers throughout the year, here is a selection to choose from. Christmas gift e-vouchers are available from RQG member Vicki Manners from Bedfordshire Research. Choose from a range of Edwardian postcard images. Visit https://bedfordshireresearch.co.uk/gift-vouchers Christmas gift cards & e-vouchers are available […]

4 Dec, 2023

Article published by RQG Member John Cleary

RQG Member John Cleary has written part 2 of his study into The Cummings of Altyre and the search for an ancient genealogy. The article is published in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.152.1371 and for non-subscribers, a copy can be downloaded (without copyright images) https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/john-cleary John explains “this is the […]

23 Nov, 2023

New RQG Student Representatives announced

We are thrilled to announce that following the student elections for 2024, our two successful candidates for the roles of RQG Student Representative are Lisa Constanti and Kathryn Feek. We very much look forward to welcoming you both to the Board of Directors and hope that the forthcoming year will prove both interesting and productive […]