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 […]
RQG Prize Winners 2023
Every year the Register of Qualified Genealogists (RQG) awards prizes (£50 book token via Amazon) to students studying at Diploma or Masters level at the institutions affiliated to RQG: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies The University of Dundee The University of Strathclyde The University of Limerick The Register of Qualified Genealogists is a […]
Opening up the Body: The Post Mortem Case Books of St George’s Hospital
By Natasha Shillingford History of St George’s Hospital St George’s Hospital opened in 1733 at Lanesborough House, Hyde Park Corner in London, in what was then a countryside location. The hospital was founded by four men, Henry Hoare, William Wogan, Robert Witham and the Reverend Patrick Cockburn, who collectively founded the Westminster Public Infirmary in […]
Irish Genealogy
Irish genealogical research can be a little different than elsewhere as we don’t have the spine of regular census records from the 19th century from which to hang our family history. This means that other sources are more prominent in Ireland than elsewhere. Here I highlight many of these alternatives that are readily available online. […]