Book Review: Tracing your Belfast Ancestors, a Guide for Family Historians – Chris Paton (2023)
Book Review by RQG Member Linda Hammond ‘Tracing your Belfast Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians’ by Chris Paton (2023, Pen & Sword Family History – ISBN 9781526780331 ) Chris Paton’s “Tracing Your Belfast Ancestors” isn’t your typical genealogy handbook – it’s a refreshing stroll through Belfast’s familial past, guided by Paton’s knack for weaving […]
Book Review: Blood Legacy, Alex Renton (2021)
Book Review by RQG Member Gary Lawrie ‘Blood Legacy – Reckoning with a Family’s Story of Slavery’ by Alex Renton (2021, Canongate – ISBN 978-1-78689-886-9). Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. Alex Renton is a direct descendant of the Fergussons of Kilkerran in Ayrshire who owned and ran plantations in the Caribbean in the […]
Book Review: Tracing your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums
Tracing your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums, A Guide for Family Historians Michelle Higgs. 2019. Pen & Sword Family History. Michelle Higgs is gaining herself a highly regarded reputation as an author of social history and genealogical books. Her latest book does not disappoint. Starting from the foundation of Bethem Hospital in 1247, this publication takes […]
Book Review -Tracing your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums A Guide for Family Historians by Michelle Higgs
By Linda Hammond This is not a topic I’ve ever researched before so I was looking forward to finding out more. I wasn’t disappointed! The first chapter explains why family members might find themselves committed to such an institution and, surprisingly, you didn’t have to be mad! Terms we would now consider derogatory, such as […]
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