Book Review: The Female Infidel by Anne M Powers (2018)
This month’s book review is from Susan Fabbro who reviews The Female Infidel by RQG Member Anne M Powers. Title: The Female Infidel: The Vindication of Fanny Dashwood by Anne M Powers (2018, Lulu.com, ISBN 978-0-244-72416-0) When RQG member, Anne Powers was researching the Lee family for her first publication, “A Parcel of Ribbons”, she […]
Book Review: 10 Scotland Street by Leslie Hills
This month’s book recommendation is from RQG member Susan Fabbro 10 Scotland Street by Leslie Hills (2023, Scotland Street Press – ISBN 978-1-910895-733) Leslie has lived for fifty years in her home in the heart of the New Town, Edinburgh. This house history, commencing from the early 19th century when the first proprietor, David […]
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 […]
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