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December 20, 2024
Student Prize Winners 2024

On behalf of the RQG Directors I am delighted to announce the names of those students who have been awarded the RQG Student Prize for best dissertation for 2024. We ask each of our recognised institutions to nominate the individual who submitted the best dissertation. Winners are not required to be RQG members and each […]...

September 12, 2024
Congratulations

In the past few days, it has been my great pleasure to be able to approve the upgrade to full membership of so many of our student members who have been studying with the University of Strathclyde. Congratulations to you all from everyone at the Register of Qualified Genealogists.  ...

July 6, 2024
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 […]...

June 21, 2024
Congratulations to Yvette Hoitink

We are delighted to announce that RQG member Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG, QG has graduated with a master’s degree with distinction in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee. Yvette is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer from the Netherlands who specializes in research in the Netherlands and its former colonies. For her dissertation, she researched […]...

May 31, 2024
Rootstech 2025 Call for Presentations

Rootstech 2025 The call for presentations has been announced for the 2025 Rootstech event which will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah between 06 – 08 March, with a hybrid in-person and online format. Presentation submission guidelines can be found on the Rootstech website, and deadlines and key dates are below. Rootstech seeks professional […]...

May 15, 2024
New RQG Board Appointments

New Board Appointments We are delighted to announce the new appointment of RQG Chair, Sylvia Valentine. Sylvia has been formally appointed by the Board and follows in the footsteps of our previous chairperson, Toni Sutton. Toni Sutton, Andy Douglas and Carol Bannister have stepped down as Directors and we send our thanks to them for […]...