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If you meet our entry requirements, please complete the form below. Please also see our summary of the benefits of joining RQG as a full member or student,

Note that approved applicants for membership (not students) become corporate members of the Register of Qualified Genealogists. This is a democratic organisation: each member has a vote and can participate in controlling the company at the AGM. As this is a company limited by guarantee, not by shares, members are guarantors not shareholders and each has a liability, limited to £1. See the Articles of Association for further details.

Annual membership charges are £50 for members and £20 for student members and are payable once the application has been approved. Student members upgrading to full membership will pay the full membership fee, less a discount for any unused student membership.

    Application for Membership or Student Membership

    This application is for:

    Full membership (QG)Full membership (QG) upgrade from studentStudent membership

    Your surname (required)

    Your first name (required)

    Your Email (for communication). Please do not use academic email addresses.

    Your business website (if applicable)

    Your address (for billing )

    Address line 1

    Address line 2

    Town/City

    County

    Post/Area/Zip code

    Country

    Your Phone number (please include any country code if outside of the UK)

    If you are applying for full membership, please indicate the highest qualification under which you are seeking membership:

    If you are applying for student membership, please indicate the course you are currently studying:

    Please attach a copy of your qualification certificate, letter of confirmation or proof of current course, as a pdf, png, jpg or jpeg. Maximum size 2mb.

    If you are applying for student membership, please provide the date you expect to finish your studies at the level required for full membership? Note that if you are currently studying a certificate level qualification, this should be the date you expect to complete a diploma level qualification. This date is an estimate not a commitment.

    *Required for all student member applications.

    I have read, understood and consent to the Electronic Communications Notice.
    I consent. Please clear the check mark if you do not consent. There is no obligation or requirement placed on members to consent to the use of electronic communications. Consent can be withdrawn at any time provided that notice is given to the Company. However, please note that using electronic communications helps keep printing, delivery and administration costs to a minimum.

    Privacy and Social Media. It is your decision whether you complete a personal profile on the website (available to full members only). We would like to include you in public membership lists and to follow you on Social Media, but will do so only with your expressed consent.
    I consent to RQG publishing my name as a member/student member.
    I consent to RQG following my social media accounts. My Twitter username is . You will be contacted separately concerning Facebook and LinkedIn.

    What happens next?
    On submitting this form, your application will be considered by the membership committee, normally within 21 days. If successful, you will receive a request to pay the appropriate subscription. Once paid, you will receive an invoice confirming payment and a separate welcome letter.

    By submitting this application you acknowledge that permission has been granted to the Register of Qualified Genealogists to hold this personal data relating to you and to use it for the limited purposes of providing service to you as set out in our GDPR-compliant Privacy Policy.