RQG Speakers at Family Tree Live
RQG have over 16 members and student members speaking at the Family Tree Live event which is scheduled to start later this week at Alexandra Palace, London. https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live The current list comprises: Laura House, John Cleary, Dr Bruce Durie, Graham Holton, Tahitia McCabe, Michael Tobias, Dave Annal, Nick Barratt, Lucie Drouin, Penny Walters, Alison Spring, […]
19th Century Insanity
Lunatics, imbeciles, idiots and cretins – terms which in today’s society are only used as derogatory and insulting forms of verbal abuse were commonly used as medical definitions to label people with mental health disorders in nineteenth century Britain and Ireland. For those of us who are used to researching our ancestors, some of these […]
New Member – Sarah Smith
Sarah has been researching family histories for over 15 years and is now a qualified genealogist with an MLitt in Family and Local History based in Kinross, between Edinburgh and Perth. Her dissertation was on the The Schulin’ o’ Weans Around Loch Leven 1696 to 1872 focusing on literacy levels and comparing them with the […]
New member – Fiona Pegrum
Northern Ireland based Fiona has an MSc in Genealogical, Paleographic & Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde. Her special area of interest is in 19th century North West Ireland, Irish church ministers and emigration and she is shortly to publish a local history book on Presbyterianism. She is also researching and writing on the local Church […]