Celebrating Archives: St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest acute healthcare Trusts in the UK, and is made up of 5 hospitals serving a population of over 2 million people across the City and East London. The archives held by the Trust reflect a tradition of caring for patients spanning nine centuries, from the foundation […]
New RQG Student Member – Hugh Douglas
Based in Windsor but originally from Paisley, Hugh is currently studying as a Postgraduate in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies. When this is completed, he fully intends to achieve the M.Sc. His special areas of interest are Scottish, English, Irish and Welsh Genealogy, DNA, Business Intelligence and Data Mining. Hugh has had a long career […]
RQG member- Dr Penny Walters
Dr. Penny Walters has been a University Lecturer for 30+ years, teaching Undergraduate and Masters Psychology, and Business Studies throughout the UK; and has been the External Examiner at 2 Universities (Cumbria and Birmingham). Penny’s PhD (2001) investigated ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Health Promotion’ (Brunel). Penny was adopted at birth, and her ancestral search has […]
Celebrating Archives: Royal Botanic Gardens
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London and Edinburgh each have some records relating to their former staff and students, which can be searched by their own archivists. At Kew (@Kewgardens) their staff records start in 1841 (pre-1841have not survived) and apprenticeship/student records start in 1902. The records are arranged in date order therefore it […]