IHGS is delighted to be sponsoring the RQG conference Sharing Memories: Uncovering your Family History through Storytelling
Saturday 20th April 2024 at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
Amongst a great programme of speakers are talks by IHGS Tutor Lorna Kinnaird, IHGS Graduate Alison Pearson and IHGS Student Nicola Waterfall. More details on their talks are below:
Lorna Kinnaird The petitions of the Caledonian Asylum Trust, London from 1815-1924
Lorna Kinnaird has been a professional genealogist for 12 years running her own business Dunedin Links Genealogy from Edinburgh. She is an IHGS Correspondence Course Tutor and with East Renfrewshire Culture and Heritage. She has a passion for the Napoleonic Era in which many thousands of Scots took part. This invariably meant that ‘families’ left Scotland never to return which proves a challenge for genealogists to find a link back to Scotland.
Donna Pearson How did Dick die? Reframing family lore with documentary evidence
Donna has been undertaking genealogical research since her early twenties, after being given the family Bible, which contained a list of unknown names. Who were they and where did I fit in? In 2023, Donna completed the Diploma in Genealogy with the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, a course which she thoroughly enjoyed. Donna’s areas of research are Cheshire, where she now lives, and Lincolnshire, where she was born, and her interests include house histories, and ancestral tours.
Nicola Waterfall Hulda’s War: One woman’s attempt to survive in Nazi Europe
Nicola has been researching her family history for the past 25 years and it has taken her from the UK to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as well as the US and Australia. Nicola is currently undertaking the IHGS Correspondence course.
Fore more details on the conference and to book a place please visit RQG Conference 2024 Programme - Register of Qualified Genealogists
