​Caroline Gurney, QG​®

• ​Qualified professional genealogist (QG), house historian and historical researcher
• Based in Portishead, near Bristol
• Over 8 years in business, successfully completing hundreds of projects
• Clients include TV companies, businesses, journalists, authors, collectors, probate searchers, historic house owners, and many members of the public
• Genealogist of the crews of Cutty Sark.
• Popular lecturer on skills and sources for family history research

Education

• BA (Hons) in History, First Class honours, University of Bristol, 1975
• MLitt in Family and Local History, with Distinction, University of Dundee, 2019
• Researching for a PhD in History, University of Bristol, on Bristol's Jewish community during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Skills

• Understanding the broad context of historical research
• Detailed knowledge of a wide range of primary sources
• ​​Reading and transcribing old handwriting (palaeography)
• Reading and translating Latin
• ​Jewish genealogy
• Combining DNA testing with documentary research
• Public speaking
• Project management

Publications

• 'English Counties', British Connections, Volume 20, Issue 4, October-December 2019, p.95.​
• 'English Apprenticeships', British Connections, Volume 21, Issue 1, January-March 2020, p.7.
• 'The Women's Suffrage Movement in England', British Connections, Volume 21, Issue 1, January-March 2020, p.31.
• 'Records of Illegitimacy in England', British Connections, Volume 21, Issue 2, April-June 2020, p.69.
• 'Emigration from England', British Connections, Volume 21, Issue 2, April-June 2020, p.87.

Professional Memberships

• Director, Register of Qualified Genealogists
• Member, Society of Genealogists
• Member, International Society for British Genealogy and Family History
• Member, Jewish Historical Society of England
  
• Member, Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
• Member, Bristol and Avon Family History Society
• Associate Member, Regional History Centre, University of the West of England

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