​Caroline Gurney, QG​®

  • ​Qualified professional genealogist (QG), house historian and historical researcher
  • Based in Portishead, near Bristol
  • 10 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.
  • International speaker 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, since 2020

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, 20.4 (2019), 95-98.​
  • 'English Apprenticeships', British Connections, 21.1 (2020), 7-10.
  • 'The Women's Suffrage Movement in England', British Connections, 21.1 (2020), 31-34.
  • 'Records of Illegitimacy in England', British Connections, 21.2 (2020), 69-73.
  • 'Emigration from England', British Connections, 21.2 (2020), 87-91.
  • 'Genealogy Research in Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Bristol', British Connections, 21.4 (2020), 171-176.
  • 'Genealogy Research in Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire', British Connections, 22.1 (2021), 18-22.
  • 'Genealogy Research in Kent and Sussex', British Connections, 22.2 (2021), 68-72.

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