I first got hooked with historical research whilst tracing my own family tree. I discovered I am descended from a niece of JMW Turner, the renowned artist, which was most exciting!
During my undergraduate degree course, I worked voluntarily - transcribing census returns, answering genealogical enquiries, arranging hospital records and the glass-plate photographic slides of Edward Muybridge. I was also most fortunate to work with Jill Craigie, the wife of Michael Foot, MP and help arrange and list her extensive collection of suffragist memorabilia.
I left Kingston University in July 1999 with a BA (Hons) History 2.1 and then studied for a Masters in Archives and Records Management at University College London. On graduating in 2000, and becoming a Registered member of the
Archives and Records Association, my experience has developed thus :