Margaret Boustead, Head of Archives and Records Management, North Yorkshire County Record Office
completed a difficult task most efficiently
‘Thank you for your magnificent work on the Norton Conyers archives. You are so well organised, so imaginative, so good with people and have managed to complete a difficult task most efficiently.’
Sir James and Halina Graham, North Yorkshire
energy & enthusiasm
‘I asked Maxine to produce a catalogue of a collection of 18th & 19th century papers, relating to the business activities in and around Northallerton of my Squire relatives. She tackled this with energy and enthusiasm and produced exactly the kind of catalogue I was looking for.’
D Hutton-Squire, North Yorkshire
broad experience
'Maxine contributed very significantly to the development and delivery of our Ripon Re-Viewed
project. Her archival training and broad experience enabled her to get to grips with our project quickly. She is thorough, systematic, organised and reliable which are terrific qualities for project management. Thank you Maxine.'
M Whitehead, Ripon Civic Society
thorough & most professional
'Maxine's research was thorough and most professional. I would have no hesitation in recommending her services to anyone.'
Charles Barker, North Yorkshire
precise & thoughtful
'Maxine is great to work with! She is responsive and enthusiastic and listened carefully to me as a client. She was precise and thoughtful in making an agreement, building in adequate flexibility and consultation time. I thoroughly recommend her - a proper Angel!'
Sue MacKay, Collections and Programming Director, Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds
value for money
'I am very pleased with the Family History research on my step-mother which Maxine recently conducted for me. My communication with Maxine was very easy, and professional, and I consider value for money. I would not hesitate to recommend her services to others seeking assistance sourcing family history information from overseas. Thank you Maxine.'
P Saunders, Queensland, Australia
blown away
'I'm not sure the words thank you do justice to the wealth of information you have found! I took it to my Nana's yesterday and she was blown away thank you. You put to bed some questions she had around memories from her childhood and of course, raised some more...'
B Turner, North Yorkshire
really impressed
'Brilliant Maxine!! I'm really impressed. You have uncovered a broad family influence, far beyond anything I could have hoped to discover on my own and I am really pleased.'
P Willans, Hertfordshire
fascinating & meticulous
Thanks so much for all your hard work and the high standard of your presentation of detail. The whole exercise was fascinating and meticulous especially as it has had to be done from a distance, How you did all this in the small window of time I shall never know. As a retired Consultant in my own field let's just say "it takes a goodun to recognise a goodun".
A M Brushett, Cumbria
efficient & professional
'Maxine is thorough and treats her clients with respect, she is efficient and professional - will work together again'.
S Sinwan, Sydney, Australia
impressed with research
'I was really pleased that you managed to unlock a family connection and was really impressed with your research and how quickly you managed it; I would definitely use your services again'.
C Thwaite, Yks
friendly and professional review
'Maxine carried out an incisive, friendly and professional review of
our archive making detailed recommendations on the maintenance and
development of our archive. We hope to work together again in the future.'
Sunderland Antiquarian Society
exceptional value
'Maxine undertook research into my family tree in early 2022. I was very impressed by the quality and comprehensiveness of the work she did - far more than I expected and of exceptional value. She delivered not only the family tree back to the 18th century but also an amazing collection of supporting documents including birth and marriage certificates, wills, census returns, newspaper cuttings and even photographs. It was a very satisfactory experience.'
Mr M Armstrong, London
thoroughly professional
Maxine is absolutely everything you hope for when engaging someone to complete research on your
behalf. She’s thoroughly professional, organized and keeps you up to date throughout the process. She’s
friendly and responsive to your questions and gives you full confidence in her abilities. It would be a
pleasure to work with her again, and I highly recommend her services.
Mr J Linton, Canada
lovely to work with
From the beginning Maxine has been lovely to work with. She has throughout been very pleasant, empathetic and respectful of boundaries- a good listener, too! Subsequently she was also proven to be highly efficient in her painstaking and thorough research. Reports were interesting, very well presented and expressed with great clarity, focusing on what was important. I also thought that, given how difficult and sophisticated this form of research is, the fee was extremely reasonable. I would highly recommend Maxine, on my experience of her work, without hesitation.
Ms J Addinall, London
patient & persevering
Thank you so much for helping me set out on the right road! Thank you for your patience and perseverance! I don’t know what I would have done without your help.
V F Adams, Warks
caring and dedicated
I highly recommend Archive Angel for your family history searches. Maxine was always a pleasure to deal with and her caring manner, dedication and genuine interest in the research she did for us was greatly appreciated. I was impressed by her knowledge and ability to diversify searches to gain the outcome we had hoped for. We were provided with a comprehensive report at the end of the search including all of her findings. Thank you again!
G Webber, Australia
cannot better your service
You did everything I wished for; I would never have un-earthed the information myself.
S McCleod, Hants
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