Qualifications

I am a properly trained historian with a BA Honours from the University of Adelaide, and an MA and PhD from the University of London. Now working as an independent scholar and genealogist, I can offer over twenty years of experience in British and oversea archives, including the Mitchell Library in Sydney. In 1999, I was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Henry E. Huntington Library, Los Angeles. My publications include Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier 1756-63 (Palgrave, 2001), articles for the New Dictionary of National Biography, and contributions to the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.

I can offer experience of:

• Parish records
• Wills
• Births Marriages and Deaths
• Military
• Naval
• Convicts: Crimes, Quarter Sessions, Assizes, Prisons, Transportation
• Private and Official Correspondence

Services

Research in London and the South of England, including:

• Public Record Office
• The British Library
• The British Library's newspaper collections at Colindale, North London
• The National Army Museum
• The Maritime Army Museum
• County Record Offices through out the South and South Midlands
• The Canterbury Diocesan Archive, Canterbury
• The National Portrait Gallery

Every client receives:

• The services of a highly trained, practising scholar
• A free formal quotation
• Full reports putting findings into historical context
• Personal, friendly contact and consultation throughout

Specialist Services:

• An Eighteenth Century Consultancy for more detailed or complex cases
• Native Land Rights
• Support for non-specialist authors
• Research help for academics
• A French and German translation service is available
• Contracts for Governments and Institutions
• Colonial and Revolutionary North America
• Early Australia

Fees

• My standard fee is £20.00 per hour for work in London archives and for consultation and reporting.
• Photocopying, postage and packing are AT COST. Basic items, such as posting a single certificate or copying one or two manuscript pages, are FREE.
• Small assignments (e.g. obtaining copies from supplied references) are charged proportionately
• There is NO charge for travel, travelling time or subsistence.
• Your initial enquiry will be answered FREE and WITHOUT OBLIGATION