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Rhiannon Lloyd

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How they can help

  • Remote research
  • APG member
Researches in
United Kingdom · Wales, Australia
Based in
United Kingdom · Somerset
Languages
English
Time periods
Medieval · Recent family history

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About

Qualified genealogist and MSc holder based in Somerset specializing in family tree research and document transcription, particularly for South-West England regions.

Rhiannon Lloyd is a qualified genealogist running Shersca Genealogy from Somerset, England. She holds an MSc (Distinction) in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde and is a member of the Register of Qualified Genealogists (RQG). Since 2020, she has tutored on the MSc programme and became a Teaching Fellow in 2022. Her genealogical interests began after her grandmother's death, leading to research across South-West England, Wales, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. She has developed particular expertise in Somerset family history and Medieval Genealogy. Recent work includes participation in Who Do You Think You Are? Australia (2024). She also holds a BMus and MA in Performance Studies from Cardiff University.

Specialties

  • Somerset family history
  • Medieval genealogy
  • family tree research
  • document transcription
  • South-West England
  • Dorset
  • Devon
  • Wiltshire
  • Wales
  • Gloucestershire
  • Herefordshire

Additional credentials

MSc (Distinction) in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies, University of Strathclyde; Pharos Family History Skills and Strategies (Intermediate) course (2017); Teaching Fellow, Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies (since 2022); BMus, Cardiff University (2010); MA in Performance Studies, Cardiff University (2011); DipABRSM, ABRSM; Register of Qualified Genealogists (RQG) — member

Somerset, Somerset, United Kingdom

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