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Nick Fitzgerald MA, MLitt, QG
AGRA Associate

Fitzgerald Genealogy & Archives
Archive-Led Family and Military Genealogy, 1660 to the Modern Day

Where did they serve? What did they do? What was life like for them and their families? Why did they join, and what became of them when their service ended? Understanding your military ancestor and the life they led can be challenging. Muster Rolls, service records, regimental archives, war diaries, photographs, medals, and personal papers often require careful transcription, interpretation, and historical context to reveal the full story of an individual’s service.

I hold Master’s degrees in Military Studies (MA) and Local and Family History (MLitt), and am a Registered Qualified Genealogist (RQG). I volunteer as a researcher at the Royal Artillery Archives, investigating the lives and service of soldiers from the late seventeenth century to the present day. I regard this aspect of my genealogical work as both an act of remembrance and a means of bringing to light the stories of the ‘extraordinary ordinary’, whose lives and service deserve to be recognised and understood.

I undertake genealogical and historical research for private clients, specialising in military ancestry from the seventeenth century to the modern day. My work is grounded in extensive archival research, including regular visits to The National Archives, the British Library’s India Office Records, regimental archives, local record offices, and, where necessary, the National Records of Scotland. I undertake the sourcing, transcription, and interpretation of material, drawing on detailed primary sources to reconstruct individual lives within their wider historical and social contexts.

I also undertake research relating to Hampshire families and local communities, drawing on Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, the Portsmouth History Centre, the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, and the Southampton City Archives and SeaCity Museum.

Contact Nick Fitzgerald

Email: nick@fitzgeraldresearch.com

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Andover
Hampshire

"Wow!! I am blown away and so grateful to you, and to Nick for all his fantastic hard work as well. Please pass on my most sincere thanks to him for all that he has done. I can see that he has gone seriously ‘into the weeds’ of everything and left no stone unturned, which has resulted in putting so much ‘meat on the bones’ of the skeleton I had, and means that I can understand it all so much more."

Ian L, Norfolk

Thank you so very much for the transcriptions and the note from Nick. This was definitely a work of love that was expressed in his note. I appreciate all the time and effort that he has dedicated to this project. If you would be so kind, please relay to him the depth of my heartfelt gratitude for all he has done.

Katie T, USA

Thank you ever so much for your detailed reply. I really do appreciate your efforts and the time you have invested in this. To me it is priceless, and it gives me so many avenues to explore that weren't available before your research.

Nigel H, England