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Paid research service

Find out about hiring a private researcher who can help with your research if you can't visit the Islington Archives yourself.

Anyone can use the Islington Archives collections for research for free. Archives staff are happy to help with your research, but they can't do it for you.

If you can't visit the archives, you can ask a record agent to do it for you. Find out details of record agents by visiting the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA) website or writing to the Secretary of the AGRA - Box A, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA.

Private researchers

This list are researchers who will carry out searches for a fee. - contact them if you want to use their services.

This list is not a recommendation by Islington Archives and Islington Council does not accept responsibility for any work they do. 

Karen Averby BA (Hons) MA PGCert Arch Hist (Oxon) CAIfA, Historian

Email: KarenAverby@gmail.com or karen.averby@ArchangelHeritage.co.uk

Visit the Karen Averby website or the Archangel Heritage website.

Karen specialises in buildings and house history research, and local history research.

Rachel Stakes BSc (Hons), MSc, DipGen

Email: info@RachelStakesGenealogy.co.uk

Visit Rachel Stakes' website

Rachel is a genealogist and house history researcher based in Islington.

Mike Trenchard

Email: website@TrenchardPartnership.co.uk

Visit the Trenchard partnership website

Mike specialises in family history research.

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