Dr. Ângela Campos
Bilingual genealogist (EN/PT), historian, oral historian.
Living History Solutions (Porto, Portugal, and East Sussex, United Kingdom)
(+44)07766532034
Currently accepting clients for...
- DNA
- Family History Research
- Writing /Publishing
- Other Speciality
Family History Research
- DNA
- Document Retrieval / Record Agent
- Dual Citizenship
- Ethnicity / Religion
- Family History Research
- Immigration / Naturalization
- Military
DNA
- Adoption / Unknown Parentage
- Investigative Genetic Genealogy
Writing/Publishing
- Author/Writer
Other Speciality
- Document Translation
- Dual Citizenship
- Event / Reunion / Travel Planning
- Forensic Research
- Heir & Probate Search
- Heirlooms / Archivist
- House Historian / Local History
- Military Repatriation
- Oral Historian
- Handwriting / Palaeography
Over 25 years' research experience.
Areas of expertise:
England (from the 1800s; focus on London and the South East)
Portugal, including Madeira and the Azores (particularly experienced in research covering Braga and Viseu district parishes)
Portuguese immigration (especially, but not exclusively: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, South Africa, U.K, U.S.)
International heir search and people tracing
Wider forensic genealogy (particularly probate research, nationality acquisition, international estate distribution, asset reunification), including the creation of bespoke bi/multilingual affidavits, mandates and similar legal document templates
DNA analysis (mostly unknown parentage, reconnecting transnational family branches, non-paternity events)
Palaeographic transcription and translation (mostly PT-EN, but other languages available) of original sources dating from circa 1400 to the present day
Sephardic ancestry (assisting with Portuguese research and access to sources)
Oral history (professional oral history interviews documenting family history and more)
For an example of one of my latest research contributions, please check out BB3 documentary ‘Stranger in My Family’:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qg3q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pa_4ZwIGW4
Areas of expertise:
England (from the 1800s; focus on London and the South East)
Portugal, including Madeira and the Azores (particularly experienced in research covering Braga and Viseu district parishes)
Portuguese immigration (especially, but not exclusively: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, South Africa, U.K, U.S.)
International heir search and people tracing
Wider forensic genealogy (particularly probate research, nationality acquisition, international estate distribution, asset reunification), including the creation of bespoke bi/multilingual affidavits, mandates and similar legal document templates
DNA analysis (mostly unknown parentage, reconnecting transnational family branches, non-paternity events)
Palaeographic transcription and translation (mostly PT-EN, but other languages available) of original sources dating from circa 1400 to the present day
Sephardic ancestry (assisting with Portuguese research and access to sources)
Oral history (professional oral history interviews documenting family history and more)
For an example of one of my latest research contributions, please check out BB3 documentary ‘Stranger in My Family’:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qg3q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pa_4ZwIGW4
Publications/Media
Most relevant publication in oral history field of specialism: 'An oral history of ex-combatants of the Portuguese Colonial War: Conscripted Generation,' ed. by David Cline and Natalie Fousekis, Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Studies in Oral History (New York, U.S., 2017). https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319461939
Most relevant publication in oral history field of specialism: 'An oral history of ex-combatants of the Portuguese Colonial War: Conscripted Generation,' ed. by David Cline and Natalie Fousekis, Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Studies in Oral History (New York, U.S., 2017). https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319461939
Research Time Periods
- 21st Century
- 20th Century
- 19th Century
Languages
Fully bilingual (English/Portuguese) and able to work in/with other languages, such as Spanish, French, Italian and basic German.
Fully bilingual (English/Portuguese) and able to work in/with other languages, such as Spanish, French, Italian and basic German.
Degrees
BA Hons in History (Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, Portugal, 2003)
MA in Contemporary History (University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K., 2005)
DPhil/PhD in History (University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K., 2014)
BA Hons in History (Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, Portugal, 2003)
MA in Contemporary History (University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K., 2005)
DPhil/PhD in History (University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K., 2014)