Patricia Coveney Sears, MSc

Patricia Coveney Sears completed the online Diploma in Genealogy at University College, Cork, Ireland in 2022, followed by the MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies at the University of Strathclyde in 2025, passing both qualifications with Distinction. Her paternal ancestry is predominantly from West Cork.

Her research on Queen Catherine Court - a slum in East London – was published in The London Journal in 2024. She has given talks in person and online for the Society of Genealogists, the Register of Qualified Genealogists, the Modern Cockney Festival and local history societies and has had articles published in Family Tree Magazine and various genealogical journals.

Her MSc dissertation was on the Schull Association of the Irish Loan Fund Records, which examined this record set as a genealogical resource and evidence of the agency of non-elite women in 19th century West Cork.