Ruth Paley is an

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and

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. She has worked at

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in Kew,

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, where she has written several books. She is currently working for the

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on the House of Lords from 1660 to 1832.History of Parliament Staff - Biography
/ref> Since 2006, she has been editor of ''Archives'', the journal of the

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Works

* ''Using Criminal Records'', Public Record Office, 2001 * ''My Ancestor was a Bastard: a family historian's guide to sources for illegitimacy in England and Wales'', Society of Genealogists, 2004 * ''Family Skeletons: exploring the lives of our disreputable ancestors'', with Simon Fowler, The National Archives, 2005

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