Are you researching ancestors in Cheshire?
Don't miss this free event where you can connect with experts from the local family history society and local archives to discover the wealth of resources available.
This is a collaboration between Society of Genealogists, Cheshire Archives and Cheshire Family History Society. Join us to learn about family history resources for Cheshire.
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Else Churchill from Society of Genealogists will talk about:
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Margaret Roberts from Cheshire Family History Society will talk about:
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Paul Newman from Cheshire Archives will talk about:
Brett Langston from Cheshire Archives will talk about:
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We will also learn how Historic Towns Trust and A Vision of Britain Through Time can help you to research in Cheshire.
Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions from the panel of speakers.
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About the Speaker
Paula Aucott
Dr Paula Aucott is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Portsmouth, her research interests include historical Geographical Information Systems (GIS), historical land use and medieval landscapes. She works with Humphrey Southall, they have been working together on the Great Britain Historical GIS project for over twenty years, and have been invited to present their research findings around the world. The main public interface to their work is the highly successful local history website A Vision of Britain through Time, which they continue to maintain and update.
About the Speaker
Brett Langston
Brett has been the Research Consultant at Cheshire Archives since 2005, and has been researching family and local history for almost 40 years. He is the author of several guides to researching family history (both in Cheshire and more widely in England and Wales), and has appeared on radio and television, including the US version of “Who Do You Think You Are?”. He has a particular interest in the history of local government and civil registration, being a co-founder of the Cheshire BMD project, making local registrars’ indexes freely available online for the first time. In his current role, Brett is also responsible for producing finding aids to the extensive collections held by Cheshire Archives.
About the Speaker
Margaret Roberts
Margaret Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Historial Society, the Chair of the Family History Society of Cheshire and a Trustee of the Family History Federation, Devon FHS and the British Society of Sports History. A highly experienced genealogist and archivist who works with families at home and abroad to help uncover their sporting pasts. She is the editor of the online magazine Playing Past and give talks on sporting biographies both online and in person. Margaret has been involved in researching Victorian and Edwardian lives for many years and has co-authored Victorian Swimming Communities (Palgrave, 2019), ‘From Butlins to Europe: Fodens Ladies in the 1960s and 1970s’ in Sport in History (2019), and (2021) Swimming beyond the Metropolis: The Kent Street Baths in Victorian Birmingham in Midland History (2021). Her uncovering of previously hidden aspects of the lives of the Beckwith swimming family led to significant revisions in their ODNB entry. Margaret can be contacted by email at mailto:researchdogsbody@gmail.com
About the Speaker
Paul Newman
Paul has worked in archives for over 35 years and is currently the Archives and Local Studies Manager at Cheshire Archives. He was previously responsible for leading the project to publish Cheshire’s tithe maps online and is now leading an exciting transformation of the service, overseeing its move to new, purpose-built facilities in Chester and Crewe through the project ‘Cheshire’s archives: a story shared’. This development will open-up new opportunities to engage a wider audience with archives and enhance access for family historians and researchers.
About the Speaker
Historic Towns Trust: Chester
Tom Pickles is Associate Professor of Early Medieval History (AD 400-1200) and Katherine Wilson is Professor of Later Medieval European History (AD 1300-1500), both at the University of Chester. They are both interdisciplinary historians whose work combines written sources with archaeology and material culture. Tom's first book, Kingship, Society and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire (Oxford University Press, 2018), focused on the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity and the building of religious communities and local churches. While Katherine's first book, The Power of Textiles: Tapestries of the Burgundian Dominions (1363-1477) (Brepols, 2018), considered the way the most powerful later medieval rulers constructed their authority through the making and giving of material culture. Together they are interested in medieval urbanisation across a long time period, which underpinned their collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust on a Historical Map of Chester from Roman fortress via medieval port town to modern city.
About the Speaker
Else Churchill
Else Churchill is the Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists in London. Formerly a professional genealogical librarian and researcher, Else has worked for the SoG since 1994. She is the Society’s subject lead, working across the organisation and runs the publishing programme. She was the recipient of the IHGS Julian Bickersteth Memorial Medal in 2023 for her exemplary contribution to family history studies.
20/01/2026
14:00 - 16:00
Online
FREE event. Book a spot to watch live. No pre-booking required to view the recording which will be available in the SoG Member area and on YouTube.
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