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.

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Elizabeth Burling

A long-standing family historian, Elizabeth is chair at London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society, a volunteer not-for-profit group which helps family historians in much of North London.  LWMFHS – London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society 

Elizabeth has been an editor at LWMFHS for over 20 years, co-editing the journal Metropolitan and creating a series of Parish Research Guides which aim to show the main records of each ancient parish in LWMFHS’s area. These show dates covered, where original records and copies can be found, and whether they are also online and on which platform. She hopes to inspire family historians to locate their ancestors.

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Louise Harrison

Louise Harrison is an archive professional who has worked at The London Archives since 2008 in a variety of roles, including cataloguing and enquiries. She has a keen interest in family history, particularly in Middlesex, where she grew up and has family roots.

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Francis Boorman

Dr Francis Calvert Boorman is editor of the Victoria County History (VCH) of London, a relaunch of the relevant VCH county histories (including Middlesex), focusing on Greater London: https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history/counties-z/london-middlesex. He has written or edited books on two Westminster parishes and is currently working on the history of Soho. He has a PhD from the Institute of Historical Research, in which he wrote a microhistory of Chancery Lane in the late 18th century. He also researches local history in other parts of England and has published extensively on the history of arbitration.

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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.

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Humphrey Southall

Humphrey Southall is a Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Portsmouth, he is an expert on the History of the North-South divide in Britain, gazetteers and geospatial ontologies and the role of travellers in the development of political life. He works with Dr Paula Aucott, 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.