Are you researching ancestors in Northamptonshire?
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, Northamptonshire Archives Service and Northamptonshire Family History Society. Join us to learn about family history resources for Northamptonshire.
Angela Malin from Northamptonshire FHS will talk about:
- Northants FHS and what it has to offer, including their wide range of memorial inscription publications covering over 225 parishes, resources on the Members’ Area of their website and their extensive knowledge of the area.
- The background to the historic administration of the county which will help you locate records.
- Northamptonshire resources including local history societies, museums and other online sources for the county.
Sarah Bridges from Northamptonshire Archives will talk about:
- Parish Chest Project – a composite listing of all the poor law documents including settlement, removals, apprenticeships, bastardy, freemen and associated records.
- Occupational resources specific to the county including the boot, shoe and leather trades industry.
- WW1 Military Tribunal records – Northamptonshire being one of only a few counties where records survive.
- Estate collections and manorial records and how they can help you with your research (Northamptonshire is known as the county of spires and squires).
- Hospital and asylum records along with other special collections they hold.
Else Churchill from Society of Genealogists will talk about:
- Resources held by the Society covering Northamptonshire.
We will also learn how A Vision of Britain Through Time and Victoria County History can help you to research in Northamptonshire.
Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions from the panel of speakers.Click here for information about our events. Contact events@sog.org.uk if you have any questions.
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 has been working together with Humphrey Southall 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
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. 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. 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
Angela Malin
Angela Malin has been Chair of Northamptonshire Family History Society for a number of years. Her own ancestors are mainly from Northamptonshire or just across the county border into Buckinghamshire. She is fortunate to live in the same village where maternal ancestors have lived for over 300 years and enjoys the mix of family history and local history research. She is a volunteer at Northamptonshire Archives and is currently working on indexing the Parish Chest records and uncovering the stories behind those fascinating documents.
About the Speaker
Sarah Bridges
Sarah Bridges is the Archives and Heritage Strategic Manager for Northamptonshire, running the service on behalf of both West Northamptonshire and North Northamptonshire Councils. The collections cover the whole of the ancient county of Northamptonshire, including the Soke of Peterborough. She has been responsible for the service for over 20 years and in that time has had to lead a number of campaigns to save significant family estate archives for the nation under the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. Most recently she has been pleased to confirm the service's success in securing Archives Accreditation.
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.
09/06/2025
14:00 - 16:00
Online
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