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Railway Collections at SoG and Elsewhere

Discover fascinating digital items in the SoG’s archives relating to railways and workers, plus the GWR probate registers.

Learn about the information these collections contain within them, how they might help you and how to search them. Plus discover some unique and helpful books available in our library – covering subjects such as investors in the Great Western Railway in the First World War.

Learn about these unique publications and the quirks you need to understand in order to fully utilise them.

Speaker(s)

Else Churchill

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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