Helen Barrell

Helen Barrell was born in Essex. She is a librarian at the University of Birmingham, and writes for magazines such as Fortean Times and Family Tree. Helen is a guest blogger for geneaology websites Findmypast, and she transcribes parish and transcribes parish registers the FreeREG project. While toon meer researching her family in Wix in Essex, Helen found notes in the margin of the burial register, which first drew her attention to the arsenie deaths in the area. Helen has her own history website and blog at essexandsuffolksurnames.co.uk and a website for her writing at helenbarrell.co.uk toon minder