Writing/Publishing CV


Mick Southwick

  • Local & family historian 
  • Freelance writer 
  • Webmaster/blogger 
  • Editor & publisher

Editor, writer, and publisher of The North-Easterner Magazine during 1994-2004 + associated works (see below). Occasional publisher of further books and booklets since 2004, almost all self-published – some as e-books.  Briefly ran the ‘North-East History Hub’ website and associated e-newsletter during 2010-11. 

Now runs the ‘British & Irish Genealogy’ website/blog at www.bi-gen.blogspot.com, and its spin-off publications. Also maintains the 'Local & Family History Centre' at www.localandfamilyhc.com and the ‘North-East History Tour’ blog at www.northeasthistorytour.blogspot.com. Wide experience in the worlds of family & local history and avid follower of news in these fields. Also has extensive knowledge of various information streams and many contacts. Genealogist since the 1980s, with experience as both a researcher and a record agent conducting commissioned work.


Self-Published Works

The North-Easterner Magazine, Issues 1-38, 1994-2004     (Editor, writer, publisher)

North-East Repositories I, 1994     (Editor, writer, publisher)

North-East Repositories II, 1998     (Editor, writer, publisher)

North-East Repositories III, 2002     (Editor, writer, publisher)

Yorkshire Repositories, 1999     (Editor, writer, publisher)

West Midlands Repositories, 2000     (Editor, writer, publisher)

The Genealogical Advertiser 1995     (Editor, publisher)

The Genealogical Advertiser 1996     (Editor, publisher)

Out of the Ordinary (by J.Ken Brown), 1999     (Editor, publisher)

Ancestral Anomalies, 1996     (Editor, writer, publisher)

Northern Yarns, Volumes 1-4 , 1996-2000     (Editor, writer, publisher)

North-East Heritage, Issues 1-4, 2001-2003     (Editor, writer, publisher)

Winlaton Walks, 2005   (Writer, illustrator, publisher)

Aspects of North-East History, Volume 1, 2009     (Writer, publisher)

Aspects of North-East History, Volume 2, 2009     (Writer, publisher)

In & Around Helmsley (e-booklet), 2009     (Writer)

Money-Saving Ideas (e-booklet) (as Penny Pincher), 2009     (Writer)

In the News: The 1970s (as Roy Icksmith), 2009     (Writer)

The Siege of Newcastle 1644, 2009     (Editor, publisher)

North-East History Hub e-Newsletter, Issues 1-6 (e-newsletter), 2010-2011
                                                                                                                 
(Editor, writer, publisher)

BI-Gen Collection 1: Dead End Hobby, 2011   (Editor, writer, publisher)

Family & Local History Quiz Book, 2011   (Editor, writer, publisher)



Other Published Work (by Soccerdata)

England’s First Football Captain: A Biography of Cuthbert Ottaway, 1850-1878, 2009

Occasional one-off articles in magazines and newspapers such as The Northumbrian, Family Tree Magazine and the Newcastle Journal.  


Online Activity

Currently maintains the following websites/blogs:


Also has an online presence at:

- Catherine Cookson www.squidoo.com/catherinecookson
- Place-Name Sources of the North-East of England 
www.squidoo.com/placenamesourcesofthenortheastofengland
- Winlaton Walks www.squidoo.com/winlatonwalks

And…
North-East History Hub (no longer maintained) at www.northeasthistoryhub.co.uk 
(link now dead)


Interests

Genealogy, history (especially ‘local’), archaeology, writing, cricket, football, rambling.


And, to summarise…

Brief CV of Mick Southwick

Address:         
20 California, Winlaton, Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 6LY

Telephone:     
0191 4140503

Mobile:           
07733 357819

Email:             
micksouthwick@blueyonder.co.uk 

Born:               
16th November 1964, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Married:         
To Angela – two sons, Richard (b.1991) and Matthew (b.1996)

Education:      
Broadwood Infants & Junior School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1969-76;
Slatyford Comprehensive School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1976-83.

1 A-level (History), 9 O-levels (English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, History, Geography, Physics, Government & Politics, Design & Technology, Technical Drawing), 2 CSEs (Physics, Chemistry).

Career:           
Administrative Officer, Legal Aid Board 1984-1998;
Self-employed publisher 1994-2004 (full-time 1998-2003);
Librarian, Gateshead College 2003;
Self-employed property developer (part-time) 2003-2007;
Landlord, webmaster/blogger, publisher and writer 2007 to present.