User:ArtseditorUK/Paul stebbing

Paul Stebbing is the Archives and Local Studies Manager for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and a well known historian.

Paul was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire in 1978. He studied History at the University of Lincoln, graduating in 2000. Following a year at the Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire, he went on to train as an Archivist at the University of Liverpool, graduating with a masters degree in Archives and Records Management in 2002.

Paul has been the Archives and Local Studies Manager for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council since 2007, following five years at Derbyshire Record Office in Matlock. Currently he is working on the Experience Barnsley project to create a new Museum and Archives Centre for the borough, scheduled to open in 2012. He is a registered member of the Archives and Records Association.

Paul's professional interests include digital preservation, surname development, genealogy, and local history.

Paul lives in Lincolnshire and is married with two daughters.