family treelive
Exhibitor list…
- Anglo-German Family History Society 65
- Archion 124
- Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives: AGRA Expert Advice Area
British Red Cross Museum & Archives 19
- China Families: researching ancestors in China's foreign communities 162
- Community Archives & Heritage Group (CAHG) 44
- Crack the Code… Clues to Unlocking Your Family History 147
- Family Quilt 191
- FamilySearch 100
- Family Tree DNA 11
- Family Tree Interview Lounge 63
- Family Tree magazine 69
- Family Tree Maker 94
- Huguenot Society of Great - Britain and Ireland 34
- International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) 18
- Internet Genealogy 60
- Irish Genealogical Research Society 153
- Jersey Archive 43
- Lecture and workshop bookings 95
- Library and Museum of - Freemasonry 165
- Live’n History 45
- Living DNA 16
- Living Military History 87
- Ministry of Defence 48
- Memory Booth 192
- MM Publications 99
- MyHeritage Ltd (Israel) 41
- My History 93
- Name and Place 75
- Nathan Dylan Goodwin 144
- Own History 151
- Passion Genealogie 61
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd 121
- Railway Work, Life & Death project 31
- Recordalife 114
- Register of Qualified Genealogists 59
- Royal College of Nursing - Library and Archives 170
- Society Of Genealogists 1
- Society of Genealogists – Antiquarian and second-hand books 30
- Swords and Spindles 167
- The Gazette 47
- The National Library of Wales 73
- The Postal Museum 51
- The Royal British Legion 173
- Twiggli Family Trees 29
- UKBMD - UKGDL - UKMFH 169
- University Of Strathclyde 150
- Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine 208
- Writing the Past 57
DNA Lectures
Friday 26th April Lectures
Time
SoG Theatre
MyHeritage Theatre
FFHS Theatre
10.00
10.45
11.30
12.15
13.00
13.45
14.30
15.15
16.00
Amelia Bennett
What did they do?
Dr Donald W Davis
Seeing the UK Census with new eyes
Claire Moores
The art of criminal conversation: divorce records, where you can find them and what they can tell you
Occupational sources at the library of the Society of Genealogists and elsewhere. From apprenticeships to patent holders; rope makers to rat catchers – the records relating to our ancestors’ professions, trades and occupations add to the family story.
Context is key to interpreting records. An exploration of the previously undiscovered Householders' Schedules reveals enumerator eccentricities. Who recorded your ancestors' vitals?
A delve into some original records of marital unrest over the centuries, and the differing experiences of men and women during these sometimes turbulent and emotional times.
Prof Robert Bickers
Dr Bruce Durie
Scottish heraldry for the genealogist – what, where and why?
Mary Evans
Chasing those brickwalls!
China Families: researching ancestors in China’s foreign communities
Professor Robert Bickers is a writer and historian at Bristol University.
Heraldry is often dismissed as a mediaeval hangover, and only for the noble and landed. In Scotland, it is for everyone, and a great genealogical resource.
Dr N Hunt and Dr L Allwork
Shell shock stories and beyond: trauma and the First World War
Durie, Barrett, Horowitz
Panel:The future of family history
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Panel:The future of family history
Daniel Horowitz
DNA Matching technology – a new frontier in genealogy
Keith Gregson
All at sea – researching master mariners, shipbuilders, ship-owners and shipbrokers
How do historians research the lives of First World War shell shocked soldiers? How do memoirs show evidence of trauma? Discover more at this talk.
Learn how it is possible to understand the life of ancestors in the merchant marine and maritime life by seeing how the ‘system’ worked as sail moved to steam.
Family History Society List
- Association of Family History Societies of Wales F62
- Bedfordshire Family History Society F12
- Berkshire Family History Society F84-85
- Bristol & Avon Family History Society F78-79
- British Association for Local History F1
- Buckinghamshire Family History Society F23-24
- Cambridgeshire Family History Society F5-6
- Cardiganshire Family History Society F63
- Caribbean Family History Group F39
- Catholic Family History Society F28
- Devon Family History Society F75-77
- Dorset Family History Society F25-27
- East of London Family History Society F72-73
- East Surrey Family History Society F68-69
- Essex Society for Family History F3
- Family & Community Historical Research Society (FACHRS) F2
- Family History Federation F59
- Families in British India Society (FIBIS) F45-46
- Glamorgan FHS F64
Guild of One-Name Studies F41-43
- Hampshire Genealogical Society F37-38
- Heraldry Society, The F15-16
- Hertfordshire FHS F13-14
- Huddersfield & Calderdale Family History Societies F56
- Institute of Heraldic & - - Genealogical Studies (IHGS) F44
- Jewish Genealogical Society of GB (JGSGB) F82-83
- Kent Family History Society F33-34
- Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society F92
- Leicestershire & Rutland FHS F40
- Lincolnshire Family History Society F57-58
- London Westminster & Middlesex FHS F70-71
- Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society F17-19
- Midland Ancestors F49-50
- North of Ireland Family - History Society F88-89
- North West Group Family History Societies F90-91
- North West Kent FHS F31-32
- Northamptonshire Family History Society F9-10
- Notts FHS F51
- Nuneaton & North Warwickshire FHS [NNWFHS] F52-53
- Oxfordshire Family History Society F20-22
- Peterborough & District Family History Society F11
- Romany and Traveller Family History Society F4
- Shropshire Family History Society F60-61
- Somerset & Dorset family History Society F80-81
- Suffolk FHS F7-8
Sussex Family History Group F35-36
- West Middlesex Family History Society F29-30
- West Surrey Family History Society F65-67
- Wiltshire Family History Society F86-87
- Yorkshire Group of Family History Societies F54-55
Marian Burk Wood
#Genealogy and #familyhistory: How to use social media for genealogy
Adrian Stone
Tracing your Windrush Roots and Beyond
Are you using Twitter, Facebook, blogs and hashtags for genealogy? Lurk and learn or post questions and comments to jumpstart your knowledge and research.
Follow the family tree journey of experienced genealogist Adrian Stone, and learn about the key sources he used to trace more than 6,000 ancestors over 250 years from Bristol, Jamaica, Scotland and ultimately to an African Woman named Ebo Venus who came to Kellits Slave plantation in Jamaica in the late 1700s from Nigeria.
Ian Waller
Ellis Island - Isle of Hope from Annie Moore and Afterwards
Peter Christian
Online sources for property and taxation
The value of the records of the Ellis Island Immigration Centre and what happened to the immigrants, through the eyes of the first person admitted, Annie Moore.
Hear how MyHeritage integrated its powerful DNA Matching technology into its family history offerings by looking at a selection of exciting case studies.
A look at the wide variety of records available online for ownership or occupation of land or a house.
Diane Lindsay
Telling your family story in column inches
Graham Holton
Not in ScotlandsPeople so where could they be?
Michael Tobias
Researching your Jewish ancestors
Anecdotes, memories, probabilities and the vanished truth: ways into writing your family stories in easy bites, without sending your disenchanted family to sleep.
A look at other sources of birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records not found on ScotlandsPeople.
How to trace your Jewish branches in the UK and Europe. Sources and techniques will be discussed as well as some of the difficulties encountered.
Else Churchill
"In this my last will and testament"
Eric D Probert
Adoption in England and Wales
Janet Few
Early 20th century family history: some sources for tracing English families
The remarkable probate collections for all of the UK and Ireland held at the Society of Genealogists' library provide an unrivalled one stop resource for anyone wishing to use wills and related documents to enlighten their family tree.
An illustrated explanation with examples of adoption and surviving records together with a discussion on the procedures necessary to identify birth parents and adopted children.
Audrey Collins
Birth, marriage and death records in England and Wales
Tahitia McCabe
British geographic resources: An Introduction
Richard Morgan
Records of the British in India
Essential facts about birth, marriage and death records; where to find them, what they contain, and how to make the most effective use of them.
Maps and other geographic resources help genealogists understand how and where our ancestors lived. This session introduces these sources, many of which are free online.
The British were in India from 1600 to 1947. During that time they left extensive records many of which are freely available.
Katy Barbier-Greenland
Inheriting the unexpected - dealing with unforeseen family secret discoveries arising from genealogical research
Mark Olsen
What's new in Family Tree Maker?
Susan Snell
Family History Resources at the Museum of Freemasonry
Genealogical research can uncover unexpected and distressing family secrets. I'll share several family secret discovery stories, reflect upon the impacts and offer insights into sensitive responses.
Discover the latest tools and features available in leading family history software Family Tree Maker.
Discover the resources of the museum, the online catalogue and search service to help you trace your Freemason ancestor.
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Saturday 27th April Lectures
Time
SoG Theatre
MyHeritage Theatre
FFHS Theatre
10.00
10.45
11.30
12.15
13.00
13.45
14.30
15.15
16.00
David Annal
Counting the people: census returns online
Marian Burk Wood
Planning a future for your family's past: Do you have a genealogical will?
Peter Christian
London Maps Online
A census of England and Wales has been taken every 10 years since 1801. The returns for 1841 to 1911 are accessible online but finding our ancestors isn’t always easy. This talk will provide essential search techniques and vital clues to success.
What happens to family photos and research in the future? Write a genealogical 'will' to keep your collection in safe hands, out of the rubbish.
A look at the many online maps of the capital of use to the family historian because they show named streets and buildings.
Else Churchill
"I'm stuck"
Dr Nick Barratt
Before I forget - family history in the digital age
Dr Gillian Draper
Researching the history of children's and family lives
Some tips and techniques for solving genealogical conundrums using the resources and collections of library of the Society of Genealogists, the UK’s largest genealogical society and library.
The talk investigates the challenges of preserving our memories in the digital age, and explores possible benefits a proactive approach might provide.
The talk has two strands, outlining some well-known and lesser-known online and print sources for history of household, family and children, 16th to mid-20th centuries.
Burk Wood, Lindsay, Blanchard
Crash course in writing your family story
Sarah Paterson
Tracing prisoners of war and internees in the First and Second World Wars
Lucie Drouin
Online resources to trace Huguenot ancestors in France
Three experts in 30 minutes. Hold on to your hat! Get top tips from those who know in one crammed session. Catch up with them later in their individual talks.
The talk looks at the prisoner experience (both military and civilian) and suggests ways to find out more about ancestors taken captive in either conflict.
What valuable information for genealogists may be retrieved from primary and secondary sources available online when tracing Huguenot ancestry in France?
Alec Tritton
"Of This Parish": Using church and parish records
Ian Waller
The Broken Branch
Julie Goucher
Introduction to surname research and one-name studies
The Society of Genealogist collects records of the registers of the Church of England and the papers of the vestry, constables and other officials who administered the parish. This looks at church and parish records in the SoG library and elsewhere.
When someone changes a name this causes a challenge for family historians. Discover the reasons and useful tips on how the name change can be discovered
Looking into the depths of surname research and understanding how that may contribute to your research and enable us to bring surnames alive.
Sue Swalwell
Stepping out of the shadows of men - an independent woman in Georgian London
Dr Penny Walters
Ethical dilemmas in genealogy
Pam Smith
Restoring a community – the Rillington one-place study
This talk will reveal the story of Mary Swalwell, a woman who left an imprint of her life in the public records of Georgian England.
This popular hobby has led to many people using a huge variety of methods to search for ancestors & relatives, but have we considered the potential ethical dilemmas?
Utilising family and local history data from a variety of primary and secondary sources to reconstitute a multi-dimensional community from Domesday to present day.
Paul Carter
Publishing your family history research online - why and how?
Daniel Horowitz
Discovering your family history with MyHeritage unique technologies
Susan Atkins
The 1939 Register and NHS numbers
Examines how publicising details and stories from your family history to a global web audience can be a rewarding and productive outlet for your research.
Technology has opened new frontiers for research while maintaining the thrill of the detective hunt. MyHeritage’s technologies are precisely the intersection of technology and genealogy.
Christine Jackson
Researching the life of a royal servant―from Ag Lab to the Queen’s coachman
Gill Blanchard
Tracing a house history
Christine Jolliffe
Finding George
Learn how a variety of sources and some keen detective work revealed the 'downstairs' career path of a significant servant in Queen Victoria’s household.
Discover how to trace the history of your home or where your ancestors lived. Find out who lived there and when it was built.
This talk is about my 2x great grandfather and his journey from Berkshire to a penal colony in Tasmania. I will look at crime reporting, indent papers, muster rolls, probation and pardons.
Prof Geoff Timmins
Local history teaching in schools: supporting active learning approaches
Diane Lindsay
William Veasey 1822-1899: Crimea veteran, butler and serial husband
Jenny Pope
Understanding and using manor court records from 17th to 19th centuries
The talk will complement Dr Draper‘s contribution by considering differing types of local history activities that children at primary and secondary levels can undertake.
Using contemporary reminiscences of my ancestor William Veasey, and sources solely from the internet, I trace, prove, discover more and document his extraordinary life and career.
Understanding manor court records takes you beyond parish records and gives you access to a unique view of your ancestors' lives.
Dr Simon Wills
Shipwrecked in the First World War
Sharon Hintze
Westward Ho! Emigration from the British Isles to North America
Carol Kerry-Green
Alms houses: Their history, architecture & records
Finding out about ancestors who died at sea in WW1 or became prisoners of war after being attacked at sea.
This fascinating story starts in the 16th century by highlighting migrant groups who made their way to America. After 1783 groups are replaced by families and individuals continuing the ties across the pond.
A history of almshouses from their beginnings in the 11th century. Using examples of different types and showcasing some of the records that can be found.
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DNA Workshop Timetable
Time
Friday 26th April
Saturday 27th April
10.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
12.00-13.00
13.00-14.00
14.00-15.00
15.00-16.00
16.00-17.00
Lunch break
Lunch break
Q&A session in main lecture theatre.
🌱New to family history? The workshops with the seedling symbol are all suitable for beginners to enjoy
Friday 26th April Workshop Timetable
Time
Fri 10.30
Tutor
Fri 11.30
Tutor
Fri 12.30
Tutor
Fri 13.30
Tutor
Fri 14.30
Tutor
Fri 15.30
Tutor
Getting started in family history 🌱
Next steps in family history (Federation of Family History Societies)
Improving your family history skills
Society of Genealogists: Putting it together workshops
Improving your family history skills
Getting started! Your first 3 steps in family history:
1. questions you need to ask, 2. records to look out for, 3. how to start your family tree 🌱
Nikki Paine of Ancestryandheirs.co.uk is a professional genealogist and member of the Register of Qualified Genealogists
Tracing nurses in the family: An overview of the original General Nursing Council’s Registers for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This will also include the College of Nursing’s membership Registers, the Scottish Nursing Applications (to the GNC registers) and a selection of Midwives Registers, all held by the Archive of the Royal College of Nursing. Included will be some items from our handling collection
Kat Black, who works in the Library and Archives of the Royal College of Nursing and who has been part of the Family history project for 3 years will be leading this session
Angela Malin is Chairman of Northamptonshire Family History Society and a volunteer at Northamptonshire Archives. She has a wealth of knowledge about the county, its history and resources
Beryl Evans is Research Services Manager at the National Library of Wales and is author of Tracing your Welsh Ancestors: a guide for family historians
Else Churchill is the Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists responsible for the SoG’s outreach and education programme
Stuck at the start (if you don't know your parents or grandparents): advice for adoptees and for 'filling in the blanks' 🌱
Railway ancestors & their accidents: An introduction to the Railway Work, Life & Death Project and how it can help your family railway research
Adoptee Dr Penny Walters will explain how she merged her DNA results with her paper trail. Penny is a University lecturer in Business Psychology, and has written the book Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy.
Caroline Norton is a keen member of Cambridgeshire Family History Society and is passionate about the uses of parish registers for research
Karen Evans has a longtime love the Regency period. In recent years her family history interest has taken her to explore DNA – find her regular column explaining DNA in layman's language for family historians in every issue of Family Tree
Graham Walter is part of the SoG out-reach team Census Detectives and regularly talks and lectures for the SoG.
Dr Mike Esbester is leading the project, a joint initiative among the University of Portsmouth, the National Railway Museum and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick. www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
3 SPACES REMAINING
How to trace Jewish ancestors: Key records explored & explained
Jewish Ancestors? Come and find out about how to trace your Jewish Ancestors with the Jewish Genealogy Society of Great Britain
Jackie Depelle is a family history tutor, speaker, event organiser and Chairman of the Yorkshire Group of Family History Societies
Susie Douglas has recently completed an MLitt in Family and Local History. An AGRA Associate, she also runs family history research company Borders Ancestry, and is founder of #AncestryHour on Twitter
Dave Annal is a professional researcher, long term member of the SoG and regularly teaches SoG courses and lectures. He is also a Family Tree Academy tutor
Sue Adams is a professional researcher (familyfolk.co.uk) who is passionate about manorial records. She has recently started a phD in manorial records and looks forward to sharing her knowledge of this fascinating source
Researching black British family history: Advice on first steps, key records, DNA, and ways to overcome obstacles to find your roots 🌱
Professional researcher Alison Spring is a member of the Register of Qualifed Genealogists and has recently finished studying for a Masters in Family and Local History at the University of Dundee
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Sharon Hintze is a family history researcher, writer and speaker on family history and FamilySearch
Dr Janet Few is speaker, writer, living historian and author of numerous family history books, from a guide to one-place studies, women's history, social and medical history and her first family history inspired novel, Barefoot on the Cobbles
Alec Tritton is a long-time member of the Society and regularly teaches various SoG courses and lectures
Dr Penny Walters is a university guest lecturer, and author of Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy and mother of children with black heritage, so has personal experience of this fascinating aspect of research
1 SPACE REMAINING
Successful Census Detecting: Reading and interpreting census records for family history. Have you spotted all the clues?
Amelia Bennett is a trustee of the SoG and is part of the SoG out-reach team Census Detectives. She is regularly to be found helping researchers at the SoG library
2 SPACES REMAINING
Railway ancestors & their accidents: An introduction to the Railway Work, Life & Death Project and how it can help your family railway research
Dr Mike Esbester is leading the project, a joint initiative among the University of Portsmouth, the National Railway Museum and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick. www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
Mary Evans loves helping people solve their family history puzzles on the Q&A pages of Family Tree, and has also worked as a researcher for the 'Who Do You Think You Are?' TV series
Julie Goucher is Secretary of the Guild of One-Name Studies and, in pursuit of her family surname Orlando, has traced her family tree over five continents
Keith Gregson is a former history teacher, now full-time tutor and life-long collector of family history memorabila. He is also author of numerous books including A Tommy in the Family and A Children's History of Northumberland
Getting started: How to start building your family tree on MyHeritage.com 🌱
Tracing Your Caribbean Roots - Where do you start and how do you find your way? An introduction to civil and parish records and navigating through the slave registers
Adrian Stone is an expert Caribbean genealogist and founder of Our History, a company that specialises in assisting people trace their family tree through a series of lectures and workshops such as the highly sucessful 'Tracing your Windrush Roots'
Stuck at the start (if you don't know your parents or grandparents): Advice for adoptees and for 'filling in the blanks' 🌱
Daniel Horowitz is the Genealogy Expert at MyHeritage, the leading global destination for discovering, preserving and sharing family history and DNA, liaising with genealogy societies, bloggers and media, and lecturing around the world
Jackie Depelle is a family history tutor, speaker, event organiser and Chairman of the Yorkshire Group of Family History Societies
Dave Annal is a professional researcher, long term member of the SoG and regularly teaches SoG courses and lectures. He is also a Family Tree Academy tutor
Dr Penny Walters is a member of the Register of Qualified Genealogists, the Association of Professional Genealogists, a university guest lecturer, and author of Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy
Saturday 27th April Workshop Timetable
Time
Sat 10.30
Tutor
Getting started in family history 🌱
Next steps in family history (Federation of Family History Societies)
Improving your family history skills
Society of Genealogists: Putting it together workshops
Improving your family history skills
Stuck at the start (if you don't know your parents or grandparents): Advice for adoptees and for 'filling in the blanks' 🌱
Adoptee Dr Penny Walters will explain how she merged her DNA results with her paper trail. Penny is a University lecturer in Business Psychology, and has written the book Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy.
Exploring church registers: Discovering 'what is where' and explaining boundary changes and movements between areas, focusing on North Warwickshire as the case study
Jacqui Simkins is Programme and Project Manager of Nuneaton and North Warwickshire Family History Society and enjoys helping people trace their ancestors, manning family history help desks in local libraries
Successful census detecting: Reading and interpreting census records for family history. Have you spotted all the clues? 🌱
Amelia Bennett is a trustee of the Society of Genealogists and is part of the SoG out-reach team Census Detectives. She is regularly to be found helping researchers at the SoG library
Beryl Evans is Research Services Manager at the National Library of Wales and is author of Tracing your Welsh Ancestors: a guide for family historians
Diane Lindsay 'loves teaching anything to anyone who'll listen'. A passionate researcher and author, she uses every resource possible on the quest to treasure her family's past
Sat 11.30
3 SPACES REMAINING
Start searching online: Free websites explored & explained 🌱
It is recommended that you bring a laptop or tablet (or smartphone) to get the most out of the session
Professional researcher Alison Spring is a member of the Register of Qualified Genealogists and has recently finished studying for a Masters in Family and Local History at the University of Dundee
How to find out about your town or village: Explore the history on your doorstep 🌱
Tracing nurses in the family: An overview of the original General Nursing Council’s Registers for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This will also include the College of Nursing’s membership Registers, the Scottish Nursing Applications (to the GNC registers) and a selection of Midwives Registers, all held by the Archive of the Royal College of Nursing. Included will be some items from our handling collection
Tutor
Sat 12.30
Tutor
Sat 13.30
Tutor
Sat 14.30
Tutor
Sat 15.30
Tutor
Sadie McMullon is a passionate family historian and has recently completed a PhD in local history. She is Journal Editor of Peterborough & District Family History Society
Jackie Depelle is a family history tutor, speaker and event organiser and Chairman of the Yorkshire Group of Family History Societies
Graham Walter is part of the SoG out-reach team Census Detectives and regularly talks and lectures for the SoG
Kat Black, who works in the Library and Archives of the Royal College of Nursing and who has been part of the Family history project for 3 years will be leading this session
Mary Evans loves helping people solve their family history puzzles on the Q&A pages of Family Tree, and has also worked as a researcher for the Who Do You Think You Are? TV series
Sylvia Dibbs is Chair of the Catholic Family History Society and editor of the revised edition of Michael Gandy's A Basic Bibliography for Catholic Family History. http://catholicfhs.online/
1 SPACE REMAINING
Latin for family historians: Key words and phrases with examples using Catholic registers of baptisms, marriages and burials
Railway ancestors & their accidents: An introduction to the Railway Work, Life & Death Project and how it can help your family railway research
2 SPACES REMAINING
Putting it together: Practice in analysing and extracting genealogical information from family papers and drawing up family trees; looking at the rules and conventions of pedigree layout 🌱
Else Churchill is the Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists responsible for the SoG’s outreach and education programme.
Dr Mike Esbester is leading the project, a joint initiative among the University of Portsmouth, the National Railway Museum and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick. www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
Michael Turner is a member of the Register of Qualified Genealogists.
He has examined the DNA matches of many people that have prompted him to find an answer to the question How did our ancestors get there?
Here he will show you which resources can provide the answers
Discover your Victorian ancestors in the census (learn where to find the records online, and what they can tell you about your families) 🌱
How to decode family photos of seafarers: Royal Navy & Merchant Navy
3 SPACES REMAINING
Putting it together: Follow a genealogical case study gleaning clues and information from genealogical documents.
Dave Annal is a professional researcher, long term member of the SoG and regularly teaches SoG courses and lectures. He is also a Family Tree Academy tutor.
Sadie McMullon is a passionate family historian and has recently completed a PhD in local history. She is Journal Editor of Peterborough & District Family History Society
Caroline Norton is a keen member of Cambridgeshire Family History Society and is passionate about the uses of parish registers for research
Simon Wills is a maritime genealogist, author of How to trace seafaring ancestors, Lifeboatmen and Voyages of the Past
Kate Keter is a Scottish based professional genealogist with an MSc in Genealogical Studies from Strathclyde University, a member of ASGRA (the Association of Scottish Genealogists and Researchers in Archives) and the Register of Qualified Genealogists
3 SPACES REMAINING
Getting started: how to use birth, marriage & death certificates for family history 🌱
Mary Evans loves helping people solve their family history puzzles on the Q&A pages of Family Tree, and has also worked as a researcher for the 'Who Do You Think You Are?' TV series
2 SPACES REMAINING
Getting to grips with 18/19th century Naval records
Les Mitchinson is a professional researcher, the Director of Training at the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies (IHGS), vice chair of AGRA and RQG member. Les previously served a full career with the Royal Navy
Tracing Your Caribbean Roots - Where do you start and how do you find your way? An introduction to civil and parish records and navigating through the slave registers
Adrian Stone is an expert Caribbean genealogist and founder of Our History, a company that specialises in assisting people trace their family tree through a series of lectures and workshops such as the highly sucessful 'Tracing your Windrush Roots'
Susie Douglas has recently completed an MLitt in Family and Local History. An AGRA Associate, she also runs family history research company Borders Ancestry, and is founder of #AncestryHour on Twitter
Else Churchill is the Genealogist at the SoG responsible for the SoG’s outreach and education programme.
Getting started: how to search for records on MyHeritage.com 🌱
Researching black British family history: Advice on first steps, key records, DNA, and ways to overcome obstacles to find your roots
Daniel Horowitz is the Genealogy Expert at MyHeritage, the leading global destination for discovering, preserving and sharing family history and DNA, liaising with genealogy societies, bloggers and media, and lecturing around the world
Les Mitchinson is a professional researcher, the Director of Training at the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies (IHGS), vice chair of AGRA and RQG member. Les previously served a full career with the Royal Navy
Karen Evans has a longtime love the Regency period. In recent years her family history interest has taken her to explore DNA – find her regular column explaining DNA in layman's language for family historians in every issue of Family Tree
Alec Tritton is a long-time member of the SoG and regularly teaches various SoG courses and lectures
Dr Penny Walters is a university guest lecturer, and author of 'Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy' and mother of children with black heritage, so has personal experience of his fascinating aspect of research