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Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE Workshops Saturday 5 May – Monday 7 May The National Hall, Olympia, London www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.co.uk SATURDAY
SoG Workshop 1
SoG Workshop 2 SoG Workshop 3 with Ancestors magazine
Ancestors Magazine Encounters Table
10.30-11.15
STARTING ONLINE – 10 USEFUL WEBSITES* John Hanson
SCOTLAND’S PEOPLE: CONNECTING GENERATIONS * Dee Williams
CHOSING FAMILY HISTORY COMPUTER SOFTWARE PACKAGES* Alec Tritton
Irish Family History – what can be done from the UK FACILITATOR: Ulster Historical Foundation
11.30-12.15
ON THE PARISH – THE POOR LAWS AND FAMILY HISTORY* Peter Park
CREATING A FAMILY HISTORY WEBSITE * Peter Christian
WHERE DID THEY GO? PASSENGER LISTS ONLINE* Steve Rigden or Elaine Collins (Find My Past.com)
12.30-13.15
DNA TESTS FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS Geoff Swinfield
THE SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS AND ITS LIBRARY* Sue Gibbons
NAVY RECORDS FOR FAMILY My Medieval Ancestors: What I managed to HISTORIANS* discover before 1538 William Spencer (TNA) FACILITATOR: Adrian Jobson (TNA)
13.30-14.15
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES’ GREATEST HITS* John Wood (TNA)
SEX, LIES AND CIVIL REGISTRATION Audrey Collins (TNA)
IRISH CENSUS RECORDS ONLINE* Catriona Crowe (NAI)
14.30-15.15
I’M STUCK! HOW CAN I FIND MY ANCESTORS Else Churchill
THEY’RE NOT THERE! USING THE ONLINE CENSUS INDEXES* Jeanne Bunting
MY ANCESTORS WERE IN THE MERCHANT NAVY* Chris Watts (TNA)
15.30-16.15
MY ANCESTORS LIVED IN LONDON* Mike Gandy
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHURCH RECORDS* Paul Blake
TRACING AFRICANCARIBBEAN ANCESTORS?* Paul Crooks
16.30-17.15
FIRST STEPS IN CARIBBEAN RESEARCH* Guy Grannum (TNA)
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? SOURCES FOR IMMIGRATION AT TNA Roger Kershaw (TNA)
MY ANCESTORS WERE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS * Ian Waller
SUNDAY
SoG Workshop 1
10.30-11.15
STARTING ONLINE – 10 USFUL WEBSITES * John Hanson
DIGGING DEEPER: DISCOVERING YOUR SCOTTISH ROOTS IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SCOTLAND* Speaker from National Archives of Scotland
MAPPING, ADD-ONS & UTILITY SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS Alec Tritton
11.30-12.15
HOW TO USE HISTORICAL MAPS FOR FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH Brian Quinn (Cassini Publishing)
WHERE DID THEY GO? SOURCES FOR EMIGRATION AT TNA Roger Kershaw (TNA)
BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS ONLINE* Elaine Collins (Find My Past.com)
12.30-13.15
FAMILY HISTORY SOURCES AT THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND Grace McGrath
MY ANCESTORS WERE IN THE WORKHOUSE* Simon Fowler (Ancestors Magazine)
TRACING LIVING RELATIVES Karen Bahli
I’d never thought of that before!! – unusual sources, little known repositories or obscure websites that have been useful FACILITATORS: Paul Blake & Maggie Loughran
13.30-14.15
I’M STUCK! HOW CAN I FIND MY ANCESTORS Geoff Swinfield
MY ANCESTOR WAS A PRISONER OF WAR Alan Bowgen (TNA)
TRACING YOUR JEWISH ANCESTORS* Lawrence Harris (JGSGB)
My African-Caribbean Ancestors FACILITATORS: Paul Crooks & Guy Grannum
14.30-15.15
WHAT DID THEY DO? SOURCES FOR OCCUPATIONS AT THE SOG* Else Churchill
BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS AT SEA Chris Watts (TNA)
THEY’RE NOT THERE! USING THE ONLINE CENSUS INDEXES* Jeanne Bunting
I was adopted – shared stories and experiences of how I found my birth family FACILITATOR: Karen Bahli
15.30-16.15
FiRST STEPS IN CARIBBEAN FAMILY RESEARCH* Guy Granham (TNA)
CRIMINAL ANCESTORS: TRIAL RECORDS AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Nigel Taylor (TNA)
HOW TO START FAMILY HISTORY AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES* Mark Pearsall (TNA)
My Irish Ancestors – what I managed to find from home. FACILITATOR: Maggie Loughran (FFHS)
10 • ANCESTORS MAY 2007
SoG Workshop 2 with Ancestors magazine SoG Workshop 3
My Ancestors’ Medals FACILITATORS: Ken Dival (SoG) and William Spencer (TNA)
My London Ancestors - How I found that elusive Londoner FACILITATOR: London Metropolitan Archives
Encounters Lounge What this Document Told Me? Encounters with Old Records – an introduction FACILITATORS: Helen Osborn & Geoff Swinfield