Who Do You Think You Are? Live Speakers’ Handouts
We hope you enjoyed Who Do You Think You Are? Live.
Speakers’ handouts or slides presented at WDYTYA? Live shows in Birmingham NEC and previously in Glasgow and London are published here as PDFs or online links. Not every speaker will have provided slides of their presentations but we do expect more to arrive, so if the talk you wanted isn't yet represented on the list below do pop back to this page and check again later.
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Who Do You Think You Are? Live @Birmingham NEC 6-9 April 2017
Peter Bailey (Saturday 8 April) Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records in British India - Not Available in the "India Office" Records
Paul Carter (Saturday 8 April 2017) Six Tips for Publishing Your Research on the Web
Else Churchill (Thursday 6 April 2017 & Saturday 8 April 2017) The Society of Genealogists On and Off Line
Else Churchill (Thursday 6 April 2017) Country Bumpkins.Tracing Rural Ancestors
Else Churchill (Friday 7 April 2017) I'm Stuck. Some Ideas for Solving Genealogical Problems
Else Churchill (Saturday 8 April 2017) Tracing Women Ancestors
Peter Christian (Thursday 6 April 2017) Parsh Registers Online. Here is a link to Peter's website where you will find a PDF of his slides
Gill Draper (Saturday 8 April 2017) Going Back In Tiime. Free Resources for Finding People 13th-19th Centuries
Brian Donavan (Saturday 8 April 2017) The Digital Revolution in Irish Genealogy
Mary Evans (Saturday 8 April 2017) Don't Believe Everything You Read - or Hear!
Janet Few (Thursday 6 April 2017) Engaging Young Children in Family History
Janet Few (Friday 7 April 2017) The Ones That Got Away.Tracng Elusive Ancestors
Celia Heritage (Friday 7 April 2017) Surnames and Family History
Doreen Hopwood (Thursday 6 April 2017) Where Did They Come From and Why?
Dr Jane Howells (Thursday 6 April 2017) Townies. Ancestors in Small Market Towns
Tahitia McCabe (Friday 7 April 2017) Top Tips for Citing Your Sources:Create Quality Family Trees
Sue Mitchell (Thursday 6 April 2017) In Persuit of Lots! Using Forenames to Build the Family Tree
Sue Mitchell (Saturday 7 April 20170 Do As I Say Not As I Did. Confessions of an Imperfect Genealogist
Robert Parker (Friday 7 Aprl 2017) A Quick Guide to Getting Started
Robert Parker (Top Tips for racing Tour Ancestors 1939-1845
Michelle Patient (Thursday 6 April 2017) Creating a Family History Website
Erc Probert (Thursday 6 April 2017) Land Tax Assessments in a Nutshell
Mike Sharpe (Saturday 8 April 2017) True Brummies. Birmingham Research Before 1837
Erin Tilley (Friday 7 April 2017) How to get Your Kids Interested in Genealogy
Sylvia Valentine (Saturday 8 April 2017) Delving into Workhouse Records
Graham Walter (Friday 7 April 2017 & Saturday 8 April 2017) Five Killer Aps for Family Historians
Who Do You Think You Are?Live @ Birmingham NEC 7-9 April 2016
Kirsty Bennett & Imogen Middleton (Thursday 7 April 2016) Sources, People and Remembrance - Surrey in the Great War
Kirsty Bennett & Immogen Middleton (Thursday 7 April 2016) Surrey in the Great War Free Information Leaflet and link to Surrey In the Great War website
Peter Christian (Thursday 7 April 2016) Maps Online. Here's a link to Peter's website where you will find his handout and a PDF of his slides
Else Churchill (Thursday 7 April 2016) A Quick Guide to the Society of Genealogists' Library
Else Churchill (Friday 8 April 2016 ) What's Been Done Before? Finding Pedigrees online and at the society of Genealogists Library
Else Churchill (Saturday 9 April 2016) Research Before 1837. Church Records On and Offline
Jackie Depelle (Friday8 April 2016) Writing Your Family History
Dr Gillian Draper (Friday 8 April 2016) The Best Place For Your Local History
Margaret Haig (Saturday 9 April 2016) Copyright and Family History
Celia Heritage (Thursday 7 April 2016) Good Reseach Techniques: The Golden Rules
Celia Heritage (Saturday 9 April 2016) Tracing 16th- and 17th-Century Family Trees
Doreen Hopwood (Friday 8 April 2016) Birmingham Ancestors
Jane Howells (Saturday 9 April 2016) Don't Throw This Out
Timo Kracke (Saturday 9 April) Start Your research For German Ancestors with genealogy.net)
Tahitia McCabe (Thursday 7 April 2016) Cluster Genealogy or the Fan Club
John D Reid (Thursday 7 April) Finding English Emigrants to Canada and Their Descendants
Dr Jim Ryan (Saturday 9 April 2016) Strange and Unusual Sources for Irish Famiy History
Mike Sharpe (Thursday 7 April 2016) Tracing Birmingham Ancestors: Hidden gems
Mike Sharpe (Saturday 9 April 2016) Researching Your Midlands Ancestors in Staffordshire, Wawickshire and Worcestershire
Dr Jenny Swanson (Saturday 9 April 2016) Original Images: Looking Beyond Indexes and Transcriptions
Who Do You Think You Are?Live @ Birmingham NEC 16-18 April 2015
Ron Arons (Saturday 18 April 2015) Nifty & Powerful Technologies for Genealogical Annalysis & Documentation. A PDF file with all of the products and websites discussed listed in the form of a mind map. (What else would you expect from Ron?)
Carl Chinn MBE (Friday 17 April 2015) The Real Peaky Blinders (Unfortunately Carl's book was not available for sale at the show. Details can be found here
Else Churchill (Thursday 16 April 2015) What's Been Done Before? Finding Pedigrees Online and at the Society of Genealogists)
Else Churchill (Friday 17 April 2015) Parish Registers - On and Off Line
Phil Cooper (Thursday 16 April 2015) Surrey in the Great War - Sourcesm History and Remembrance
George English (Friday 17 April 2015) Problem Solving and Breaking Down Brick Walls
Mary Evans (Thursday 16 April 2015) Learn to Love Your Brick Walls
Janet Few (Thursday 16 April 2015) Are You Sitting Comfortably? Creating Your Family's Story
Janet Few (Friday 17 April 2015) Families in Context: Researching Your English Ancestors and their Communties in the Early Twentieth Centuries
Fiona Fitzsimons (Saturday 18 April 2015) What Will You Find in the Registry of Deeds in Dublin?
Nicci Fletcher (Friday 17 April 2015) Preserving Tomorrows History Today.
Liv Marit Haarkenstad (Saturday 18 April 2015) Norwegian Ancestry
John Hanson (Thursday 16 April 2015) Why Pay? The Top Free Family History Web Alternatives
John Hanson (Saturday 18 April 2015) Why Cant I Find Them in the Civil Registrations and Cenus Indexes?
Celia Heritage (Thursday 16 April 2015) How Far Did Your Ancestors Travel Before the Railways?
Celia Heritage (Saturday 18 April 2015) I've Lost My Ancestors Before 1837. Where Did He Come From?
Jane Howells (Thursday 16 April 2015) The Patchwork of a Woman's Life: Finding Pieces and Stitching Them Together
Doreen Hopwood (Friday 17 April 2015) Birmingham Occupations
Doreen Hopwood (Saturday 18 April) Birmingham Ancestors
Paul Howes (Saturday 18 April 2015) How has the Internet Changed the Game? Testing the Limits of A Huge One Name Study
Julie Goucher (Friday 18 April 2015) Tracing Your European Ancestors
Debbie Kennett (Thursday 16 April 2015) The Joy of Surnames
Tahitia McCabe (2015 ) Scottish Directories
Liz Palmer (Thursday 16 April 2015) Birmingham Coroners' Inquests
Eric Probert (Saturday 18 April 2015) Tracing the Lives of Professionals Here's a link to a summary of Eric's Talk
Rebecca Probert (Friday 17 Apri 2015) Divorced, Bigamist, Bereaved - Interpreting Your Ancestor''s Second (and Subsequent!) Marriages
Audrie Reed (Friday 17 April 2015) Family History Scrapbooking. Here's a link to Audrie's presentation on You Tube
Jim Ryan (Saturday 18 April 2015) Irish Catholic Church Records Here's'a link to Jim's blog with notes on his talk
Mike Sharpe (Thursday 16 April) 2015) Tracing Your Birmingham Ancestors
Jenny Swanson (Thursday 16 April 2015) Scottish Baptismal Names
Who Do You Think You Are?Live @ Glasgow SECC 29-30th August 2014
Else Churchill (Friday 29 Aug 2014) Surname Searching.Finding Pedigrees Online, at the SoG and other libraries
Else Churchill (Saturday 30 Aug 2014) Scottish Sources in the Library of the Society of Genealogists
Jackie Depelle (Saturday 30 Aug 2014) Reading the Original
Bruce Durie (Friday 29 Aug 2014) The Future of Professional Genealogy PLEASE NOTE A link to this presentation and a related symposium discussion will follow shortly
Bruce Durie (Saturday 30 Aug 2014) Heraldry Why It Matters
George English (Saturday 30 Aug 2014) Removing Dry Stane Dykes - Breaking Down Scottish Family History Brick Walls
Graham Maxwell (Saturday 30 Aug 2014) Tracing Your Illegitimate Ancestors in the Sheriff Court Records
Alec Tritton (Friday 29 August 2014) Social Media for Family History. 212 Blog Posting Ideas PLEASE NOTE this links to an online digital booklet compiled by Alec that can be accessed only by those who were given the password at Alec's talk
Who Do You Think You Are?Live @ London Olympia 20-22nd February 2014
Gill Blanchard (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) Our Ancestors' Homes. Where they lived and what their homes were like.
Else Churchill (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) What's been done before? Finding Pedigrees Online and at the Society of Genealogists
Else Churchill (Friday 21 Feb 2014) What Next? Pre 1837 Parish Registers in the Archives, Online and at the Society of Genealogists
Jackie Depelle (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) Reading the Original
Jackie Depelle (Saturday 22 Feb 2014) Remnants of a Lost Life - A Brief Encounter with Life and the First World War
Jackie Depelle & Roy Stockdill (Friday 21 Feb 2014) Researching Yorkshire Ancestors - Handout 1
Bruce Drurie (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) Scottish Retours of Services of Heirs and English Inquisitions Post Mortem
Janet Few (Saturday 22 Feb 2014) Putting Your Ancestors in their Place - Sources for reconstructing nineteenth century communities
Janet Few (Friday 21 Feb 2014) A-Z of Family History. An alphabetical journey through some less well known sources
Simon Fowler (Thursdy 20 Feb 2014) All at Sea - serving in the Royal Navy During the First World War
Simon Fowler (Saturday 20 Feb 2014) Overcoming Your Trench Walls - how to break out from your WW1 research problems and advance to ultimate genealogical victory
Mark E Gardner (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) How FamilySearch Can Help You Locate Your Ancestors
Mark E Gardner (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) Tips for Using British Records?
John Hanson (Friday 21 Feb 2014) Why Pay? The Top Free Alternative Websites for Family History
John Hanson (Saturday Feb 22 2014) Why Cant I Find Them in the Civil Registration Indexes?
Celia Heritage (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) Newspapers for Family History
Celia Heritage (Saturday 22 Feb 2014) Wills:Not Just a Source for Our Better Off Ancestors
Daniel Horowitz (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) How Can I Share and Preserve Memories in the the Digital Era
Tahita McCabe (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) Uncle Sam Wants You! An introduction to American Military records
Roz McCutcheon (Friday 21 Feb 2014) The Poor Laws and the Irish Poor
Eileen M. Ó Dúill (Saturday 22 Feb 2014) Moving from Amateur to Professional Genealogist: Are You Ready?
Frank Pleszack (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) The Little Known Battle of Lake Narocz
Eric Probert (Friday 21 Feb 2014) Company and Business Records
Helen Smith (Friday 21 Feb 2014) Researching Australian World War 1 Military Personnel
Michael Tobias (Thursday 20 Feb 2014) Researching Your Jewish Ancestors