Sunday 28th February

 

  Workshops marked with this symbol will be signed for the hearing impaired

  

 For further information on the speakers in the SOG Workshops and the topics they will be discussing, please click here.

 To view a printable version of the workshop timetables, please click here.

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

If you're researching births, marriages and deaths, parish registers or have started researching recently, you'll probably find these workshops most relevant.

If you know the occupation or place of residence of your ancestors, or have started looking at your ancestors' lives in more depth, you'll probably find these workshops  most relevant.

If you have traced your ancestors back before the census years, are researching migrant ancestors or are looking at more in-depth social history around your ancestors' lives, you'll probably find these workshops most relevant.

 

*While these sessions will prove useful whatever stage you are at in your research, they are also suitable for people who are new to genealogiy ad are presented in partnership with Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine. Attendees of these sessions will also receive a free starter park.

**These sessions on Irish Ancestry are supported by Tourism Ireland.

 

 WDYTYA/SOG 1

 SOG 2

 SOG 3

SOG Regional

10:15-11:00
10:00-10:45
10:15-11:00
 10:00-10:45

Behind the scenes with WDYTYA celebrity

 

ESTHER RANTZEN

 Signed

The manor, its records and its people

 

PETER PARK

War babe finds GI father

 

JANE FERENTZI-SHEPPARD

Berkshire and Thames Valley family history

 

GILLIAN STEVENS

and

CHAD HANNA

11:15-12:00
11:00-11:45
11:15-12:00
11:00-11:45

Behind the scenes with WDYTYA celebrity

 

ESTHER RANTZEN

Using the women's library and the TUC library collection at London Metropolitan University

 

CHRIS COATES

and

SUZANNE KEYTE

*

Online tools for learning U.S. research strategies

 

JOSH TAYLOR

Irish genealogy meets the twenty-first century

 

PAUL GORRY

**

Signed

12:15-13:00
12:00-12:45
12:15-13:00
12:00-12:45

CONFERENCE

TICKET

HOLDERS ONLY

 

Where is the Genealogists' internet going?

 

PETER CHRISTIAN

British Army (1760-1913) officers and other ranks

 

CHRISTOPHER T. WATTS

Jewish ancestors - top 10 tips for tracing them

 

LAURENCE HARRIS

*

Family history resources at The National Archives

 

GERRY TOOP

*

13:15-14:00
13:00-13:45
13:15-14:00
13:00-13:45

CONFERENCE

TICKET

HOLDERS ONLY

 

The English Way of Death

 

JULIAN LITTEN

Christmas Day in the workhouse: what family historians can find in the records of the new Poor Law.

 

KATE THOMPSON

The Trench Detectives: the archaeology of the Western Front

 

ANDY ROBERTSHAW

 Nottinghamshire family history

 

DOMINIC JOHNSON

14:15-15:00

14:00-14:45

14:15-15:00

14:00-14:45

CONFERENCE

TICKET

HOLDERS ONLY

 

The Mists of Time: researching your medieval family history

 

NICK BARRATT

Face recognition and photo tagging for genealogy research

 

DANIEL HOROWITZ

Researching in Canada

 

MICHAEL J. LECLERC

 Worcestershire Baptism Project - from the beginning to 1839

 

ANTHONY LUFFMAN

15:15-16:00

15:00-15:45

15:15-16:00

15:00-15:45

 I'm stuck in London

 

MICHAEL GANDY

Researching the British overseas

 

ELSE CHURCHILL

*

Websites for reading old handwriting

 

SHARON HINTZE

*

 When is a Will not a Will? When it's a Testament - Scottish inheritance records

 

BRUCE DURIE  

16:10-16:55

16:00-16:45

16:10-16:55

16:00-16:45

 DNA for family historians

 

GEOFF SWINFIELD

*

My ancestor was a gypsy

 

ERIC TRUDGILL

From riddles to riches

 

JAN PEARSON

 The difference between British and Irish records

 

BRIAN DONOVAN

**

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