The Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2013 show proved a big success again this year, being the largest family history event in the world. Despite the chilly weather, large crowds gathered at the start of the day to make the most of their visit.
The show encompassed the best in the field of family history, with three major launches from TheGenealogist.co.uk, expert talks from many speakers including John Titford and Celia Heritage, celebrities such as Greg Wallace and John Barnes, family history societies, and much more.
The talks both from celebrities and from other expert genealogy speakers were informative and of interest to both the experienced and amateur family historian alike.
Mark Bayley, online expert from TheGenealogist, provided an in-depth talk on ‘Breaking down brick walls’, which was very popular. John Titford gave his popular ‘Ey Up Mi Duck’ and ‘London Ancestors’ talks, and Celia Heritage discussed how to find a missing ancestor in the birth, marriage and death indexes.
TheGenealogist Stand
Over on TheGenealogist stand, we enjoyed hearing your success stories and your positive feedback about our new all-in-one master search.
We released three new major record sets, which created quite a stir in online blogs and magazine news. These included War Memorials, Casualty Lists, and Naturalisation Records .
A successful and enjoyable weekend
The Genealogy Tutorials lecture theatre
The talks on the Genealogy Tutorials stand were packed, and we’re glad so many of you found them helpful to your research.
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On Friday, one visitor to the show came in through the main entrance to be faced with a poster of his grandfather on one of our banners!
Hugh Peskett, whose grandfather was amongst the staff of Peskett & Son, was awarded a free Diamond Premium subscription to continue his research and a copy of the enlarged photograph for his records. Click here to read more .
It was great to see so many happy customers
The Federation of Family History Socities announced the winners of their competition which asked people to send in their stories of sporting ancestors in their family tree. Congratulations to Ruth Cook, who was presented with a one-year Diamond subscription to TheGenealogist.co.uk.
We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who visited us at the show, especially our customers for making it a successful and enjoyable weekend, and to our guest speakers whose talks were interesting and very popular.
We look forward to seeing you again next year!
S&N Genealogy Supplies Stand
It was great to see so many happy customers on the S&N Genealogy Supplies stand. We loved hearing your opinions on software, and about how you use our binders.