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Society of Genealogist's Family History Show 2008

Familyrelatives.com at the Family History Show - Who do you think you are?LIVE

This is the largest family history event of the year and was held over 3 days at the beginning of May in the Grand Hall at Olympia in London.

Around 15,000 visitors attended the 3 day event and there was more to see and experience than ever before with workshops, speakers, theatres with Dan and Peter Snow, Alistair McGowan and Natasha Kaplinsky. Ask the experts, demonstrations, exhibitors of genealogy products, military history and family history stands were available to all.

Familyrelatives.com sponsored the Society of Genealogists Family History Show a show within a show and part of the Who do you think you are?  to promote the benefits and usefulness of a Society when undertaking your research.

Sticks Research Agency teamed up with Familyrelatives.com. Dr Nick Barratt and his team hosted one to one sessions over the three days for those stumbling blocks and brick walls that some of us have hit in our research and help answer some of your queries.

We trust you had an enjoyable time at the Family History Show in London and that you had the opportunity to visit the Familyrelatives.com stand.

We certainly hope that you were able to make progress with your research and that we were able to help in locating those missing or hard to find ancestors and point you in the right direction with your queries.

There was much to see and learn at the show if you were unable to visit the show have a look at the photographs of the event or listen to the BBC Radio 4 "Tracing Your Roots" programme by selecting the links below or download the Familyrelatives.com brochure.

Read the Society of Genealogists show review by Else Churchill SOG show report

If you'd like to hear interviews with Else Churchill and other experts from the show go to BBC Radio 5 Up All Night  home page and choose the listen again option near the top of the page for 0100 Tuesday The first reports were broadcast at 13minutes past (about 9.38 minutes into the show) and the next bit was 0305.

Links to photographs of the Family History Show May 2008 which can be found at:

https://www.familyrelatives.com/browse_photos.php

https://www.familyrelatives.com/gallery/browse_result.php?key=Family+History+Show+Nick+Barratt

https://www.familyrelatives.com/gallery/browse_result.php?key=Family+History+Show+BBC+Radio

If you have photographs of an event or of family, friends or place of interest you wish to share with others please upload them to the website. Find out how to do upload photos more info>>

Missed the show Listen to BBC Radio 4 Tracing Your Roots 

If you missed the Family History Show listen to the BBC Radio 4 Tracing Your Roots with Sally Magnusson at the Show part of which was recorded on the Familyrelatives.com stand.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/tracingyourroots.shtml

Save £20!! 2 tickets for the price of 1 !!!

We're offering you the chance to buy 2 tickets for £20*, saving £20 on the full ticket price.  Simply call 0871 230 1091 or visit http://www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.co.uk/ and quote FR241 when asked for a code.  Book your tickets now - last year Saturday was completely sold out!

Normal on door ticket price £20, all activities at the show included in this price. Offer ends 01.5.2008. *£1.95 per transaction fee applies.

Following the huge success of the Family History Show last year, Familyrelatives.com is proud to sponsor the Society of Genealogists Family History Show 2008. The Family History Show – Who do you think you are? LIVE promises to be bigger and better and is taking place in May starting on Friday 2^nd to Sunday 4^th Grand Hall, Olympia, London United Kingdom

June Perrin, Chief Executive of the Society of Genealogists commented:  “We are delighted to know Familyrelatives.com has been named as the main 2008 sponsor of the Family History Show (now incorporated into Who Do you think You are Live, at Olympia).  Having already worked with Familyrelatives.com on other projects we have seen first hand their commitment to genealogy and welcome their partnership in this venture.”

Following last years popular event Familyrelatives.com will have a bigger presence and its team will showcase the latest website databases and site features including:

Visitors to the Society of Genealogists will already be familiar with the Familyrelatives.com site which is freely available in the library with access to its various birth, deaths and marriages databases, military records, parish records, trade directories and school records.

Else Churchill, Genealogist at the SoG says "Familyrelatives.com is an invaluable resource which is now available in our Library. In light of the imminent closure of the Family Records Centre access to the website and the GRO indexes online will be very useful to our members and the general public.

As well as the following databases:

â–ª Births, Marriages, Deaths Indexes 1837-2005

â–ª Parish Records 1538-1837

â–ª World War I – Army & Royal Navy

â–ª World War II – Army & Royal Navy & Royal Air Force

â–ª School Registers - to be published shortly*

â–ª Trade Directories - to be published shortly*

â–ª Overseas Births, Marriages Deaths 1761-1994

â–ª Irish Immigration Records

â–ª USA Births, Deaths, Marriages covering over 50 states

â–ª US Military Records

* Two new records sets are to be published shortly full details to follow soon. The records databases are all included in the annual Subscription package of £37.50.

Familyrelatives.com wants to use this opportunity to promote family history and the Society which make up a vast resource of knowledge and are fundamental to helping people trace their family and local history, giving colour and depth to their research.

About Familyrelatives.com

Familyrelatives.com is unique as the first website to provide the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for England & Wales for the period 1837-2005 having fully transcribed over 150 million records between 1866 and 1920.

Subsequently Familyrelatives.com have developed and added many new useful tools and free social features including the facility to add comments to records and provide unique insights into individuals. Familyrelatives.com has been instrumental in helping family historians to search and find their ancestors with greater ease.

Since its launch Familyrelatives.com continues to add new records and now have over 600 million records available online for England, Wales, Ireland and the USA. The focus this year will be to build on its rapidly growing presence ensuring that records are available to as wide an audience as possible in the United Kingdom and abroad. 

For a full list of records online and ticket information please visit www.familyrelatives.com

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March 6 2008

Family History Show - Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE is back andtakes place in the new, larger Grand Hall, Olympia, London from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th May 2008.

Both Alistair McGowan and Nicky Campbell have been confirmed as appearing at this year's Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE.

You can hear the stories of Alistair McGowan's anglo Indian roots and Nicky Campbell's search for his adoptive family in Australia first hand from the celebrities themselves.

This is the largest gathering of family history experts, TV historians and celebrity enthusiasts. If you've been inspired to find out your family story by the TV series then this is the place to get started - you'll get all the help you need.

The Society of Genealogists Family History Show, sponsored by Familyrelatives.com will take place for the 16th consecutive year and will feature more family history societies and organisations than ever before. If you are tracing Scottish, Welsh or Irish ancestors there will be many more exhibitors to help you at the show this year.

The SoG Workshop Programme will continue to provide the most comprehensive level of family history expertise and information than anywhere else - speakers include Geoff Swinfield, Mike Gandy, John Hanson and Else Churchill. As well as this, the Ask the Experts area is where you can get one-to-one guidance and have specific questions answered by leading family historians.

This year the show sees new areas dedicated to military history and archaeology Peter and Dan Snow will be hosting a new ‘Battle Theatre' where you'll be able to learn about the strategy of key battles plus Tony Robinson will be on hand giving advice and tips to eager archaeologists.

Save £20!! 2 tickets for the price of 1 !!!

We're offering you the chance to buy 2 tickets for £20*, saving £20 on the full ticket price.  Simply call 0871 230 1091 or visit http://www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.co.uk/ and quote FR241 when asked for a code.  Book your tickets now - last year Saturday was completely sold out!

Normal on door ticket price £20, all activities at the show included in this price. Offer ends 01.5.2008. *£1.95 per transaction fee applies.

WW1 - My Family At War

A new four-part series which will be shown on BBC1 every evening leading up to 11th November.

The series will look at the stories of eight broadcasters and celebrities who had WW1 relatives and will include names like Rolf Harris, Kirsty Wark, Kate Silverton, Phil Tufnell, Eammon Holmes, Matthew Kelly, Kirsty Wark, Natalie Cassidy (ex East Enders) and Dan Snow (historian and son of Peter).

More than one million British people lost their lives during the First World War; My Family At War examines just eight stories.

In the first episode, Dan Snow and Natalie Cassidy take two very different journeys to discover what role their families played in the Great War.

Dan Snow retraces the footsteps of his great grandfather, Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow, who was a General during the First World War. It is an uncomfortable journey for Dan, who is fully aware of how many died due to the mistakes and poor decision-making of the Generals.

The old adage reminds us how the First World War was fought by lions but led by donkeys. Dan goes in search of whether his great grandpa's poor leadership could have contributed to the demise of so many.

Dan admits: "It was very moving making it. And I was on the verge of tears standing in the graveyards of Northern France - thinking about what happened and the mistakes he made. He was a really old man trying to do the right thing but making these huge mistakes."

Natalie Cassidy meanwhile, makes her way to East London to find out what the women in her family were doing on the Home Front, while the men went off to fight. It's an enlightening time for Natalie, who discovers her great grandmother's house was bombed during the First World War.

"I feel My Family At War has connected me to my own history says Natalie. I've now got personal memories. It is like I have been on a journey. It is wonderful understanding your family and their experiences. Knowing where you have come from is very important."

Meanwhile, Kate Silverton learns all about her great grandfather, George Silverton, who, at the age of 37, and as the father of nine children, volunteered to fight. Kate, being of a similar age, feels drawn to his brave story and is deeply moved, yet full of admiration that George had such loyalty for his country; he left his family to fight for it. Kate is shocked to see the trenches in France and saddened to hear George was invalided out due a mystery illness. Kate is keen to find out what it was and whether he ever fully recovered.

The programme is part of 1918-2008 - Ninety Years Of Remembrance, a special season of programmes on the BBC marking the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

The first episode airs Monday 3 November, 10.35-11.15pm BBC ONE

NINETY YEARS OF REMEMBRANCE 1918-2008

If you are interested in researching your family history and want to find out more about your ancestors during the war search the Familyrelatives.com Military records.

For commemoration events leading up to Remembrance Day on the BBC please select the link below

BBC commemorates 90th anniversary of Armistice

BBC Two Timewatch
The Last day of World War One
Saturday 1 November, 20:15-21:15

Watch this episode again

Who were the last soldiers to die in the First World War? Michael Palin tells the story of the final days, hours and minutes leading up to the 11.00am ceasefire on 11 November 1918, revealing the personal stories of the last men to be killed in action.

Despite the fact that the Armistice between the Allies and Germany was signed at 5.00am, that morning United States forces alone recorded a staggering 3,500 casualties.

Right up until 11.00am when the ceasefire came into force, generals on all sides were sending soldiers into action and, for many, to their deaths.

Palin travels to Foch's carriage at Compiegne in France where the Armistice was signed and onto the battlegrounds of the Western Front as he tells the personal stories of those who died that day.

Whether British, French, German or the American Henry Gunther - the last soldier to die in the First World War - Timewatch tells the compelling story of how the "war to end all wars" finally came to a close.

An extract;

George Edwin Ellison L/ 12643 Private the British Soldier mentioned in the programme died hours before the Armistice. His name and contribution features in the National Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 (Section VIII - Leeds)

Ellison, G.E. Private 5^th (Royal Irish) Lancers

            Already serving at the outbreak of the war, he at once proceed to France and in the retreat from Mons. He also played a prominent part in the engagement at Ypres, Armentieres, La Bassee, Lens, Loos and Chambrai but was unhappily killed only an hour and a half before the Armistice came into force. He was buried at St. Jean, and was entitled to the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals.

"The path of duty was the way to glory"

49, Edmund Street, off York Street, Leeds

The American Generals generally disagreed with Marshall Foch's terms the Supreme Commander of the Allied armies, believing the Germans should be pushed back to Berlin. They attacked on November 11^th and lost 3000 men needlessly. Henry Gunther of the USA was the last American killed at 10.59 am. That day 10,000 men had lost their lives and the war had run 1568 days.

To find out more Search the National Roll of Honour

Search the NEW Military records collection