~ NEWS & CURRENT HAPPENINGS ~
Just to mention a few on going PROJECTS....
during 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & onwards.... "its ALL very exciting"
BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW - HARROGATE Oct. 28th 2015
My day started straight away with an interview from BBC Radio York and Jonathan Cowap.
Thousands of people attended and everyone of course queued to get in with their array of artefacts, and it was great because I didn't have to queue (thanks to my immediate interview with Jonathan) at all to get into the Royal Hall with my Sinclair & Roberts family history and items, a quite heavy Chinese charger / bowl which turned out to be Japanese, and an old 1805 Napoleonic document which was sent to Hannah Cawood of Whixley in North Yorkshire... T'was lots of fun, very interesting, I met and had a quick chat with Fiona Bruce which was nice, and a great deal of the Antiques Roadshow Experts, also lots of nice people too throughout the day.
RADIO Interviews on BBC RADIO YORK with Jonathan Cowap
Plus we're starting a Genealogy & Family History based "Phone In" from April 2016 I've talked with Jonathan many times "on air" so it was brilliant to actually meet in person and talk face to face at the recording studio :-) Lots more to come....
Robert Thompson - Mouseman Furniture, His Life & Family History
Spitfire Pilot from Kirk Hammerton North Yorkshire
Damm Buster Avro Lancaster Bomber No. W4118 - nicknamed 'Admiral Prune'
Private Ryan at Stallag POW Camp - along with Sam Kydd the film actor
Lorenz Schoen German Officer - a POW in the USA & the UK - attached to Rommel’s
115th Panzer Division & captured by Montgomery at El Alamein - Found 65 yrs later
The Great Escape - From The German POW Camp at Penkridge Staffordshire - in the UK
- Story Written by Charles Whiting -
WW1 Medals - finding living descendants, family & relations
The Richest Man in the world because of his Largest Banknote Collection in the world - now housed at The British Museum
Dorothea Waddingham ~ the last women to be hung at Birmingham
Correspondences.. Buckingham Palace - Scotland Yard - Victoria & Albert Museum
Finding and ordering birth, marriage and death certificates
Unblocking "Brick Walls"... helping with many many "I don't know which way to go next" family trees and projects... to proving and checking already assembled family trees "just in case there could be a mistake in there somewhere"....
PRINTING OFF a family tree ON just ONE PIECE OF PAPER 27 feet long...
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 'LIVE' each year & LOTSsssss more....
My research gets more & more interesting by the day!
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Also my Presentations & Talks throughout the year.....
Each year I have many engagements at numerous Societies, Associations, Schools, Village Halls, Sport Clubs and Homes throughout the UK and the USA - presenting digital slideshow presentations and talks on the many aspects of genealogy, starting a family tree, 30 years of hunting through archives “The Best bits”, including the process on which it is all based, together with the very interesting facts and history surrounding my finds - it’s ALL fascinating!!
Morning, Evening & Lunch Time Venues
I offer a variety of talks, digital presentations and work shops all over the UK, and I can adapt my presentations to fit most meetings. - do get in touch .
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What was I up to in 2010....
Numerous FAMILY HISTORY EVENTS in 2010
CASTLE HOWARD - North Yorkshire - Jan 23rd
BRACKNELL Family History Fair - Jan 31st
Who Do You Think You Are? 'Live' at Olympia - LONDON - Feb 26th / 28th
York Family History Society Fair - New Earswick - YORK - Mar 27th
Pudsey Family History Fair - Civic Centre - PUDSEY - Apr 10th
SHEFFIELD - Family History Fair - Apr 24th
Yorkshire Family History Fair - The Knavesmire - YORK - June 26th
Great Yorkshire Show - HARROGATE - July 13th / 15th
Yorksgen at YORK University - July 17th / 31st
National Family History Fair - GATESHEAD - Sept 11th
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Who do you think you are?
Great Uncle Sir Samuel T Evans & The Sufragettes
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
'Live' at Olympia LONDON
Friday 26th - Sunday 28th February 2010 &
2011
2012
2013
2014
Another brilliant few days at the 'Who Do You Think You Are 'Live' show at Olympia London.
I met quite a few of my friends, added even more knowledge to my
35+ years of research, and I looked a little more into DNA and Genetics too.
'Live' at Olympia LONDON
Friday 26th - Sunday 28th February 2010 &
2011
2012
2013
2014
Another brilliant few days at the 'Who Do You Think You Are 'Live' show at Olympia London.
I met quite a few of my friends, added even more knowledge to my
35+ years of research, and I looked a little more into DNA and Genetics too.
2009
Bletchley Park - The home of the Enigma Machine & Code Breaking
Family History Fair
Bletchley Park The Home Of The Enigma Machine
Family History Fair
Sunday 22nd November 2009
Sunday 22nd November 2009
Great Yorkshire Show
Clipper 09-10 Round The World Yacht Race
Great Yorkshire Show - Harrogate
Tuesday July 14th - Thursday July 16th 2009
I was at the Great Yorkshire Show for the 3 days promoting my Genealogy, Family Tree research, DNA & genetics services. Wednesday was the best day - but every day was very good really, & the weather was great... so lots & lots happening genealogy wise!
YorksGen - Global Genealogy Group - York
Family Tree Enthusiasts from all over the globe.
I attended a couple of the YorksGen events at York University.
DNA & Genetics
I have been looking into DNA & Genetics but I haven't had enough time and so it has slowed down to a full stop sadly - but I'm still hoping to get down to the DNA Labs at Manchester University one day - to look into DNA & Genetics & follow a sample through it's process, learn as much as I can surrounding the results and technicalities of doing a test and seeing how it relates and matches to other 'families' & related samples - cor' I hope I said that correctly!?
Thorp Family Gathering
Thorp Family Gathering
- Preston Candover - Hampshire -
June 24th, 2009
Earlier this year I arranged a BIG Thorp Family Gathering from '9ish generations of descendants' in Preston Candover Hampshire (Nr Winchester) on June 24th - for nearly 40 'cousins' from all over the UK, New Zealand and USA to attend.
It really started out as a 'would you like to meet up' with my three New Zealand cousins - but that soon changed & I was promoted as Director of Operations!
So, from memory & looking back through all my thousand's of research notes, emails and files from over the years - I had to find anyone that ever mentioned Thorp & Hampshire in one breath - calculating who was related to whom, why and how. I printed off our extensive family tree & notes, emails were flying all over the globe, & together with my family tree commissions, looking into a DNA and Genetics company as well - I was busy.... I had a mega task on...
We all got to Preston Candover the home of our ancestors, talked till the cows came home, walked over to the Old Church - which still has quite a few very old Thorp headstones standing, & we all took lots of pictures.
I surprised everyone by showing photographs of all the old inhabitants and of our Thorps, with numerous thatched cottages and businesses, including the working life in and around the village too, also quite a few old family documents and wills, each and every photograph had a date & was named. I explained the meaning of the documents and what can be gained by their contents too. All this with the aid of a digital projector, laptop (PC) & PowerPoint Presentation.
We also sent off our DNA samples to explore our famly history in a different light and check too if it really works.
It was a great day & great fun :-)
So I'm always busy 'hunting for' OR 'proving tales'...
but... that is just how I like it :-).
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What do you know about your family's origins?
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