~ NEWS & CURRENT HAPPENINGS ~
2010
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
Date to be announced
I've been invited to do a talk for Who Do You Think You Are 'Live' 2010 in Olympia London early next year - My talk would be based around my 25 years of research with links to DNA and Genetics and from this, ones family tree research will get even more interesting, so fingers crossed :-)
2009
Great Yorkshire Show
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
(from all over the globe)
I attended a couple of the YorksGen gatherings 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
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 edtensive 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 had quite a few very old Thorp headstones standing, & took lots of pictures.
I surprised everyone by showing photographs of all the old inhabitants and of our Thorps, 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 was a bit busy - but that is just how I like it.
Presentations & Discussions
Throughout the year I have had many engagements at various functions presenting slideshow presentations and discussions on the many aspects of genealogy, family trees and the process on which it is all based.
What do you know about your family's origins?
Do you know where your grandparents or your great grandparents are from?
What did they do? Where did they live?
Have you been told any family stories, did anyone go off to war, have you got a family Bible, or any old family papers or postcards, birth, marriage or death certificates, Wills, deeds or old photographs?
These could all hold clues to your ancestors and your family history.
Do you know where your grandparents or your great grandparents are from?
What did they do? Where did they live?
Have you been told any family stories, did anyone go off to war, have you got a family Bible, or any old family papers or postcards, birth, marriage or death certificates, Wills, deeds or old photographs?
These could all hold clues to your ancestors and your family history.
