Sharing Memories: Uncovering your Family History through Storytelling
Register of Qualified Genealogists
Conference Programme
Royal Armouries Museum Leeds, 20 April 2024
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| Main Stage | Room A | Room B | ||
| 8.30- 9.20am | Registration and coffee | |||
| 9.20 – 9.30 | Chair’s opening remarks | |||
| 9.30- 10.15 | Alison Light | |||
| Beyond the Family Tree: Reflections on Lifewriting | ||||
| 10.15 – 10.45 | Coffee break | |||
| 10.45 – 12.00 | Parallel session 1 | Parallel session 2 |
Parallel session 3
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| Rhiannon Lloyd
Gouly de Chaville: The birth of a surname |
Lorna Kinnaird
The petitions of the Caledonian Asylum Trust, London from 1815-1924 |
Professor Sue Harper and Carol Bannister
Genealogical practice and creative writing: a dialectical relationship? |
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| Donna Pearson
How did Dick die? Reframing family lore with documentary evidence |
Valerie Brenton
Say my name: A research journey from Dorset to the plantations of Jamaica |
David Ryan
Using oral histories in Your Genealogical Research |
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Lunch break | |||
| 13.15. 14.00 | Michael Tobias | |||
| Genealogical Jitters – those Eureka moments | ||||
| 14.00 – 15.15 | Parallel session 4 | Parallel session 5 | Workshop | |
| Dave Annal
Read all about It: Using newspapers to bring our ancestors to life |
Liv Birgit Christensen
Not just a pretty face. Ane Soneson a woman of character |
Carol Bannister, Toni Sutton Helen Tovey
Crafting, pitching & publishing genealogy & family history articles: An interactive workshop |
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| Elizabeth Walne
Sharing Your Story: how marketers can help genealogists to tell more compelling stories |
Nicola Waterfall
Hulda’s War: One woman’s attempt to survive in Nazi Europe |
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| 15.15 – 15.45 | Coffee break | |||
| 15.45 – 16. 30 | Laura King | |||
| Tales of grandmothers and aunts: storytelling families in twentieth-century Britain | ||||
| 16.30 – 16.40 | Chair’s closing remarks and conference ends |
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Full descriptions of the talks and workshop are available visit our Conference Speakers Page
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We look forward to welcoming you to our conference.
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