Who Do You Think You Are - Olympia, 26-28 February 2010

[MaryA]

http://www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.co.uk/

Just to let you know that there will be a stand at the show hosted by the Liverpool & South West Lancs Family History Society - YOUR Society! Anybody who is visiting, please be sure to go along and say hello!!

[erika]

I'm going on Friday

What number stand are you as I can't see it listed in the index

Will pop in when I find you

Cheers
Erika

[MaryA]

It's Katie (Kathy) who will be there, I'll send her a pm and ask her to post the details.

Hope you enjoy the show.

[Katie]

OUR TABLE NUMBRS WILL BE 49, 50, AND 51 WE WILL BE THE ONES WITH BLUE T. SHIRTS ON OR JUST LISTEN OUT FOR THE SCOUSE ACCENT

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE

KATHY

[Tina]

Onya Kathy & crew for manning the stall.
Very good of you to give up your time.
Much appreciated.
I hope you have a bonzer day.

Well done

Tina

[MaryA]

Was it a good day and did you meet anybody?

[erika]

I had a really good day Mary. I went on Friday and it was comfortable to get around and see what I wanted to see.
I think the weekend was very crowded so I chose the quieter day



I met Peter Jones, our Editor, and he was very helpful,( needed advice for burial sites )

I went to the Ancestry stand where they were offering 20 minute sessions to scan/photograph your documents and put them on a memory stick. I took along my gt uncles letters that he had sent to my Nan during WW1. They are very fragile and I was worried about scanning them myself. They photographed them and I'm very pleased with the result.
I then bought some acid proof pockets for them and my photograhs, before they come to any harm

I also had a tutorial for Family Historian 4 ( I have version 3 already) and bought the upgrade. It's a brilliant programme, so I was pleased with that too.
I didn't sign up for any of the lectures, but was able to hover outside and watch and listen to the Scotlandspeople talk.

There was a lot there that interested me and I did go and visit all the Family History Societies that were relevant to my ancestors.

All in all it was a very successful day and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I wouldn't necessarily go every year but the people there are very friendly and helpful and getting tips and advice is useful, so I would recommend it to others for next year.

Cheers
Erika

[MaryA]

Glad you enjoyed your day and thanks for giving us the low-down. Everybody seems to have been very helpful, it must have been a successful day all round.