Keynote Workshop

New for 2012, we will be introducing the Keynote Workshop which will address current important issues within the genealogical world.

This year's Keynote Workshop is entitled 'Breaking the Barriers with Social Networking - Strategies and Tricks'. The 2010's will be the decade of social networking, providing a vast source of new genealogical data. Large numbers of individuals will be attracted to social networking websites incorporating family-orientated virtual communities. This workshop will look at the development of social networking and how it can help with family history research.

The Keynote Speaker will be Laurence Harris, Head of Genealogy (UK) at MyHeritage.com, a global genealogy company with a social network of more than 60 million members. Laurence has a special interest in social networks and how they can be used for collaborative family history research. He is also a professional genealogist who has researched a number of personalities with Jewish ancestry for the BBC “Who Do You Think You Are?” series. In his research, Laurence has used social networks not only to find ancestors from past generations but also to reunite families with “lost” living relatives from across the globe.

Laurence’s presentation will cover both general social networks such as Facebook and specialist genealogy-orientated social networking websites. He will illustrate how breakthroughs can be made using a variety of strategies to benefit both new researchers and experienced genealogists.

The presentation will be followed by a Question & Answer session where invited panellists will take questions from the floor. The panellists will include D. Joshua Taylor, Lisa Louise Cooke, Peter Christian, Paul Howes and Daniel Lynch; genealogical experts who'll also be leading other insightful workshops at the show.

The Keynote Workshop will take place on Saturday 25th from 1pm - 2.45pm.
Tickets will cost £5 and can be bought when booking your ticket to the show or on the day of the event.