A Really Useful Family History Event

Want to hear about something Really Useful?  The UK’s Family History Federation is taking its annual show online on Saturday 14th November.  I don’t often recommend events that charge an admission fee, but this one has a lot going on, and I think it's worth the money.  

For £7 (paid in advance; on-the-day entry will probably cost more), you will get

• Access to six different channels of expert speakers on varied topics - and as there are more talks scheduled than you could watch in one day, recordings of them will be available for at least 2 days after the event
• An exclusive goody bag
• Virtual vendors’ stalls with specialist genealogy products
• Family history societies’ chat booths where you can ask questions of the organisations' helpers, and perhaps become a member of a group relating to your family’s history
• FamilySearch volunteers to point you in the direction of their resources and take your research a step further

(You can learn about the kinds of societies you might be interested in visiting or joining by checking out the Federation’s membership page.  And they’re not confined to place-specific societies; groups with an interest in religious families, Quaker or Jewish, for instance, are represented.  Also included are professional and one-place/name study organisations.)

Society members and FamilySearch volunteers will be available to chat during the show, and once you've asked your question on their dedicated text chat, you can decide if you want to continue with that, or switch to Zoom instead for a face-to-face discussion.  Whichever you choose, helpers with specialist knowledge will do their best to advise you.

This is the first time the Federation has staged an online event of this size, so patience on the part of both organisers and attendees will be necessary as everybody gets used to this fun new way of doing things.  And of course it means that a lot more people will be able to attend than would visit the traditional show - even though everybody will be taking part from the comfort of home!