Welcome to Search My Past

Forthcoming 2020

• 'The Psychology of Searching' Vivid-Pix webinar 28 May  

• Searching for ancestors when you're adopted' Utah Virtual Genealogical Society, online, 20 August

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’ Chepstow FHS, 9 September 

• Webinar: 'Ethical Dilemmas in African-American genealogy' and 'Sankofa - go back and fetch it.' African-American Historical and Genealogical Society, 15-17 October

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’ Jewish Genealogy Society annual conference, London, 25 October

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’ 18 November, Huntingdon FHS

2020

• Webinars: ‘Ethical dilemmas in genealogy’ (21m32s) ‘The Psychology of Searching,’ (27m07s) ‘The 1939 Register’ (30m26s) and ‘Searching for family when you’re adopted: have you ever found your ‘real’ family?’ (38m0s) 17-18 April, Family Tree Live

• ‘Giving unexpected or bad news to clients’ Utah Genealogical Society (UGA) webinar, 7 April

• ‘Ethical dilemmas in genealogy’ Search My Past webinar series, 25 March

• ‘Searching for ancestors when you’re adopted’ 11 February, Southampton FHS

• ‘Starting a tree’ Withywood Community Centre, Bristol, 11 February

• ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’ 12 February, Stalbridge FHS

• ‘The Psychology of Searching,’ ‘The 1939 Register’ and ‘The Future of Genealogy’  26-29 February, Roots Tech USA

2020 booked, but postponed

• ‘Drimoleague Diaspora: In Search of Family Ancestry’ Irish Famine Summer School, Roscommon, Ireland, 14 June

• ‘Drimoleague Diaspora’ Donovan Gathering, Drimoleague, County Cork, Ireland, 10 June

• ‘Which DNA test? ‘Drimoleague Diaspora’ Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland,  8 June

• ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’  Cumbria FHS, 6 June

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’ AGRA study day, London, 30 May

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’  Manchester Jewish Genealogy Society, 17 May

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’ 16 May, Swindon Parish clerks annual conference

• ‘Searching for family when you’re adopted: have you ever found your ‘real’ family?’ and ‘The Psychology of Searching’ 2 May, Society of Genealogists, London

• ‘Genealogy as history’  8 week course, University of Bristol, 22 April- 17 June

• ‘Ethical dilemmas in genealogy,’ ‘The Psychology of Searching,’ ‘The 1939 Register’ and ‘Searching for family when you’re adopted: have you ever found your ‘real’ family?’ 17-18 April, Family Tree Live, London

• ‘Ethical dilemmas in genealogy’ 15 April, Huntingdon FHS

• ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’ 21 March, Dorset FHS

• ‘Using DNA to identify biological relatives’ Dorset FHS, Poole, 17 March

international speaker

• adoption issues
  

• diaspora

• ethics

• black British family history

• the psycholoy of searching

• Irish heritage

2019

• ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’  Dorset FHS, Glastonbury, 12 December

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’  Family History Society annual conference, London, 23 November

• ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’ Gwent FHS, Chepstow, 13 November

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’, and ‘The Psychology of Searching’ lectures; ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’ workshop Roots Tech, London, 24-26 October

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’, Jewish Genealogy Society annual conference, 20 October

• ‘What does the future hold?’ Chippenham FHS AGM, 21 September

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’, ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail,’ ‘The Psychology of Searching’ Brigham Young University, Provo, 31 July – 2 August

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’, ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’  Family Tree magazine online courses, July

• ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ Fleet & Farnborough FHS, 11 July

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’, Chippenham FHS, 11 June

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’, Wilts FHS, May

• ‘Irish Heritage,’  Bath FHS, 20 May

• ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ Family History Society annual conference, York, 18 May

• ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’ Swindon U3A, 9 May

• ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’  Yate FHS, 8 May

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’, Family Tree Magazine Live, Alexandra Palace, London, 27 April

• ‘The Psychology of Searching and Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’, Guild of One Name Studies Annual Conference, Leicester, 30 March

• ‘Adoption issues’, Alton HGS Family History Group, 11 March

• ‘The Psychology of Searching’  Romsey, Hampshire FHS, 27 February

• ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’  Bath FHS, 28 January

2018

• ‘Black British family history research’ Birmingham FHS, 17 November

• ‘Hidden Ethnicities in Black British Heritage’ Wiltshire Family History Society, Swindon, UK

• ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’, East London Family History Society, Wanstead, 24 October

• ‘What does the future hold?’ Register of Qualified Genealogists (RQG) Conference, York, 20 October

• ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ Glamorgan FHS, 13 October 

• ‘The Psychology of Searching’ APG Professional Management Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 4 - 6 October

• 'Ethical dilemmas in adoption research' Society of Genealogists, London 29 September

• ‘Black British family history research finding British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade’  Secret Lives Conference, Leicester, July

• ‘Genealogy Tourism: a new niche market’ Irish Famine Summer School:  Irish Journeys - Famine Legacies and Reconnecting Communities, Roscommon, Ireland, June

• ‘Mixing DNA results with a paper trail’ and ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ The Name Event, London, May

• ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ Federation Of Family Histories Annual Conference, Bristol, April

• ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ Bristol & Avon Family History Society, March

• ‘An Introduction to Genealogy’ Bristol Women’s Institute, January

2017

• ‘My Genealogy journey’ Downend Family History Group, Bristol, October

• ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ Bristol & Avon Family History Society Open day, September

• ‘Being From a Diaspora’ Cork Foundation, Cork, Ireland, June

• ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ Clans & Surnames, Nenagh, Ireland, May

• ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ Who Do You Think You Are, Birmingham, April

• ‘Searching for Ancestors when you’re adopted’ and ‘Professionalisation of Genealogy’ Back To Our Past, Cork, Ireland, March