Comments on: Advocating Ancestry at Who Do You Think You Are? Live http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2011/03/12/advocating-ancestry-at-who-do-you-think-you-are-live/ The official Ancestry.co.uk blog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Steve http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2011/03/12/advocating-ancestry-at-who-do-you-think-you-are-live/#comment-887 Steve Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:15:12 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=1910#comment-887 I too thoroughly enjoyed WDYTYA-Live. I prepared for it as I would for a visit to a records office, making a list of what I wanted to find out from the various sources of information available (i.e. society and company stands). I picked up some useful information and came away with leads to follow up. Tony Robinson's talk was enjoyable and has inspired an article in my blog: <a href="http://www.atcherley.org.uk/wordpress/echoes-of-the-past/" rel="nofollow">Echoes of the past</a>. One slight niggle: I knew that Ancestry subscribers were able to receive some sort of free gift at the show, and I asked about this at the main Ancestry stand. However I was directed to the queue for people wanting to sign up or buy Family Tree Maker and not to the Ancestry Members Lounge (which I had looked at earlier but had not entered as it was full). As a result (I have since learned) I missed out on a discount on my next year's Ancestry subscription. Having been an Ancestry member for a while now, and having submitted many transcription error corrections to the site, I'm a tad miffed about that! I too thoroughly enjoyed WDYTYA-Live. I prepared for it as I would for a visit to a records office, making a list of what I wanted to find out from the various sources of information available (i.e. society and company stands). I picked up some useful information and came away with leads to follow up. Tony Robinson’s talk was enjoyable and has inspired an article in my blog: Echoes of the past.

One slight niggle: I knew that Ancestry subscribers were able to receive some sort of free gift at the show, and I asked about this at the main Ancestry stand. However I was directed to the queue for people wanting to sign up or buy Family Tree Maker and not to the Ancestry Members Lounge (which I had looked at earlier but had not entered as it was full). As a result (I have since learned) I missed out on a discount on my next year’s Ancestry subscription. Having been an Ancestry member for a while now, and having submitted many transcription error corrections to the site, I’m a tad miffed about that!

]]> By: Nick Thorne http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2011/03/12/advocating-ancestry-at-who-do-you-think-you-are-live/#comment-874 Nick Thorne Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:46:55 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=1910#comment-874 Who Do You Think You Are? Live was a fantastic show just because of the type of help being available to the public, as described here. Then there were the workshops, the mix of other stands and the access visitors had to some of the professionals on hand. I've posted some video interviews that I did over the three days on my blog and on my YouTube Channel. One of which is with Dan Jones of ancestry.co.uk and there is another fascinating one with the well respected genealogist, Anthony Adolph. http://www.NoseyGenealogist.com/blog Who Do You Think You Are? Live was a fantastic show just because of the type of help being available to the public, as described here. Then there were the workshops, the mix of other stands and the access visitors had to some of the professionals on hand.

I’ve posted some video interviews that I did over the three days on my blog and on my YouTube Channel.

One of which is with Dan Jones of ancestry.co.uk and there is another fascinating one with the well respected genealogist, Anthony Adolph.

http://www.NoseyGenealogist.com/blog

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