The real-life Family History Show is back!

Saturday 25th June 2022 & Saturday 24th September

The Family History Show is returning to York and London! After surveying previous attendees, we found over 81% were looking forward to attending a show in person. With nearly two years of not having the freedom and interaction of a physical show, people are looking forward to enjoying a great day out again, listening to live talks and asking questions face-to-face to experts and exhibitors. We have had many requests to hold another show and we are only too pleased to welcome everyone back! Help ensure the future of family history events like this by voting with your feet today.

We have the great pleasure of announcing that The Family History Show – York is making a welcome return to the racecourse at York on Saturday 25 June 2022 and The Family History Show – London to Kempton Park on Saturday 24 September.

Packed with exhibitors attending from all over the UK, plus family history societies and genealogy supplies companies returning at last to a physical show, this long-awaited chance to talk face-to-face with stall holders is a must for your diary.

These events are not just for those who have Yorkshire or London Ancestors – the shows will appeal to all visitors. Speakers at York include Nick Barratt on the future of family history; Mia Bennett on DNA; Jackie Depelle – writing your family history; Keith Gregson – hints and tips; Mark Bayley – breaking brick walls and mapping your ancestors.

Each show features:

• • Free talks held throughout the day in two large lecture areas
• • Book a free 1-2-1 session with an expert, or visit our expert panel
• • Free parking and local train station
• • All-day refreshments
• • Wheelchair-friendly venue

Early-bird ticket offer
Get your tickets now and save. Only £6 (£8 on the day) and you’ll also get a goody bag on entry worth over £17. Save 50% by getting two tickets for £8 for the York show here :

More records of aristocrats online

Family historians with an aristocratic ancestor in their family tree will be pleased to hear that TheGenealogist has just significantly boosted the number of records in its Peerage, Gentry and Royalty collection. While many family history researchers believe that their forebears were simply ordinary folk, it turns out that many of us can find a link to a family that has a published pedigree. We only have to look at how Danny Dyer or Josh Widdecombe discovered their royal and aristocratic ancestors in their episodes of the Who Do You Think You Are? UK TV series.

Heraldic visitations, one of the records to be included in this release, were tours of inspection undertaken by Kings of Arms throughout England, Wales and Ireland. Their purpose was to register and regulate the coats of arms of nobility, gentry and boroughs, and to record pedigrees. A number of later books, while they can not precisely be described as herald’s visitations, provide similar information and can likewise help the researcher to populate their family tree back through the ages and are also in this record release, among many others.

Read TheGenealogist’s article: The Castle Ruin and its connection to the Australian “King” ,