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WDYTYA 2016 at The NEC Birmingham 7 - 9 April

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Who Do You Think You Are 2016 certainly delivered what it promised this year at the NEC, in Birmingham. Birmingham was known as 'The City of a Thousand Trades' one hundred years ago. Now it can be known as the best venue for the world's largest family history show. The celebrities for the show included Anita Rani, Yorkshire-born presenter and star of Strictly Come Dancing. Sir Tony Robinson joined experts on the Ancestry stand. Eric Knowles identified and dated family heirlooms. The highlight for me was the talk by Dr Turi King on 'Discovering Richard III'. I can't wait to go to the visitor centre at Leicester at  http://www.kriii.com/ . Dr King revealed fascinating research into Richard III's DNA. I purchased Treeview the new software for research and I'll keep you posted as to how I like this tool and whether I find it useful for family history research. One of the most useful purchases I made was The Family History Work Book  from Rydale F

Ancestral Connections at WDYTYA 2016 at NEC Birmingham 7 - 9 April 2016

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