I am an experienced speaker and educator. I give talks on a range of topics:
| Getting Started with Family History |
| Beyond the Basics in Family History Research – finding the stories |
| My Cousin Sophia – from Exeter to Edinburgh via India and the suspect family she married into! |
| Bigamist and Balloonist – the sources I used to uncover my 2nd cousin 3 x removed bizarre life story |
| Beyond India – using case studies to find sources for family in the Far East |
| Walter Brown, baker’s son from Rickmansworth to grocer in Tottenham – from sources to story |
| Finding Jacob, from the Netherland to Sumatra and back again – how I used DNA and traditional research to find where husband’s great grandfather came from and the sources I used |
| Great Uncle Bill went to India – an overview of British India records |
| All Roads Lead to Tottenham – A 19th Century family’s migration across the UK – through Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, Devon, Suffolk and Essex to Tottenham in North London. Using sources from main genealogy websites, local archives and inherited photos and documents, this case study follows a Grocer, Blacksmith, Shoemaker and Teacher on their journey to London and onwards to the USA. |
| The Crèche, early childcare for working women in Victorian London – the story of Maria Hilton – available from October 2026 |
| I love Maps! – the maps I love and how I use use them for family history research – available from October 2026 |
| Top Tips for Using an Archive or Library – a short talk [30 mins] tips learnt form using archives and libraries around the world |
| A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet – A person’s name is the ultimate piece of family history evidence. Discover how name structure, language variations, and spelling evolution dictate your research strategy, target the right archives, and unlock deep ancestral origins. – available from 2027 |