Family History Conference

Speakers at the Society of Genealogists’ Conference

Breaking the Barriers – Innovative Genealogy in the 20th and 21st  Centuries

Royal Overseas League , London . 7 May 2011

Dr Bruce Durie  FLS, FSAScot, FHEA  will be talking on -

The Future of Genealogy Education 

Session 2B, 11.45-12.45

Genealogy is at a cusp – increasing professionalism requires more formal educational provision, and the public is coming to expect educational and professional credentials.

At the same time, Genealogical Studies is becoming a recognised academic discipline. How will this be delivered, and what are the implications for existing and intending professional genealogists.

Dr Bruce Durie is Course Director, Genealogical Studies at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, where he is responsible for the postgraduate professional Genealogical Studies programme (up to MSc) as well as a cluster of lower-level courses.

Author of over 16 books on historical, IT and genealogical subjects plus crime fiction, and many magazine and newspaper articles, he is best known for weekly appearances on “Digging Up Your Roots” and “A House with a Past” for the BBC.

His latest book is Scottish Genealogy (The History Press, 2010)

Dr Bruce Durie appears with the support of the Halsted Trust

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Speakers at the Society of Genealogists’ Conference

Breaking the Barriers – Innovative Genealogy in the 20th and 21st  Centuries

Royal Overseas League , London . 7 May 2011

Beverley Rowe will be talking on -  Beyond Soundex 

Session 5A, 16.30-17.30

Name matching systems, such as Soundex, have been seen as a tool for social and local historians but lacking the accuracy needed for family research. But as available datasets get larger and larger, search automation seems more attractive.

This paper compares many different methods of name matching and suggests how a family historian might proceed.

Beverley worked in social research but then (in 1962) switched to computing. Until 1985 I was mainly with educational / research organisations (e.g. London University, North London Polytechnic, International Statistical Institute). He was primarily concerned with software for social surveys and with computer centre management.

After that  he was an independent consultant and worked for a very wide range of clients on many types of application.

Beverley was a vice-president of the British Computer Society and founded the Association for Survey Computing.

HIs main computer work now is connected with a prosopographic study of a small area of Camden, London.

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Speakers at the Society of Genealogists’ Conference

Breaking the Barriers – Innovative Genealogy in the 20^th and 21st  Centuries

Royal Overseas League , London . 7 May 2011 

Alec Tritton will be talking on -

Family History Communication in the 21^st Century – Blogging, Social Networking and Ezines 

 Session 4B, 15.15-16.15

The digital world is changing; no longer is it sufficient to just put up a static website as there are more people using YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other Social Networking sites than search the Internet daily. The search engines today prefer blogs with regular fresh new content. This creates a challenge to the average family historian wishing to make their genealogies available to the widest audience on the World Wide Web. This lecture will help to explain how these new uses of the Internet can be used for family history.

A family historian for over 25 years specialising in burial grounds, graveyards, grave robbery and obscure nonconformist sects. From 2002 to 2006 Alec was Chairman of the Federation of Family History Societies and for the previous 3 years, the Chairman of the Guild of One-Name Studies. He has also been Vice-Chairman of the Society of Genealogists and is currently on the Lectures Working Group and Chairman of the Halsted Trust. Alec maintains the Society’s three blogging websites as well as their mailing list and professional research directory.

Having sold his business in 2002, he works selling investment property in Florida and as a Professional Blogger and SEO Specialist.

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 Breaking the Barriers : Innovative Genealogy in the 20^th and 21^st Century

Proposals will be accepted starting 1 May 2010 for the Society of Genealogists’ Centenary Conference, Breaking the Barriers, to be held at The Royal Overseas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, 5 St James’s Terrace, London SW1A 1LP on Saturday 7^th May 2011.

The conference lectures will be a celebration of the past century of genealogy and the Society of Genealogists and will look forward to the future of the subject. The conference will include a full day of lectures, networking luncheons, and workshops featuring nationally and internationally known genealogical speakers.  

Deadline for Submissions — 31 July 2010

Conference Themes

The Society is inviting submissions for papers and presentations on a variety of themes and expects submission topics to include, amongst others:

 How the SoG has affected genealogy

Expanding the frontiers in genealogy

The development of genealogy.  Then and now and what next?

Expanding the frontiers in genealogy

Problem solving. Breaking the barriers in genealogy

London research and London problems

Technological innovation in genealogy (with a particular look at British innovation).

Social themes from 2011, the end of the Edwardian Age ­ – Women’s suffrage, pensions etc

General genealogical topics including methodology, skills building, record analysis, problem solving and writing family history

Sessions are generally limited to fifty minutes plus a ten-minute question-and-answer session. Syllabus material (word documents or PDF files), due in early 2011, is required for each lecture or workshop presentation 

Guidelines

Anyone wishing to submit a talk for the conference should contact the conference team genealogy@sog.org.uk who will supply a conference proposal form which should include the following information:

 •           Speaker’s full name, address, telephone and email address.

•           Lecture title, not to exceed fourteen words, and a brief but comprehensive outline

•           Short summary of the lecture; word count not to exceed 100 words, which will be used in the program, if selected.

•           Brief speaker biography, not to exceed 100 words.

•           Resume of recent lectures given by the speaker. Those who have not spoken previously at a regional or national conference are encouraged to submit an audio or video tape of a recent lecture.

 Speakers are expected to use an electronic presentation program. Such as Powerpoint. The SoG will provide the data projector, VGA cable, stand and power. Talks using OHPs will NOT be accepted.

 Individuals may submit any number of proposals. SoG members will be given first consideration as speakers.

 Completed proposal forms must be e-mailed to genealogy@sog.org.uk  with the subject: 2011 SoG Family History Conference-Call for Papers.

Selected speakers will be notified in August 2010. Speakers will receive a complimentary full conference registration 

Compensation by the SoG

Speakers selected by the SoG, and who are not sponsored elsewhere, will receive a speakers fee and reasonable travel expenses, within the UK, agreed in advance with the SoG.

Sponsorship opportunities

Sponsorship for individual lectures and lecturers may be agreed with the Society. Speakers who have their sessions sponsored will receive a complimentary one-day conference registration. Compensation and travel expenses are at the discretion of the sponsoring organization.    

Any Questions? Contact the Conference Team on genealogy@sog.org.uk  

The Society of Genealogists will be 100 years old in 2011 and we intend to celebrate our anniversary in style.  There will be different activities to commemorate the occasion and we hope all our members and friends will join us in our celebrations

Details of all our commemorative events planned for 2011 will be posted on our website and in the Genealogists’ Magazine. Here are the first two events to note in your diary

The Society of Genealogists Centenary Conference will take place on Saturday 7 May 2011
Venue: Royal Overseas League,
Over-Seas House,
Park Place
5 St James’s Terrace,
London SW1A 1LP

Royal Overseas League SW1

This will be an all day event culminating in a Conference Banquet in the evening. More details including lecture streams, prices etc will follow but this is definitely a date to book in your diary.

Society Centenary Celebration Dinner
Friday 6 May 2011
Venue: Royal Overseas League, London
This will be a high profile dinner to formally celebrate the Society’s 100th Anniversary. Spaces will be limited, ticketing information and pricing will be available soon.

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