In Pictures: Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2015 (and 2016’s show dates)

Now that I’m safely home and recovering in a bath of tea from this year’s superb 3 day Who Do You Think You Are? Live show, I thought i’d share my photos.

But before I do, there’s been some initial confusion over the 2016 show dates. Chris Paton (from The British GENES blog) picks up the case, and Else Churchill from The Society of Genealogists confirmed 2016’s show dates, again at the NEC:

@ChrisMPaton @WDYTYALIVE At @WDYTYALIVE NEC came up with good deal for 2-3 years but can only offer 1st weekend of April as regular gig

— Else Churchill (@SoGGenealogist) April 19, 2015

Else explains that the plans changed over the weekend – presumably based on the success of the show rather than a guesstimate of its success, given that it had also moved home.

UPDATE: The Who Do You Think You Are? Live team have also now confirmed the dates:

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we’ve had to amend the dates for 2016. These will be 7, 8 & 9 April at the NEC.

— WDYTYA? LIVE (@WDYTYALIVE) April 19, 2015

You can read the full Twitter conversation here.

Right, on to those photos!

FindMyPast 1939 tea room

AncestryDNA has been a heavily promoted product this year’s WDYTYA? Live show.

National Archives stand at WDYTYA Live 2015

The 1939 Tea Room was a big hit

My WDYTYA? Live tickets have arrived.

Evacuees poster

Remembrance statue at Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2015

Understanding the Death Duty Registers sign

The My History stand

Margaret Haig (IPO) talks copyright and family history

Day Three was pretty busy

Two AncestryDNA testing kits

FIBIS had a large stand this year

Some criminal reading to add to my reading pile.

Kitchener Calling…

Linda Kerr of ISOGG talking DNA for Absolute Beginners

Where Do You Think You Are Going? Live

Stalls at Who Do You Think You Are? Live

Cambridgeshire Family History Society stall

Jayne Shrimpton talks 80s fashion

Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry stand

FamilySearch explain digitisation of some microfilm records

Alec Tritton on Non-confirmist records

The FindMyPast 1939 Tea Room

Busy AncestryDNA stand.

Alec Tritton opens the Parish Chest

Eric Knowles in the sun

Pen & Sword Books

Some of the attendees at one of the 2015 WDYTYA? Live tweet-ups.

Dave Annal talking Death Duty Registers

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