At the recent National History Show in London, I had a chance to talk with Roy Stockdill, editor of the Journal of One-Name Studies and an expert British genealogist. Roy is a prolific author, having written hundreds of articles for genealogy magazines. He also presents frequently at genealogy conferences. In this interview, he discusses a number of subjects, including how to find your ancestry on the Internet.
You can see this video by clicking on the link below:
If the above link does not work for you, you can also view it by going to http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid464120989/bclid240119644/bctid958622049
Hint: If you are on a dial-up Internet connection, you may encounter "jerkiness" as the video downloads and tries to play. If so, simply click on PAUSE. You will then see the video continue to download in the background, and it will be stored temporarily on your hard drive. Then click PLAY once again, and it should be much smoother as the video is retrieved from your hard drive at full speed.
If you have not seen Roots Television recently, I would suggest that you go to http://www.RootsTelevision.com and see what else is available on this growing resource. The owners of the site have been adding a lot of content and it is now becoming both an entertaining and educational site for genealogists in many countries. I think you will be very impressed with the many offerings available at http://www.RootsTelevision.com.
Great interview, but how about coming over to the York or Gateshead Family History Fairs and meet lots of ordinary, non-celebrity, backbone of genealogy folk like society volunteers and small genealogical suppliers.
Posted by: Pam Drake | June 17, 2007 at 06:11 AM
I probably will not attend the smaller fairs in England, simply because of the expenses involved. However, I know that Roots Television would like to expand their coverage area to include a lot of U.K. events. I am not sure if they can do that right away but I believe it is on their "want to do" list.
- Dick Eastman
Posted by: Dick Eastman | June 17, 2007 at 10:06 AM
Pity you cannot come. It would be super to meet you.
It would be great if Roots Television were to attend some of our smaller fairs. They would get a much broader view of the family history societies and smaller genealogical suppliers. Celebrities can be great, but so can the nitty gritty!
Posted by: Pam | June 18, 2007 at 07:20 AM
How lovely to see Roy Stockdill! Brought back so many memories of his wonderful writing on the Compuserve Genealogy Forum. In fact I spent a lot of time after seeing the video reading through his book of genealogy poems/writings!
Thanks for the opportunity to hear and see him, Dick.
Mary Holland.
Posted by: Mary Holland | June 19, 2007 at 07:53 PM