With "Searching for Surnames" Kirsty Gray makes a welcome return on Tuesday 8th July in the Eghams Room at Bourne End Community Centre.
The full title of this talk is "Searching for Surnames - challenges, pitfalls and the downright rediculous" so we should be ready for another entertaining and informative talk from Kirsty Gray.
Kirsty has been involved in the world of genealogy from a very early age. With her mother, she researched her maternal family history from the 1980s and soon found the fascinating surname of Sillifant in her paternal lineage which took her considered attention. Kirsty has continued from a rookie to a fully-fledged professional genealogist, business owner, heir tracer, TV/radio personality, Genealogy Show Director, and more besides.
Kirsty’s company, Family Wise Limited, is now one of the leading heir tracing companies and the only family history company with a High Street presence in the UK. Leaving her former career as a Mathematics and Science teacher in 2013, she has appeared on Qui-Etes Vous? (Who Do You Think You Are?) in Canada, researching the English roots of the opera singer, Marc Hervieux and in 2016, one of Kirsty’s success stories of 2015 featured on the second series of the BBC’s Family Finders.
Kirsty now employs more than thirty staff the world over and is a world-renowned speaker offering over 100 lectures to audiences of all levels.
Doors open at 19:30 and the talk starts at approx 19:45.
Visitors are very welcome. Entrance is free for members and £2 for non-members (or why not take out an annual membership from as little as £6).
Meetings are held in the Eghams Room at Bourne End Community Centre. Wakeman Road, Bourne End, SL8 5SX. See Southern Branch for details & charges.