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About the talk: Sifting through the evidence to find the truth (or what passes for it in the world of genealogy) is a skill which all serious family historians need to develop. The information left by our ancestors is all-too-frequently misleading, inaccurate or just plain wrong! As we become more experienced we find that they had any number of reasons to be economical with the truth or sometimes simply didn’t know the answer to questions thrown at them by clerks, registrars and enumerators. Using real examples, this talk will look at some of the reasons why our ancestors might seem to have lied and offer suggestions on how to recognise their varying degrees of ignorance, half-truths and wilful deception.
About the Speaker: Dave Annal is a popular speaker with a large repertoire of talks covering a variety of family history-based topics. He has spoken at RootsTech, The Genealogy Show, Who Do You Think You Are Live? and other major Family History events and also given talks at The National Archives, London Metropolitan Archives, The Society of Genealogists and numerous Family History Societies around London and the South East.