FIND MY PAST TV SHOW COMES TO THE US!

Good news and yet bad for my schedule! Are you craving a family history TV show? Just received this press release:

Tune in to findmypast.com to view episodes from the hit UK television show, Find My Past, now entering its second season. Each episode links living individuals to real historical events found in their family tree. Findmypast.com is the only place in the US where you can watch this show!

Register on findmypast.com for free and watch Find My Past episodes that aired in the last 30 days at no cost. Missed an episode or want to watch your favorites again? Findmypast subscribers can watch the all episodes for an unlimited time. Every episode will be available to watch on findmypast.com a week after it airs.

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Find My Past the TV show is an exciting series which unites ordinary members of the public with their ancestors. Each week in the new 10-part series, we reveal how three people are related to someone from a significant historical event by searching the ancestry records on findmypast. We follow their journey as each person discovers which of their ancestors played a role in modern history.

At the end of every episode, we unite the participants and reveal how each person's family history is connected to monumental world history– such as the sinking of the Titanic, the WWI Christmas Truce, and the Great Fire of London.

Hosted by Chris Hollins of BBC Breakfast, Watchdog and winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2009, the hit UK Television series is now available for the first time to watch online, exclusive to findmypast registered users. The remaining five episodes will be shown after Christmas.

Appearance on Twin Cities Live

I did my bit on TV yesterday. The staff at Twin Cities Live was great. I took my almost 16 year old granddaughter with me. The male host of the show, John Hanson, took her to meet the afternoon drive on-air personalities, Moon & Staci, from KS95 radio station. Talk about a neat experience for a teen. I told her she owes me for life.

I jump at chances to share the wonderful experience of researching family history. If you are interested in seeing me in action in various places around the U.S. check the links in the right hand column for my upcoming appearances.

If you have any interest in seeing the segment, it is at: http://twincitieslive.com/article/stories/s1080536.shtml?cat=10698. The is supposed to be a link to an 11 page handout about genealogy that includes many live links. You can read this directly by clicking here.

August 12th on Twin Cities Live

If you happen to be within viewing range of Twin Cities TV station KSTP on Wednesday, August 12th, you might catch a glimpse of me on Twin Cities Live. The segment features two half-sisters who met because of "an afternoon on the Internet." Ancestry.com was apparently the impetus for the connection. The station wants me to tell the viewers how to get started in family history research. How much info can I squeeze into a few sentences? I do hear you folks laughing at the thought of me trying to say only a few sentences. I just happen to be overly passionate about the subject.

Genealogy TV Show -- Top Ratings

How popular is tracing family history? An article in today's Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/ tells that the BBC show Who Do You Think You Are? drew a 30% audience share that translated to 6.5 million viewers last night.

I never thought I would see such a headline! Not that I didn't believe it could happen -- but to see it prominently placed in a newspaper is what I never thought could happen. To view the entire article, type "genealogy" in the newspaper's online search box.