SECRETS & LIES – THE SEQUEL TO SECRET LIVES
The Halsted Trust Announces Secrets & Lies—An International Family History Conference
Following the success of our previous Secret Lives event, The Halsted Trust is
thrilled to announce its fourth International Family History Conference. Titled
Secrets &Lies: More Hidden Voices of Our Ancestors, the conference will take
place at the Holiday Inn, Peterborough West, from 19th to 21st September 2025.
This immersive event will delve deeper into the lesser-known stories of our
ancestors—stories of mystery, hardship, and resilience that have shaped the history
of the British Isles.
Join Us for a Journey Through History & Hidden Truths
All families have skeletons in the cupboard, and this conference is an opportunity
to explore the secrets and lies that shaped not only individual lives but the history of
Britain. Read more at the Secrets and lies Website
Else Churchill is the Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists in London with over 40 years of experience as a genealogist and educator. Along with teaching the joint SoG/Pharos course on sources for the long 18th century her main research interests lie in the seventeenth century and the common folk who lived through the English Civil Wars.
Her own family history research is concentrated in SW Herefordshire in the 1670s but having exhausted most of the surviving local sources for this period and with little chance of taking this family back further, she has recently been concentrating more on 20th century scandals in her immediate family and applying DNA studies to her genealogy
