TV’s Dr Nick Barratt, from the BBC programme, ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, will be speaking about  ‘House History’ and ‘Family History and the Media’ at 12 noon and 2pm respectively.  At 1pm, Dr Bruce Durie of Glasgow’s Strathclyde University, will give a talk called ‘Not All Clans and Tartans’, looking at the subject of researching family history in Scotland.  Bletchley Park itself will be the subject of a number of talks that will take place in the library in the Mansion.

Some of the exhibitors expected to attend are the Federation of Family History Societies the Anglian Italian Family History Society, as well as family history societies from around the UK, including Bedford, Devon, Dorset, Doncaster, Hertfordshire and Somerset.  Also represented will be the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and organisations who specialise in family silver, conservation, photographs (visitors are welcome to bring along old family photographs and have them re-touched by Prynne), printers, books, maps and general genealogy supplies.  See below for a full list.

Admission to the Family History Fair is just £4 per person but for an extra £6, visitors may upgrade to an annual Bletchley Park season ticket, which entitles the holder to visit the whole Bletchley Park site.  The season ticket entitles the holder to visit the park free of charge for a full 12 month period.

The Bletchley Park story is told in the main Block-B museum, where the Abwehr Enigma, the Bombe re-build and other codebreaking machines are on display.  At The National Museum of Computing in H Block, visitors will see Colossus, the first ever electronic semi programmable computer.  Other things to see around the Park include a Bomber Command and Home Front exhibition; Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society; the Oxf. & Bucks L.I. at Pegasus Bridge display; the 65th Nachrichten Abteilung German Signals Group; an original 1940's cinema screening wartime show reels; the Toys and Memorabilia Collection; a Maritime and Model Railway exhibition; Diplomatic Wireless Service; Bletchley Park Post Office; and the Victorian Mansion, all in a parkland setting with a lake, wildlife and a children’s play area.

For more information visit www.bletchleypark.org.uk