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Joe is joined by Karen Cummings, professional family historian and Managing Director at Pharos Tutors https://www.professionalfamilyhistory.co.uk/ https://www.pharostutors.com/, Sophie Kay, professional genealogist at Khronicle https://www.khronicle.co.uk/ and the Ancestry and Genealogy Expert for Time Team and Phil Isherwood, genealogist speaker and writer who runs the methodology blog ‘Seeing the Wood for the Trees’ https://familyhistory.car.blog/.
Proof is critical when building our family trees. We must use good methodology to gather evidence to prove our family history. Our guests discuss the importance of proof to family history research and offer some advice.
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Joe is joined by Andrew Martin, family historian, digital archivist, and host of The Family Histories Podcast https://familyhistoriespodcast.com, Sophie Kay, professional genealogist at Khronicle https://www.khronicle.co.uk/ and the Ancestry and Genealogy Expert for Time Team and Karen Cummings professional family historian and Managing Director at Pharos Tutors https://www.professionalfamilyhistory.co.uk/ https://www.pharostutors.com/.
In recent years DNA has become increasingly prominent in family history research, offering a method to complement our other sources or fill a gap in their absence. In this episode our guests share their advice on starting out with DNA.
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Local and social history are closely linked with family history. They enable us to discover more about our ancestors’ lives, adding detail to core information about life events. Our speakers discuss the value of local and social history and how to incorporate it into our research.
Joe is joined by Paul Chiddicks, Family Tree magazine’s Dear Paul and blogger; Natalie Pithers, founder of Genealogy Stories and creator of the Curious Descendants Club, helping you to write and share your ancestors stories. Project and Comms Manager at Society of Genealogists and Margaret Roberts, sports historian and editor of the Playing Pasts online sports history magazine, publicity officer for the FHS of Cheshire and Society Liaison Officer for the Federation and part of the A Few Forgotten Women research team,
Paul Chiddicks at https://chiddicksfamilytree.com and https://oldpalaceschoolbombing.com/
Natalie Pithers https://genealogystories.co.uk/
Margaret Roberts http://www.playingpasts.co.uk, https://www.fhsc.org.uk, https://afewforgottenwomen.wixsite.com/affw.
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People in the past moved about a lot more than we might think. In this episode our guests discuss the historical migration of people within Britain, including the kind of movements you might find in your family tree, what this can tell us and how we can research migrating ancestors.
Joe is joined by Janet Few, historical researcher, writer, speaker and President of the Family History Federation; Jane Hough, amateur genealogist and blogger and Gill Thomas, professional family historian specialising in Welsh records and chair of the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives.
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Many of us will have questioned at some point in our research whether our ancestors were really married. In this episode our guests discuss how you can tell if people were married or not, share some stories and offer tips, including to use Rebecca Probert’s, Marriage Law for Genealogists.
Joe is joined by Kelly Cornwell, professional family historian, blogger and speaker; Antony Marr, retired professional family historian and former chair of the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives and Dave Annal, professional family historian, lecturer, author and former principal Family History Specialist at The National Archives
Kelly Cornwell https://whoamifamilytreeresearch.co.uk/,
Antony Marr
Dave Annal https://lifelinesresearch.co.uk/.
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Family history research can quickly become an expensive hobby. However, there is a wealth of free resources that we can use to help with our research while keeping costs down. We discuss some of the different free (online and in-person) resources available in this episode.
Joe is joined by Jackie Depelle, family and local historian, speaker and tutor; Janet Barrie, historian and chair of the Society for One-place Studies and Margaret Roberts, sports historian and editor of the Playing Pasts online sports history magazine, publicity officer for the FHS of Cheshire and Society Liaison Officer for the Federation and part of the A Few Forgotten Women research team,
Jackie Depelle http://www.yourfairladies.co.uk,
Janet Barrie http://www.springhillhistory.org.uk/
Margaret Roberts http://www.playingpasts.co.uk, https://www.fhsc.org.uk, https://afewforgottenwomen.wixsite.com/affw.
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It can be very enjoyable to write about our family history. It is also a useful way to focus our research. In this episode our guests discuss the different ways to write up our family histories and offer some advice for doing so.
Joe is joined by Natalie Pithers, who runs the Curious Descendants Club which helps people write their family history https://genealogystories.co.uk, Mish Holman, professional genealogist who researches and writes up family histories into books https://www.familyhistorygifts.co.uk/, Paul Chiddicks, Family Tree magazine’s ‘Dear Paul’ and blogger at https://chiddicksfamilytree.com and https://oldpalaceschoolbombing.com/ and Matthew Abel, museum professional at the V&A and family historian.
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
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By learning about occupations, we gain a better understanding of the lives of our ancestors such as their health conditions and how they spent their spare time. Our guests share stories and offer advice in this special extended episode.
Joe is joined by Margaret Roberts, sports historian and editor of the Playing Pasts online sports history magazine, Publicity Officer for the FHS of Cheshire and Society Liaison Officer for the Federation http://www.playingpasts.co.uk and https://www.fhsc.org.uk, Sophie Kay, professional genealogist at Khronicle https://www.khronicle.co.uk/ and Ian Waller, retired professional genealogist, Vice-Chairman and Education Officer of the Federation, Fellow of the Society of Genealogist and author of three books in the ‘My Ancestor Was…’ series.
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
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Collaboration is incredibly valuable for historical researchers of all kinds. Members of the Historians Collaborate group discuss their activities, why we should all work together and how we might do so. https://historianscollaborate.com
Joe is joined by Else Churchill, Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists https://www.sog.org.uk, Jackie Depelle, family historian and family history teacher https://depellejg.wixsite.com/mysite, Mike Esbester, lecturer in history and co-lead on the Railway Work, Life & Death Project http://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk and Julia Laite, professor of history at Birkbeck, University of London https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/8009689/julia-laite
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
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One of the most rewarding things we can do as genealogists is to talk about our family history with relatives. We discuss approaching family members for their knowledge as well as sharing findings with our families.
Joe is joined by Kelly Cornwell, professional genealogist, speaker and blogger https://whoamifamilytreeresearch.co.uk, Mish Holman, professional genealogist and blogger https://theswancircle.co.uk and https://www.familyhistorygifts.co.uk and Jane Hough, family historian and blogger https://www.allthosebefore.org.uk Andrew Martin, family historian, cataloguer, digital archivist and host of The Family Histories Podcast https://li.sten.to/familyhistoriespodcast https://www.familytreeuk.co.uk
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
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While it is certainly true that not everything is online, an increasing amount of source material for family history can be found through the internet. Our guests share some of their favourite, lesser-known places to find online genealogy resources.
Joe is joined by Kelly Cornwell, professional family historian, blogger and speaker https://whoamifamilytreeresearch.co.uk, Natalie Pithers, professional family historian and founder of the Curious Descendants Club https://genealogystories.co.uk and Margaret Roberts, editor of the Playing Pasts online sports history magazine, Publicity Officer for the FHS of Cheshire and Society Liaison Officer for the Federation http://www.playingpasts.co.uk and https://www.fhsc.org.uk
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
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Every family historian has a story about how they got into family history. We share our experiences of starting out with this great hobby and share tips for others who are just beginning.
Joe is joined by Mish Holman, professional genealogist who is particularly interested in theatre ancestors and census enumerators https://www.familyhistorygifts.co.uk/, Kelly Cornwell, professional family historian, blogger and speaker https://whoamifamilytreeresearch.co.uk, Jane Hough, amateur genealogist and blogger https://www.allthosebefore.org.uk/ and Andrew Martin, family historian, author, digital archivist and host of The Family Histories Podcast https://li.sten.to/familyhistoriespodcast https://www.familytreeuk.co.uk/
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
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Joe is joined by Mish Holman, professional genealogist who is particularly interested in theatre ancestors and census enumerators, Margaret Roberts, speaker, editor of the Playing Pasts online sports history magazine and Publicity Officer for the FHS of Cheshire, Paul Chiddicks, blogger and Family Tree Magazine’s ‘Dear Paul’ and Natalie Pithers, professional family historian, blogger and host of the YouTube/Podcast series #TwiceRemoved.
Newspapers are a superb yet under-used resource for family history. We discuss the kinds of information you can find within them ranging from accidents to awards and how to go about searching for genealogy gold.
Mish Holman: https://www.familyhistorygifts.co.uk
Margaret Roberts: http://www.playingpasts.co.uk and https://www.fhsc.org.uk
Paul Chiddicks: https://chiddicksfamilytree.com
Natalie Pithers: https://genealogystories.co.uk
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
Music: www.bensound.com
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Joe is joined by Janet Few, historian, President of the Family History Federation, former chair of the Society for One-Place Studies and author on the subject, Pam Smith, former professional genealogist and passionate local historian who is co-founder of the local history data management app Name & Place and Elizabeth Walne, professional genealogist, writer, tutor, speaker and One-Place researcher.
One-Place Studies are rich local and community histories that involve similar skills and sources as family history. We discuss how to go about choosing and carrying out your own study and the pleasures and pitfalls of doing so.
Janet Few: https://thehistoryinterpreter.wordpress.com
Pam Smith: https://www.nameandplace.com
Elizabeth Walne: https://elizabethwalne.co.uk
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
Music: www.bensound.com
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Joe is joined by Andrew Martin, family historian, author, digital archivist and host of The Family Histories Podcast, Margaret Roberts, editor of the Playing Pasts online sports history magazine and Publicity Officer for the FHS of Cheshire and Daniel Loftus, Gen-Z Genealogist and founding member of The Hidden Branch group for young family historians.
Social media can be a fantastic tool for both the individual family historian and societies to communicate and connect. We discuss the different platforms, their pros and cons and our guests offer some top tips on using them.
Andrew Martin: https://li.sten.to/familyhistoriespodcast and https://www.familytreeuk.co.uk
Margaret Roberts: http://www.playingpasts.co.uk and https://www.fhsc.org.uk
Daniel Loftus: https://beacons.page/thehiddenbranch and https://danielsgenealogy.weebly.com/landing-page.html
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
Music: www.bensound.com
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Joe is joined by Kelly Cornwell, professional family historian, blogger and speaker, Jane Hough, amateur genealogist and blogger, and Margaret Roberts, editor of the Playing Pasts online sports history magazine and Publicity Officer for the FHS of Cheshire.
During the pandemic of 2020-1 many events in the family history world moved online and it looks as though many meetings, talks and conferences will have an online element ongoing. We discuss the excitement and variety of online family history events and how attendees and organisers can get the most out of them.
Kelly Cornwell: https://whoamifamilytreeresearch.co.uk
Jane Hough: https://www.allthosebefore.org.uk
Margaret Roberts: http://www.playingpasts.co.uk and https://www.fhsc.org.uk
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
Music: www.bensound.com
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Joe Saunders is joined by Janet Few, historical researcher, writer, speaker and President of the Family History Federation, Margaret Roberts, editor of the Playing Pasts online sports history magazine and Publicity Officer for the FHS of Cheshire and Daniel Loftus, Gen-Z Genealogist and founding member of The Hidden Branch group for young family historians.
Young people aren’t just the future of family history but the present. We discuss some of the problems young people face and how older genealogists and organisations can best interact with them for the massive benefit of all.
Janet Few: https://thehistoryinterpreter.wordpress.com
Margaret Roberts: http://www.playingpasts.co.uk and https://www.fhsc.org.uk
Daniel Loftus: https://beacons.page/thehiddenbranch and https://danielsgenealogy.weebly.com/landing-page.html
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
Music: www.bensound.com
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In this episode of the Really Useful Podcast, Joe Saunders is joined by Mish Holman, professional genealogist who is particularly interested in theatre ancestors and census enumerators, Mike Esbester, academic historian and co-lead on the Railway Work Life and Death Project and Judith Batchelor, professional genealogist, writer and tutor at IHGS.
Work affected our ancestors and shaped their fortunes. Occupational records can be used to research your family history and give a fuller picture of their lives. Among other things our speakers touch upon the need to think about women’s work, what drew people to certain occupations and offer some top tips for researching.
Mish Holman: https://www.familyhistorygifts.co.uk
Mike Esbester: http://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
Judith Batchelor: https://genealogyjude.com
Family History Federation: www.familyhistoryfederation.com
Music: www.bensound.com