Journeys into Genealogy podcast

By Emma Cox

What's Journeys into Genealogy podcast about?

Genealogy podcast covering family history, research, tips, stories, interviews and more. With an initial focus on the UK and Ireland and moving beyond that in future.

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Journeys into Genealogy podcast episodes:

05.28.2024
Researching Jamaican Ancestors with Wendy Aris
Wendy Aris has spent years searching for her Jamaican ancestors. In this episode we discuss what records are available and how far back they go. Visiting the National Archives and National Library in Jamaica, slavery, manumissions and emancipation and some...
05.14.2024
Researching Ancestors in Australia with Ruth Graham
Ruth Graham, chair of the Society of Australian Genealogists, talks about the history of Australia, how the states are organized (it's changed quite a bit over the years!) where to find records, what records are available, including burial registers, newspapers,...
04.29.2024
Preserving the Past with Melissa Kitchen
Melissa Kitchen shares family stories and gives us tips on how to find and record them. We discuss living in the USA, ancestors who came across on the Mayflower, New England and lots more. There is a guest blog post...
04.12.2024
US Family history, Pryor Wives and more with Vanessa Wood
Writer and researcher Vanessa Wood talks about her own family history including migration from Sweden to Tennessee and Virginia USA and her book "Pryor Wives" about the women who married into several Pryor families who shared a common surname, but...
03.26.2024
Researching New Zealand Family History with Sarah Hewitt
Sarah Hewitt is chair of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists. We discuss what records are available in New Zealand, where they are located, what is available for free including birth, marriage and death records, wills and probate, school records,...
03.12.2024
Manchester History with Dean Kirby
Dean Kirby has researched his ancestors amongst industrial Manchester in the 19th century and his book "Angel Meadow" is about the slum neighbourhood that they lived in and some of the interesting characters who were their neighbours. We discuss pauper...
02.21.2024
East Surrey Family History Society with Hilary Blanford
Hilary Blanford explains the area covered by East Surrey (for non UK listeners part of this is directly south of the River Thames in London), the resources available from the Society, events held including online family history fairs, in person...
02.13.2024
Researching South African ancestors with Natalie da Silva
Natalie da Silva of the Genealogical Society of South Africa (www.genza.org.za) talks about all the records and resources available for researching South African ancestors. Plus South African history, immigration, how the country is setup, locations of archives, where records are...
01.31.2024
Storytelling with Bridget Badoe McQuick
Bridget Badoe McQuick (aka Lady Esi) is an oral historian, storyteller and local heritage champion. We discuss her family history, stories and culture in Ghana including burial traditions (funerals go on for 3 days and are a celebration of life...
01.24.2024
Unravelled with Fanny Mills
Fanny Mills discusses her book "Unravelled" full of family secrets, missing people, culture clashes and what she discovered about her family's hidden past. From high society and aristocracy in England in the late 19th and early 20th century one one...
12.29.2023
Goodbye and thank you 2023 and hello 2024
Celebrating the third anniversary of the Journeys into Genealogy podcast with a short round up of 2023, statistics, tips from some the interviewees and what's in store for 2024.
12.21.2023
Running, ancestors and "Makin a Mackem" with Julie Carter
Fell runner Julie Carter made a running pilgrimage to visit Gateshead in north east England where her ancestor John Nowell setup the Gateshead Harriers running group. We discuss her book "Makin a Mackem" which talks about her journey, mental health,...
12.05.2023
Dead Fred with Joe Bott
Find out about Dead Fred the genealogy photo archive setup by Joe Bott. Over the past 40 years or so he has collected hundreds of thousands of old photos including daguerrotypes, tintypes, cartes de visite and cabinet cards and even...
11.17.2023
Genealogy Fun with Sindi Terrien
Genealogy Fun whilst developing new genealogists is a new book by Sindi Terrien. We talk about lots of games and ways to encourage interest amongst young (and older) people in your family history. There's also a chance to win a...
11.01.2023
ProjectKin with Barbara Tien
Barbara Tien is the founder of ProjectKin (projectkin.org), a new global community of people helping to share family history stories using modern technology. Barbara explains how she came to set it up, how it works, who it is for and...
10.10.2023
Researching Cornish family history and the Cornish disapora with Lesley Trotter
Lesley Trotter talks about Cornwall, the 'married widows', the Cornish diaspora and where they ended up including the USA, Canada, Mexico, South America and other places. Discussing why people travelled and the industries concerned, including mining. With tips on how...
09.26.2023
The Family History Federation with Ian Waller
Find out more about the Family History Federation and the new www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk website for information, support and guidance on researching your family history. Ian Waller is the education officer and he explains the aims of the Federation and what it...
09.13.2023
The Surname Society with Kirsty Gray
Find out more about The Surname Society with Kirsty Gray. If you've considered researching one or more of your family surnames and would like guidance and support then the Surname Society is a useful resource. It's open to everyone across...
08.22.2023
Researching in archives with Maxine Willett
Maxine Willett shares her expertise in working in archives plus stories and research tips on how to make the best use of your time. The discussion includes planning a visit, private and public archives, what to expect, how to...
08.08.2023
English trade, banking and merchants in the 17th to 19th centuries with Perry Gauci
Dr Perry Gauci shares his expertise on English merchants, trade and banking from the 1660s to 1850s. We discuss what information is available and where to find it including trade directories, the London Gazette, bankruptcy records, wills, insurance records, the...
07.25.2023
German Handwriting, translation and migration
Do you have German ancestors? Claudia Strachan talks about some of the letters, memoirs and other documents she has translated and shares stories about migration from Germany to the USA, South America and Australia. Bringing to life 18th, 19th and...
07.07.2023
Researching ancestors in British India with Mike Trenchard
Mike Trenchard is an expert in researching ancestors in British India. We discuss the East India Company and how it helped shape India, where to find records online and in archives, whether to use a local researcher (or not!), the...
06.26.2023
Buried Secrets with Anne Hanson
Anne Hanson's new book, Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida, is a real-life mystery about her quest to discover the hidden past that her grandparents Frank and Ida took to their graves. When she finally unearthed their real identities,...
06.06.2023
The Walloons with Sandra Robinson
Sandra Robinson shares her expertise on the history of the Walloons of the Low Countries in Europe in the 16th and 17th century. From origins in Belgium and France and including journeys across Europe to escape perscution from Philip II...
05.23.2023
ShipIndex with Peter McCracken
Award winning librarian, Peter McCracken, noticed a gap in available information about where to find details about historical ships online. This led him to setup ShipIndex to bring together all the places he could find, or has been told about,...
05.10.2023
DNA Painter with Jonny Perl
Jonny Perl talks about how he setup DNA Painter and how it can help anyone researching their DNA including people with pedigree collapse and complicated family trees. We discuss chromosomes, tree completeness, what are the odds, the DNA testing companies...
04.28.2023
The Muse of Freedom with Jules Larimore
Jules shares the story of her ancestor Jean BonDurant in her book "The Muse of Freedom" and his imagined life as a Huguenot in the Languedoc with the trials and tribulations of 17th century France. While investigating him, Jules researched...
04.18.2023
A Few Forgotten Women
The "A Few Forgotten Women" project comemorates women who might otherwise never be known. In this panel interview with Janet Few, Mandy Geary, Margaret Roberts and Ann Simcock we discuss some of the women they have researched and the issues...
03.27.2023
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes with Kate Strasdin
The "Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes" is a 200 year old album filled with wonderful fabric pieces. It was created by a Victorian mill owner's daughter who became a merchant's wife and tracks her life over the next 20+...
03.20.2023
The Last Lancer with Catherine Czerkawska
The Last Lancer is the story of Catherine Czerkawska's grandfather Wladyslaw Czerkawski and his early life in Poland, World War II, and as a soldier and later on as a refugee and finally his family in Yorkshire, England. Going from...
02.22.2023
Researching Female Ancestors with Emma Jolly
Female ancestors can be harder to find but records do exist. Emma Jolly talks about some of the resources she recommends and we discuss military pensions, DNA and matrilineal lines, naming traditions in England and Scotland, names and nicknames, Florence...
02.08.2023
Researching occupations with Sophie Kay
Sophie Kay specialises in researching historical occupations. We discuss potential sources for finding old occupations including trade directories, censuses, occupational reversion, dictionaries of old occupations, Grace's Guide, HISCO, Histpop and the Internet Archive. Plus the effects of occupation on health,...
01.26.2023
Researching Welsh Ancestors with Gill Thomas
Gill helps guide us through researching ancestors in Wales with topics including Welsh names, patronymic names, Welsh places, chapel and church records, non-conformity, the effects of the industrial revolution, boatbuilding, steel, coal and copper mining, Welsh geography, parishes old and...
01.06.2023
Researching Italian Ancestors with Julie Goucher
Julie Goucher's Italian ancestors come from Sicily. In this episode we discuss migration, where to find records, her Orlando one name study, suggested resources and much more. There is an accompanying blog post with a downloadable guide full of tips...
12.30.2022
Celebrating 50 episodes, a round up of 2022 and what's in store for 2023
Journeys into Genealogy is now two years old and 50 episodes have been broadcast. This short episode contains a roundup of 2022, some of my favourite moments, feedback from interviewees, lessons learned, statistics and what's in store for 2023.
11.29.2022
Researching Theatre Ancestors with Mish Holman
Do you have ancestors who worked in the theatre, as a musician or similar? Mish Holman shares her stories of researching her ancestors, actors Abraham and Sarah Adcock. Talking about national and regional theatre, playbill archives, special collections and much...
10.26.2022
Researching aristocratic ancestors with Anthony Adolph
Do you believe you have aristocratic or royal ancestors? Expert genealogist, author and presenter, Anthony Adolph gives his do's and quite a few don'ts when researching and creating a family tree leading back to the gentry or royalty. Discussing gateway...
10.10.2022
A DNA story and a Non Parent Event with Lezlee Liljenberg
"If only you knew" said her father to Lezlee. This mystery lasted for decades until Lezlee had her DNA tested and discovered that things she had believed were not true. Lezlee Liljenberg from Texas, USA is on a journey to...
09.28.2022
Ancestors, postcards and photography with Karen Sawyer
Karen Sawyer is a descendant of early 19th century Scottish photographer William Hunter. Here she talks about collecting and restoring his postcards, arranging exhibitions of his work in Newton Stewart, meeting distant cousins and what she has inherited from him.
09.08.2022
Heirloom Hunting with Chelsey Brown
Chelsey Brown is becoming known as "The Heirloom Hunter". Based in New York, USA, she finds and returns objects to the descendants of their original owners. From a letter or family bible to jewellry and artworks and more.
08.26.2022
House Histories and Genealogy with Melanie Backe-Hansen
When researching your family history you are likely to want to find out more about where your ancestors lived. Expert house historian Melanie Backe-Hansen shares her experiences and gives tips for getting started, where to look including local sources (which...
08.10.2022
Cemeteries and Graveyards with Celia Heritage
Graveyard, cemeteries, churches, the history and evolution of the churchyard, headstones, burial locations inside and outside the church, burial records inc non-conformist, consecration, the Magnificent 7 and more with author and speaker Celia Heritage. Plus tips on where to find...
07.27.2022
The Beresford Family and Bedgebury Park with Neville Gallagher
Neville Gallagher talks about the Beresford family of Bedgebury Park in Kent including philanthropist Alexander Beresford Hope who funded local schools and many churches in England and Ireland and was interested in the American Civil War. Plus the history of...
06.28.2022
Paul Chiddicks - columnist, family history blogger and writer
Paul Chiddicks is the face behind "Dear Paul" in Family Tree Magazine and a moderator on Twitter's #AncestryHour. He shares family history stories with research tips, discusses heirlooms and The Old Palace School Bombing in WWII.
06.14.2022
Maps, the Ordnance Survey, digitisation and more
Chris Fleet of the National Library of Scotland gives us an introduction to wide variety of maps held with details of some of the collections helpful to people interested in family history / genealogy or researching specific places. We also...
05.19.2022
Boost your genealogy knowledge with Pharos Tutors
Karen Cummings, owner of Pharos Tutors, a leading online genealogy training company explains about the short courses available (there are lots and I highly recommend them having done several myself). Topics include wills, DNA, military ancestors, Scottish research, Irish research,...
04.25.2022
Mick Henry and the Nicholas Oxley of Sussex and his farming diaries
Mick Henry from the Sussex Family History Group explains about Nicholas Oxley and the transcription of his farming diaries from Sussex in the early 1800s. Including the influence of weather across the globe, religion, farm workers, family, crops and much...
04.13.2022
Scrapbooking for family history with Jeanne Pope
Scrapbooking can help you record and bring your ancestors to life. Jeanne Pope talks about how she's used scrapbooking both digitally and physically to tell her own family history stories and those of people she has never met. Find out...
03.24.2022
James Rigby, the SOE and adventures in India with David Rigby
James Rigby was an unknown hero of WWII and the SOE (Special Operations Executive). From tin mining in Malaysia to Operation Creek in Goa, India. David Rigby, a distant cousin, shares his discoveries and the connection with the film "The...
03.11.2022
Stories of Yorkshire with Natasha Houseman
Natasha Houseman shares stories of her ancestors who grew up in 3 valleys in Yorkshire - Nidderdale, Wharfdale and Washburn. Talking about farming, names, female ancestors, inheritances, local history and more with tips for making ancestors feel alive and looking...

What's Journeys into Genealogy podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Journeys into Genealogy podcast episodes:

Researching Jamaican Ancestors with Wendy Aris

Researching Ancestors in Australia with Ruth Graham

Preserving the Past with Melissa Kitchen

US Family history, Pryor Wives and more with Vanessa Wood

Researching New Zealand Family History with Sarah Hewitt

Manchester History with Dean Kirby

East Surrey Family History Society with Hilary Blanford

Researching South African ancestors with Natalie da Silva

Storytelling with Bridget Badoe McQuick

Unravelled with Fanny Mills

Goodbye and thank you 2023 and hello 2024

Running, ancestors and "Makin a Mackem" with Julie Carter

Dead Fred with Joe Bott

Genealogy Fun with Sindi Terrien

ProjectKin with Barbara Tien

Researching Cornish family history and the Cornish disapora with Lesley Trotter

The Family History Federation with Ian Waller

The Surname Society with Kirsty Gray

Researching in archives with Maxine Willett

English trade, banking and merchants in the 17th to 19th centuries with Perry Gauci

German Handwriting, translation and migration

Researching ancestors in British India with Mike Trenchard

Buried Secrets with Anne Hanson

The Walloons with Sandra Robinson

ShipIndex with Peter McCracken

DNA Painter with Jonny Perl

The Muse of Freedom with Jules Larimore

A Few Forgotten Women

The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes with Kate Strasdin

The Last Lancer with Catherine Czerkawska

Researching Female Ancestors with Emma Jolly

Researching occupations with Sophie Kay

Researching Welsh Ancestors with Gill Thomas

Researching Italian Ancestors with Julie Goucher

Celebrating 50 episodes, a round up of 2022 and what's in store for 2023

Researching Theatre Ancestors with Mish Holman

Researching aristocratic ancestors with Anthony Adolph

A DNA story and a Non Parent Event with Lezlee Liljenberg

Ancestors, postcards and photography with Karen Sawyer

Heirloom Hunting with Chelsey Brown

House Histories and Genealogy with Melanie Backe-Hansen

Cemeteries and Graveyards with Celia Heritage

The Beresford Family and Bedgebury Park with Neville Gallagher

Paul Chiddicks - columnist, family history blogger and writer

Maps, the Ordnance Survey, digitisation and more

Boost your genealogy knowledge with Pharos Tutors

Mick Henry and the Nicholas Oxley of Sussex and his farming diaries

Scrapbooking for family history with Jeanne Pope

James Rigby, the SOE and adventures in India with David Rigby

Stories of Yorkshire with Natasha Houseman