Really Useful Podcast

Really Useful Podcast

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Really Useful Podcast episodes

  • Series 3 Episode 6: Proof Is Essential
    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.
    36 min
  • Series 3 Episode 5: Getting Started With DNA
    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.
    34 min
  • Series 3 Episode 4: Family, Local & Social History

    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.

    39 min
  • Series 3 Episode 2: Were Your Ancestors Really Married?

    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/.

     

    36 min
  • Series 3 Episode 4: Family, Local & Social History
    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.
    39 min
  • Series 3 Episode 3: Migration Within Britain
    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.
    30 min
  • Series 3 Episode 2: Were Your Ancestors Really Married?
    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.
    32 min
  • Series 3 Episode 1: Free Resources
    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.
    36 min

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The Really Useful Podcast from the Family History Federation. In each episode, Joe Saunders introduces a topic from the family history world, to discuss with some experts in that field.