Hello and welcome to Step into the Past – the podcast where we take you back in time to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors, brought to you by Findmypast.

Throughout this series we’ll be uncovering the family tree of a different guest each week, and we’ll be visiting a central location in the lives of their ancestors - a location cared for by the National Trust. What secrets can these locations reveal about the lives of people who lived or worked there through the generations?

Hosted by historian, author and TV presenter Professor Suzannah Lipscomb we'll be uncovering the mysteries behind family history and how these can be pieced together using historical records, which we’ll be doing plenty of throughout this series.