We are in amongst the cockneys for this month's episode of the podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands. We'll talk about the different guilds, street names, sources and databases, oranges and lemons, whittington and his cat; that's not to mention the bells!

A history of the English Manor provides as foundation for investigating medieval genealogy in England. The Customs of the Manor, the Open Field System and the Feudal System provide a context for the snippets of information that the early historical documents offer us.   In the episode of the Podcast for The Genealogist with Too Much on Their Hands, Malcolm Noble discusses the typically English institution.

How can we find out the truth about those family traditions that no one can prove but no one can say they definitely didn't happen,  This months episode of the podcast for the genealogist with too much time on their hands takes a thorough look at these teasers

This episode of the podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands looks at how to investigate family traditions, those stories which no one can prove but no one can say that they didn't happen.  How do these myths get started?

The power of the squire emerged from the dispersal of property following the dissolution of the monasteries and accelerated in the new century so that they were able to press parliament's case against the orthodox aristocracy.  Looking for changes and differences - always my calling cards, you may have noticed - the story of these major families may explain why our grandparents moved, changed their work patterns or addresses or even emigrated. While the conventional sources of history are as important as ever, this episode highlight some more uncommon sources to inform our subject

We discuss the work of local historian Richard Carew, who produced an early Survey of Cornwall.  As usual, we recommend a Book, a Podcast and a Website, and we test our knowledge by considering four questions from a 1953 History A Level paper. We bring the chatter together to list four common signals that a pedigree might be suspect.  This Podcast for Genealogists with Too Much Time on Their Hands comes from a corner of a country lane in the middle of England.

This episode of the podcast for the genealogist with too much time on their hands suggests how to get the most out of this source for medieval genealogy.  

Here is the monthly podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands. This month is the first of three episode which draw out the benefit for family tree hunters from the financial comings and goings of some troubled years in medieval English

Episode 49 of the monthly podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands. The story of three Australian brothers whose grandmother emigrated from West Wratting in Cambridgeshire not only pays tribute to these young men (only one of the three came back from the Great War, and he suffered as a PoW) but also demonstrates how readily available sources of local history reveal a greater depth to stories of emigration in the 19th Century.

Episode 48 of Talk Genealogy, the podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands, discusses making the most of meagre information about an ancestor. A family history of the Hawkins family and the design of Tudor farm houses are used to illustrate the technique