Showing posts with label Podcasts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Podcasts. Show all posts

Sunday, March 17, 2024

The Family Histories Podcasts

The wonderful series of The Family Histories Podcast recently released an announcement that it has begun recording its seventh series, to be released later in the year.  The identities of the guests for this series have not yet been released, so we are still waiting to hear that areas will be discussed and which ancestor each guest will be exploring.

The release is below :

'The seventh series of The Family Histories Podcast has now entered production, with microphones having been switched on this week to record.

Host Andrew Martin returns for another seven episodes, with seven guests (we’ll reveal who, later), telling fascinating life stories, and pitching their annoying brick walls for us to solve.

He’s joined again by John Spike as missing Hungarian poet, revolutionary, and (shh: secret time machine) assistant, Sándor Petofi.

Series Seven is expected to arrive on all the usual podcast platforms during May 2024."

Monday, February 5, 2024

The Family Histories Podcasts Series 6

Series Six of The Family Histories Podcast is now complete.  The series began with a trailer on 31st October 2023, followed by 7 regular episodes weekly from 7th November, with a bonus episode on 24th December 2023.

The series saw guests cover topics ranging from fraud, slavery, oral history, family rumours, injustices, and seriously dodgy family trees. Each guest will also pitch their own research brick wall, in a hope that a listener could help them make a break-through.

Series 6 featured the following quests;

  • Episode 1: ‘The Quilter’ with Phyllis Biffle Elmore

  • Episode 2: ‘The Antiquarian’ with Rick Glanvill

  • Episode 3: ‘The Nurse’ with Clare Kirk

  • Episode 4: ‘The Accused’ with Sven Grewel

  • Episode 5: ‘The Churchwarden’ with Jackie Depelle

  • Episode 6: ‘The Runaway’ with Teresa Vega

  • Episode 7: ‘The Loyalist’ with James Danter

 

Friday, January 19, 2024

Emerald Roots Podcasts

Emerald Roots is the official podcast for the Irish Family History Centre, discussing all things Irish and those elusive Irish ancestors.

2023 saw Emerald Roots post 7 podcasts, covering Irish surnames and what they can possibly tell you about your Irish roots, the Irish roots of Bruce Springsteen to celebrate his return to Ireland, chatting with the cast of 'In the Midst of Plenty', a new Irish folk musical set in 1847 and Proud for Pride, the 30th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland.

2024 starts off with a Welcome Back episode that aims to fill you in on the anniversaries and the Emerald Roots plans for 2024.  I look forward to more podcasts that might help me finally trace my own elusive Irish ancestors.

Monday, December 18, 2023

Really Useful Podcast Series 3

The Family History Federation has now completed Season 3 of its series of Really Useful Podcasts introduced and presented by Joe Saunders.

The series comprises :

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.

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.

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.

Episode 4 : Family, Local and 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.

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.

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.

Monday, November 6, 2023

Family Histories Podcasts

It has been announced that series 6 of the wonderful series of The Family Histories Podcasts is now complete.  Hosted Andrew Martin, seven more genealogy-obsessed guests will share how they got hooked on researching their family history, tell us the life story of one of their most fascinating relatives, and finally share one of their own current research brick wall.  

Series 6 will feature the following quests;

  • James Danter
  • Jackie Depelle
  • Phyllis Biffle Elmore
  • Rick Glanvill
  • Sven Grewel
  • Clare Kirk
  • Teresa Vega

 

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

The Family Histories Podcast

It has been confirmed that the sixth series of The Family Histories Podcast has begun production.

Series Five concluded on 18th July 2023 with the bonus episode ‘The Rioter’ with show host Andrew Martin, which saw him unexpectedly end up in an alternate reality, where everything was the same but also a little different. In that reality, the show was hosted by Dr. Wanda Wyporska.

 

Now safely home in the correct dimension, the new series, the sixth since 2021, will once again be hosted by Andrew Martin, and will consist of 7 episodes, with 7 guests, 7 life stories, and 7 brick walls for listeners to help solve. The new series will air in late 2023.

Monday, September 18, 2023

Journeys Into Genealogy Podcasts

Journeys into Genealogy podcast is now two years old with 69 episodes covering a wide range of topics.

 

You will find lots of interesting interviews with people sharing stories about their family histories, experts who can help with research, specialist advice for looking after objects and much more…

Journeys into Genealogy was setup in 2020 by Emma Cox, a family historian and genealogist based in Kent, UK.

The podcast is an eclectic mix of genealogy based topics, stories and people. Sometimes it may stray outside the boundaries of genealogy and include local history and other related topics.

I have always found podcasts to be a great learning tool, helping me to expand my research knowledge and find out about the latest developments in Genealogy.  Journeys Into Genealogy is another opportunity to learn, free and from the comfort of home whenever I have some spare time.

The podcast is available via the following apps

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Look History in the Eye - Episode 12

Episode 12 of the Public Records Office of Victoria podcast series Look history in the Eye "Finding Fanny Finch" shares an entertaining musical performance about 1850s goldfields businesswoman Fanny Finch.

 

Fanny Finch's legacy as a trailblazer for women's rights, and her courageous survival story as a single mother on the Castlemaine diggings, has only recently been uncovered.

The episode was recorded on International Archives Day 2023 at the Victorian Archives Centre. Performed by historian Kacey Sinclair, alongside Finch's descendants, Bill Garner and his daughter Alice, with accompanying music by Friends of Wendy Cotton.

Kacey’s research makes a welcome addition to the histories of people with African Australian ancestry. 

Episode 12: Finding Fanny Finch

Duration: 50 min

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

The Family Histories Podcast

In this Series Five bonus episode host Andrew Martin has chosen to tell the life story of his maternal 5x Great Grandfather John Goltrip, who was born around 1771/1772 in the fenland village of Witcham, Cambridgeshire, England. 


After marrying Elizabeth Paget in 1798 and starting his family of an eventual six children, a series of world events would eventually lead to John taking a stand against authority and poverty and take part in the Littleport Riots.

This act exposed him to a potentially life changing or life threatening outcome in a nation engulfed by the impact of the Corn Law, the Napoleonic Wars, and the erupting Indonesian volcano Mount Tambora thousands of miles away.

In his brick wall segment Andrew discusses a case that has been haunting him for years – it’s his 4x Gt Grandmother Mary Clarke (later Bailey), who was born to non-Conformists William Clarke and Susanna Rolf on 19th January 1810 in the village of Wattisfield, in Suffolk, England.

Whilst Andrew knows a little of Mary’s parents, and Mary’s descendants, he is desperate to ‘kill her off’, and there’s a very good reason – she was the archetypal wicked step-mother.

Having married widower William Bailey in 1838, Andrew eventually found them, and with their combined brood of children in 1841, after posting a plea on RootsChat.com. Help soon pointed him to a court report in a newspaper from 1840. His 4x Great Grandmother and her husband were both charged and sentenced for neglecting his children, and Mary was also charged with their physical abuse.

After finding her in jail with hard labour in 1841, and tracing her in and out of the workhouse in subsequent censuses, he loses her after the 1881 census. Her last known location is the Hartismere Union Workhouse at Eye in Suffolk, England. She’s there as an inmate, noted as a 68 year old widow (William died there in 1869), and she is noted as ‘housekeeper’.

Attempts to find her on the 1891 census have proven fruitless.  Where did she go after the 1881 census?  When did she die? Can you help Andrew to kill her off?

 

Monday, July 10, 2023

Look History in the Eye - Episode 11

Episode 11 of the Public Record Office of Victoria podcast series 'Look History in the Eye' is out now.

 Jonathan Butler's debut book The Boy in the Dress was nominated for The Age Book of the Year in 2022. It shares his archival research journey trying to uncover the truth about what happened to his ancestor Warwick Meale, a World War Two serviceman found murdered in Townsville 80 years ago. 
This episode is a recording of the Melbourne Writers Festival event at the Victorian Archives Centre from 2022 with Jonathan Butler in conversation with Dr Yves Rees. Dr Rees is an historian at La Trobe University and co-host of the Archive Fever podcast.
Duration: 51 min
By Public Record Office Victoria

Monday, June 26, 2023

Look History in the Eye Episode 10

I have been greatly enjoying the series of podcasts 'Look History in the Eye' by the Public Record Office of Victoria, and the latest episode does not disappoint. 


Activism on the goldfields, episode 10 of the podcast series Look history in the eye hears from historian Anna Kyi who explains the importance of 19th Century Victorian Chinese petitions to understand the Australian Chinese immigrant experience on the goldfields. These records are preserved at Public Record Office Victoria and some of them are available to view online via links below. You can find more petitions in our catalogue by searching for Chinese petition. 

This talk was originally given at the Victorian Archives Centre for History Month 2022.

Episode 10: Activism on the goldfields: Victorian Chinese petitions

Duration: 23min

By Public Record Office Victoria

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The Family Histories Podcasts

Series 5 is now complete of the wonderful series of The Family Histories Podcasts, host Andrew Martin, in which seven more genealogy-obsessed guests shared how they got hooked on researching their family history, told us the life story of one of their most fascinating relatives, and finally shared more of their own current pesky research brick walls. 

 So take the time to enjoy series 5 of The Family Histories Podcasts.

  • Episode 1 : Jenni Phillips - the Carpenter
  • Episode 2 : Michal Razus - the Righteous
  • Episode 3 : Kim Brengle - the Missionary
  • Episode 4 : Paul Chiddicks - the Glazier
  • Episode 5 : Fiona Brooker - the Constable
  • Episode 6 : John Erickson - the Cousin
  • Episode 7 : Kelly Cornwell - the Shoemaker

Friday, May 26, 2023

The Family Histories Podcasts

In the fourth episode of Series Five of The Family Histories Podcasts  – The Glazier – host Andrew talks to genealogist and Family Tree Magazine columnist, Paul Chiddicks. He tells us how he got hooked on researching his family history, about his Old Palace School Bombing project, his ‘Dear Paul’ magazine column, and what a genealogy-themed range of Lego sets might look like.

Paul has chosen to tell the life story of his maternal Great Grandfather, William Tom Wootton, born 28th May 1863 in Kentish Town, London, England, whom he describes as an ‘entrepreneur’ although others may describe him as more of a ‘chancer’, living in the incredible poverty of the East End of London.

In his 'Brick Wall' segment of the podcast, Paul is looking for help in tracing a Samuel Chiddicks – a brick wall that has bugged Paul for almost 30 years.

So take a listen to this latest episode and catch up on the earlier segments of The Family Histories Podcast and find out about Paul and other genealogists.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

The Family Histories Podcasts

For those who have enjoyed the wonderful series of The Family Histories Podcasts, host Andrew Martin returns next week for series 5.  The first episode arrives on Tuesday 2nd May 2023 with ‘The Carpenter’ with Jenni Phillips, and once again seven more genealogy-obsessed guests will be sharing how they got hooked on researching their family history, then telling us the life story of one of their most fascinating relatives, and finally they’ll be sharing more of their own current pesky research brick walls in a hope that a listener might just be able to help them with a break through. 


Series 5 will welcome the following family historians to the podcast;

  • Kim Brengle
  • Fiona Brooker
  • Paul Chiddicks
  • Kelly Cornwell
  • John Erickson
  • Jenni Phillips
  • Michal Razus

So take the time to enjoy another wonderful series of The Family Histories Podcasts.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Really Useful Podcast Episode 6

The Family History Federation has now launched Season 2, Episode 6 of its series of Really Useful Podcasts. 

 

This episode is titled 'Writing your Family History'.  The website describes it : 

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.

Friday, March 17, 2023

Family Histories Podcast Series 4

In the seventh and final episode of Series Four of The Family Histories Podcast, host Andrew meets professional genealogist and author, Simon Last, who tells us why he turned professional and set up shop, about his love for war memorials, his work with The Western Front Association, giving tours of war cemeteries, and how he traces the otherwise abandoned people on old postcards.

 

Simon has chosen to tell the Life Story of his Grandfather Tadeusz Bialosiewicz, the identity of whom he discovered over 20 years ago, as Simon’s mother was adopted in 1949 via the Thomas Coram foundling hospital.

After using some tried and tested research methods of writing a letter and using the telephone, Simon found himself unexpectedly picking up the phone and speaking to his Grandfather for the first time.

What follows is a fantastic story of an adoption reunion going well, and how Simon and his mother, joined her new-found father and his Polish family.

I have greatly enjoyed this series, and hope that it will continue soon with a series 5.

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Really Useful Podcast : Season 2 Episode 5

The Family History Federation has now launched Season 2, Episode 5 of its series of Really Useful Podcasts. 

 

This episode is titled 'Occupations : Work, Leisure and Health'.  The website describes it : 

"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."

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Really Useful Podcasts Season 2 Episode 4

The Family History Federation has now launched Season 2, Episode 4 of its new series of Really Useful Podcasts. 

 

This episode is titled 'Historians Collaborate'.  The website describes it : 

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

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Look History in the Eye Episode 8

The Kamarooka panther, episode 8 of the podcast series Look History in the Eye is about the 1907 sighting of a creature known as the 'Kamarooka Panther'.

 The big cat was first spotted by sisters Alheith and Trine Christensen and made headlines from Bendigo to Melbourne, and right across the State.

In this episode, Bendigo Regional Archives Centre's Desiree Pettit-Keating delves into Public Record Office Victoria and Bendigo Regional Archives records to tell the story of the Christensen family, their life just outside of Bendigo, and their strange encounter with this mysterious creature. 

The daughters of Scandinavian farmers, a look in the PROV archives shows that both Alheith and Trine (along with a third sister and a brother) were school teachers. 

Alheith started as a teacher in 1892, becoming certified in 1898; the inspector’s reports (found in the Teacher Records as above) describe her as “most careful and painstaking”, a “very good teacher”, “rigorous” and “thoughtful and intelligent”, while Trine, starting later in 1898, is noted by inspectors as careful and hard working.

They were aged 23 and 29 when they encountered the Kamarooka panther in January of 1907. A sighting taken most seriously since it came from such well-respected and well-educated women. 

Episode 8: The Kamarooka Panther 

Duration: 17min

By Tara Oldfield and Public Record Office Victoria

Friday, January 20, 2023

Really Useful Podcasts Season 2 Episode 3

The Family History Federation has now launched Season 2, Episode 3 of its new series of Really Useful Podcasts. 

 

This episode focuses on Talking to Relatives.  The website describes it : 

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