Explore resources and techniques for researching and resolving your family history puzzles. An depth approach to looking at UK sources for your research, quality of records, creating and designing family trees, DNA tests, & genealogy software. I explore problems of indexing and palaeography and storage and preservation and will look from time to time at current record releases and discuss how best to use them.
Join me, and learn about the great resources and techniques available to help you with your family history project.
What kind of Family Tree is a working tree & why is it used. I go into the advantages of using one and how it can be used to speed up your research and record what has been found and not found.
8 Feb 2023
Sideview - Matching DNA Matches By Parent
What is Sideview? How can it help analysis of AncestryDNA's matches? - A brief introduction to a new tool from Ancestry
22 Dec 2022
Mind Your Source - Why Source references are important for Family History
A discussion of why keeping a note of where family history information was gathered from is important.
22 Dec 2022
Managing DNA Matches on Ancestry.com (for Family History)
This is part 4 of a series on using DNA tests for your family history research, in this part I'm taking a look at how Ancestry manages your DNA matches and will start to look at what you can do with them on Ancestry. Part 4 of 5
22 Dec 2022
What is a DNA test & its use for Family History
In this series of short podcasts I look at how DNA tests can be useful for Family History research, which tests are best for your purposes, what they are, what the test kit is, & how to use the results. Par 1 of 5 (so far)
22 Dec 2022
DNA Test Matches - What and How to Manage (For Family History)
This is part 3 of a short series introducing DNA tests for family history, what they are and how they can be used to further your research. This time I will be looking at what the Results are, and how you get a 'Match' and why they can be different from those of your parent or sibling - if they have tested too! And then what you can do with them to begin to solve your family history questions. Part 3 of 5
22 Dec 2022
Setting up Ancestry.com for your Family History research
This is the first of a series of podcasts on using Ancestry.com, (or Ancestry.co.uk (http://ancestry.co.uk/) if you are in UK) for your family history research. I will go through the options available to you on the Home page and use of the Shoebox and creating Family Trees within Ancestry, giving my tips and techniques for best practice.
22 Dec 2022
Christmas 2022 for Family History - Tips & Tasks to Break Up the Day!
This is my short Christmas Podcast for Family History Roots for Christmas 2022, with some interviewing tips for the big day: Boxing Day (when you are up, or have finished walking the dog!) And a Task for Family Historians for Christmas.
22 Dec 2022
Which is Best? Choosing a DNA Test for Familly History
Part 5 (of 5) of a series on using DNA tests for your family history research. In this part I'm taking a look at how to choose the best DNA test for your research.
22 Dec 2022
Ancestry.com Hints - the Good, the Bad & the Ugly - Best Practices for Family Historians
There are some things on Ancestry.com that are very good, some that are bad, and others that are downright ugly. These are all to do with your family trees! I go into depth about Hints and give my best practices for aiding your family history research.
22 Dec 2022
Starting Out with Family History - Selecting the Correct Record Set
How do you decide what to do next and how to begin searching and where - once your conversations and notes made by your relatives have been done? Part 2 of 3 of a short series on getting started with your family history.
22 Dec 2022
Introduction to the UK Census returns for Family Historians
This is the first in a series of podcasts about the use of British census records for Family Historians, and covers what a Census record is, what is available, what is discoverable and tips on how best to use them for your research.
22 Dec 2022
Starting Out with Family History - Where and How to Begin
A a new series of 3 podcasts aimed at those of you who are new to family history as a hobby, and who would like some pointers about where and how to begin. As I'm based in the UK this is aimed at UK families and concentrates in this series on records for England and Wales, but for families who are looking for ancestors in the British Isles, what is said will be relevant. My techniques will of course apply to any family history.
22 Dec 2022
Taking the DNA Test & Getting Results (for Family History)
In the first part of this series I looked at how a DNA test could be helpful to the Family Historian, and at the alternative types of DNA test on offer. In this second part, I look at the test itself, what is involved and how you can see results. I will also look at some privacy concerns. I'm going to look especially at three genomics companies AncestryDNA - part of Ancestry.com, LivingDNA and MyHeritage, and a brief look at FamilyTreeDNA. Part 2 of 5.
22 Dec 2022
Starting Out with Family History - Introducing the Census and Indexes for the UK
This is part 3 of my short series Where & How to Begin, episode 1 focused on interviewing and gathering information about the family, and episode 2 on going on from there to begin to answer your main research question by checking what family documents are held, and beginning to search records of birth and marriage. Here I will focus on the interaction you have between the indexes of birth and marriage and the census records of the UK.
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