Journeys into Genealogy podcast

Erika knew nothing about her Ukrainian family history. 20 years of research later she has visited the tiny village they came from, found living relatives and created a podcast "Granddaughter of Immigrants". The journey takes her from deepest Ukraine to the prairies of Canada via Pier 21 and Ellis Island in New York.

Alan Howard of The Talking Family Company has interviewed hundreds if not thousands of people over his career. He shares his tips on how to speak with your relatives and get them to tell their stories including the preparation to do beforehand, what to use to record and where to do an interview. Plus there's an opportunity to buy his video course at a discounted price. Transcript available on Journeys into Genealogy on Substack.

Jennie Davey introduces us to the History of Parliament project and explains how government works in England. Biographies of members of parliament, lots of useful sources, oral histories and even mentioning Elizabethan clothing....

3 speakers (Jude Rhodes, Phil Astley and Nicholas Dixon) share about the talks they will be doing for All About That Place in October when there will be 100+ free talks about people and places. We talk about occupation, migration, Aberdeenshire and military ancestors. 

Nancy shares about the family letters she uncovered and the people and stories contained within them. We cover WWI, WWII, German relatives, the difficulties of the Kurrent script, prisoners of war and the Red Cross records and more. 

Janet shares how to find records for female ancestors and to enrich their stories by adding social history. We talk aout women's roles over the centuries, work, running a household, women's rights and more plus details of the courses Janet is doing and the books she has written. 

Ariel takes us on a tour of Portuguese records in both Portugal and Brazil. We discuss archives, naming conventions, geography, history, digitization and more. 

An interview with Corinne Hogan (librarian) and Georgina Thompson (archivist) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. We talk about history, what records are available (you may be surprised as to what is covered), Sweeney Todd, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Plarr's Lives of the Fellows, the first female members and fellows, military surgeons, the East India Company and much more.

Cathie Sherwood talks about Queensland history, the records that are available and where they can be found. These include newspapers, electoral rolls and education records.

Did you know heraldry began knowing friends from foes on the battlefields? Paul Jagger of The Heraldry Society explains the history, what it means to be armigerous, some of the differences in England and Scotland, who is entitled to bear arms and much more.