Genealogy podcast covering family history, research, tips, stories, interviews and more. Stories and interviews with people from the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa amongst others.
Latest episodes
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34 min
The History of Parliament project with Jennie Davey
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 his…
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35 min
All About That Place 2026
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 peopl…
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46 min
War letters from WWI and WWII with Nancy Gohring
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,…
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49 min
Putting female ancestors into context with Janet Few
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…
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26 min
Researching Portuguese Ancestors with Ariel McDonald-Smith of Family Search
Ariel takes us on a tour of Portuguese records in both Portugal and Brazil. We discuss archives, naming conventions, geography, history, digitization and more.
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51 min
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
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 ma…
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33 min
Queensland records and Australian wills with Cathie Sherwood
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.
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44 min
The Heraldry Society with Paul Jagger
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 dif…
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43 min
London Westminster and Middlesex Family History Society with Elizabeth Burling
Liz Burling takes us on a tour of London, mentioning the 8 family history societies which cover London, including London Westminster and Middlesex of which she is chair. What recor…
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32 min
My mysterious father with Hugh O'Neill
Hugh's father died when he was young and the stories he was told didn't make since. We discuss his journey to find out the truth about his mysterious father crossing from England t…
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48 min
Using AI in family history with Denyse Allen
Denyse Allen of Chronicle Makers talks about some of the uses for AI for researching and organizing your family history. We discuss Claude, ChatGPT, Google Gemini and more and some…
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46 min
Family and Community Historical Research Society with Brita
Hear all about FACHRS and the historical research projects done by members on topics including station masters, lunatic asylums, almshouses, allotments and more. Brita Wood explain…
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41 min
Pirbright - a one place study with Richard Hartley
Richard Hartley is researching the history of the village of Pirbright in Surrey, England. We discuss the one place study and his fellow researchers, how far they have got, some of…
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48 min
"Dearest Clara" family letters with Gail Zona
Life for women in 19th century USA was not easy. Gail Zona has transcribed family letters and turned them into a book "Dearest Clara". We talk about the letters themselves, the wri…
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40 min
Researching Danish Ancestors with Lene Kottal
Lene Kottal and I talk about unique Danish records, naming conventions, spelling, censuses, military records, wills, estate administration, Danish history, the Danish National Arch…
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49 min
Society of Genealogists with Else Churchill
Else takes us on a journey through her own family history and then the Society of Genealogists. We talk about the wealth of records available including some quite unusual ones like…
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39 min
Family Tree Maker with Duff Wilson
Duff Wilson from Family Tree Maker (FTM) shared details of FTM history, what's in the latest version, new features, examples of charts and reports, opportunities for beta testing a…
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25 min
Rootstech 2026 with Lucy Reynoldson of Family Search
Lucy Reynoldson shares tips about making the most of Rootstech 2026 (coming 5-7 March) including the preparation to do beforehand (hint: start as soon as possible), Relatives at Ro…
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37 min
Library and Archives Canada
Find out more about Canadian research and what's available at Library and Archives Canada and elsewhere and how Canadian records work in this interview with François Simon Wathier…
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11 min
Goodbye and thank you 2025 and hello 2026
It's been 5 years since I setup the Journeys into Genealogy podcast. In the final episode of 2025 I include some clips from the most popular interviews of the year, details of the…