The Talk Genealogy Podcast
Episodes
9 episodes
Understanding a Gift of Land
In this episode, we unpack a 42‑word medieval charter that reveals a world of feudal law, women’s landholding, homage ceremonies, village structure, and genealogical clues. Discover how Matilda of Claypo...
Tracing Ancestors Before Parish Registers: A Guide to Medieval Genealogy
This book offers a practical guide for family historians who have researched their pedigree back to the start of parish registers, but view the Middle Ages with some trepidation. I’ve written for readers who are well-versed in Moder...
An old paper on Parish History helps Family History
Understanding the Medieval Church: Parish Life and Historical InsightDescription: Based on a detailed early 20th-century historical work, this episode unpacks the complexities of medieval church structure, parish communities, ...
Forced Knighthood
How the medieval taxation policy of forced knighthood not only raised funds, demanded loyalty and collected information but it also further defined the class order of settlements during England's Middle Ages. Supported by case studies and...
The Doctor's House
In this episode of the Talk Genealogy Podcast, the family history podcast for genealogist with too much time on their hands, takes a tour around a doctor's house from the eighteenth century.
The father is .....
A discussion of the old English fiction that the father is whoever the marriage indicates. Not only the legal cases that lasted for more than two hundred years but also the implication for family historians. The talk genealogy podca...
Matriculation in Wartime Education in London
Education in London's grammar school was disrupted during World War Two. The usual examinations were both unsafe and impractical.
Practical Introduction to Medieval Genealogy pt1
The first of three episodes looking into my new book, A Practical Introduction to Medieval Genealogy. This one talks about the practical keys to research and how to find, evaluate and analyse evidence for your medieval f...