A brief weekly supplement to the Talk Genealogy posdcast looks at Taking Sanctuary in Church. How can we tell if your ancestors did it? And what do the different words and terms mean?

If you are a genealogist with too much on your hands, listen to this episode about compulsory marriages in Olde England.  Stick with it to the end and there's a bit on an add-on!

This weekly supplement to the Talk Genealogy Podcast presents a magazine of updates, news of things to come. Witches in America and Skeletons in Manure!

The  History of the English Pig nicely aligns with your family's history.  See how the pigs says much about your family's social standing, its right and obligations and the day to day life of a medieval husbandsman.

This episode provides a special quiz for Christmas !  Have fun

Episode 72 looks at how we interpreted a graveyard inscription, and came up with answers we didn't expect.  The episode is one of a series of short weekly supplements leading up to the publlication of my book  A Practical Introduction...

The week's supplement looks at identifying a source and its proximity to events, along with some problems with corroboration. 

This week's weekly supplement looks at the Victorian Shipway Scandal, which exposed deceitful genealogical goings-on and enahnced the reputation of W Phillimore.

The Bayeux Inquest shows how oral evidence became history and feudal terms and concepts in action. The story has much to do with Bishop Odo, the Conqueror's half-brother, and the interpretation of the Red Book by Horace Round.

Here is the first of four talks on how the study and research into the legend of Robin Hood can point us towards sources and context that may progress our search for medieval ancestors.  This is Number Eight in a series of weekly chats lea...

The latest in a series of weekly supplements to The Talk Genealogy Podcast looks at how the links connecting Blind Willie McTell and Winston Churchill can help us in our research into Medieval Genealogy

This weekly supplement to the Talk Genealogy Podcast discusses exponential genealogy and how it can impact our family history search.  We look at ISOPoints and Pedigree Collapse. And what have Eve and Lucy got to do with us.  These sh...

Episode 65 of the Talk Genealogy Podcast is one of a series of weekly podcasts leading up to the publication of Malcolm Noble's Practical Introduction to Medieval Genealogy.  This talk helps us draw comparisons and research tips for the ta...