A genealogy podcast for and about family historians.
Series Five is now airing 🔊 Check out our Episode Guide.
Andrew meets New Zealander professional genealogist Fiona Brooker, hears about an emigrating policeman, and goes looking for a 19th century woman’s birth and parents. Read more
Host Andrew meets Paul Chiddicks, who tells us about his ‘chancer’ ancestor, and we’re looking for the parents of a man born circa 1761. Read more
A British couple meet and marry in Lebanon and go on to set up an orphanage, and DNA results add confusion in the hunt for a woman from Michigan. Read more
Andrew meets Slovak genealogist Michal Razus and hears about a man who save a Jew from the Holocaust, and there’s a Slovak man missing in 1940’s Manhattan. Read more
Andrew meets family historian Jenni Phillips and hears how house history uncovered some unexpected family connections, and we’re looking for the birth of a man from Wales. Read more
It’s time to spill the tea on Series Five of The Family Histories Podcast. Read more
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Adoption Australia Belgium Bonus Episode Canada Crime Cyprus DNA Testing East Prussia Emigration England Ephemera Estonia Family History Societies Germany Heraldry House History India Ireland Italy Jamaica Jewish Ancestry Lebanon LGBTQ+ History Mental Health Military History News New Zealand Nigeria Non-Paternity Event Northern Ireland One-Name Study One-Place Study Poland Politics Portugal Religion Russia Scotland Sicily Slavery Slovakia Spain Sweden The KGB The Mafia Trailer UK USA Wales