Genealogy Cafe: Recent Episodes
Peter Berrie
Let's Talk About Family History. An Englishman talks about his adventures in family history research with an emphasis on stories and learning from his research over the past 30 years on his own and his customer's histories.
In this episode, I talk about my current research projects. This allows my listeners to understand more about the type of work I do, which is not always just family history related.
Please give me feedback on this episode at hello@genealogycafe.co.uk.
In this episode, I tell the story of my search for a 17th century man called John Clark. Learning points include:
- Why you should keep a research log
- Searching for old books on Google Books
- Why Wikitree is a fabulous genealogy resource
- Using Family Search's Research Wiki
At the end of the podcast, I've asked how you would approach this research. Answers to hello@genealogycafe.co.uk
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In today’s episode, I talk about how mother’s maiden names can help our research with a couple of examples. I'm publishing this in response to comments from members at my online community, asking me to talk about how I do family history.
This topic may be of interest to you if you’re just starting to explore your family history.
Go to 06:42 if you understand the significance of mother's maiden name and would just like to listen to the "challenges" where I talk about specific problems related to mother's maiden name and how to solve them.
Websites mentioned on this episode:
- Find My Past - for FREE birth, marriage and death index look-ups
- General Record Office - for FREE birth/death look-ups and certificate orders
- Genealogy Cafe online community - for my FREE FOREVER community
In this episode, I tell the story of how I struck Family History GOLD when I first began researching my mum's family history. During the story, I describe the BEST FIRST STEP when you start researching your own family tree.
In this episode, I tell the story of a recent exciting discovery in my own family history research; a discovery that advanced research on my paternal line for the 1st time in many years.