The Talk Genealogy Podcast

The Talk Genealogy Podcast

The podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands. Drawing on hints from different from different aspects of genealogy, the discussions will build to a library of both general and technical interest.

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January 30, 2026 39 mins

A discussion about the records likely to be found in the archive of a Diocese. How to find them and how to use them, along with a few comments about transcribed copies,  This episode opens a return to our regular monthly podcasts

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This week's supplement to Malcolm Noble's Talk Genealogy podcast discusses the roles roles of husbands and wives in a rural Tudor setting, drawing on commentaries made at the time

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January 16, 2026 18 mins

This weekly supplement of the Talk Genealogy Podcast looks at walking those places on a family tree. We talk about how we can draw a continuous history of home and workplaces, generation by generation, back through the centuries.  The episode gives examples and offers tips about sources.  All part of the podcast for the genealogist with too much time on their hands

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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?

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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!

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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!

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December 24, 2025 28 mins

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.

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This episode provides a special quiz for Christmas !  Have fun

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December 8, 2025 11 mins

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 to Medieval Genealogy in February 2026. 

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November 29, 2025 15 mins

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

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November 20, 2025 13 mins

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

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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.

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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 leading up to the publication of my book a Practical Guide to Medieval Genealogy. 

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