The Talk Genealogy Podcast

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 to Medieval Genealogy in February 2026. 

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

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

Our weekly mini-series, drawing on Medieval Genealogy, continues with a look at two genealogists who introduction many Victorian enthusiasts to the magic of so many medieval sources.