logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2021
27m 25s

Episode 31 – Family History Societies: P...

Andy Holmes
About this episode

Welcome back to the latest installment of the Amateur Family History Podcast – and the second part of my chat with Margaret Roberts of the Cheshire Family History Society.

Last time, we talked about what Family History Societies do, how to get involved, and how they can help you to break down your genealogical brick walls.

In this month’s episode, we pick up where we left off, but bounce around a few more genealogical topics, that – hopefully – will make you think of new and different ways to approach your research.

I also share some hints and tips from listeners on how they have managed to make progress – using techniques and resources that I also discuss with Margaret.

I’m also looking for your help on a future episode, where I preview the world of the 1921 census, due for publication in a few months’ time. Details are at the end of this episode.

So, this episode is something of a mixed bag – but I hope you find it interesting and useful.

Thanks again to Margaret for all her insights and knowledge. For more information about the Family History Society of Cheshire please visit https://www.fhsc.org.uk/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FHSofCheshire. You can contact Margaret on Twitter here.

Recommended drinks to accompany this episode: A cocktail/mocktail of your choice, to reflect the ‘mixed bag’ nature of this episode.

Recommended biscuits to accompany this episode: Chocolate-covered Malted Milk biscuits. For no other reason than I’ve recently discovered them, and am now addicted.

Listen Now

Up next
Jan 2022
Episode 33 – The 1921 Census: a first look
After much hype and anticipation, the 1921 census is finally here. The last census to be published for a few decades (listen to Episode 32 to find out why), this snapshot into the post-WW1 life of our ancestors will be sure to add to your research and help build a picture of your ... Show More
28m 38s
Oct 2021
Episode 32 – The 1921 census: a look ahead
Well, this is timely, isn’t it? Just a day after I recorded this episode, the National Archives announce the date of release of the 1921 census. That’s why I’m publishing it today! This genealogical mine of information will be released on 6th January 2022, and will be available o ... Show More
33m 23s
Jul 2021
Episode 30 – Family History Societies: Part 1
Pretty much every area has one. And they are a mine of information. But, do you know about all the information they hold, the records they maintain, the huge amount of local knowledge that their members have? Not to mention the social aspect of interacting with like-minded, frien ... Show More
25m 19s
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2022
E64: Mildred Fish-Harnack, part 2
Concluding part of our double podcast episode about Mildred Fish-Harnack, the US-born woman at the centre of the underground resistance to Nazism in Berlin during World War II. In conversation with Rebecca Donner, Mildred’s great great niece and author of All the Frequent Trouble ... Show More
47m 42s
Dec 2022
Bonus Ep 33 - The ORIGINS of The Great English Country Houses
📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation In this episode Charlie once again meets his historian friend Ben but this time to talk about the history of the Great English Country Houses. These often feature in popular British TV dramas a ... Show More
40m 5s
May 2021
Episode 16 | Captured by the Germans | A Harrowing POW Story of Survival | PART 2 of 2
On the brink of a fridgid winter in December 1944, The Battle of the Bulge began, after Adolf Hitler launched a surprise blitzkrieg against Allied Forces in northwest Europe. James Forsythe was a young American soldier bunkered down with his battalion in a Belgian village anxious ... Show More
21m 47s
Apr 2021
GunPlot: Episode 1 - The Spark that Lit the Flame
An Irish Army Captain goes on holidays – a strange kind of holiday. To a city where he knows there is likely to be ‘trouble’. He arrives as a three-day street battle, now known as 'the Battle of the Bogside', begins. And it changes everything (Ep1/8). To continue listening to thi ... Show More
31m 33s
Feb 2022
Family Stories Series 2: Episode 12
This week’s family stories include an IRA man who ended up fighting for Britain and being torpedoed twice, a Scot who spent five years as a prisoner of war, a teenage sailor who braved the Atlantic and the U-boats, and a pilot who never forgave his enemy. A Goalhanger Films produ ... Show More
25m 16s
Oct 2023
The Postwar Lives of WW2 Leaders, Both Axis and Allies
Check out this episode sample from James Early's "Key Battles of American History," In this episode, which wraps up a season devoted to World War 2 in the European Theatre, hosts James Early and Sean McIver follow a long-established Key Battles tradition by giving brief overviews ... Show More
20m 46s
Dec 2021
The Real (Decidedly-Less-Sentimental-Yet-Still-Wonderful) Story of WWI's Christmas Truce
One of the most famous stories to come out of World War I is that of the "Christmas Truce" of 1914, in which German and British forces engaged in a spontaneous and unofficial ceasefire and spent the holiday fraternizing with each other. In the popular imagination, the Christmas T ... Show More
38m 37s
Jul 2023
The Road to War - How the Irish Civil War Started
'The Road to War' is the first episode in a five part Irish History Podcast production on the Irish Civil War. The full series, exclusively available for supporters, features the leading Irish historian Dr Brian Hanley from Trinity College Dublin. Over the five episodes the serie ... Show More
31m 10s
Dec 2022
Bonus Ep 34 - The INSIDES of The Great English Country Houses
📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation In this episode Charlie and Ben continue to talk about the history of The Great English Country Houses. This time they head inside the house and discuss the roles of certain members of staff an ... Show More
38m 1s
May 2024
D-Day: The German Side (Episode 1)
May 1944, it is clear to Erwin Rommel that the Allied counter attack is just a few weeks away. The answer is simple - defend the Atlantic Wall. But Nazi infighting and ludicrous top-down decision making has led to chaos on the Western Front. With the 6th June just days away - the ... Show More
1h 2m