Journeys into Genealogy podcast

Liz Burling takes us on a tour of London, mentioning the 8 family history societies which cover London, including London Westminster and Middlesex of which she is chair.  What records are available, where they are located, cemeteries and archives. Transcript and map showing area cover by each society available in Journeys into Genealogy on Substack.

Hugh's father died when he was young and the stories he was told didn't make since. We discuss his journey to find out the truth about his mysterious father crossing from England to Canada, France and Ireland including breakthrough moments, DNA and meetings with living relatives.

Denyse Allen of Chronicle Makers talks about some of the uses for AI for researching and organizing your family history. We discuss Claude, ChatGPT, Google Gemini and more and some of the things to be aware of. Denyse has created 5 prompts for getting started and the link is available in the transcript on Substack.

Hear all about FACHRS and the historical research projects done by members on topics including station masters, lunatic asylums, almshouses, allotments and more. Brita Wood explains how it all works.

Richard Hartley is researching the history of the village of Pirbright in Surrey, England. We discuss the one place study and his fellow researchers, how far they have got, some of the discoveries plus tips and do's and don'ts for anyone else considering doing their own one place study. Transcript with all links is available on Journeys into Genealogy on Substack