Category: Family history audio AudioTracing Huguenot ancestorsFriday 14 December 2012Between the 16th and 18th centuries, many thousands of refugees fled from religious persecution...AudioMorbidity and mortality on convict voyages to 19th century AustraliaFriday 30 November 2012Between 1803 and 1853 some 67,000 convicts were transported from England and Ireland to...AudioMarjorie’s War: four families and the Great WarFriday 16 November 2012This podcast is based on the recently published book which tells the story of...AudioThe War of 1812: from the British sideFriday 24 August 2012The War of 1812 features prominently in the history of the United States, especially...AudioCoroners’ InquestsThursday 16 August 2012Coroners’ inquests produce a wealth of information for family historians. Ancestors might have been involved...AudioColonial lives, careers and policies: researching printed papers of the British colonial governmentsFriday 27 July 2012The printed papers of colonial governments held by the Colonial Office, including government gazettes...AudioThe Silken Paper Trail: openness and the national collective memoryMonday 9 July 2012Distinguished historians Professor the Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield and Professor Lisa Jardine CBE explore...AudioLost in LondonFriday 22 June 2012Tracing ancestors before civil registration and the census presents a real challenge to family...AudioTracing merchant seamen, 1857-1918Thursday 14 June 2012A frustrating aspect of researching merchant navy ancestors is the ‘black hole’ between 1857...AudioDigging for diamonds: hidden histories at The National ArchivesFriday 27 April 2012From ‘parachuting’ to ‘truffle-hunting’, there are many ways to research at The National Archives....AudioWomen and Children FirstSaturday 14 April 2012This talk looks at the origins and social context of why women and children...AudioTitanic: The Last Night of a Small TownSaturday 14 April 2012It was Walter Lord in A Night to Remember (1955) who described the sinking... « 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 11 »