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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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15:34

Evaluation of Evidence

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/11/29

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

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13:30

The Shipway Scandal

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/11/20

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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17:46

The Bayeux Inquest (1133) and Family History

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/11/15

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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29:20

How Can Robin Hood Help With Our Family History

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/11/08

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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14:22

Blind Willie McTell and Winston Churchill

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/11/01

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

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33:02

Our Most Recent Common Ancestor and others!

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/10/24

This weekly supplement to the Talk Genealogy Podcast discusses exponential genealogy and how it can impact our family history search. We look at ISOPoints and Pedigree Collapse. And what have Eve and Lucy got to do with us. These short talks are published each week, leading up to the publication of my book A Practical Introduction to Medieval Genealogy. (If you want to get to the front of the queue, why not join my mailing list.)

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36:20

Family History and the Neville Inheritance Dispute

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/10/15

Episode 65 of the Talk Genealogy Podcast is one of a series of weekly podcasts leading up to the publication of Malcolm Noble's Practical Introduction to Medieval Genealogy. This talk helps us draw comparisons and research tips for the tangled family tree of Joan Beaufort, John of Gaunt, Geoffrey Chaucer, the Percies and the Nevilles - all coming together to start the Wars of the Roses. What was your family's part in that?

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14:04

Sims and Wrottesley: Two Important Genealogists

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/10/09

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.

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16:42

Episode 63 Family History in a Deserted Medieval Village

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2025/10/02

Abandoned settlement left so many clues behind for family historians to oncover. We look at the types of deserted vilages, reason for desertion, clues from fieldwalking and medieval sources. This is the third in a mini series of short weekly podcasts, leading up to the launch of the new book. A Practical Guide to Medieval Genealogy in February 2026. Builing an audio library for genealogists with too much time on their hands.

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Episode 62 Family History in Feudal History

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/09/26

This episode of the Talk Genealogy podcast looks at Feudal England in the Middle Ages. This is part of a weekly mini-series of Medieval Knitting leading to the launch of a Practical Introduction to Medieval Genealogy in February 2026.

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18:20

Medieval Knitting # Lay Subsidy 1327

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/09/18

The first in a mini-series of weekly podcasts about mediaeval genealogists. We start with Lay Subsidies

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Episode 60 Scropes versus Grosvenor

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2025/08/19

In 1386, the Court of Chivalry heard the first major heraldic trial between two prominent English families. This episode of the Talk Genealogy podcast looks at the implication for our family history research today.

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20:45

The Great Storm and Family History

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/07/28

The podcast for the genealogist talks the enthusiast through the Great Storm across Southern England, chronicled by Daniel Defoe, and looks at what it may have meant for family

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30:00

We are all friends of Edward III?

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/07/08

Episoe 58 of the Talk Genealogy Podcast, for the genealogists with too much time on their hands, looks at the descendants of Edward III

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27:00

Family History within the Sound of Bow Bells

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/06/15

We are in amongst the cockneys for this month's episode of the podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands. We'll talk about the different guilds, street names, sources and databases, oranges and lemons, whittington and his cat; that's not to mention the bells!

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Episode 56 The English Manor

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2025/05/26

A history of the English Manor provides as foundation for investigating medieval genealogy in England. The Customs of the Manor, the Open Field System and the Feudal System provide a context for the snippets of information that the early historical documents offer us. In the episode of the Podcast for The Genealogist with Too Much on Their Hands, Malcolm Noble discusses the typically English institution.

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23:35

#55 Something To Do With The Templars

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/05/14

How can we find out the truth about those family traditions that no one can prove but no one can say they definitely didn't happen, This months episode of the podcast for the genealogist with too much time on their hands takes a thorough look at these teasers

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Episode 53 The Squires of Old England

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2025/04/26

The power of the squire emerged from the dispersal of property following the dissolution of the monasteries and accelerated in the new century so that they were able to press parliament's case against the orthodox aristocracy. Looking for changes and differences - always my calling cards, you may have noticed - the story of these major families may explain why our grandparents moved, changed their work patterns or addresses or even emigrated. While the conventional sources of history are as

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26:20

Episode 52 Antiquarian Richard Carew and Mention of...

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/04/11

We discuss the work of local historian Richard Carew, who produced an early Survey of Cornwall. As usual, we recommend a Book, a Podcast and a Website, and we test our knowledge by considering four questions from a 1953 History A Level paper. We bring the chatter together to list four common signals that a pedigree might be suspect. This Podcast for Genealogists with Too Much Time on Their Hands comes from a corner of a country lane in the middle of England.

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28:01

Episode 51 Into the Pipe Roll of 1259

The Talk Genealogy Podcast ·

2025/03/27

This episode of the podcast for the genealogist with too much time on their hands suggests how to get the most out of this source for medieval genealogy.

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