Your Family Through Time

An overview of the vestry minutes of the parish and why they are important to the family historian

What was the Parish Chest and why is it important to family historians

Parish registers of burials are one of the first records used in family history resaerch before the start of civil registration, along side registers of baptisms and marriages. In this episode I provide some background and hints and tips for using burial registers in your research

Parish registers of marriage are one of the main record sources to take your research into the pre-19th century years. Listen to my podcast for an overview of these records. 

Baptism records are one of the first sources for family history research before 1837. THis podcast provides an overview of the history of Baptism registers and the information they can contain

The background to the introduction of parish registers and the events and Acts of Parliament which impacted their development in the 16th to 18th century

The origins and development of surnames in England

Hints and tips on starting your own family history research

Key dates have affected the type of and content of those research documents which provide the basis of any family tree research. In this short video I deal with the important dates concerning parish registers, civil registration records and census returns.

This is a short podcast providing information on the 1939 National Register, is creation and use for family history research

The 1841 census was the first census which provides useful household information about our ancestors. This podcast explores its usefulness and discusses common problems with this and other 19th century census returns when using them for family history research.

Census returns have been conducted every 10 years since 1801. Being barred from the public domain for 100 years, the release of a census return is alway much awaited and anticipated particularly by genealogists and family historians. The most recent census return to be released is the 1921 census released on 6th January 2022. But how can this help your family history research? Listen to this podcast to find out