Journeys into Genealogy podcast

Cathie Sherwood talks about Queensland history, the records that are available and where they can be found. These include newspapers, electoral rolls and education records.

Did you know heraldry began knowing friends from foes on the battlefields? Paul Jagger of The Heraldry Society explains the history, what it means to be armigerous, some of the differences in England and Scotland, who is entitled to bear arms and much more.

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.