Family History Roots

Mark Irving
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Explore resources and techniques for researching and resolving your family history puzzles. An depth approach to looking at UK sources for your research, quality of records, creating and designing family trees, DNA tests, & genealogy software. I explore problems of indexing and palaeography and storage and preservation and will look from time to time at current record releases and discuss how best to use them. Join me, and learn about the great resources and techniques available to help you with your family history project.

  1. 02/08/2023

    Using Working Trees – Notes on the fly!

    What kind of Family Tree is a working tree & why is it used.  I go into the advantages of using one and how it can be used to speed up your research and record what has been found and not found.

  2. 02/08/2023

    Sideview - Matching DNA Matches By Parent

    What is Sideview? How can it help analysis of AncestryDNA's matches? - A brief introduction to a new tool from Ancestry

  3. 12/22/2022

    Mind Your Source - Why Source references are important for Family History

    A discussion of why keeping a note of where family history information was gathered from is important.

  4. 12/22/2022

    Managing DNA Matches on Ancestry.com (for Family History)

    This is part 4 of a series on using DNA tests for your family history research, in this part I'm taking a look at how Ancestry manages your DNA matches and will start to look at what you can do with them on Ancestry. Part 4 of 5

  5. 12/22/2022

    What is a DNA test & its use for Family History

    In this series of short podcasts I look at how DNA tests can be useful for Family History research, which tests are best for your purposes, what they are, what the test kit is, & how to use the results. Par 1 of 5 (so far)

  6. 12/22/2022

    Setting up Ancestry.com for your Family History research

    This is the first of a series of podcasts on using Ancestry.com, (or Ancestry.co.uk if you are in UK) for your family history research.  I will go through the options available to you on the Home page and use of the Shoebox and creating Family Trees within Ancestry, giving my tips and techniques for best practice.

  7. 12/22/2022

    DNA Test Matches - What and How to Manage (For Family History)

    This is part 3 of a short series introducing DNA tests for family history, what they are and how they can be used to further your research.  This time I will be looking at what the Results are, and how you get a 'Match' and why they can be different from those of your parent or sibling - if they have tested too! And then what you can do with them to begin to solve your family history questions. Part 3 of 5

  8. 12/22/2022

    Christmas 2022 for Family History - Tips & Tasks to Break Up the Day!

    This is my short Christmas Podcast for Family History Roots for Christmas 2022, with some interviewing tips for the big day: Boxing Day (when you are up, or have finished walking the dog!)  And a Task for Family Historians for Christmas.

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Explore resources and techniques for researching and resolving your family history puzzles. An depth approach to looking at UK sources for your research, quality of records, creating and designing family trees, DNA tests, & genealogy software. I explore problems of indexing and palaeography and storage and preservation and will look from time to time at current record releases and discuss how best to use them. Join me, and learn about the great resources and techniques available to help you with your family history project.

Information

  • Creator
    Mark Irving
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mark Irving
  • Show Website
    Family History Roots