The Family Histories Podcast

The Family Histories Podcast is an independent British podcast founded during lockdown in 2021 by family historian Andrew Martin.  It celebrates family historians all around the world, and the work that they do to piece together our collective social and family history. 

The podcast does not include advertisements or participate in paid promotions, sponsorship, or requests for funding.  The show is available worldwide for free, unless podcast platforms or countries impose restrictions, and is currently listened to in 47 countries.

Each episode features a family history addict and follows a familiar format – itself three stories.

The Interview

Andrew interviews the episode’s guest, where he uncovers how they got into this wonderful pastime of genealogy, what their challenges have been, and all kinds of questions relating to their area of research. Every family historian’s origin story is different, often emotive, and wonderfully fascinating.

The Life Story

Next up is the Life Story part of the show – where the guest tells the story of one of their most fascinatingly good, bad, or just plain ugly relatives that they have researched.

The Brick Wall

Everyone faces and fears a research ‘brick wall’ at some time in their family tree research, where the story hits a dead end. Therefore, the end part of the show is an opportunity to put a plea out for help in a hope that a listener has that little clue or scrap of information that cracks that wall and brings it tumbling down. The listeners can make contact with the guest via the show's Contact Us page or via the means given by the guest in the episode.

So take a look at this wonderful series today.