Inspirational family history stories and key genealogy advice. Sally Magnusson and Nick Barratt uncover personal perspectives on social history and give listeners the tools to become family history detectives.
Episodes available:
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Tue, 11 Oct 11
Duration:
29 mins
The sculptor turned revolutionary. The rumour Queen Alexandra attempted suicide. The German POW father lost after the war. Sally and Nick discover new information and lasting repercussions from three of the best Tracing Your Roots stories.
Tue, 4 Oct 11
Duration:
28 mins
Listeners tell Sally and Nick what happened after their stories were featured on Tracing Your Roots: relatives united, a whole new family discovered, and the lost uncle whose adoption records turned up in a bin bag. bbc.co.uk/radio4
Tue, 27 Sep 11
Duration:
28 mins
Fortunes lost- can we find them? Sally and Nick are on the trail of a rich landowning ancestor in the debtors' prison; the Liverpool Street believed to be in chancery, and the Glasgow Trust with no known end.
Tue, 20 Sep 11
Duration:
28 mins
Ancestors torn apart from their families and forced to live out their lives hidden away in institutions: Sally and Nick uncover stories that still impact on their descendants today.
Tue, 13 Sep 11
Duration:
28 mins
An unexpected name change can be a seemingly unsurmountable barrier to delving into your past, or the start of the most incredible story. Sally and Nick explore some fascinating name changes.
Sun, 20 Mar 11
Duration:
28 mins
Putting the censuses of the past to the test in Lancashire.
Tue, 12 Oct 10
Duration:
29 mins
Tracking down the stories behind fascinating objects and family heirlooms. All the objects in this programme are also featured on the BBC's History of the World website, where you can upload your own treasured heirloom. bbc.co.uk/radio4 bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld
Tue, 5 Oct 10
Duration:
29 mins
Tracing Caribbean ancestors is about more than just slavery.
Tue, 28 Sep 10
Duration:
29 mins
Radical and revolutionary ancestors through the centuries are uncovered by Sally Magnusson and Nick Barratt.
Tue, 21 Sep 10
Duration:
29 mins
Tracing the roots of rootless ancestors might seem an impossible task. In this second programme of the series, Sally Magnusson and Nick Barratt attempt to do just that.
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