
A Family History Of… takes you inside ordinary lives at extraordinary moments. Join host Jen Baldwin, alongside special guests, to uncover hidden stories from the archives, revealing the human side of history. Each month, follow one story across several gripping episodes, and experience history through the eyes of those who lived it.
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| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 8 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | History | |||

Hunger spreads. Tempers ignite One man swept into a riot.
It’s September 1845 in Coolderrihy, and hunger is beginning to bite. As fear and anger are on the rise, Archibald MacKenzie finds himself in the thick of a desperate riot. Join host and genea... more
A boy at the edge of famine-era Ireland. A world about to break.
Archibald MacKenzie is 11 years old in Coolderrihy, County Cork, when the world he knows suddenly shifts. Joined by Irish genealogy expert Fiona Fitzsimons, host and genealogist Jen Ba... more
One family faces famine, fear and exile — and forges a future that spanned oceans.
The Great Famine cast a long shadow across Ireland, hollowing out towns, devastating families, and driving thousands to the brink. It’s a familiar tale, but one not... more
Why do women rarely appear in WW2 records?
Many wartime women left no diaries or letters, only the sparse traces of addresses, occupations, and brief entries in civil records.
In this bonus episode, host and expert genealogist Jen Baldwin explores ... more
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Fantastic idea for a series. Very refreshing to look at history through the eyes of people who lived through it. Excellent first episode. Very impressed with the production value.
This was a brilliantly put together podcast bringing together the lives of our ancestors. Like you said, we don’t get this in our school history books. Looking forward to episode two of this interesting story.
Another compelling podcast about family history. Not to be missed!
Really enjoyed this first episode. It’s well made and really pulls you in the story
I really enjoyed listening to Lucy Worsley and Jen Baldwin discussing Lucy’s grandmother.
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A human-centered history podcast that follows one family story across multiple episodes, using ordinary archival records to reveal how real people lived, loved, worked, and endured during wartime Britain and beyond. The host guides listeners through practical genealogy techniques—building timelines, anchoring events to places, and interpreting newspapers, census data, and registers—while ethically balancing what records do and don't say. Episodes frequently feature historians and genealogists, including Lucy Worsley, to provide context and texture, and they emphasize the emotional resonance of personal histories alongside rigorous research. The approach is distinctive for centering everyday lives over grand narratives, offering actionable t... more
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