The below is a non-exhaustive list of webinars and learning opportunities undertaken over the last couple of years as part of my Continuing Professional Development [CPD] log.
Some are open access for all but others I have only been able to use due to being a member of that group or having a subscription.
On top of these I watch many family history related programmes. This includes mainstream shows like Who Do You Think You Are? [WDYTYA], Long Lost Family, DNA Journey and DNA Family Secrets.
It is acknowledged that certain terminology is no longer acceptable but would have been in use during the time period of topics under discussion.
2025 Q4 – Oct to Dec
| Source & Format | Primary Speaker(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pro-Am Genies | Michelle Wells | Australian Genealogical Records |
| Company of Makers | Dr Helen Fry | On the Line with Helen Fry – British Secret Service during WWI and WWII |
| Society for One-Place Studies [SfOPS] Online Conference | Ian Waller, Steve Pickthall, BJ Jamieson, Celia Webber and Maggie Gaffney | All drawn by horses, Railway accidents in the UK – causes, examples and how to research those which happened in your place, Coastal Travel, Boat people and All aboard for a new life. |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] | Steve Gill | Unlocking the Hidden History in your Photographs |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S10EP01 – ‘The Seaman’ with Dr. Wanda Wyporska |
| Ancestry YouTube | Mildmay Club Archive Group | Dear Mr Manley: A WWI Working Men’s Club Mystery |
| Family Tree in association with Find My Past Online Webinar | Jen Baldwin | Researching First World War Ancestors |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Maggie Gaffney, Jude Rhodes, Antony Marr and Debbie Bradley | Delivering Professional Talks |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] | Claire Bradley | Tracing Irish Ancestors |
2025 Q3 – Jul to Sep
| Source & Format | Primary Speaker(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies [IHGS] Course -Module Completed | – | Lecture 5 – Parish Registers |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Gemma Ward | Time Management |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] | Elizabeth Yule | Non-conformist Ancestors |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S08EP04 – The Nightingale of Iran (Bonus) |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S08EP04 – ‘The Nightingale’ with Danielle and Galeet Dardashi |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S08EP03 – ‘The Collier’ with Adam Simpson-York |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S08EP01 – ‘The Marchioness’ with Bob Sorrentino |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Sophie Kay and Claire Bradley | Genetic Genealogy Casework |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S09EP06 – ‘The Steadfast’ with Asad Khabibullin |
| Society for One-Place Studies [SfOPS] Online Webinar | Joe Saunders | Using Social Network Analysis for One-Place Studies |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Claire Bradley | Why you want Irish Quaker ancestors |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S09EP04 – ‘The Valiant’ with John Boeren |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S07EP03 – ‘The Elevated’ with Todd Lucero Sales |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S08EP02 – ‘The Twin’ with Sylvia Valentine |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Sarah Pettyfer | Researching your Ancestors in Surrey |
| The National Archives [TNA] with Metropolitan Police Online Webinar | Paul Bickley (Curator, Met. Police’s Crime Museum) and Jo Brooks (Fingerprint Bureau) | The Great Train Robbery: A Forensic Journey |
| The National Archives [TNA] with Metropolitan Police Online Webinar | Katie Ann Smith (Head of Museums, for the Met. Police Museums) and Andrew Hart (Senior Forensic Scientist, Met. Police) | The Murder of Emily Kaye |
2025 Q2 – Apr to Jun
| Source & Format | Primary Speaker(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Yvette Hoitlink | Hand-written Text Recognition: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Transcribe and Search |
The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S07EP07 – ‘The Sailor’ with Morag Peers |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Frances Daly | Irish Genealogy |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | John E. Vigar | Leave No Stone Unturned |
| Society for One Place Studies [SfOPS] Online Webinar | Helen Shields | The West of England Institution for the Education of the Deaf & Dumb |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | ‘The Rioter’ with Andrew Martin (Bonus Episode) |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S05EP05: ‘The Constable’ with Fiona Brooker |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Jonny Perl | Shared DNA at a glance: the new DNA matrix tool at DNA Painter by Jonny Perl |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Dean Kirby | Family History Tours |
| Seaside Heritage Network [SHN] Online Webinar | Kathryn Ferry | Twentieth Century Seaside Architecture |
| Nathan Dylan Goodwin Book | Nathan Dylan Goodwin | The Hollywood Strangler (Venator Cold Case #3) |
| Nathan Dylan Goodwin Book | Nathan Dylan Goodwin | The Sawtooth Slayer (Venator Cold Case #2) |
| Nathan Dylan Goodwin Book | Nathan Dylan Goodwin | The Chester Creek Murders (Venator Cold Case #1) |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Dr Penny Walters | Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S09EP01 – ‘The Secretive’ with Ron Williams |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] In Person Event | – | – |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Kelly Cornwell | Researching your Essex and East London Ancestors |
| Progress Educational Trust [PET] Online Webinar | Sarah Norcross | Our Future Health, UK Biobank, Genomics England: Exploring the Impact |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Phil Isherwood, Claire Bradley, Sophie Kay | Knowing Your Value |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S08EP01 – ‘The Marchioness’ with Bob Sorrentino |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Thomas MacEntee | Translating, Transcribing and Summarizing Documents Using AI |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Ian Waller | Workhouse Life |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | S08EP09 – ‘The Invisible’ with Jane Hough and Kathryn Burtinshaw |
2025 Q1 – Jan to Mar
| Source & Format | Primary Speaker(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Deborah Cope | Researching British Home Children |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Dr Sophie Kay | Just A Job |
| International Society for British Genealogy and Family History [ISBGFH] Online Webinar | Donna Rutherford | The Hull Mystery – The Story of John Dring |
| International Society for British Genealogy and Family History [ISBGFH] Online Webinar | Sylvia Tracy Doolos | Add Language Tools To Your Family History Toolbox |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Sophie Kay | Business Essentials |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Dr Colin Chapman | Sin, Sex & Probate – Church Courts and Their Records |
| Society for One-Place Studies [SfOPS] Online Webinar | Alexandra Gilbert & Ann Simcock | Society for One-Place Studies’s Zoom Meeting – Members Contribution Meeting |
| International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) Online Webinar | Eilir Ann Daniels | Welsh Place Names: Finding Your Ancestors’ Homes on a Map |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Helen Tovey | Professional Writing & Speaking for Family Tree Magazine |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S3 Ep7: A lot of Darwen and a tiny bit of Corfu: Unearthing the Past with Adidas Spezial’s Gary Aspden |
| East Surrey Family History Society Online Webinar | – | Online Fair |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Richard Holt | Apprenticeship Records |
| International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) Online Webinar | Fiona Fitzsimons | Using Valuation Office Records in Irish Research |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Jude Rhodes | Researching in Yorkshire |
| International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) Online Webinar | Chris Paton | Genealogy Without Borders |
2024 Q4 – Oct to Dec
| Source & Format | Primary Speaker(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Helen Baggott | Posted in the Past |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Paul Milner | Finding Your British WWI Soldier – Dead or Alive |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society for One-Place Studies [OPS] | Choosing Your Place |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Genealogy with Amy Johnson Crow | This EASY Step Levels Up Your Genealogy FOREVER |
| YouTube YouTube Content | FamilySearch | RootsTech 2025 Class Sneak Peak |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Aimee Cross – Genealogy Hints | My Most Used Ancestry.com Tricks (SOME YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT) |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Genealogy In Action with Julie Cahill Tarr | Create Genealogy Charts with Smart Art |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Aimee Cross – Genealogy Hints | Finding the Images NOT Available on Ancestry (or other sites) |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Family History Fanatics | 10 Little-Known Free Genealogy Websites Professionals Use |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Yechezkel Bund | Springboard into Jewish Genealogy |
| BBC TV Programme | – | The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Elizabeth Shown Mills | Information Overload? Effective Project Planning, Research, Data Management & Analysis |
| Society of Genealogists [SOG] Online Webinar | Dr Sophie Kay | Making Genealogy Accessible |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Yvette Hoitink | Dear Me: Writing Research Reports to Yourself |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists | Fleshing Out The Bones, Uncovering Your Ancestor’s Story – Mark Bayley |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Raymon L. Naisbitt | Getting Started with British Army Records |
| Project Kin Online Webinar | Jane Hutcheon | Forget Me Not: How We Memorialise with Jane Hutcheon (talking to Peter Billingham) |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Dr Robert Hodge | Crime and punishment in south Shropshire, 1768 – 1898 |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | Where Do You Think You Are? – Dave Annal (All About That Place) |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | Tithe Maps and Apportionments: A practical guide to using and understanding the records – Dave Annal (All About That Place) |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | Using Projects to Tell Stories About That Place – Barbara Tien (All About That Place) |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | Murder in the Neighbourhood – a guide to discovering historical crimes – Angela Buckley (All About That Place) |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | All About That FINAL Place: Land N.Y.C. Cemeteries – Edward Swierczewski |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | Shipwrecked: misfortune on the Cornwall Coast – Wayne Shepheard (All About That Place) |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | Victoria’s Cohort: Who in your Tree/Place was b.1819? – Peter Burnhill (All About That Place) |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | History Begins at Home: Connecting People, Creating History – Chris Tracy |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | Hidden stories within our houses – Rhiannon Lloyd (All About That Place) |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Society of Genealogists [SOG] | Rural health and illness in a Herefordshire village – Kate Smedley (All About That Place) |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S3 Ep2: Music, Manchester & a bit of the Midlands: Unearthing the Past with Sacha Lord |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S2 Ep12: Bricks, Peas, and a Dodgy Death: Unearthing the past with BAFTA-winning producer Juliet Charlesworth |
| Channel 4 TV Programme | Mobeen Azhar | The Soldiers that Saved Britain |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S2: E8: “We Were All Shocked, You Didn’t Know How to Tell Me…” – with Kerry Kayes |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S3: Ep1: Comedy, Cranes and Cains: Unearthing the past with comedian Paul Smith |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S3: Ep3: Singing, Stockport and a Lunatic Asylum: Unearthing the Past with Blossoms’ Tom Ogden |
| BBC TV Programme | David Olusoga | A House Through Time: Two Cities at War – Series 5, Episode 4 |
| BBC TV Programme | David Olusoga | A House Through Time: Two Cities at War – Series 5, Episode 3 |
| BBC TV Programme | David Olusoga | A House Through Time: Two Cities at War – Series 5, Episode 2 |
| BBC TV Programme | David Olusoga | A House Through Time: Two Cities at War – Series 5, Episode 1 |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Jean Renwick | The Mourning Brooch |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] In Person Event | – | Forward to 50! |
2024 Q3 – Jul to Sep
| Source & Format | Primary Speaker(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Sophie Kay | Making the Leap to Pro Genealogy |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Dr Nick Barratt | A rural ancestor |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S2: Ep6: A Tale of Resilience and a Family’s Sporting Heritage in Mancester with Vinny Shoreman |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S2: Ep5: Past, Present and Future… Tell me who I am… with Matty White |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | The Sailor’ with Morag Peers (S07EP07) |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Claire Bradley | Research Reports |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S2: Ep4: Tracing Martin Murray’s Roots: A Fascinating Journey of Resilience and Redemption |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S2: Ep3: Unveiling the History of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes with Daniel Loftus |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S2: Ep2: Journey into Your Past with Genealogy Jude: DNA Technology, Unseen Records and Lost Family Tales |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 17: Illegitimate Ancestors: Why We Hate a Horizontal Black Line on a Birth Certificate! |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 16: Unearthing the Hidden Stories of Your House with TV’s Melanie Backe-Hansen |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 15: Dr Nick Barratt on Genealogy and Family History |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Denise and Graham | Guest Talk from FreeBMD |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 14: From Court Reports to Gossip Columns: A Genealogist’s Guide to the British Newspaper Archive |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 13: Latest news and reviews from the world of genealogy |
| Legacy Family Tree Webinars Online Webinar | Nathan Dylan Goodwin | Where Fact Meets Fiction: behind the scenes of a genealogical crime mystery |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 12: Exploring 19th Century Death Records |
| The National Archives [TNA] Online Webinar | Helen Fry | MI9: Escape and Evasion in the Second World War |
| Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Book | The Countess of Carnarvon | Lady Almina and the real Downtown Abbey |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 11: Underworld Unveiled: A Dive into the British 19th-Century Criminal Archive |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 6: Genealogy Gems: Online Resources to Trace Your Family History |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Waterloo Uncovered | The Irish at Waterloo with Peter Molly – Part Two |
2024 Q2 – Apr to Jun
| Source & Format | Primary Speaker(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube YouTube Content | Waterloo Uncovered | The Irish at Waterloo with Peter Molly – Part One |
| Register of Qualified Genealogists [RQG] Online Webinar | Morag Peers | Reformatory Schools |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | ‘The Résistant’ with Marie Cappart (S07EP04) |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | Chris Broom | Everything You Wanted To Know About Heraldry… … but were afraid to ask! |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Kathie Ross | Paleography 101 |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | ‘The Aunt’ with Jackie Kohnstamm (S07EP01) |
| Guild of One-Name Studies [GOONS] Online Webinar | Trisha O’Reilly | Where there’s a will, there’s a lawyer: using solicitor records for family research |
| Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS] Online Webinar | John E. Vigar | Murder, Sex and Mayhem in English Churches |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | ‘The Knitter’ with Dave Annal (S07EP02) |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 10: A Journey through UK’s Workhouse History with Peter Higginbotham |
| YouTube Online Webinar | The Landmark Trust | Maison Dieu: Inside the Mayor’s Parlour Webinar |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 9: A Genealogical Journey through the UK Census with DNA Journey Expert Paul McNeil |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 8: Unlocking Family History with Ancestry’s Crista Cowan |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 7: Enhancing Your Genealogy Research with Find My Past |
| National Library of Scotland [NLS] Online Webinar | Carmen [NLS] | Researching gender & sexuality |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 5: Unlocking Your Irish Roots: Expert Tips on Genealogy, DNA Testing, and Immigration Records |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 4 : DNA – The more you look, the more you find! |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 3: Accept Nothing, Believe Nobody, Check Everything! |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 2: A chat with author & presenter John Henry Phillips |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | Ep 1: The TV Expert Edition |
| YouTube YouTube Content | Irish History by Freya Gunhild | Ireland’s Workhousess |
| Pen and Sword Book | Stephen Wynn | Tunbridge Wells in the Great War |
| Netflix Documentary | – | Found |
| Netflix Documentary | – | Our Father |
| Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies [IHGS] Online Webinar | Sarah Bulson | Workshop – Covering Correspondence Course Lecture 6 |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | Jude Rhodes | Managing Difficult Conversations |
| Family Tree Magazine Magazine | – | May 2024 – Issue 222 |
| Pen and Sword Book | Stephen Wynn | Folkestone in the Great War |
2024 Q1 – Jan to Mar
| Source & Format | Primary Speaker(s) | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | – | Making the most of your genealogy blog |
| BBC iPlayer TV Programme | Dara Ó Briain | So Where Were We? |
| The National Archives [TNA] Online Webinar | – | The Index of Suffragettes Arrested (Secrets of The National Archives) |
| National Records of Scotland [NRS] Online Webinar | Dr Michelle Moffat | The experience of women workers in the Second World War in Scotland |
| RootsTech Online Webinar | Devon Noel Lee | From Research to Draft: Rapidly Writing Your Ancestor’s Story |
| RootsTech Online Webinar | David Ryan | Coming and Going: Tracing Your Irish Surname History |
| Old Front Line Podcast | Paul Reed | Where there’s a will, thWW1 at Home: Shorncliffe Cemetery |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | ‘The Quilter’ with Phyllis Biffle Elmore (S06EP01) |
| The Family Histories Podcast Podcast | Andrew Martin | ‘The Runaway’ with Teresa Vega (S06EP06) |
| Unearth the Past Podcast | Michala Hulme | S2: Ep 1: Unraveling the Mysteries of Your Ancestry with DNA Painter’s Johnny Perl |
| The National Archives [TNA] Online Webinar | Will Butler | Family History: Using Second World War Army Records |
| Pro-Am Genies Online Webinar | – | Using Gephi for Genetic Networks |
| The National Archives [TNA] Online Webinar | Roger Kershaw | Family History: Using Prisoner of War Records |
| The National Archives [TNA] Online Webinar | Roger Kershaw | Family History: Using Civilian Internee Records |
| University of Strathclyde Online Webinar | Nathan Dylan Goodwin | SIGS Spotlight Talk with Nathan Dylan Goodwin |
| Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies [IHGS] Course -Module Completed | – | Lecture 4 – The Census Returns 1801-1921 (The Higher Certificate in Genealogy Course) |
