Untangling family tree tangles: multiple marriages, mystery children & genealogy tips
Family Tree Talk28 Jul 2025

Untangling family tree tangles: multiple marriages, mystery children & genealogy tips

In this episode of Family Tree Talk, Nathan Ward reveals a truly tangled family tree featuring multiple marriages, overlapping timelines, and a seemingly endless number of children.

· Who belongs to whom?

· & How can he tell family unit from the next?

As the puzzle unfolds, Helen Tovey offers practical tips and a calming voice of reason to help make sense of the confusion.

Whether you're new to genealogy or a seasoned researcher, you'll enjoy this lively conversation full of helpful ideas for unpicking even the knottiest branches of your family tree.

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Reflections of a Running Genealogist

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Tips, tactics & timely research

Tips, tactics & timely research

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Tracing my (probable) WWI relation

Tracing my (probable) WWI relation

Nathan Ward is 99% sure that Private A Hearn, who died in 1918, is his relation. He has papers a-plenty, notes from a distant cousin, and even an annotated family tree from them. But he can't quite se...

3 Nov 202547min

Thinking about the push-pull factor

Thinking about the push-pull factor

From short walks down the lane to the neighbouring village, to brave voyages across the world, when doing family history we discover that our ancestors sometimes moved about more than we might think. ...

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Those unexpected details…

Those unexpected details…

This week podcast co-hosts Nathan Ward and Helen Tovey chat about their recent family history research forays and reflect on those unexpected details that are there – waiting to be found in the record...

20 Okt 202537min

‘Yes, I already know that!’

‘Yes, I already know that!’

Podcast co-hosts Nathan Ward and Helen Tovey catch up about their recent research forays. Nate’s been making great progress filling in the details of his Victorian soldier in the 36th Foot... It turns...

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