S02EP03 - 'The Swindler' with Nathan Dylan Goodwin

11/16/21 • 48 min

In this third episode, host Andrew Martin meets genealogical crime mystery author, Nathan Dylan Goodwin to find out how he got into family history, how he keeps his ancestral reality separate from his fantasy worlds of Morton Farrier, Mrs McDougall, and the Venator Cold Case Team, and we'll get some teasers from the brand new Morton Farrier book.
Relatively Speaking - Silas Thomas
Nathan has chosen his ancestor Silas Thomas, of Sussex, England, and it's an unusual story featuring an unusual metal find that ends up earning him a fortune before landing him in prison.
The Brick Wall - Thomas Goodwin
Awkwardly, it's his own Goodwin line that provides Nathan with his research brick wall, so it's over to the listeners to try to help him find his 4x Great Grandfather Thomas Goodwin, born circa 1781, married in 1800 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, but Nathan needs to find out where he was born. His only clue is the scant detail of the 1841 census, that simply tells him it wasn't Sussex.
Can you help locate more information and bring this brick wall tumbling down? If you think you can help, head over to our show notes for ways to make contact.
Andrew offers Nathan some help in solving this mystery, but he'll have to tread carefully....
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Episode Credits:
Series Two, Episode Three

Andrew Martin - Host and Producer
Nathan Dylan Goodwin - Guest
John Spike - Sandór Petfői
Eliot Lees - Foley

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Andrew Martin - Host and Producer
Nathan Dylan Goodwin - Guest
John Spike - Sandór Petfői
Eliot Lees - Foley

Show notes and more: familyhistoriespodcast.com

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S02EP02 - 'The Granddaddy' with True Lewis

In this second episode - The Granddaddy - Andrew meets genealogist True Lewis and discovers how she got hooked on researching her family tree, what challenges she faces when researching her enslaved African-American ancestors, her work to research her American Revolutionary ancestor, and she talks about her co-host role on the Black Pro Gen Live show.
Relatively Speaking - Ike Ivery
True has chosen her 2x Great Grandfather Isaac 'Ike' Ivery for her life story.
Ike was born into slavery in Alabama, USA, but when emancipation came, it is then that his family became the Ivery family - adding an 'r' to discontinue the name of their enslaver.
Ike lived a long and full life, marrying 3 times, having 23 children, and becoming a chaplain and a farmer - and listening to this life story, you can hear just how much love and respect True and her family continue to have towards their granddaddy.
The Brick Wall - Anna Maria Lambert
It's True's 5x Great Grandmother, Anna Maria Lambert that is giving her the biggest Brick Wall headache.
Anna was born in 1764 in Albany Township, Pennsylvania, USA. Despite knowing this, and having done DNA tests that show a U5b1c2 ancestor group, True has not been able to find records that detail her parents, rumoured to be Dorothea Zimmerman and Nicholas Lambert, and she's been unable to confirm Anna's death too.
She really is True's mystery, and it's one that True believes gives her a connection to European, perhaps German, ancestors.
Can you help her find out more about Anna Maria Lambert? Do you know of records or research techniques she could try? If you think you can help True with her research, you can contact her at her website or via her Twitter account @MyTrueRoots, or over at familyhistoriespodcast.com's contact form.
In the meantime, True is keen to accept Andrew's offer of help, but her enthusiasm might just cause a bit of a problem...
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Episode Credits
Series Two, Episode Two

Andrew Martin - Host and Producer
True Lewis - Guest

Show notes and more: familyhistoriespodcast.com

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S02EP04 - 'The Pimp' with Justin Cascio

In this fourth episode, The Pimp, host Andrew Martin is joined by writer and Mafia genealogist Justin Cascio. We'll be finding out about how he got into researching his Sicilian family history, and the challenges of researching there, He'll also tell us about how his ancestors lived as immigrants in the US.
Relatively Speaking - Giuseppe Longo
Justin has chosen his Gt Grandfather Giuseppe Longo (sometimes 'Joseph') for his life story, and we're straight into a life of crime and prostitution that's all set amongst some of the most notorious mafia gangsters.
We'll find out how this impacted Giuseppe and his family.
The Brick Wall - Giuseppe Longo!
In a surprise turn, Justin's brick wall is also his Life Story choice - Giuseppe Longo. However, it's Giuseppe's parents and siblings that are proving hard to find, thanks to conflicting sources of information, and archives that are hard to view.
Was Giuseppe baptised in Cefalu or Capachi, Sicily? Maybe you can help Justin unravel this mystery that allows him to trace another generation back.
Finally, Justin is happy to accept Andrew's offer of help, but there's a bit of an 'IT glitch'...
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Episode Credits:
Series Two, Episode Four