In The Media
Emma shows how it can be done, directing us towards all sorts of useful, sometimes little-known, records that can reveal your female ancestor’s story. This is a refreshing and in-depth look at ‘her story’ from a genealogist’s point of view, with masses of valuable leads for further research.
Family Tree magazine (March 2014)
ITV Television
Absolutely India: Mancs in Mumbai
Emma provided family history research and advice to Multistory Media's six-part travelogue exploring the Anglo-Indian heritage of showbiz brothers. Ryan, Adam, and Scott Thomas.
BBC Television
Who Do You Think You Are?
Emma was shown helping Kate Winslet explore her family history in the celebrated actor’s episode of the award-winning BBC One programme (originally broadcast 18 August 2019)
Union with David Olusoga
Emma conducted research into the personal Scottish family history of David Olusoga, contributing to this landmark four-part series.
BBC Radio
The Wedding Detectives
Emma contributed to the second series of BBC Radio 4's The Wedding Detectives, where wedding album collector Charlotte Sibtain and journalist Cole Moreton uncover the stories behind lost wedding photographs and try to reunite them with the family. Emma provided family and social history research for episodes 5 and 6.
Chris Evans Breakfast Show
Emma gave family history advice on the 22 August 2017 edition of this BBC Radio 2 show.
Riverside Radio
Emma researched the families featured in this documentary about the bombing of Balham Station on 14 October 1940 during the London Blitz. This was originally broadcast on Riverside Radio to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the disaster, in which 66 people lost their lives. The documentary was produced by Ship of Life Films.
Times Radio
Emma spoke live with Kait Borsay on 1 November 2021 discussing people finding out they are distantly related to royalty.
YouTube
On 14 September 2021, Emma took part in a live online discussion with Natalie Pithers of Genealogy Stories on Discovering Black Country Ancestors. Catch via YouTube.
Emma participated in a Welsh Family History Discussion as part of Findmypast's St David's Day celebrations on 1 March 2021. The recorded chat can be viewed on the Findmypast Facebook and YouTube pages.
Podcasts
Emma appeared on the Researching Female Ancestors podcast episode of the Journeys into Genealogy podcast with Emma Cox. We talked about how women can be harder to find but records do exist. Topics include military pensions, DNA and matrilineal lines, naming traditions in England and Scotland, names and nicknames, Florence Nightingale, female wills, spinster aunts, the benefits of researching a place as well as a person, fertility, records for women in varied armed forces since the Boer War and including WWI and WWII, the differences between English and Scottish records and how each has their own benefits, MyHeritage, artificial intelligence, photographs, inheritance, clothing, visiting archives and much more In her 31 December 2024 Substack post, Emma Cox revealed that Researching Female Ancestors episode was the top download since the podcast began in 2020.
Emma joined Maureen Taylor on her podcast for a chat about photos, memory, memoir, and exploring family history in the UK.
Emma participated in AGRA's November 2021 Podcast, giving advice on Researching Welsh Ancestors.
Emma was featured in a Christmas 2021 edition of Andrew Martin's Family Histories Podcast.
Emma regularly writes for a range of family history publications, including:
Family History Federation’s Really Useful Bulletin
Emma wrote the lead article for the September 2024 issue. The article, “The Importance of Researching Women in Family History”, explores why it is essential to highlight and understand women’s roles in our genealogical research.
Family Tree Magazine
Change the Family Tree Mag section to - Emma is a frequent contributor to Family Tree magazine including expert answers and feature articles on a variety of topics, such as an article on her trailblazing Welsh female forebear (August 2024), a series on family history and wellbeing (Aug-Dec issues 2023), 'Edinburgh's Cowgate' sharing insights into the value of researching a locality (March 2023); 'Solving the Jones Mystery with DNA' (January 2019); a guide to free document-rich websites (Christmas 2017); and 'My DNA Journey' (December 2017).
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine
Emma has contributed articles, expert answers and book reviews. Her article on 'Highland Heroes' was published in the March 2023 Social Story section. In the April 2019 issue, Emma explores the source of her Ashkenazi DNA. She looked at researching 20th-century ancestors for the August 2018 issue, and in September 2017, Emma advised on how to trace the military experiences of female ancestors.
Genealogists' Magazine
The official journal of the Society of Genealogists. In September 2014, Emma wrote a guide to researching female ancestors in war. Emma has previously explored the Forfeited Estates Commission, burial records, and India Office Records material.
Discover Your Ancestors
Emma contributed an article on tracing Welsh ancestors for issue no. 24 in April 2015 and explored the experiences of British Home Children in July 2013.
Your Family History Magazine (form. Your Family Tree)
Emma contributed to the April 2017 archives issue, with her guide to using Camden Local Studies & Archives Centre. She has also written a feature on how to research Welsh chapel ancestors in depth (Nov 2015), contributed articles on nurses in the early years of the NHS (May 2012) and a history of royal weddings 1811-2011 (April 2011).
The Family History and Local History Handbook
Edition 14 (2013) of this popular family history book included articles by Emma on London parishes and records of British India. Robert Blatchford Publishing.
The Irish Family History and Local History Handbook
In the Irish version of this popular series, Emma wrote articles on the Irish in London and the Irish in British India. Robert Blatchford Publishing (2013).
Family History: Digging Deeper (Simon Fowler)
Emma was asked to write a featured article on the Forfeited Estates Commission in Simon Fowler's 2012 book, published by The History Press.
Discover My Past Magazine
Emma was a regular contributor, writing articles on various topics, including football ancestors, women in WWI, lascars, and how to trace an ancestor's war service using the resources of the five Imperial War Museums (London, Duxford, HMS Belfast, North and the Churchill War Rooms). Some of these articles are now available to read on the Genes Reunited website.
Emma's work has also featured in other media outlets, including:
- BBC
- Greek Street Media
- Deceased Online, the burial and cremation records website. Emma was the official blogger for Deceased Online up to 2020.
- Huffington Post Emma was interviewed for a feature on making family history fun for kids. (July 2016)
- London Historians including Charles Dickens and his connections with the modern borough of Camden (February 2011).
- Families In British India (FIBIS) Journal on Godfrey Evan Baker, the man who brought curry house-founder Dean Mahomet to Ireland (Autumn 2011).
- Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Forum an investigation into the role of children and young people in genealogy (Summer 2012)
- Guest blog for the Abraham Adcock website, featuring Emma's great-great-grandmother, Maria Pymer, and her employer in 1871, the composer Frank Mori. Frank's father, Nicolas Mori, was also a famous musician. (May 2011),
- Emma edits the monthly newsletter for the Society of Genealogists.
- Guest blog for FindMyPast on tracing Welsh ancestry.
- Guest post for Nameberry on Baby Name Namesakes: Harriet Beecher Stowe in the UK.
- Emma's thought on family history for kids were featured in the "Do Something" section of The Week Junior (25 March 2017), the current affairs magazine for children aged 8-14.
Emma has also written on the history of education, WWII evacuee experiences, women in lunatic asylums, Black Country ancestors, and several articles relating to the British in India and their records.
