# Feeling a bit stuck? Try these brickwall-bash-through techniques

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Podcast: [Family Tree Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-talk-7127097)
Published: 2026-04-20T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Are you feeling a bit stuck? Facing a family history situation that you can’t work out? Then tune in to the latest episode of Family Tree Talk, where Dr Sophie Kay will be chatting about some of the techniques she uses to make research progress – even when the going gets really tough. Plus, first, podcast co-hosts Nathan Ward and Helen Tovey catch up on their recent research forays – and Nathan tells us about his (rather enviable) new genealogy journal.

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