{"podcast":{"title":"The Explainer","slug":"the-explainer-1063834","podcast_index_feed_id":1063834,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66f2a0897a3d63d20ff54509","website_url":"http://thejournal.ie","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66f2a0897a3d63d20ff54509/1765793812580-5cd8fe19-5170-4d0c-8527-121c6e6fa022.jpeg","author":"The Explainer","episode_count":422,"summary":"The Explainer is a weekly podcast from The Journal that takes a deeper look at one big news story you need to know about. What's the background? Why is this in the news? Get the facts behind the story from Ireland's biggest news website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:20:16.018886+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explainer-1063834"},"episode":{"title":"How do you start tracing your family tree?","slug":"how-do-you-start-tracing-your-family-tree","published_at":"2026-04-25T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explainer-1063834/how-do-you-start-tracing-your-family-tree","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explainer-1063834","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-explainer/episodes/how-do-you-start-building-your-family-tree","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66f2a0897a3d63d20ff54509/e/69eb9f2013963c0243508fd0/media.mp3","summary":"The recent release of the 1926 census has sparked a huge wave of interest in Irish family history. It was the first census taken after the foundation of the State, capturing a snapshot of the country after a period of massive upheaval. But between missing records, complex transcription errors, and endless name variations, building your family tree can quickly become a daunting puzzle. Jennifer McLachlan Doherty, a Donegal-based genealogist and family history expert from IrishAncestral.com, tells us where to start. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The recent release of the 1926 census has sparked a huge wave of interest in Irish family history. It was the first census taken after the foundation of t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1142,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-explainer-1063834/episodes/how-do-you-start-tracing-your-family-tree/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-explainer-1063834/how-do-you-start-tracing-your-family-tree.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}