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**The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection**

“The Genealogy Guys” are two avid genealogists who host a weekly chat. The podcast includes news of the genealogy community, book and software reviews, guest interviews, and a lot of fun chat.

Latest Episodes:

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #317 - 2016 November 6 Nov 09, 2016

Show notes

The news includes:

The Library of Virginia has slashed its hours and cut its staff. Genealogists need to communicate their displeasure with the governor.
The Federation of Genealogical Societies has announced their election for officers and directors.
Findmypast announces the addition of the Genealogical Society of Ireland journals to PERSI. They also announce the addition of new records from West Virginia, Utah, Ireland, and new PERSI updates.
Drew shares highlights of FamilySearch's recent new record releases.
The Guys share information that PERSI will be exclusively at Findmypast as of 8 November 2016. It will no longer be available at Ancestry or HeritageQuest Online.

George reviews an interesting new book by Jeffrey H. Konis titled Conversations We Never Had.

Listener email includes:

Drew responds to an inquiry from Connie about the origin of a quote.
Cynthia asked about Irish coming to Canada during the famine years in the 1840s and then to the U.S.
Marc asked for suggestions on obtaining the criminal records for his great-grandfather, including a mug shot, from Pennsylvania.
Sarah asks for help in determining which genealogical software program would meet her needs.
Pat is seeking help in locating records of John Henry Wakefield who may have been born in England or Ohio, and who may have arrived on one of the orphan trains.
Jenny asks about the ethics of providing names to an individual who is an adoptee and who is seeking information about birth parents.
Ryan has some follow-up questions and information about his Antrim McMichael line, and asked about MyHeritage's new DNA matching, which has just come out of beta.

Please help The Guys spread the word about our two podcasts:

Support us at Patreon.com at (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2684555).
Tell your friends and genealogy society members about us.
Leave a review at iTunes.
Leave comments at iHeartRadio.

Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

Genealogy Connection #010 - Kenyatta Berry, Speaker, Researcher, and TV Show Host Oct 31, 2016

Show notes

Kenyatta Berry is best known as one of the hosts of the Genealogy Roadshow TV show, and she specializes in African-American research, Slave Ancestral research, and DNA. To learn more about Kenyatta, visit her website at kenyattaberry.com.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #316 - 2016 October 23 Oct 25, 2016

Show notes

If you have an Amazon Echo, you can use it to listen to the podcasts on both iHeartRadio and TuneIn. You can also visit their respective websites at http://www.iheart.com and http://tunein.com. However, the show notes are only available at The Genealogy Guys Podcast website at http://genealogyguys.com.

The news includes:

Ancestry.com has released a new mobile app called We're Related that helps you discover famous people to whom you might be related.
Findmypast has released a wide variety of English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand records.
Construction has begun on a new Discovery Center at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Drew shares new releases and updates at FamilySearch.

Listener email includes:

Ryan asks for suggestions about how to determine how two men in his family research were related.
Cindy asks for suggestions about DNA testing and interpretation of test results and matches for her husband and his genetic genealogy.
Jen asks about a network, resource, or community online where she can celebrate successes. The Guys also ask for listeners' suggestions.

Drew discusses more organization ideas for naming and working with digital file folders.

Please help The Guys spread the word about our two podcasts:

Support us at Patreon.com at (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2684555).
Tell your friends and genealogy society members about us.
Leave a review at iTunes.
Leave comments at iHeartRadio.

Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

Genealogy Connection #009 - Paula Stuart-Warren, Researcher, Speaker, and Writer Oct 17, 2016

Show notes

Paula Stuart-Warren is a noted researcher, speaker, and writer who specializes in such topics as Native American research and railroad records. To learn more about Paula, visit her website at genealogybypaula.com.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #315 - 2016 October 4 Oct 06, 2016

Show notes

The news includes:

The Genealogy Guys Podcast can now be found and heard on iHeartRadio at http://www.iheart.com.
MyHeritage is more than halfway to its goal of digitizing every cemetery in Israel.
23andMe has introduced an Ancestry Standalone product for US customers for $99.
The 2017 International Germanic Genealogy 'Connections' Conference has been extended to three days – 28-30 July 2017, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The New England Historic Genealogy Society (NEHGS) will honor journalist and author Cokie Roberts on 27 October 2016 at its Fall Family History Benefit Dinner in Boston, Massachusetts.
American Ancestors and NEHGS will present DNA Day on 22 October 2016 at DCU Center in Worcestor, Massachusetts. Details and registration are available at http://www.americanancestors.org.
The Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy presents its Annual Forensic Genealogy Institute on 7-9 March 2017 in San Antonio, Texas. Registration opens 15 October 2016 at http://www.forensicgenealogists.org/institute/.
George shares highlights of Findmypast's recent record releases.
The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) honored several of its members at its annual Professional Management Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
APG announces that Kerry Scott has been named editor of their monthly newsletter.
RootsTech 2017 will be held on 8-11 February 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration is available at http://rootstech.org.
RootsTech has announced the Third Annual RootsTech Innovator Showdown. Details are available at http://rootstech.devpost.com/.
FamilySearch and Twile have announced the launch of a new feature that allows users to generate a family history timeline and share it with others. Users must register at Twile at https://twile.com/ for free. A premium version is available.
Drew shares highlights of FamilySearch's recent new record releases.

Listener email includes:

Jeff asks for suggestions for how to sort out his grandfather's birth father and other information.
Connie asks about the source of a quote, and asks for suggestions for setting up a site for her extremely large family to keep in touch and share information.
Ryan asks for suggestions about how to determine how two men in his family research were related.

Please help The Guys spread the word about our two podcasts:

Support us at Patreon.com at (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2684555).
Tell your friends and genealogy society members about us.
Leave a review at iTunes.
Leave comments at iHeartRadio.

Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

Genealogy Connection #008 - Blaine Bettinger, Author and Speaker Oct 03, 2016

Show notes

Blaine Bettinger is an author and speaker who specializes in the use of DNA testing for genealogical research. To learn more about Blaine, visit his website at thegeneticgenealogist.com.

Blaine recommends Thomas Jones' book Mastering Genealogical Proof and Lucidchart for creating family trees.

Genealogy Connection #007 - Rich Venezia, Researcher and Speaker Sep 19, 2016

Show notes

Rich Venezia is a professional researcher and speaker who specializes in using record repositories in and around Pittsburgh, as well as the New Jersey State Archives and the New York City Municipal Archives. Rich is especially skilled in Italian and Irish research, and can assist clients with obtaining Italian or Irish dual citizenship. To learn more about Rich, visit his website at richroots.com.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #314 - 2016 September 16 Sep 17, 2016

Show notes

The news includes:

A new genealogical service called genealogyDOTcoach has been launched at https://genealogy.coach that makes professional genealogists available for short, inexpensive consultations to help you extend your research and get past brick walls.
MyHeritage announces their new DNA matching service, allowing you to upload your DNA testing results and/or order testing kits. Learn more at http://blog.myheritage.com/2016/09/dna-matching-now-live/.
MyHeritage announces the publication of 33 million Finnish church records online.
RootsMagic answers questions concerning its planned sync with Ancestry by the end of this year.
WikiTree announces a Source-a-Thon on 1-3 October 2016. Learn more at wikitree.com/Source-a-Thon.
Findmypast launches an economical 12-month for $34.95 in the U.S. market.
Findmypast launches a large variety of new collections and additions to existing ones.
ScotlandsPeople has announced that it will be offline from 23:59 (BST on Wednesday, 21 September 2016 until Monday 26 September as they work to install the new ScotlandsPeople website.
Ancestry.co.uk has announced the launch on 7 September of a new podcast series titled "It's About Time" narrated by Sir Tony Roberts.
FamilySearch has launched it's new Pressroom at http://media.familysearch.org.
FamilySearch has made the records of the Guild of One-Name Studies available at its site.
Drew summarizes the recent releases from FamilySearch.
The Florida Genealogy Society of Tampa will host its annual Fall Seminar on Saturday, 1 October 2016, with guest speaker Judy G. Russell. An Ask-a-Genealogist program will take place on 30 September 2016 at the Florida History and Genealogy Library in the downtown main library. Details are available at http://fgstampa.org.

Listener email includes:

Judith shares information about the online collections at the University of Chicago at http://photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu/, http://photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu/browse-sports.html, and https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/scrc/finding-aids/?view=digitized.
Eileen thanks Drew for his discussion of RootsMagic and Evernote on the previous podcast.
Timo shares a unique gazetteer for Germany and former German regions called GOV (Genealogisches Ortsverzeichnis) at http://gov.genealogy.net/language/select?lang=en. He also generously shared his slides from his presentation at RootsTech 2014 at http://compgen.de/userfiles/downloads/rootstech/GOV_DEV1231.pdf.
Drew apologizes to John about any confusion between the mention of the Scozzari surname in the previous episode and his Salvatori Chisari. Anyone who can help on the latter can email The Guys and we'll pass the message on.
Richard asks for suggestions about locating information about Robert George "Bobbie" Jones in Florida records.

Drew talks about his ongoing organization project.

Drew gives a shout-out for Martha Ibanez Zervoudakis, secretary of The Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami, Florida, for her recent program at the Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa titled "Introduction to Cuban/Spanish Research.

George talks about a new blog he has started called "As George Remembers It" at http://georgegmorgan.blogspot.com.

Please help The Guys spread the word about our two podcasts:

Support us at Patreon.com at (https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys).
Tell your friends and genealogy society members about us.
Leave a review at iTunes.

Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

Genealogy Connection #006 - Bernice Bennett, Speaker, Writer, Researcher, Citizen Archivist, and Internet Radio Show Host Sep 05, 2016

Show notes

Bernice Bennett is a popular speaker and one of the authors of the book Our Ancestors, Our Stories. In addition to being a professional genealogical researcher, Bernice volunteers as a Citizen Archivist at the National Archives. Her Internet radio show, Research at the National Archives and Beyond, is celebrating its 5th anniversary. To learn more about Bernice, visit her website at geniebroots.com.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #313 - 2016 August 27 Aug 28, 2016

Show notes

The news includes:

The Federation of Genealogical Societies announces the locations of its conferences through 2020.
The Federation of Genealogical Societies announces a partnership with the National Park Service for a new preservation project.
The Association of Professional Genealogists has announced its 2017 Professional Management Conference.
Findmypast announces release of Irish Outage Reports, and additional Non-Conformist records for England & Wales.
Drew discusses the wealth of new records released by FamilySearch.
The World War II Research and Writing Center announces a new educational program.

Listener email includes:

Debra asks about genealogy software, and she looks for recommendations for locating German records online.
Eileen asks Drew why not use the to-do list, research log, and other facilities of a genealogy program rather than other software programs.
Mike follows up about file numbering discussed in episode #312.
Mary Ann writes to say how much she enjoyed the interview with Cyndi Ingle on the Genealogy Connection podcast.

The Guys review some fantastic books, just in time for the FGS Conference and the Fall-Winter genealogy seminar season:

Trace Your German Roots Online by James M. Beidler (Family Tree Books)
Map Guide to Luxembourg by Kevan M. Hanson (Family Roots Publishing Co.)
German Census Records 1816-1916: The When, Where, and How of a Valuable Genealogical Resource by Roger P. Minert, PH.D., A.G. (Family Roots Publishing Co.)
Stories from the World War II Battlefield, Volume III, Writing the Stories of War by Jennifer Holik (Generations)
Stories from the World War II Battlefield, World War II Writing Prompts by Jennifer Holik (Generations)
Faces of War: Researching Your Adopted Soldier by Jennifer Holik (Generations)

Please help The Guys spread the word about our two podcasts:

Support us at Patreon.com at (https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys).
Tell your friends and genealogy society members about us.
Leave a review at iTunes.

Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

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