The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

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Genealogy Connection #005 - Michael Lacopo, Speaker, Researcher, and Blogger Aug 22, 2016

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Michael Lacopo is an expert in German-American research, and in this episode, discusses how he became a speaker and researcher, why reading journals for examples is so important, why research plans are vital, and why he chose to blog about his recent experiences in using DNA to discover his mother's birthparents.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #312 - 2016 August 14 Aug 16, 2016

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The news includes:

MyHeritage announces a number of new things:
- PedigreeMap plots births, marriages, deaths, photos, and other data from your family tree to an interactive map.
- The "Chronicling America" newspaper collection from the Library of Congress has been added to the collections.
- Denmark Census Records have been added.
- MyHeritage Treehouse is announced.
Findmypast announces new records for Yorkshire, Staffordshire, New South Wales 1891 Census, and new records for Scotland.
The Association of Professional Genealogists has named Mary Penner as managing editor of the APGQ.
The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society announces the publication of a new book, New York City Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians.

Listener email includes:

Beverly comments on the recent Genealogy Connection podcast interview with Cyndi Ingle.
Elizabeth Lapointe comments on Gigi's search for York County/Toronto and Vermont records discussed in GGP episode #311.
Leslie comments on Drew's new book.
Matt raises a DNA question about matches within a limited [endogamous] population.
Lois asks Drew about his discussion of organizing folders in Dropbox, specifically about the use of numbers.
Joanne used Drew's discussion of organizing Dropbox folders to get her folders in better shape.
Mike discusses his organizing scheme for folders on his family using an Ahnentafel approach.

The Guys give listeners a scoop about a new service called genealogyDOTcoach at http://genealogy.coach. It is a new way to get professional assistance without committing to longer term professional researchers' contracts and fees. In Beta mode at present, the service offers appointments with any of 25 experts in a variety of topics to provide professional advice to help advance your research. Private appointments are available in 15-minute increments for a reasonable fee. Look for a formal press release in the next few weeks.

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Tell your friends and genealogy society members about us.
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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 #004 - Cyndi Ingle, Speaker and Creator of Cyndi's List Aug 08, 2016

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Cyndi Ingle, probably best known for creating the amazing Cyndi's List directory of genealogy websites, talks about technology and methodology. She discusses what it's like to move from one genealogy database program to another, her experiences in both speaking at and attending genealogical institutes, and what she sees as the issues that genealogists have with acquiring technology skills.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #311 - 2016 August 2 Aug 04, 2016

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Drew gives George the week off, and begins with the following news:

Evidentia Software has a special deal for purchases made between August 31 and September 14, 2016, such that 10% of all sales in the Evidentia store will go toward the War of 1812 Pension Digitization Project.
FamilySearch's recent indexing event involved a record number of indexers!
The 2017 International Germanic Genealogy Conference will be held in Minneapolis in July, and more information can be found at www.ggsmn.org.
BCG and Legacy Family Tree Webinars have partnered to produce free live webinars.
Findmypast has released a variety of new records, in particular a very large collection of materials relating to crime.

Listener email lets us know about:

A Florida man was discovered to have been leading a double life, because someone discovered a marriage record for a man who should have been deceased.
Chris indicates why she enjoys the podcasts, and gives feedback on the new podcast series.
Gigi has a dilemma about whether to update a birth location on FamilySearch on the basis of the sources she has discovered.

Drew describes his new 3-month digital organizing project, the details of which can be found in recent posts to his own blog, rootsmithing.com.

Genealogy Connection #003 - Jen Baldwin, Social Media Expert Jul 25, 2016

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Jen Baldwin, North America Data Licensing Manager at Findmypast, shares her experiences in being both a producer and consumer of genealogical social media. She shares tips in using Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest for genealogy, and explains how #genchat works (with a suggestion on using nurph.com to keep up with the chat). She and Drew are both fans of the organizing tool, Trello (at trello.com). Jen also recommends the book Understanding and Using Baptismal Records by John T. Humphrey.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #310 - 2016 July 18 Jul 20, 2016

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The news includes:

MyHeritage announces a new feature, SuperSearch Alerts, that repeats previous searches and seeks new results in new and updated collections.
Jay Verkler has been appointed as Interim CEO at Findmypast.
APG has named Annette Burke Lyttle as the coordinator for the 2017 APG Professional Management Conference.
A new website called Open Archives (https://www.openarch.nl/?lang=en) provides access to records (information and scans) of civil registry, church registry, military and personnel administrations kept by Dutch archives.
Findmypast has added U.S. Naturalization Petitions and U.S. Passport Applications and Indexes to their site, as well as additions to their English monumental inscriptions collection.

Listener email includes:

Jean King shares information about her blog for the West Hempstead [NY] Public Library at http://genealogy.whplibrary.org.
Jenny wrote concerning Gus' search for sources related to the Settlers of Beekman Patent in New York and advises that the books are available online at the NEHGS website at AmericanAncestors.org (http://www.americanancestors.org).
Carolyn asks about moving a GEDCOM-format file from Family Tree Maker to RootsMagic.
Ron is researching his Massachusetts ancestors Jeduthan Taber and Mary Pope, and welcomes help from listeners.
Arnon Herskowitz advised us that that the Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, an international, peer-reviewed academic journal, has just published a Special Issue on Genealogy & Family History. "This is a huge step in the long journey towards academization of genealogy, and I'm very proud to be part of it as the SI Guest-Editor." You can read the journal online at http://www.jmrpublication.org (Volume 8, Number 1, via the left menu).

The Guys discuss their recent research trip to South Carolina, in particular their visits to five (5) cemeteries and the different goals for visiting each one. They visited the Hal Kohn Memorial Library and its genealogical holdings in Newberry, South Carolina, got together with family and friends, and visited the Carter and Holmes Orchids greenhouses (and bought a couple orchids, too).

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 #002 - Donna Moughty, Professional Researcher/Presenter Jul 11, 2016

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Donna Moughty, an expert on Irish research, shares her experiences in leading research trips to Ireland, as well as tips on how to prepare before you go. Learn even more about Donna at irishfamilyroots.com.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #309 - 2016 July 4 Jul 06, 2016

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The news includes:

MyHeritage announced the addition of the 1911 Canada Census records to MyHeritage SuperSearch.
MyHeritage also unveiled PedigreeMap, an online family history map that provides new geographical and historical insights into your family history.
Leading presenters at the 36th International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies' International Conference on Jewish Genealogy have agreed to make their lectures available through live streaming, and then available on demand until 11 November 2016. Visit www.iajgs.org for details.

Listener email includes:

The Guys have received lots of good feedback about the new podcast, Genealogy Connection, which now alternates with this one.
Connie asks about how to record a place of death for an individual: the place of residence at the time of death or the actual physical place of death.
Will wrote concerning Gus' search for sources related to the Beekman Patent in New York.
Barbara provided insights into searching for South Carolina marriage records.
Judy wrote to tell us about locating Irish Quaker records for her ancestors, including a surprising piece of content in a marriage record.
Debi wrote about her quest for information about a Kentucky land record for Andrew Yandell.

The Guys discuss their upcoming research trip to South Carolina and share some tips for preparing for the trip and maximizing time onsite.

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 #001 - Jessica Taylor, President of Legacy Tree Genealogists Jun 30, 2016

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Jessica Taylor, President of Legacy Tree Genealogists (a worldwide provider of professional genealogy and family tree research services) talks about how her company operates. She shares with Drew some tips on doing better and more efficient research. Sites mentioned during the talk include MeasuringWorth.com (a site for converting historical amounts of money to current values), Dropbox, and Upwork (a site for finding freelancers).

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #308 - 2016 June 19 Jun 21, 2016

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The news includes:

MyHeritage unveiled an exciting new way to display your family tree with its Sun Chart.
MyHeritage announced that it now allows the upload of DNA data to your family tree for DNA Matching.
RootsMagic announces four new free Magic Guides.
RootsMagic provides a Download Anytime Guarantee that allows you to download any of their software products in the event of a computer crash, deletion of the program, or loss of the file. You can also request your software registration key.
The RootsMagic Facebook user group is now over 10,000 members strong, and there's also a Facebook group for Personal Historian!
Findmypast announces new additions to its collection of historic British Newspapers, new additions to the Yorkshire West Riding Marriages, Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers (1828-1912), and South Australia Rate Books.
Ancestry has launched a new collection of more than 100 million Dutch records online.
Melanie Frick, MLIS, is the 2016 recipient of the Suzanne Winsor Freeman Grant Committee and Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree Scholarship.
FamilySearch announced that HISTORY® is launching a campaign to support The Freedmen's Bureau Project, a call to action to encourage Viewers of the new "Roots" television series to volunteer to help with records transcriptions.
Drew recaps recent new releases at FamilySearch.

George reads a press release announcing George and Drew's newest venture, a new podcast called Genealogy Connection.

George interviews Drew about Drew's new book, Organize Your Genealogy: Strategies and Solutions for Every Researcher, which has just been published by Family Tree Books in paperback and Kindle formats.

The Guys discuss a new way to support The Genealogy Guys Podcast using Patreon.com.

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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