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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.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #230 - 2012 January 15 Jan 16, 2012

Show notes

The news includes:

FamilySearch ushers in 2012 by adding 119 million new records.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society announces education programs at its Boston facility.
The Association of Professional Genealogists has added back issues of the APG Quarterly for 2004-2011 available in the Members Only area of its website.
Arphax Publishing Co. announces the launch of its historical maps website, HistoryGeo.com.
GenSoftReviews announces the 2011 User Choice Awards.

Listener email includes:

Many condolences have been received from around the world for the passing of Fletcher, our dilute calico cat who "spoke" on many podcasts over the years. She died on 8 December 2011 and is deeply missed.
Carole advises us that the Doña Ana County Genealogical Society in Las Cruces, New Mexico, will be holding its first conference in April 2012. She also discusses the recurrent problem of the accuracy of documentation and the conflicting data that can result.
Dave recently wrote about his research in St. Croix. Listeners may be interested in reading his blog at http://200inparadise.blogspot.com.
Mac tells us that if you are going to order any New York certificates, you might also want to cross-reference the databases at italiangen.org.
Rich asks a fascinating question about how to represent the correct country in his RootsMagic software for Canada at different historical periods.
Wayne reports that he cannot download the podcast using the latest version of the Ubuntu operating system. The Guys ask other listeners about their experiences with this.
Maria asks Hank Jones and The Guys about Palatines in Australia.
Sébastien has had good results with the DNA genealogy study between Coombs and Comeau descendants. He recommends the site at en.comeaunet.org/dna/big-annoucement-regarding-antoine-comeau-2/ to our listeners who may have a Coombs ancestor.
Joel Weintraub tells us that the discussion on a previous podcast about markings on ships' passenger lists/manifests could also have pointed people to the site at www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/Manifests/.
Mark shared with us a publication by the St. Louis Post Dispatch that discusses the new National Personnel Records Center facility. The 12-page PDF document is an excellent overview of the NPRC, where many U.S. military service records are stored.
Noi asks for a recommendation of a good website that compares genealogy database software programs. We recommend going to Wikipedia and searching for the phrase “Comparison of Genealogy Software” for some excellent comparisons.
Susan asks about whether she should use Family Tree Maker 2012 or RootsMagic. This spurred a detailed discussion by The Guys about the GEDCOM standard and how data is exported from one program and imported to another. They talk about the fact that there will be a need to manually handle some data after the transfer.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #229 - 2011 December 28 Dec 29, 2011

Show notes

The news includes:

The Guys announce the death of their cat, Fletcher, on 8 December 2011. Fletcher was a vocal contributor to the Podcast over the years and received email and inquiries from the show's listeners. She is very much missed.
Three leading genealogy organizations, Archives.com, FamilySearch International, and findmypast.com, have announced that they are joining forces to launch a project to index and make available the 1940 U.S. federal census images.
MyHeritage unveiled an innovative mobile family tree app for iPad, iPhone, and Android.
MyHeritage has also released the new Family Tree Builder 6.0
FamilySearch added new records for the U.S., Canada, Estonia, Jamaica, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, and Sweden.
A new effort called the Genealogists for Families Kiva Project that will make small loans to help those less fortunate.
Ancestry.com has released two million North Carolina World War II Draft Cards at its site.
Moorshead Magazines Ltd. is releasing on 1 January 2012 a new publication, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors. They are also carrying Maureen Taylor's newest book, Bonnets and Hats. Visit http://www.familychronicle.com/books.htm for more information.
1000Memories provides an excellent place on the Internet to organize, share, and discover the old photos and memories of your family and friends.

George discusses two exciting finds in his genealogy from this month.

Listener email includes:

Peter asks for ideas about how to share his research with family members.
Barb discusses how much she likes Family Tree Maker 2012's new sync facility. She also talks about Memeo Autosync (at http://www.memeo.com/autosync.php) and its ability to sync folders on different computers.
Dave discusses his research on St. Croix and the different family perspective it gives.
Maria discusses her problematic Northcote ancestor who emigrated from Exeter, Devon, England, to Australia.
Connie has suggestions for Richard and his North Dakota research, including newspapers from across the state. Visit http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatnewspapers.html for many details.
Eric wrote that Ancestry.com is requiring the purchase of a copy of Family Tree Maker 2012 to demonstrate the program to others.
Judy asks for suggestions about how to lay out complicated intermarriage families so that they can be more easily conceptualized and understood.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #228 - 2011 December 4 Dec 06, 2011

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The Genealogy Guys announce that there have been over 1,000,000 downloads of the podcast since it began on 5 September 2005!

Thanks to all our listeners!!!

The news includes:

The British Library has announced the launch of the British Newspaper Archive website. It initially hosts more than 4 million pages from more than 200 British and Irish newspapers, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries.
RootsMagic has announced the official release of RootsMagic Version 5, the latest version of its award-winning software.
The Guild of One-Name Studies has introduced flexible membership joining rates in six currencies.
A new grassroots group called Saving Ours, concerned with preserving our archived materials, has launched a new website at SavingOurs.com.
FamilySearch has added 18 million new records from 12 countries to its site, including 21 new U.S. collections.
Ancestry.com has announced a newly upgraded app at the iTunes store.
Ancestry.com has announced the release of Family Tree Maker software for the Macintosh.

The Guys review the following new print resources:

Applications for Enrollment of Creek Newborn Act of 1905, Volume I, transcribed by Jeff Bowen. (Clearfield Publishing, 2011.)
Seminole of Florida, Indian Census 1930-1940 With Birth and Death Records 1930-1938, transcribed by Jeff Bowen. (Clearfield Publishing, 2011.)
The Guide to FamilySearch Online by James L. Tanner. (Bookmark Graphics, 2011.) Available at Amazon.com.
English Genealogy Research by Paul Milner, a new QuickSheet publication from Genealogical Publishing Company.

The listener email includes:

Richard is looking for clues to locating his grandmother's cousin Robert George Jones.
Vickie is researching her great-great-grandfather, Francis Edward Johnson, a longtime brick wall.
Susan describes how she copies PDF files between desktop, iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.
Rich adds to the PDF discussion and uses O'Reilly's free Bookworm services at bookworm.oreilly.com.
Maria is researching her great-great-grandfather after his arrival in Australia, circa 1866.
Michael would like to contact Judy to help chart her family tree. [Judy: Please email us again]
Laura asks if there is a new edition of Professional Genealogy being published.
Patti is researching the marriage of her great-aunt, who served with the Women's Army Corps, in 1945 in Italy while still in service. She is seeking Italian civil registration records.
Brad is seeking a professional researcher to help with work in Georgia and Tennessee. The Guys suggested directories at the websites of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Board for Certification of Genealogists.
Jason has questions about notations on ships' passenger lists and about the College of Arms and coats-of-arms.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #227 - 2011 November 27 Nov 29, 2011

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The news includes:

FamilySearch has announced a new CEO, Dennis C. Brimhall, who will succeed Jay L. Verkler on 2 January 2012.
FamilySearch has added 2 million records to its U.S. collections.
A new monthly podcast, the Polish Genealogy Podcast, has begun. You can learn more about the podcast at the FaceBook page at http://www.facebook.com/PolishGenealogyPodcast. The first episode can be downloaded from http://forums.ancestry-world.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1862.
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration has awarded Archives.com the hosting of the 1940 U.S. federal census images when they are released on 2 April 2012.
MyHeritage has announced that it has acquired FamilyLink.com, Inc., owner of FamilyLink.com and WorldVitalRecords.com.
Ancestry.com and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum have announced that material from four museum collections containing information on more than 30,000 victims of Nazi persecution is now available at Ancestry.com and available at no cost.
Ancestry.com has added more than 50 million new U.S. birth, marriage, and death records to its U.S. Vital Records Collection.
Pennsylvania's new vital records bill (SB-361) would set at 50 years when death records and 105 years when birth records become open to the public.
Britain's Prince Charles has stated that his genealogy connects him to Vlad the Impaler, the 15th-century Romanian warlord.
"Who Do You Think You Are?," the popular genealogy television series, resumes on Friday, 3 February 2012.

Listener email includes:

Mac asks whether you need permission to publish screen shots taken at Internet websites.
Christine asks for suggesions for places to search for information about servants and laborers in Minnesota in the first decade of the 20th century.
Claire comments on using the iPad and popular genealogical software. She also discusses her participation in the Smith Surname Project.
Don had a grandfather who would not talk about his past, and the things he once talked about he later denied. Don is looking for suggestions to help him get past his brick wall.
Mary Ann reminds us that the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/) is another excellent place to search for digitized books online.
Beth is using a program called Bento on her iPad to organize and show off her photographs.
Judy asked for help in downloading a PDF book from her computer to her iPad and iPhone.

Drew discusses some of his recent research work.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #226 - 2011 October 22 Oct 23, 2011

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The news includes:

Footnote.com has rebranded and changed its name to Fold3.com.
Ancestry.com has released the 1930 Mexico National Census.
RootsMagic has released Personal Historian, Version 2.
Ancestry.com has released Family Tree Maker 2012 with TreeSync.
findmypast.ie has launched online Irish family history forums.
Arphax Publishing goes online with online maps HistoryGeo.com.
South Georgia newspapers are now available online at the Digital Library of Georgia.
The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania will hold its Pennsylvania Family History Day in Exton, PA, on Saturday, November 5, 2011.
Early Bird registration for RootsTech 2012 in Salt Lake City on February 2-4, 2012, is available until November 30, 2011.
Ancestry.com has expanded its U.S. School Yearbook Collection.
The Federation of Genealogical Societies has introduced a new app for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, available through iTunes.
FamilySearch continues to release massive amounts of new content. Drew discusses some new materials, but be sure to check back at FamilySearch often.
The 1940 U.S. Federal Census digital images will be available at the National Archives and Records Administration website on April 2, 2012. FamilySearch and Ancestry.com will both have the images at their sites for free. FamilySearch is actively recruiting volunteers to index the records. Ancestry.com, too, will be working to expedite indexing of these important records.

Listener email includes:

Kevin asks about genealogy software for the Mac, iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.
Judy asks how to transfer a PDF book to her iPad and iPhone.
You may want to check out a new site, Storytree, at http://www.storytree.me as a place to capture your family stories.
Another new site, RestingSpot.com, at http://restingspot.com, seeks to record cemeteries and resting spots and mark them with GPS coordinates in a huge database.
Brad asks about the availability of grants for genealogical projects.
Sue recommends a book by Judy Jacobson titled History for Genealogists as a helpful resource for timelining your ancestors' lives and placing them into historical context.
Jeff asks about the availability of Pennsylvania vital records.
Judy follows up on her quest for ancestors in Southwestern Virginia in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #225 - 2011 August 14 Aug 15, 2011

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The news includes:

FamilySearch announces the update of its YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/familysearch.
MyHeritage.com now offers shared group subscription payments.
Family Tree DNA is now accepting third party transfers of test results.
Synium Software has released MacFamilyTree 6.1 and MobileFamilyTreePro.
FamilySearch has released 12 million new records and images for England and Mexico, 1.8 million records to 23 U.S. collections, and 2.3 million images to its Hungary collections.
Joel Weintraub and Steve Morse announce a new One-Step Tutorial at http://stevemorse.org about the forthcoming 1940 U.S. federal census release in April 2012.
The Guild of One-Name Studies announces extended membership to new joiners at the NZ Family History Fair in Hamilton on 26-27 August 2011, and for the whole month of August 2011 at www.one-name.org/nzfhf-offer.html.
WikiTree announced that they have passed 2 million profiles and that they have released a new Relationship Finder. In addition, they have announced that Thomas MacEntee has joined the WikiTree team as their Genealogy Ninja.
The Admiral Nimitz Foundation has recently created the Society of the Sons and Daughters of World War II Veterans. The Society's goal is to preserve the stories of sacrifice and achievement of America's "greatest generation." They plan to preserve important materials in digital format to preserve them and make them available.

Listener email includes:

Nancy suggests that Colleen expand her New York query by checking city directories.
Joseph asked about the existence of a Florida cemetery registry. Drew suggested he contact the Florida State Genealogical Society.
Sue asked about the availability of software for genealogical societies' websites. The Guys suggested that she contact EasyNetSites which provides modular society software service.
Russ asked if The Guys were aware of the blog about the Stockton School in East Orange, New Jersey. Drew replied that it belonged to his brother!
Alan advised that there is OCR software that reads Fraktur. He obtained FreeOCR from http://www.freeOCR.net.
John asked whether Drew's Twitter feed had been compromised.
Erin asked Drew about using his iPad for genealogical research vs. using a netbook.
Melanie asked about a relationship term used in the 1910 U.S. census wherein an ancestor, his wife, and four children have an older widow living with them whose relationship is listed as "companion." Listeners can send in their comments and suggestions about this to us.
Grace is our new "Marathon Woman." She also asked about RootsTelevision. Megan Smolenyak advised George recently that the site has been taken down. The Guys hope to learn more at the FGS Conference in Springfield, Illinois, next month.
Carole made some suggestions for Beverly's quandary about Canadian immigration information.
The Indiana Genealogical Society issued a matching $10,000 grant challenge to help funding for the FGS "Preserve the Pensions" program. See their site at http://www.indgensoc.org/projects/1812_pensions.php and donate to make your dollars grow! And learn more at http://fgs.org/1812.
Dave installed the new Mac OS X Lion, but was really upset that Carbonite (back up) is not ready to support it!

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #224 - 2011 July 16 Jul 30, 2011

Show notes

The Genealogy Guys record this episode in front of a live audience at the annual Summer Institute of the Dallas Genealogical Society, in the Auditorium of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in downtown Dallas, Texas.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #223 - 2011 June 21 Jun 22, 2011

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This week's news includes:

Cyndi's List at www.cyndislist.com has launched a new website with a new look, new organization, and improved navigation.
MyHeritage.com has acquired Bliscy.pl from Poland's Internet publishing company, Wirtualna Polska, expanding its presence in the Polish family history market.
Anthony Ray, a junior majoring in Music at West Coast Bible College in Lancaster, California, was introduced at the 2011 Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree in Burbank as this year’s recipient of the Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant.
The Guild of One-Name Studies will be at the Colorado Family History Expo on June 24-25 in Loveland, Colorado, and will offer extended membership to people joining for the first time. The offer is also good at www.one-name.org/colorado-offer.html.
The "Genealogy Roadshow" currently filming in Ireland will make its debut on RTE later this summer, and it should also be accessible online at http://www.rte.ie/player.

This week's email includes:

Linda, listening to Episode #222, where George talked about the 1880 U.S. federal census and the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent schedules, tells us that there is a "Statewide Index to Indiana's 1880 DDD Schedules" available on CD-ROM from the Indiana Genealogical Society. The society also offfers a "Statewide Index to Indiana's 1890 Soldiers Enrollment Lists".
Margie thanks Bill for suggestions about where to locate more information about the WPA.
Brandt has questions about source citations for some land records he has come across.
Charleen asked for advice about very early birth records in New York State.

The Guys review three new books:

Complete Delaware Roll of 1898, transcribed by Jeff Bowen. (Clearfield Company and Genealogical Publishing Co., 2011)
Finding the Civil War in Your Family Album by Maureen A. Taylor (Picture Perfect Press, 2011)
NGS Research in the States Series: South Carolina by Janis Walker Gilmore (National Genealogical Society, 2011)

Drew interviewed Lisa Louise Cooke, host of the Genealogy Gems Podcast, at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree in Burbank, California, June 2011. Lisa talks about some of her Google-related presentations and products.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #222 - 2011 June 5 Jun 08, 2011

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The news includes:

The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy opened registration on June 4th for its annual institute in Salt Lake City on January 23-27, 2012. More information is available at www.infouga.org.
Real-Time Collaboration announces AncestorSync, which allows you to seamlessly download, upload, or synchronize your family tree from your online pedigree to your personal computer and back again. Learn more at www.ancestorsync.com.
FamilySearch has recently added millions of records about the U.S. Civil War, and plans much more. See more at familysearch.org/civilwar.
The Guild of One-Name Studies is offering a special extended membership offer to new members. The offer is available from June 24th through June 26th only at www.one-name.org/yorkoffer.html.
Big Mountain Productions is currently filming "The Genealogy Roadshow" in Ireland, with host Derek Mooney, and it will begin broadcasting in mid- to late-August.
The United States Holocaust Museum and Ancestry.com have partnered to launch the World Memory Project at www.worldmemoryproject.org to build the world's largest online resource on Jewish victims and non-Jews who were targeted for persecution by Nazi Germany and its collaborators.
The British Library has announced that it will digitize 40 million pages of its newspaper collection at Collindale.
ProQuest has updated its list of impressive databases that provide genealogists with a wealth of online data.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society has announced upcoming events, programs, and tours for June through September 2011.

Listener email includes:

Beverly asks for information about the RSS download address for the podcast.
Linda made a breakthrough on her great-grandfather's first wife in Kentucky based on a link George provided at the recent NEHGS seminar. Look at "Kentucky Genealogy and History Guide" at http://kentuckygenealogysearch.com.
Mike advised The Guys that George's book How to Do Everything: Genealogy appears in the movie Little Fockers.
Chris asks for ideas about what to save and what not to save.
Karen responded to Drew's challenge about locaing his father's family in the 1920 Newark, NJ census.
David advises The Guys that The Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 has recently received royal assent. It will allow access to the Civil Registration registers. More information is available at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/20/contents/enacted.
Sheri wrote about the terrible tornadoes in the U.S., and she wants to know if there are resources available online to help people be reunited with photographs, Bibles, documents, and other materials. Listeners are encouraged to email The Guys with their ideas and information.
Patti asks George about U.S. federal censuses and the Agricultural Schedules.
Lynda tells about visiting SW Virginia and making contact with Mary Kegley, the author of a number of books about the area. Lynda encourages people to make contact with historical and genealogical societies because they often have unique content that may help your research.
Ed asks about genealogy software that might work on a desktop computer, a laptop, and on an iPad2.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #221 - 2011 April 30 May 06, 2011

Show notes

The Genealogy Guys travel to Boston, Massachusetts, to the headquarters of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, where they record this episode in front of a live audience.

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