The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

George announces a genealogy conference in Tallahassee, Florida (www.talgen.org), a computerized genealogy conference in Provo (ce.byu.edu/cw/cwcompu), and three different genealogy cruises between late October and mid November, and reminds listeners of the writing contest deadline for ISFHWE (www.rootsweb.com/~cgc/contest.htm). Listeners share their successes in keeping local museums in business (www.gerisgenes.com/scmuseum.html), ask how to cite census records, ask how to do genealogy on a budget, tell us about the Genealogy Guys being on a French genealogy wiki (www.geneawiki.com/index.php/Recherche_Etats-Unis), solicit UK listeners to sign a petition to release census info (petitions.pm.gov.uk/CensusInfoFreed/), and talk about how much fun it is to volunteer for the FamilySearch Indexing Project. Drew gets ready to begin his new job as an "Information Literacy Librarian" at the University of South Florida and discusses information literacy concepts with George, and both share their suggestions for being more helpful when posting queries to mailing lists and message boards (especially including the name of the county in which a town is located).

George and Drew again share news and listener mailbag, including a way to store files using Gmail (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1593/), a question about how to handle conflicting information, some questions relating to Macintosh-using genealogists and suggestions about adding places to queries on mailing lists and message boards, and a question about what to do when you're left with many boxes of a grandparent's collected papers. George announces the 2007 conference of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) to be held in Salt Lake City (www.slc2007.org), shares a listener suggestion about USAPhotomaps software (jdmcox.com), announces Footnote.com's digitization project involving NARA images (www.footnote.com/nara), and announces the Scottish parochial register images availability online (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk).

George and Drew announce the new ProQuest offerings (two African-American newspapers, and a Civil War-era collection of pamphlets and newspapers). George points out the renovated British Library website (www.bl.uk), and remarks on the ability to search Ancestry.com for public family trees. George and Drew also talk about Donna Moughty's recent talk to the Florida Genealogical Society about "Who Is the Head of This Household?" (a census overview) and Donna's role within the Genealogical Speakers Guild (www.genspeakguild.org). George also discusses a new findmypast.com offering, "Ancestors on Board", available online at www.ancestorsonboard.com, which covers outbound passengers lists from the UK. Listener mailbag brings in the correct pronunciation of "Quinte", a brief review of Legacy software, a great eBay sucess story involving an ancestral heirloom, podcasts from the National Archives (UK), how to order "The Source" for delivery in Germany, the availability of the online version of Internet Genealogy magazine, a reminder about ICAPGen accreditation, the volunteer project to index Family History Library microfilm at www.familysearchindexing.org, a question about how to keep up with new content at the LDS FamilySearch site, ways to convert digital images into word processing text, and a system for tracking both paper and digital documents.

Drew returns from visiting Salt Lake City, where he attended board meetings of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and did some research in the Family History Library. George announces the new Ancestry.de service for German research. Drew describes his FGS activities, and shares some of his discoveries in the FHL, including a possible War of 1812 ancestor. George discusses the differences between transcriptions, extracts, and abstracts.

George shares the URL for the UK postcards site (www.oldukphotos.com), talks about the Genealogy Blog Finder (blogfinder.genealogue.com), and discusses the latest issues of Digital Genealogist magazine (www.digitalgenealogist.com) and Internet Genealogy. Drew tells about a podcast listener who used Google Maps to find something interesting about the French terrain, and notes that several listeners have brought up LibraryThing at www.librarything.com (an online tool for keeping track of one's personal library). Drew discusses his recent library visit where he discovers the benefits of examining the newest books, and Drew and George share their tips for getting past brick walls, including unsolvedancestry.com.

George and Drew take a look back at 2006, a look ahead to 2007, and discuss a variety of ideas for doing genealogy during the winter months. Among the items discussed during news, announcements, and listener mailbag: the extended deadline for submitting lecture proposals to the FGS 2008 Philadelphia conference (www.fgs.org); the plans for a U.S. version of the popular U.K. "Who Do You Think You Are?" TV series; the name change of 1837online.com to www.findmypast.com; a website for displaying old U.K. photos; and an interesting new site (www.familysearchlabs.org) that keeps up with the latest technology projects of the LDS.

George shares press releases about the renaming of MyFamily.com, Inc. as The Generations Network and about the new features of the Ancestry.com personal family trees. The mailbag brings mail from listeners whose ancestors are from "Whales", who use portable applications (from portableapps.com) stored on a USB flash drive, and who are interested in DNA testing and whether or not census index errors are caused by an OCR process. Drew follows up previous podcasts with information about his new Western Digital My Book external hard drive (used for backups) and about online phonebooks. George describes the surprise in discovering what an old photo is made of, and talks about how Christmas Day was spent. Finally, genealogist Jana Sloan Broglin returns for another interview by Drew.

Announcements include the relaunch of Ancestry Magazine, the purchase of ProQuest Information and Learning (the division of ProQuest that includes HeritageQuest Online) by Cambridge Information Group, the release of Calico Pie's Family Historian 3.1 (more info at www.family-historian.co.uk), The National Archives (UK) online release of UK Outbound Passenger Lists (with a 10% extra free if you buy units using code AOB10PCX) with more info at ancestorsonboard.com, and the ISFHWE Annual Writing Contest (more info at www.rootsweb.com/~cgc/contest.htm). Listener e-mail asks about how to present (and sometimes limit) information shared with newly found cousins. George and Drew, following up on last week's podcast in which they discussed the hardware they use, identify their favorite genealogy-related software tools (even when they aren't specifically for genealogy). Finally, George and Drew review the new series of surname books published by Ancestry.com entitled "Our Name in History".

A podcast listener writes in about free census worksheets and tutorials at www.censusmate.com. In response to another listener question, George and Drew discuss their computer hardware: desktop computers, notebooks, smartphones, wireless networks, scanners, multi-function printers, and digital cameras. George talks about sources of information for learning about an ancestor's occupation. Drew points out another source for relatively current newspapers: LexisNexis Academic.

As December begins, George suggests a place to shop for genealogy gifts: The Ancestry Store (theancestrystore.com), and he announces the new 1851 and 1861 Scotland census databases. George also mentions the new test for U.S. citizenship. The mailbag brings information about newspaper projects (www.library.uiuc.edu/inp and www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html), and a question about a Texas application for a mortuary warrant. Drew interviews Deborah Abbott about collateral lines research, slaveholder records, and things not to be overlooked on the U.S. census. Finally, Drew thanks a listener for visiting the grave of Drew's uncle and sending along photos from the U.S. military cemetery near Cambridge, England.

After some brief items from genealogy news and listener mailbag, George and Drew discuss the recent Thanksgiving visit of George's relatives (including their photos and other family materials), and give their opinions about the relative merits of genealogy cruises vs. national genealogy conferences. Fletcher the cat weighs in near the end of the podcast, but it turns out later that she is merely happy to have re-discovered a long-lost stuffed cat toy.

George announces the new Ancestry.com store (theancestrystore.com), and reminds listeners of Ancestry's new German genealogical site (ancestry.de). George shares listener e-mail about Canadian passenger lists at Collections Canada (www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/passenger/). George also talks about using the Internet Public Library to find links to newspaper sites (www.ipl.org). Drew talks about using newspapers, including the NewsBank database Access World News. George shares a tip about using date ranges in Google. And Drew mentions metasearch tools, including the Copernic Agent Basic software (www.copernic.com).

George returns from speaking at the Florida State Genealogical Society conference in Melbourne, and spreads the news about the new passenger lists at Ancestry.com. Drew talks about two new services that provide a way to listen to podcasts (including the Genealogy Guys Podcast) using an ordinary phone: Podlinez (podlinez.com) and Fonpods (fonpods.com). Drew shares his interview with Irish genealogical expert Eileen O'Duill. Drew also receives a two-volume family history in the mail that gives details about his Eidson ancestry, and he talks about the virtual world of Second Life (secondlife.com), where librarians and genealogists are collaborating on new ways to teach and learn genealogy.

George and Drew return from the genealogy cruise and give listeners an idea of what it is like. Drew also shares his visit to a cemetery on St. Maarten. The first issue of Digital Genealogist (which includes an article by Drew) is now available for free online at www.digitalgenealogist.com. George announces a new Welsh database, and reminds listeners of the November special for RootsMagic's new software, Family Atlas.

George announces Ancestorsonboard.com, a new database for passenger lists for those leaving the British Isles between 1890 and 1960. Other topics include the new online magazine, Digital Genealogist; and the new GenealogyBank.com database service; George and Drew dig into the podcast listener mailbag and discuss such topics as a fascinating story from a cemetery visit, strange 1820 U.S. Federal census columns, birth information supplied to the Social Security Administration, and death dates that appear in the Social Security Death Index. Podcast listeners are also encouraged to check out the genealogy segments appearing on ABC's Good Morning America show.

George and Drew mention the new Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 browsers. Ancestry.com has added German content. George and Drew have taken their first look at the new NewsBank genealogy databases product, GenealogyBank.com. George discusses an online map browsing service for Ireland, www.pasthomes.com. Drew interviews genealogy blogger Steve Danko (www.stephendanko.com) and discusses his research into his Polish ancestry. Finally, George and Drew talk about how easy it is to set up a genealogy research blog using Blogger or LiveJournal, and they also discuss some techniques in using pre-1850 U.S. censuses. Drew invites listeners to visit his personal research blog at drewsmith-genealogy.blogspot.com.

George announces RootsMagic's new software product, Family Atlas, and its introductory price (www.familyatlas.com/introspecial.htm). Drew interviews professional genealogist Linda Woodward Geiger, where they talk about things to avoid when creating genealogy websites, what goes on in a state chapter meeting of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the fun of "ancestor roadshows" at state and national conferences, and the Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance (www.rigsalliance.org). Finally, George and Drew discuss the importance of geography in genealogical research, and suggest a number of books as well as online historical map collections (the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection at www.davidrumsey.com, and the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT-Austin at www.lib.utexas.edu/maps).

News includes the new RootsTelevision site (www.rootstelevision.com). Drew shares his interview with Paul Milner, where they discuss Paul's career and Paul offers advice on conducting British research. George talks about the usefulness of voter registration records. Finally, has George discovered that he and Drew are related? Listen and find out!

News items include the tragic death of genealogy librarian Ryan Taylor, an update to last week's naturalization topic including the Italian Genealogical Group's database project (www.italiangen.org/databaselist.stm), the upcoming conference of the North Carolina Genealogical Society (www.ncgenealogy.org) in Raleigh, the soon-to-be-available first issue of Digital Genealogist (www.digitalgenealogist.com), the availability of British Telecom telephone books on Ancestry.com, and George's book regarding London research repositories (www.lulu.com/content/253150). George suggests things to do during Family History Month and swaps stories with Drew regarding genealogical serendipity. Drew shares his interview with well-known genealogist Laura Prescott.

George and Drew take the Genealogy Guys Podcast on the road to a monthly meeting of the Lee County Genealogical Society in Ft. Myers, Florida, where they discuss naturalization and take questions from the audience. They share images of naturalization records and Drew points out the great example of Steve Danko's blog (www.stephendanko.com). Drew also shares a statement from Chris Cowan, Vice President of Publishing for ProQuest Information and Learning, announcing the latest updates to the PERSI database available through HeritageQuest Online.

Drew interviews Audrey Collins, a reader advisor from The National Archives' Family Records Centre in London (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/visit/planfrc.htm). George and Drew discuss the past Saturday's annual fall seminar of the Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa), and the amount of work that goes into planning and executing an all-day genealogy seminar. The Genealogy Guys also pass along a few genealogical research tips and techniques they learned from the seminar's speaker, Hank Jones (www.hankjones.com), an expert on Palatine research and a collector of interesting and unusual stories of genealogical research experiences.

George and Drew discuss how to find out about our ancestors' occupations. [Note: The correct URL for the USGenWeb page giving explanations of old occupation names is http://www.usgenweb.org/research/occupations.shtml]Drew shares an interview with Maureen Taylor (the Photo Detective) and David Lambert (of the New England Historic Genealogical Society) and their project involving photographs of individuals associated with the American Revolutionary War. For details, visit http://www.maureentaylor.com/projects.htmlOther topics include the results of the NARA access petition drive, the availability of FGS 2006 conference recordings at http://stores.lulu.com/fgs2006. The Genealogy Guys also recommend a visit to fellow genealogist Steve Danko's blog (www.stephendanko.com).

George and Drew return from Boston with a report of highlights from the 2006 Federation of Genealogical Societies conference. George also talks about the urgent petition regarding a proposed reduction in NARA research hours (www.petitiononline.com/FGS2006/petition.html) which must be submitted no later than September 8; the brochure for the Genealogy Guys' 2007 Research Tour to London is now online (see the menu on this site); George points out a serious problem with the way ProQuest is applying updates to the PERSI database; and the locations of the next two FGS conferences are announced. Information about the Association of Personal Historians conference (www.personalhistorians.org) in Portland on October 4-8 is provided, and George mentions a name thesaurus (www.namethesaurus.com/Thesaurus/Search.asp).

Just before the Genealogy Guys head off for the FGS Conference in Boston, Drew announces the Ebenezer, GA Heritage Day Festival on Labor Day for Salzburgers (www.georgiasalzburgers.com) and the University of Washington Extension Program's Genealogy and Family History Certificate (www.extension.washington.edu/ext/certificates/gfh/gfh_mtg.asp), and shares listener tips regarding both WorldCat and state archives. George and Drew outline what topics they'll be addressing at the FGS Conference, and the Guys will also be at the Lee County Genealogical Society in Ft. Myers, Florida on September 20 to produce a "live" podcast. George's "Along Those Lines" column will start being seen on September 7th in the Signal Hill Tribune in Signal Hill, California (thanks to a podcast listener). Drew shares his recent experience participating in a Skypecast moderated by Dick Eastman, both of the Guys talk in detail about next year's research trip to London (e-mail [email protected] for more info), and a listener question about a gas station leads to a discussion about locating information about businesses.

George talks about two January 2007 events in Salt Lake City: the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (www.infouga.org) and the NGS Research Trip (www.ngsgenealogy.org/edutripsaltlake.cfm). George and Drew are especially pleased to announce the 2007 Genealogy Guys Research Trip to London (July 14-24). (If you want to be placed on the list to receive information, please send an e-mail to [email protected].) The Guys then share some recent research stories involving friends, including locating a hard-to-find marriage certificate in England, and identifying resources to find out more about a New Mexico rancher. Drew brings listeners up-to-date about the migration of RootsWeb's genealogy mailing lists to new software, and then discusses the issue of Virginia's independent cities. Finally, George reviews the latest edition of The Source.

As the days count down toward the Federation of Genealogical Society's upcoming Boston conference, Drew and George announce that Paul Milner is a new co-leader for the National Genealogical Society's Britain and Ireland Forum (www.ngsgenealogy.org/forums/britainirelandforum.cfm), and that NGS is sponsoring a January 2007 research trip to Salt Lake City (www.ngsgenealogy.org/edutripsaltlake.cfm). Following up on last week's episode regarding boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, a listener reminds the Guys about Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com). George announces Liz Kerstens' new e-magazine Digital Genealogist (www.digitalgenealogist.com). After George discusses tips for deciphering old documents (handwriting, abbreviations, and language), Drew alerts listeners to upcoming changes for RootsWeb mailing lists (lists.rootsweb.com) and to a new way to access the WorldCat database (worldcat.org). George ends the episode by sharing ways to keep track of what census columns mean, using the census charts at Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/census.aspx).

Back in Tampa, Drew and George try out their new podcasting equipment, two new microphones and a mixer, and listeners are encouraged to give feedback regarding the sound. Drew reminds listeners of the upcoming August 13-18 conference of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies in New York (www.iajgs.org). George talks about family reunions and how they can be a good source of genealogical information. Drew recommends using the GNIS service of the USGS (geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/) to locate and map U.S. locations. And a message from a New Zealand listener leads to a discussion of a Chicago cemetery and the life of a famous heavyweight boxer.

Drew shares his interviews with Matt Helm regarding Matt's new HistoryKat.com subscription web service, and with Bill Forsyth of ProQuest regarding their many genealogy-related databases. Drew also shares some audio clips of his trip with George to Atlanta and Rome, Georgia, with the highlight being a visit to the Myrtle Hill Cemetery. While George returns to Tampa to work on a new book, Drew continues on to Newberry, South Carolina to visit with family.

George announces the upcoming annual conference of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (www.bifhsgo.ca) and makes a correction about a date for Canadian censuses in a previous podcast, and Drew mentions a handy website for viewing Canadian boundary changes over time (atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/territorialevolution). Continuing along a Canadian theme, Drew interviews Louise St. Denis of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (www.genealogicalstudies.com), a Canadian-based educational institution providing distance education to genealogists all over the world. George shares some websites for Moravian researchers, including www.enter.net/~smschlack, www.moravianarchives.org, and www.moravianchurcharchives.org. Drew announces the new WorldCat.org site for searching library records. And George interviews Drew about the upcoming FGS conference in Boston (www.fgs.org).

Drew shares his interview with Amy Johnson Crow, where they discuss the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors, as well as Amy's fascinating new website devoted to Deaf Americans, deafbiographies.com. George discusses congregational histories plus the U.S. Soldiers Home in Washington, DC (www.defenselink.mil/specials/heroes/history1.html and www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/231.html). Meanwhile, Drew enjoys a magazine from his hometown in upstate South Carolina. George and Drew announce upcoming conferences in Provo, Utah; Lansing, Michigan; Morrow, Georgia; and Tampa, Florida.Drew reads from podcast listener mail with tips about software for saving and organizing webpages (www.netsnippets.com) and keeping a folder to organize pending requests for information. And Drew points out the idea of using Google Earth to view cemeteries from satellite photos.

Drew interviews Tom Kemp of NewsBank (www.newsbank.com) about their new product America's GenealogyBank, offering genealogists information from American newspapers dating back as far as 1690. Drew also explains the difference between Legacy's Research Guidance feature and GenSmarts software, while George talks about how to print wallcharts from RootsMagic (www.rootsmagic.com/wallcharts.htm). Drew shares a listener tip about creating PDF files inexpensively using PrimoPDF (www.primopdf.com) and George talks about a preview site for Irish historical maps (www.irishhistoricmaps.ie).

Drew shares the announcement from the National Archives (UK) regarding what the plans are for the Family Records Centre in Islington. George reminds listeners of the upcoming Italian genealogy conference (www.rootsintheboot.org). A number of listeners respond to a previous podcast about a tool for keeping track of census forms (www.censustools.com). Drew interviews Lou Szucs and Sandra Luebking about the new edition of The Source. Drew and George share tips on filing oversized documents (George recommends some filing supplies from Gaylord at www.gaylord.com and Light Impressions at www.lightimpressionsdirect.com), citing Social Security applications, and maintaining research logs.

After the usual announcements, George and Drew share items from the listener mailbag. The Frappr map of Genealogy Guys Podcast listeners now shows a pin in South Dakota (only two more states to go!). Listeners suggest tips on using portable software applications that can be carried from computer to computer on a flash drive and on backing data files up to the Mozy website (mozy.com). Drew plays his interview with Liz Kerstens where they talk about the latest version of her genealogy filing program Clooz 2.0 (www.clooz.com). Finally, George and Drew talk about how they file their physical genealogy documents.

George and Drew notify listeners about the deadline for early FGS conference registration (www.fgs.org), the new Canadian and Scottish resources at Ancestry.com, and the July 15-22, 2007 research trip to London with the Genealogy Guys (limited to 40 people). The mailbag brings tips about using Google Notebook (www.google.com/notebook) to keep track of bookmarks wherever you are, and a reminder about the genealogy cruise on Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas. Drew shares his fun interview with Elissa Scalise Powell, highlighting the recent NGS conference, the first statewide Pennsylvania Genealogy Conference (September 29-30) in Pittsburgh (www.pagenealogyconference.com), the July 14-15 Roots in the Boot Italian genealogical conference also in Pittsburgh (www.rootsintheboot.org), the joys of networking at conferences, the great BCG-related lectures at NGS, the dos and don'ts of writing family histories, and the not-to-be-missed educational opportunities at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research held every June at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. George discusses what he has discovered about his ancestors in microfilmed agricultural censuses.

George and Drew return from the annual conference of the National Genealogical Society. Roots in the Boot (an upcoming mid-July Italian Genealogy and Heritage Conference in Pittsburgh) is announced (www.rootsintheboot.org). Reading the mailbag, George and Drew clarify some issues relating to ProQuest's HeritageQuest Online product (as it relates to remote access for genealogical and historical societies), bring up concerns about the closing of the Sullivan County (NY) Historical Society/Museum, and discuss affidavits as they relate to birth and marriage certificates. Podcast listeners will find out if Drew was successful in completing his 5-item to-do list for the NGS conference. George talks about the vendors (especially the ones selling books).

Just prior to their trip to Chicago for the National Genalogical Society conference (www.ngsgenealogy.org), George tells Drew about the great time he had at the Ontario (Canada) Genealogical Society conference, and George reviews the book Genealogy, Geography, and Maps (written by Althea Douglas and available from www.ogs.on.ca). George also reviews Frank Smith's A Genealogical Gazetteer of England, published by Genealogical Publishing Co. (www.genealogical.com). Next is one more reminder of the 2006 Genealogy Seminar at Sea (www.genealogycruise2006.com), and news about new Canadian data at MyFamily.com's new Canadian site (ancestry.ca). Drew talks about searching for genealogy data using Ask.com's new blog search tool (www.ask.com), compares The Red Book to The Source, and clarifies the distinction between original/derivative documents, primary/secondary information, and direct/indirect evidence.

While George rests up from his recent trip to Ontario, Canada, Drew handles the hosting duties. Drew begins with an explanation of all of the menu choices on the righthand side of the Genealogy Guys website (they've been updated a bit). He then provides a checklist of 5 things he plans to do at the upcoming National Genealogical Society conference in Chicago (which are 5 things that anyone should do at any genealogy conference). Drew then describes the workspace he uses at home to work on his genealogical research (and the advantages of displaying those historical maps). Finally, he discusses the pros and cons of splitting his genealogical research database into two parts (and asks for feedback from listeners).

George announces that Ancestor Detective has released Clooz 2.0, a genealogy-oriented electronic filing cabinet program (www.clooz.com). And RootsMagic will be having a free class at the NGS Conference in Chicago. George's book on doing English research at the London repositories is available at the Lulu site (www.lulu.com/content/253150). Genealogy Guys Podcast listeners have been busy: Steve Danko has a new genealogy blog at stephendanko.com, and Bill Puller has just started recording a technology-oriented genealogy podcast at genealogytechpodcast.com. George explains why every genealogy society should be sure to have a complete run of their publications at the Allen County Public Library (all due to PERSI), and Drew describes exactly what hardware every genealogist needs.

Drew addresses listener comments and questions regarding brute-force searching of census districts and how to specify the repository when citing sources. George brings up the idea of using a combination of geographical reference books, county histories, and courthouse books to locate ancestors and discover where their records are kept.

George and Drew share a number of announcements, including the roommate service being offered for the August 2006 FGS Conference (contact Bobbi King at [email protected]), the upcoming new message board system at Ancestry.com, reminders about Genealogy Cruise 2006 (see the link to the right), the "Along Those Lines..." column (which is now at ahaseminars.livejournal.com), and a July 2007 London research trip being planned by George and Drew. Drew opens up the listener mailbag to address a number of questions involving copyright, research trips, privacy, and free online research sources. And Drew points out some strange goings-on with some of the Social Security Death Index data. George talks about county heritage books as a research source.

George returns from the Ohio Genealogical Society just held in Toledo, and shares announcements about the 1841 English/Welsh census at Ancestry.com, the newly designed Society of Genealogists (UK) website at www.sog.org.uk, the new managing editor of Everton's Genealogical Helper (old friend Leland Meitzler), the updated Helm's Genealogy Toolbox (www.genealogytoolbox.com), and George's upcoming presentations at the Ontario Genealogical Society at the end of May (www.ogsseminar.org). George and Drew discuss some issues relating to finding people in the census. Drew explains why it is important to understand both copyright and plagiarism. And George shares reviews of books about John Adams and Irish genealogical research.

George returns from a visit to the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society and announces Family Historian (version 3), talks about special promotions at 1837online.com, and covers important information from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and a list of U.S. ports with published records. Drew corrects some information regarding the online version of NUCMC, points out when it is safe (copyright-wise) to use old photos, and discusses the importance of using the Social Security Death Index.

George and Drew begin this podcast at the Largo Library in Largo, Florida, in front of an audience of the Pinellas Genealogy Society (plus some guests from the Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa and the Brandon Area Genealogical and Historical Society). George shares news regarding Missouri death certificates, as well as genealogical librarianship courses at the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (University of Toronto). After answering some questions from the Largo audience, George and Drew return to the usual Genealogy Guys home studio to talk about various kinds of death records.

A passle of announcements, including the deadline for early-bird registrations for NGS (www.ngsgenealogy.org), new online registration for FGS and a deadline for FGS award nominations (www.fgs.org), and George's newest book on researching in London respositories (www.lulu.com/content/253150). George talks about his recent visit from a first cousin and the use of upcoming holidays to learn more about family history. Drew uses the opportunity of a visit from an old roommate to do some U.S. census research, and develops some new search tricks.

George announces new databases at ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), the new Ancestry Weekly Journal, the new 24/7 Family History Circle blog (blogs.ancestry.com/circle), the early bird deadline for the upcoming NGS conference in Chicago (www.ngsgenealogy.org), and George's new blog that will continue his "Along Those Lines..." column (ahaseminars.com). Drew discusses how to choose the right genealogy database software. George shares his recent experiences in using Lulu (www.lulu.com) to publish his latest book on doing research in London repositories.

George returns from his trip to Muskogee, Oklahoma (which is why the podcast is a day late). Drew talks about using PERSI, an index to genealogy periodicals produced by the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library and available via HeritageQuest Online, and George shares his successes in searching for and obtaining WWII-era civil marriage records from England.

Drew completes his discussion of locating family history books by suggesting the use of metasearch sites Addall (www.addall.com) and Bookfinder (www.bookfinder.com) for finding new and used books to purchase. George points out the value of using eBay to locate genealogy-related material. Finally, George gives advice on British research sites GENUKI (www.genuki.org.uk), 1837online (www.1837online.com), and the General Register Office (www.gro.gov.uk).

George returns from his all-day seminar in Tallahassee to talk about upcoming conferences: the National Genealogical Society (www.ngsgenealogy.org), the International Assocation of Jewish Genealogical Societies (www.jgsny2006.org), and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (www.fgs.org). Drew gets feedback from the fine folks at OCLC about their genealogy site (www.oclc.org/worldcat/genealogy/). A discussion of where to find books online (including the BYU site at www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/) is followed by an introduction to using the interlibrary loan services of libraries.

Drew and George discover a new resource for biographical information about U.S. federal lawmakers (www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/). Then Drew continues a discussion of using sources written by others, this week focusing on manuscript collections. The free trial of ArchiveGrid (www.archivegrid.org) is mentioned, as is NUCMC and ArchivesUSA. The A2A database of the UK is another source (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a). Finally, George shares 5 reasons that things aren't found in a courthouse. This week's podcast welcomes a new sponsor, Moorshead Publishing.

George recommends the new magazine "Internet Genealogy" (www.internet-genealogy.com). George and Drew discuss using deeds as a resource. Finally, Drew and George talk about using the Library of Congress catalog (catalog.loc.gov) and the WorldCat database to locate books about your family.