The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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. Help The Guys spread the word about our two podcasts: Tell your friends and genealogy society members about us. Leave a review at iTunes. Support us at Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2684555). Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

The news includes: MyHeritage unveiled an exciting new global initiative called Tribal Quest that seeks to preserve the histories of remote tribes. The first two Tribal Quest expeditions visited Namibia and Papua New Guinea. Video is available at the new websitehttp://www.tribalquest.org, and a video explaining the venture can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDKsQnru36s. The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) honored Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG, with Emeritus Status for her serive to BCG and her distinguished fifty-year career. Findmypast has released Battle of Jutland records, 13.5 million new British newspaper articles, and Ireland Electoral Registers (1885-1886). The German-American Genealogical Partnership announced the 2017 International Germanic "Connections" Conference to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 28-29 July 2017. More information is available at http://www.ggsmn.org/cpage.php?pt=70 and http://www.ggsmn.org/upload/files/2017_GAGP_Int._Conf._Flyer_COLOR_Version_(1).pdf . The Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research has announced its schedule for Summer and Fall of 2016. Information is available at http://vigrgenealogy.com. Drew discusses the newest releases from FamilySearch. Listener email includes: Keith asks for details about connecting a second monitor to his computer, and Drew responds. Vic responded to Arthur's inquiry in Episode #305 concerning sharing/donating family papers. He states that the Delaware Historical Society Research Library might be willing to accept the donations. More information can be found at https://www.dehistory.org/directions-parking/3-research-library. Tara writes to advise that Mary Page Greenleaf was her great-aunt, and that she is interested in the audio disks made at Ms. Greenleaf's birthday party that Richard mentioned on Episode #300. Matt Miller shared his recent successes on tracing his Miller ancestors in New York City and Germany, and he shares four very important lessons that he learned. Read more at his blog post at https://matthewkmiller.blogspot.com/2016/05/miller-brickwall-shattered.html . Gus Marsh shares his Marsh brick wall from the Genesee County, New York, and asks for suggestions for locating more information about the Beekman Patent. Drew reviews a new book by Lisa A. Alzo titled The Family Tree Polish, Czech, and Slovak Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Family Tree in Eastern Europe. Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

The news includes: Congratulations to Drew Smith on his receipt of the 2016 Filby Award for Genealogical Librarianship! He received the prestigious award on 3 May 2016 at Librarians Day at the National Genealogical Society's 2016 Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Evidentia has just hired Elizabeth Swanay-O'Neal as its new Director of Marketing and Social Media. MyHeritage has just launched its new MyHeritage Community section, a new online Q&A hub that fosters family history research collaboration. RootsMagic has added support and hints from Findmypast.com to Version 7 of its software, joining hints from FamilySearch and MyHeritage. The addition of Ancestry hints is under development and there are plans for implementation later this year. Findmypast has added 5.4 million Yorkshire records and over 10 million new U.S. marriage records to its collections. The Federation of Genealogical Societies has opened registration for its 2016 conference, "Time Travel: Centuries of Memories", to be held in Springfield, Illinois, on 31 August to 3 September 2016. An early bird discount is available. Visit http://www.FGSConference.org. Michael J. LeClerc, CG, has announced that Genealogy Professor has launched an exciting new educational opportunity for genealogists. Their offerings include self-paced courses and genealogy master classes. More information is available at http://www.genprof.net. Bill Nelson of RevGenea Software, LLC, has announced the availability of a new, free Android app named OldNews USA that makes it easy to perform quality research using the Chronicling America collection of historic newspapers at the Library of Congress. Learn more about features and see screenshots at http://revgenea.com. The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Emigrants database just passed the 100.000 person mark. Learn more at the blog at http://www.familienkunde-oldenburg.de/auswanderer-datenbank-enthaelt-jetzt-100-000-personen/ , and access the database at http://www.auswanderer-oldenburg.de. (Access the database using Google Chrome and translate the page from German to your preferred language.) Drew discusses the newest releases from FamilySearch. Listener email includes: In episode #305, Tom asked for suggestions about obtaining passport applications. George suggested contacting the USCIS. They referred Tom to NARA where he filled out a Freedom of Information Act request for the passport applications. He will keep us apprised of his progress. Alan poses a question concerning nieces and nephews who appear on census records in a family. Peter asks for advice about how to present genealogical information at a family gathering. Tim will be taking his older brother on a road trip to where his ancestors lived and are buried. He asked for suggestions about things to listen to as to why genealogy matters or why it is fun and rewarding. George urges listeners to visit their local libraries, and to support them by volunteering to work on genealogical and historical projects. Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

The news includes: MyHeritage has released an exclusive book matching technology that matches 450,000 books with 91 million pages to match against your family tree and provide new hints. A new Jefferson Tayte genealogical mystery, Kindred, by Steve Robinson, has been published. The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) will hold its 36th annual conference on August 7 to 12, 2016, at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Seattle, Washington. Findmypast has released a significant collection concerning the Easter Rising and Ireland under Martial Law to commemorate the centennial of the event. They have also added 1.2 million Quaker records as the first phase of their project to add all surviving Irish Quaker records. Findmypast announced the renewal of their partnership with the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) for another ten years. Findmypast has published over 911,000 Royal Navy Pension records. Calico Pie, Ltd., announced the addition the addition of automatic record matching and hints for Findmypast databases to their Family Historian desktop software program. Drew recaps the new FamilySearch collections. Listener email includes: Michael responded to Debi's inquiry about Kentucky ancestor Andrew Yandell and may be able to help her with that brick wall. Rich offers another suggestion for how to get the word out that might dispel long-held incorrect beliefs about a well-known person in the past. Arthur wants to share his research about his grandmother's Jenkins line and asked for suggestions on how to accomplish this. He also has reached out to the USCIS for naturalization papers for his Eastern European family, and asked for other suggestions for tracing those ancestors. George complained that the Erie County, New York, Public Library has not responded to an ask-a-librarian inquiry. He seeks help from anyone who can check the city directories that include Williamsville, NY, for 1946-1948 for names of any orphanages operating in the area. Tom is seeking passport information about his wife's mother and family, and asked for suggestions on where to obtain passport documentation. Drew and George each discuss recent research cases they have been working on. George urges listeners to visit their local libraries, and to support them by volunteering to work on genealogical and historical projects. Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

The news includes: MyHeritage has released Family Tree Builder 8.0, a new version of its genealogy software program. There is also a new Audio Recordings feature in the MyHeritage mobile app. The Guild of One-Name Studies has implemented a major new project – The Guild Members’ Website Project. Learn more at http://one-name.org/the-members-websites-project-mwp. Mocavo has closed down and has been merged into Findmypast. Findmypast announced the release of new records. Drew recaps the new FamilySearch collections. The Guys discuss the activity initiated by J. Paul Hawthorne on Facebook wherein people compiled geographical pedigree charts showing the places of birth of five or more generations of their ancestors. Listener email includes: Mike asked The Guys for suggestions to help identify the origins of his ancestress, Ellen Delaney, who married Teunis Westdijk in Paterson, New Jersey. Drew responds to inquiries about the recent controversy concerning GEDmatch.com. Debi asks a question about a note found with an early Kentucky Land Grant file for her ancestor. Drew discusses his research on his great-grandmother, Elizabeth “Betty” Foshee, as a result of a DNA match and other evidence he has found. Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

The news includes: MyHeritage introduces Record Detective II, a new technology that expands record matching capabilities to more than 2.2 billion new record matches. TLC has announced the celebrities for the Spring season of Who Do You Think You Are? which premieres on Sunday, 3 April 2016. Registration is now open for the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records at http://www.gen-fed.org. Calico Pie Limited has released an upgrade to its Family Historian program. Findmypast has added more indexed Irish records. FamilySearch announces that the transcriptions of the Freedmen’s Bureau have reached the halfway point, but more volunteers are needed. Drew recaps the new FamilySearch collections. Listener email includes: Michael shares his file name system. Chad is seeking information about genealogy degree and certificate programs. Jenny asks for tips for using GEDmatch. Debi shares two online newspaper resources for Oregon: Historic Oregon Newspapers at http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu Genealogical Forum of Oregon (GFO) at http://www.gfo.org. George shares an interesting story about a lock of hair for his ancestor John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Paul asks a question about copyright on translated/transcribed original documents, and another question about how to correct a long-standing piece of erroneous information. The Guys discuss the GEDCOM format and what it does. The Guys also discuss putting your ancestors into context in the community.

The news includes: Aha! Seminars, Inc., celebrates its 20th anniversary. Findmypast announces a number of partnerships as part of its U.S. growth strategy. Findmypast announces the beginning of the release of the largest online collection of U.S. marriages from 1650 to 2010. Findmypast announces the launch of 10 million Irish parish register records. Findmypast has made its 1939 U.K. National Register browsable; announces 6.4 million new British newspaper articles; and more than 45K new images in its PERSI collection. RootsMagic has announced that its software will be able to display Ancestry.com hints, search for Ancestry records, and share data with your Ancestry tree, all from within RootsMagic. RootsMagic has also announced that it will be adding the ability to include hints from Findmypast. MyHeritage introduces a new Family Tree Builder software version 8.0 that includes rewritten internal infrastructure that supports very large family trees (up to 500,000 individuals) and accelerates performance. The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Grant Committee and the Southern California Genealogical Society have announced that applications are being accepted for the 2016 Student Genealogy Grant. Applicants between the ages of 18 and 23 and a current student are eligible for the $500 cash award and a full registration scholarship to the 2016 SCGS Jamboree to be held in Burbank, California, on 3-6 June. Application deadline is midnight PDT on 20 March 2016. Full details are available at http://thefamilycurator.com/swf-grant/. Ancestry.com announces the launch of 10 million Irish parish register records. Drew recaps the recent releases of records by FamilySearch. A new family history-related reality show titled Relative Race premieres on Sunday, 28 February 2016, on BYUtv. An eight-episode docu-series, Long Lost Family, will premiere on Sunday, 6 March 2016, on TLC. Listener email includes: Jody would like to connect with joshthegenealogistguy. He should send an email to The Guys at [email protected] and we will help them connect with one another. Geoff asks about source and file naming conventions. Nancy writes to share the NYS Historic Newspapers site at http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/. Mac’s New Year’s Resolution is to blog more, and an example can be found at ( http://aweekofgenealogy.com/finding-joseph-mcmahon-and-the-51st-pioneer-infantry-regiment-ny-company-b/ ) Carla asks for suggestions for locating church records in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Guys discuss RootsTech 2016.

The news includes: · MyHeritage has added Audio Recordings to its mobile app. · Evidentia has filled all the preorders for The Evidentia Companion and has produced a supplemental Evidentia Quicksheet Guide. · RootsMagic is shipping backorders of its book, and an e-book is also now available. · The Federation of Genealogical Societies has surpassed the $2 million mark in its fundraising efforts for the Preserve the Pensions project. · Findmypast and its sister site Mocavo have come together, and all of the free materials at Mocavo will continue to be free. Findmypast has released a number of new collections including the England, Phillimore Marriage Registers, Scotland Registers & Records, additional Irish Newspapers, and others. · The National Archives in the UK has announced new prices for a variety of services, effective February 1, 2016. · FamilySearch, in partnership with Ancestry.com, has released more than 220 million new searchable Mexican birth, marriage, and death records dating back to the 1500s. The Guys provide a recap of upcoming conferences, seminars, and webinars that they will be presenting in the next several months. Listener email includes: · Richard acquired audio discs recording the 80th birthday of Mary Page Greenleaf, and reports that he made a typo on the date of the event. It should have been 21 September 1954. Listeners Donna and Lucia report that they have uncovered more information about the lady, and The Guys will forward their emails to Richard for follow-up. · Matt is seeking suggestions to help locate information about his Houghtaling ancestors in New York state. · Chris acquired a book in 2014 on the Dyer family in Oregon that came with an envelope with over 200 black-and-white original photographs, as well as draft pages for inclusion in a future edition of the book. He would like some assistance in locating any descendants so that he can get the pictures to the appropriate owner. He can be reached at [email protected]. · Jackie asked for clarification about transcribing newspapers and other, more modern documents, and the benefit of doing so. · Jim had questions about the new Newspapers.com Publisher Extra, a subscription service that provides unique access to many newspapers' archives that are still under copyright. · Jenny had a couple of DNA questions concerning her husband's Y-DNA test results and potential matches.

The Guys are pleased to announce their 300th episode of the podcast. The news includes: · Evidentia has been reviewed by the Federation of Genealogical Societies FORUM magazine in its Winter 2015 issue. · D. Joshua Taylor has been appointed president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. · MyHeritage has been featured on the popular Israeli TV program HaTsinor. You can view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZJ--TAM2q0. · The New England Historic Genealogical Society has partnered with the Congregational Library & Archives to digitize more than 28,000 pages of early manuscript church records, 1641 to the mid-1800s. · ScotlandsPeople has released new Scottish births, marriages, and deaths from the 20th century. · Findmypast has released updates to its Irish and British newspapers collections. · The Guild of One-Name studies released its membership numbers for 2015. They have reached a new membership landmark. · Drew provides a recap of new and updated FamilySearch collections. Listener email includes: · Richard has acquired audio discs recording the 80th birthday of Mary Page Greenleaf on 21 September 1984, probably in Northern California. He is trying to locate relatives or descendants in order to restore the discs to the family. He would appreciate any assistance from our listeners. · Debbie provides a link to an interesting article about how one man rescued files from the norm Berg Trials after World War II. The digitized files can be freely accessed at Cornell University. The article can be found at http://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/Update/Nov15/EU.Nuremberg.collex.html. · Tom asked for information about where on the MyHeritage website their digitized books and publications can be found. · Jenny reports in a follow-up email that her father's Y-DNA finally has a very close match. · Doug asks for recommendations about transcribing and what The Guys actually do. · Eddie shares information about a Mac genealogy database program called GEDitCOM. · Danny, Barb, and Melissa shared their research goals and projects for 2016.

The Guys announce that Drew’s new book, Organize Your Genealogy, to be published by Family Tree Books, will be released on 1 July 2016. It is available for pre-order at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. The news includes: · RootsMagic has released an update to its RM7 software to facilitate migration of Family Tree Maker (FTM) data. · MyHeritage offers its Family Tree Builder for PC and Mac with tree-syncing capabilities with their online tree. · MyHeritage announces the addition of a huge and diverse free collection of over 150,000 digitized books relevant to family history. · Findmypast has recently added new materials, including additions to the British Newspapers and a quarterly update to the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). · FamilySearch, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) have announced exciting milestones in the historic Freedmen’s Bureau Project (DiscoverFreedmen.org). · Drew recaps recent additions and updates to FamilySearch. · The National Institute on Genealogical Research has announced that the institute’s name was changed on 22 December 2015 to the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed) and its website is now located at http://www.gen-fed.org. Listener email includes: · Discussions continue about Ancestry.com’s retirement of its Family Tree Maker desktop genealogy software. Opinions are expressed about whether to change to another software program, remain with the existing program, or migrate to a cloud-based family tree facility. The Guys discuss their upcoming genealogical research goals and projects for 2016. They also want to hear about yours!

In this themed episode, George and Drew discuss desktop genealogy software. The episode begins with Drew's quoting from the Ancestry.com announcement about retiring Family Tree Maker. George and Drew discuss what programs they have used over the years, and Drew provides a history of the Family Tree Maker product. Drew and George explain what GEDCOM means and why it is useful, and discuss issues involving syncing of any kind of data. Finally, the Guys make recommendations as to what genealogists can do going forward.

Listen to the ads for RootsMagic and Evidentia for great holiday savings for a limited time! The news includes: · RootsMagic announces the availability of Personal Historian for the Mac, a new book, videos, and a Facebook group for users. You can also install PH on both a PC and a Mac with the same user key. · The Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (CAFG) is accepting applications for a $225 scholarship to the 5th Annual Forensic Genealogy Institute (FGI), to be held March 10-12, 2016. Registration for the FGI is open at http://www.forensicgenealogists.org/institute/. The scholarship is open to anyone wishing financial assistance to attend. Send a request of not more than 400 words to [email protected] explaining how the scholarship might best help you in the field of forensic genealogy. Deadline is Friday, December 4th, 2015. · MyHeritage adds a new search innovation called SearchConnectTM which enables users to connect with others who are searching for the same ancestors or relatives and to take advantage of search synergies. · Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will be one of the keynote speakers at RootsTech on Saturday, February 6, 2016. · The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) has elected Billie Stone Fogarty as president for 2016-2017. · Findmypast has announced the release of a number of new collections and the addition of 3.7 million new articles to its Historic British Newspapers collection. FamilySearch has marked the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War by releasing two new online collections of records of casualty records from NARA. · Drew highlights new and updated record collections at FamilySearch. Book Review: George reviews an excellent new book by Kerry Scott, How to Use Evernote for Genealogy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Organize Your Research and Boost Your Genealogy Productivity. Listener email includes: Jim asks about DNA.land at https://dna.land and how it compares to GedMatch. · George recaps his research information for Nona concerning her Suit/Suits family in the Rome, Georgia, area. · Mike would like to connect with Ryan regarding New Jersey death records. · Michael has questions about the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and the Social Security Applications and Claims collection now at Ancestry.com. · Kathy has questions about the Wilson families of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. George restates the information about two books he mentioned on an earlier podcast, and he will check again for possible family connection in his ancestral line. The books are: Alexander, John Brevard: Biographical sketches of the early settlers of the Hopewell section and reminiscences of pioneers and their descendants by families. (Originally published in 1897 in Charlotte, NC, by the Observer Printing & Publishing House.) Reprint. University of California Libraries. Unindexed. Syfert, Scott. The First American Declaration of Independence? The Disputed History of the Mecklenburg Declaration of May 20, 1775. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. 2014. George talks about the recent news from Russia concerning the investigation into the murders of the Romanov family, Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and their five children, on 17 July 1918. New DNA testing has confirmed all the remains are from the same family, and the tomb of Nicholas II’s father, Alexander III, was opened to obtain DNA to confirm that the remains of the male was, indeed, Nicholai Alexandrovich Romanov. Drew names four essential websites for genealogical research: FamilySearch Wiki at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page with more than 82 thousand articles · The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) at http://www.wolfbane.com/icd/ · The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) of the U.S. Geological Survey at http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html for Domestic Names · Chronicling America from the Library of Congress at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/, a source of digitized newspapers from 1836-1922 and the US Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present, at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/

The news includes: · MyHeritage.com has released 46 million Swedish Household Records (1880-1920) with images indexed. George describes how easy it was to find a specific family. · The Germanic Genealogy Society and the German DAGV (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft genealogischer Verbände (German umbrella organization)) joined forces for a partnership called "Bridging the Gap between North America and Europe for Genealogists“. More information is available at http://www.ggsmn.org/cpage.php?pt=68. · RootsMagic announces that a single RootsMagic license covers both your PC and Mac. They have also released two new free Magic Guides: Creating a Shareable CD and Downloading and Installing RootsMagic for Mac. · The New England Historic Genealogical Society has opened its Cemetery Collection on AmericanAncestors.org for free through November 7. · Evidentia is working on Version 3 but does not expect it to be ready for RootsTech 2016 in February. They are, however working on new user guides and tutorial videos. · The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) announces that the 2016 Excellence-in-Writing Competition is now open for entries through June 2016. Full details are available at http://isfhwe.com/competition.php. · The Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) has announced that it will relocate its annual immersion classes in 2017 to the University of Georgia in Athens, and will be supported by the Georgia Genealogical Society. · Findmypast.com has recently added new collections, including: England & Wales, Electoral Registers, 1832-1932; Britain, Absentee Voters Lists 1918-1921; Ireland Electoral Registers 1885-1886; New York Baptisms 1660-1862; New York Marriages 1639-1900; and New York Deaths & Burials 1758-1862. · Findmypast.com opens its new collection, the 1939 Register of England and Wales on November 2, 2015, with records of more than 41 million people. · The Illinois State Genealogical Society has announced the ISGS 2016 Webinar Series. Details are available at http://ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=227. · The FamilySearch Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, celebrated its 30th anniversary on October 23, 2015. · Drew highlights the FamilySearch.org collections updates for October 2015. Listener email includes: · Nona asked George to talk about research in the Rome, Georgia, area. She provided some names and George conducted searches in online municipal cemetery records. He discusses resources in that area which he has used. · Jim writes about a new genealogical crime mystery by Nathan Dylan Goodwin. It is The America Ground, a Morton Farrier Forensic Genealogist Story. Drew has read and reviews the new book. · Michael asks for advice from listeners concerning a brick wall about his grandfather who had three names. · Jason is seeking help from our listeners concerning his third great-grandfather, John L. Brown, born circa 1811, and Brown’s wife. · Eric recounts the details of his tenacious research concerning the death of his grandfather in 1927, who was killed by a Southern Pacific electric train.

The news includes: · RootsMagic announces the availability of updates for the iOS and Android apps. · The city of St. Augustine, Florida, celebrated the 450th anniversary of its settlement by the Spanish on September 6, 2015. The Los Floridanos Society also held a reunion where genealogical information was exchanged, and DNA samples were collected for a study by Dr. Theodore Schurr of the University of Pennsylvania. · Ancestry.com launched the largest online collection of wills and probate records in the United States in September, more than 170 million documents from 1668-2005. · Ancestry.com has renewed its digitization partnership agreement with the National Archives and Records Administration. · AncestryDNA launched a new feature that allows individuals to share their ethnicity results. · The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) announced the publication of The Great Migration Directory, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640: A Concise Compendium by award-winning genealogist Robert Charles Anderson. · FamilySearch.org announced that registration for RootsTech 2016 is now open. · FamilySearch.org has added more than 2.7 million searchable historical records from the 1915 New Jersey State Census to its free online collections. The images are available on microfilm and they can be ordered for use at Family History Centers. · Findmypast.com and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society have made thousands of documents and records from the society’s eLibrary available to search online at Findmypast.com. Book Reviews: George reviews two great new books by Jennifer Holik that focus on military research from the World War II era. They are: Stories from the World War II Battlefield – Volume 1 Reconstructing Army, Air Corps, and National Guard Service Stories from the World War II Battlefield – Volume 2 Navigating Service Records for the Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Merchant Marines Listener email includes: Gus extends his thanks to the listeners who provided their great translation of the information on Herb DeNoble’s tombstone relating to his unit during World War I. Angela and her son Luke shared some helpful and interesting information for genealogical research at Veritas Prep at http://wwww.veritasprep.com/genealogy-resources-by-veritas-prep/. Ryan is looking for information about the death of his great-grandmother in 1954. Debi asked for the names of the two books mentioned by George about Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. They are: Alexander, John Brevard: Biographical sketches of the early settlers of the Hopewell section and reminiscences of pioneers and their descendants by families. (Originally published in 1897 in Charlotte, NC, by the Observer Printing & Publishing House.) Reprint. University of California Libraries. Unindexed. Syfert, Scott. The First American Declaration of Independence? The Disputed History of the Mecklenburg Declaration of May 20, 1775. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. 2014. Jenny asks how does AncestryDNA come up with the "New Ancestor Discoveries" on its site? Larry provides a detailed clarification on the subject of marriage bonds. Matt asks Drew for tips about tracking down common-surnamed ancestors, including the use of DNA testing.

George and Drew celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Genealogy Guys Podcast by sharing their thoughts on the genealogy research process.

The news includes: Leister Productions has released a new version of its genealogy software, Reunion 11. The New England Historic Genealogical Society has reached an agreement to publish the journal The Mayflower Descendent, for the next 10 years. NEHGS has appointed Christopher C. Child as editor of the journal. FamilySearch had a total of 82,039 volunteers help during its worldwide indexing the event, held August 7-14, 2015. The Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy has announced its fifth annual Forensic Genealogy Institute to be held 10-12 March 2016 at The Historic Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The Family History Library has announced free online classes for September 2015. Findmypast has released new records for Northumberland, British Army Casualties (War of 1812), the British Jewry Book of Honour (1914-1920), Scottish Covenanters (1679-1688), Probate Calendars of England & Wales (1858-1959), and Hertfordshire records. FamilySearch has opened a new Family Discovery Center in Bellevue, Washington. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has broken ground for a first-of-its-kind facility in St. George, Utah. Drew discusses new FamilySearch collections published at its website in August 2015. Listener email includes: Gabriella asks for suggestions for finding her family of Hispanic descent in Mexico (originally from Northern Spain) and George provides several suggestions Mahlon and Lucia responded to Gus's question in the last podcast and provided an interpretation of a World War I tombstone inscription: WAGR 356 AMB CO. Cheryl has a question about a collateral ancestor who was working in Germany in 1930, and whether he would've been enumerated in the 1930 US Federal Census. Jim reports that Tom Neel, Library Director for the Ohio Genealogical Society, provided information about Simon P. Rice of Company K, 66th OVI. Mike asked for suggestions for locating English ancestors in Cornwall, England, and George provides some suggestions. The Guys discuss some favorite research facilities available on the Internet. Drew discusses Ancestry.com's new In Common DNA matching facility and how it can help in triangulation of common genetic ancestors. George discusses his recent successes using MyHeritage.com’s Smart Matches suggested by the site and other researchers. He also discusses RootsMagic’s hints facilities that interface with both FamilySearch and MyHeritage, and the excellent matching results that these have provided in his research. Drew also discusses his new all-in-one printer, the Epson Expression ET-2500 EcoTank. This brand-new technology eliminates the need for expensive replacement cartridges by using tanks of liquid ink instead.

Drew goes solo this episode, hinting at an upcoming book and announcing his new Evernote "Genealogy at a Glance" publication. He lets Amazon Echo users know that The Genealogy Guys Podcast is now available via TuneIn. And he is pleased to announce that Family Tree Magazine has selected the Podcast as one of their 101 Best Websites for 2015! News includes: RootsMagic provides updates to address issues with FamilySearch changes and the new Windows 10. Ancestry launches a new free service in beta, AncestryHealth, and also announces that 1 million users have tested with AncestryDNA. Findmypast has added military school records, more Norfolk parish records, more Irish newspapers, and an update to PERSI. The Guild of One-Name Studies has added its 7000th member. FamilySearch and the LDS Church History Library has redesigned the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website. FamilySearch has released tens of millions of new images and new indexed records from the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Listener email includes: Pat’s story about the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters records. Peter’s humorous discovery involving an ancestor related in more than one way. Gus’s investigation of his maternal-side Lange family from Norway. Patti’s use of an unusual record set to add credence to a family story. Tracie’s disappointment with an online subscription service. Sherlene’s attempt to discover the identities of a couple in a combination photo that is marked only as being Lankfords from Clay County, Indiana. Gus’s hope that listeners can identify a gravestone marking that refers to World War I service on the Iowa, using the abbreviation WAGR 356 AMB CO.

The news includes: · MyHeritage has launched a new technology called Global Name Translation to power its Family History Discoveries. The technology automatically translates names found in historical records and family trees from one language into another, with high accuracy, generating all the plausible translations. · Evidentia has released its new software version 2.4, with revised citation templates based on Evidence Explained, 3rd edition. · FamilySearch International has appointed Steve Rockwood as President and CEO effective 1 October 2015 to replace Dennis Brimhall, who will retire. · The National Library of Ireland has just released the digitized images of Irish parish registers at http://registers.nli.ie/. · Heredis has announced the new version Heredis 2015 for Windows and Mac. · Findmypast has announced the availability of the Findmypast Library Edition as a subscription offering for libraries and other organizations in the United States. · Drew discusses FamilySearch's recent release of more than 15.6 million indexed records and images for its website. The Guys discuss upcoming appearances and the Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa)'s annual Fall Seminar with special guest Cyndi Ingle. The Guys share George's recent interview with noted genealogy speaker and writer Lisa Alzo. Listener email includes: · Bill has questions about DNA testing and methods of retrieving the data. · Daniel discusses problems with uploading a GEDCOM file to FamilySearch. · Steve recounts his recent successes with his great-grandfather, based on a suggestion from The Guys and recent additions of new data collections at Ancestry.com.

The news includes: · FamilySearch has announced an important project to digitize and index the Freedmen’s Bureau Records. Learn more at http://discoverfreedmen.org. · Ancestry.com has released its new version of its website with timeline and storytelling features. · Ancestry.com’s new online courses at Ancestry Academy at https://www.ancestry.com/academy has a wealth of courses with the best genealogical speakers presenting today. · Evidentia is reviewing its citation templates to insure accuracy and compliance with Elizabeth Shown Mills’ new third edition of Evidence Explained. · MyHeritage has taken its Instant Discoveries filming to the streets of Oslo, with video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9wE_3Luh4I. · Findmypast announces the release of new records. · An update to the Iowa Prison Memory Project is announced, · Drew discusses the more than 3.7 million new records released by FamilySearch in recent weeks. Listener email includes: · Steven discuses a Boston city directory from 1848 that included monument transcriptions from Auburn Cemetery. · Arthur wants to know if The Guys are planning another research trip to England. The Guys ask whether there is interest in another trip. · Steven provides a tip for locating obituaries of married women. · Carole shares information about genealogical mystery books. · Matt shares details about old newspaper articles that paint a “Wild West story.” · Jen Baldwin provides a clarification about the recent release of Quaker records at findmypast.com Drew discusses his recent experience in receiving an unexpected email about his Smith ancestors. The Guys discuss research strategies for FamilySearch’s Descendency View.

Listen to The Guys on the “Talk Back Florida” radio show broadcast on Saturday, 23 May 2015. The recorded broadcast is available at http://www.newstalkflorida.com/talk-back-florida-creating-your-family-tree-with-the-genealogy-guys/ . The news includes: · MyHeritage has unveiled their new MyHeritage Stories website, showcasing some videos and stories capturing amazing discoveries made by users around the world. It can be found at http://www.myheritage.com/stories. (A link labeled User Stories can also be found at the bottom of the MyHeritage website.) · The Federation of Genealogical Societies has announced new editors of their electronic FORUM Magazine. Julie Tarr is the new Managing Editor and Jennifer Alford is the new Associate Editor. Congratulations! · Drew discusses the more than 13.4 million new records released by FamilySearch in recent weeks. · Findmypast has released a large collection of Dublin Workhouse records and additions to British newspapers. The Guys review new books and magazines available for your reading and reference pleasure. All of the items are available through Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. The list includes: The In-Depth Genealogist is a publishing company that provides educational resources to the genealogical community. Drew reviews: Going In-Depth magazine and a new book, Ancestors in a Nation Divided: An In-Depth Guide to Researching Your Civil War Ancestors, by Cindy Freed. Other reviews include: George reviews Discover English Parish Registers, and Buried Treasure: What's in the English Parish Chest, both written by Paul Milner and published by Unlock the Past. The books are available at their website at http://www.unlockthepast.com.au. Drew reviews Photo Organizing Practices: Daguerreotypes to Digital by Maureen A. Taylor. He also reviews How to Archive Family Photos: A Step-by-Step Guide to Organize and Share Your Photos Digitally by Denise May Levenick. George reviews James M. Beidler’s book, the fourth edition of The Best of Roots & Branches. The book is available through the online store of the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society at http://www.biblio.com/bookstore/lancaster-mennonite-historical-society-lancaster/genealogy-genealogical-research-aids . George reviews a new book, Guide to Hanover Military Records, 1514-1866, on Microfilm at the Family History Library by Teresa S. McMillin, CG. Drew reviews a new book, When Descendents Become Ancestors by David A. Kendall, PhD. George reviews a new publication by Moorshead Magazines in their Tracing Your Ancestors series. The new title is titled Tracing Your Female Ancestor, Volume II. It is available at the online store at Moorshead Magazines at http://your-genealogy-history-store-usa.myshopify.com/collections/tracing-your-ancestors-series .

Drew shares two interviews that the Guys conducted while they were at the 2015 Conference of the Ohio Genealogical Society: Kris Rzepczynski, Senior Archivist at the Archives of Michigan, who tells the Guys all about the Seeking Michigan website and the great records in his archives Cyndi Ingle, speaker, writer, and the person behind the amazing Cyndi's List website

This episode focuses on death records. The news includes: MyHeritage CEO Gilad Japhet has been involved with research about a fascinating story from World War II. A Jewish tailor named Savas escaped the Nazis when they invaded Corfu, along with his three daughters and another girl, and fled to the island of Erikoussa. The entire island of Erikoussa joined forces, at the risk of death, to provide refuge and to protect the secret of their identity from the Nazis. Descendents of Savas have been located, and a fascinating video of a news story aired in Israel is available for viewing at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oijpqpx2gY. MyHeritage has just made its Instant DiscoveriesTM available for all members at their site. The Association of Professional Genealogists has announced membership discounts for younger and retiring genealogists. Catholic Church Registers have been digitized and will be made available at the National Library of Ireland website on 8 July 2015. Genealogist Donna Moughty, an expert on Irish genealogical research, clarified what will be included and the fact that there will be no indexes available at that site. Ancestry.com will relaunch their website with a number of new features, including LifeStory and Historical Insights, and enhancements to the Facts View and Media Gallery. Findmypast has released many new records, including the ANZAC Prisoners of War collection, new records for Australia and the United Kingdom, new additions to the British Newspapers collection, new images for PERSI, and a substantial collection of Quaker birth, marriage, and burial records spanning the years 1578 to 1841. The FamilySearch Historical Book Collection online has reached a milestone of 200,000 digital books available through its website. Drew recaps the almost 30,000,000 records added by FamilySearch to its website in the last month. Drew and George have an in-depth discussion about death-related records. Of special interest is Drew's discussion of the International Classification of Diseases that can be found at the Wolfbane site at http://www.wolfbane.com/icd.

The news includes: · The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant Committee has announced that applications are being accepted for the 2015 Student Genealogy award. Student genealogists between the ages of 18 and 23 are eligible to apply for the award. Application deadline is April 10, 2015 at midnight PDT. Details and forms are available at the Student Grant Webpage at http://www.thefamilycurator.com/swf-grant. · MyHeritage will hold a free webinar on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, on How to Discover Your Scandinavian Ancestors. · The Ontario Genealogical Society will host its 2015 conference on May 29-31 at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario, with the theme "Treks through Time". · Ancestry.com has announced a new innovation at AncestryDNA called New Ancestor Discoveries. · Findmypast released new military records for the United States and Britain. · The Federation of Genealogical Societies issued a statement concerning the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It states its position and supports non-discrimination and non-bullying policies in all of its activities, including selection of conference facilities and vendors. · RootsMagic has established a new Virtual RootsMagic User Group on Facebook. · Ancestral Connections, the Irish Genealogy Summer School held at University College Cork will run 28 June-5 July 2015. Booking is available at http://www.ucc.ie/en/ace-genealogy. · The Global Family Reunion has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its event on June 6, 2015, in New York City. · FamilySearch has announced that the Knowles Collection, a quickly growing, free online Jewish genealogy database, has reached its one million record milestone. They can be accessed at http://FamilySearch.org/family-trees. · Drew discusses highlights of the more than 8 million records recently added to FamilySearch. Listener email includes: · The Guys have received numerous compliments on its recent topical podcast concerning newspaper research. · Kelvin recently discovered Historic Oregon Newspapers free online at http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/. · Jim reports that the Gilbert and Martha Hitchcock Foundation has funded the digitizing and availability of the Omaha World Herold newspaper from 1867 to 1983. The collection is accessible through the Omaha Public Library with the use of a library card to login. · Jana tells us of the new blog titled "The Genealogy Kids" at www.thegenealogykids.blogspot.com which also links to videos. · Tracie asks whether the church records being released this summer by The National Library of Ireland will include records from Northern Ireland. Listeners are encouraged to share any information they know with The Guys. · There is a new Jefferson Tayte genealogical mystery available titled "In the Blood". · Julienne asks about genealogical research in Hong Kong Territory. George suggests the following resources may be of some assistance, and welcomes other suggestions from our listeners: o https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Hong_Kong_Genealogy (FamilySearch Wiki) o http://genealogy.about.com/od/china (Kimberly Powell of About.com addresses Chinese genealogical research) o http://forebears.io/hong-kong (Hong Kong Genealogical Records for British Nationals and other resources) o Hong Kong Family History Research and BMDs: http://hongkongfamilyhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/hong-kong-birth-marriage-death.html o http://www.researchhongkong.org.uk (A professional researcher covering China and Hong Kong) o There is a book titled “A Student's Guide to Chinese American Genealogy" by Colleen She (Oryx American Family Tree Series) that was published in 1996 that contains a substantial amount of methodological information about researching Chinese ancestry in modern times. · Julia asks about recording same-sex marriages in genealogical software. · Another listener reported about the importance of reading/searching through newspaper gossip columns for important family history clues. Our next episode will be another themed podcast.

This episode focuses on Newspaper Research. · Google Newspaper Archive – free, 1700s-2009, worldwide coverage, OCR. https://news.google.com/newspapers · Fulton History – free, 1795-2007, but almost exclusively New York State, OCR. http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html · Elephind – free, 1803-present, OCR. Over 2700 titles, of which over 1000 are from Chronicling America. Includes Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. https://www.elephind.com · GenealogyBank (personal subscription, $20/month, $70/annual, over 7000 titles, 1690-present) and America’s GenealogyBank (library subscription, over 4200 titles, 1690-1922) – product of NewsBank, OCR. http://www.genealogybank.com · ProQuest Historical Newspapers (library subscription only) – major U.S. cities, international newspapers, African-American newspapers, Jewish newspapers. OCR. · Newspapers.com (personal subscription, $8/month, $80/annual, over 3400 titles, 1700s-2000s) – OCR. http://www.newspapers.com · NewspaperARCHIVE.com (personal subscription, $100/6 months, over 6200 titles, 1607-present) – OCR. http://newspaperarchive.com · Access World News (library subscription, over 2400 titles) – 1977-present, product of NewsBank, born digital. For additional reading, we recommend: Breland, Claudia C. Searching for Your Ancestors in Historic Newspapers. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2014.

The news includes: · RootsMagic has more than 40 free online classes in the form of recorded webinars at its website. MyHeritage announces: o They have added 900 million records to its global digital archive. o They have added millions of new records from Scandinavia, including the 1930 Danish census and the Swedish Household Examination Rolls from 1880-1920, with more scheduled for addition this year. · Their Family Tree Builder software is now available for the Mac, and a native Mac version is in the advanced stages of development. · The Federation of Genealogical Societies has announced several important items: o Registration is underway for the FGS 2015 Regional Conference in Syracuse, NY, on 17-19 September 2015. o The FGS Alaska Cruise sails from Seattle, WA, for its voyage on 28 August through 4 September 2015. o The Call for Presentation Proposals for the 2016 FGS Conference in Springfield, IL, has been released. Proposals are due by 10 April 2015. · Findmypast has made a number of important announcements recently: o Listen to the podcast for specifics about Findmypast’s fee access to all records this coming weekend. o They have released 2.5 million new British newspaper articles to their collection; British Army Bond of Sacrifice records; East London Marriages; Derby Railway Servant’s Orphanage Registers; Irish Poverty Relief Loan records; British Merchant Navy WW1 Medal Index Cards; Dorset BMDs; and another 101 million US, UK, and Australian records. o The company has partnered with the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society to bring wider access to New York records. o They have announced a partnership with BillionGraves to bring more than 12 million grave marker indexes available. o The company has begun offering DNA testing to its customers through a new partnership with FamilyTreeDNA. · The British Library has opened its new National Newspaper Building for long-term archival storage and retrieval at Boston Spa, West Yorkshire. · The National Library of Ireland ahs announced that it will give free online access this summer to its Catholic Church Records collection, the earliest of which dates back to the early 1700s. · Ancestry.com has announced major developments for 2015: o The website will receive a new and easier to use look. o It’s iOS mobile app will introduce a full search feature to access their more than 15 billion records online. o The company will launch Ancestry Academy in April 2015 with excellent educational videos on a wide array of topics. o AncestryDNA is being improved in the US and UK markets, and AncestryDNA is being launched in Australia and Canada soon. o Later this year, Ancestry will announce resources for users in Germany and Mexico. o Many new record collections are planned for launch later this year for the US, Australia, and the UK. FamilySearch has made many announcements recently: o The FamilySearch Discovery Center was recently opened in Salt Lake City, and others are planned for around the US. o FamilySearch ahs announced a multi-year collaboration agreement with the New England Historic Genealogical Society o Drew highlights the millions of new records added in the last month to FamilySearch. o The Family History Library has announced its free on-site classes for March. You will want to check the schedule each month if you plan to visit the library in Salt Lake City. Listener email includes: · Kari has a question about ships’ passenger records for her 2X-grandmother whose ship sank coming from Denmark in 1889 and whose passengers were rescued by another ship, then sailing to Philadelphia. Timo shares links to: o Bremen Passenger List at http://passagierlisten.de o Oldenburg [Germany] Emigrants at http://www.auswanderer-oldenburg.de o Both sites can be translated to English using Google Translate. · Jim and Timothy share information about new genealogy mystery books/stories/novellas available. · Jenny asks why there are no Greek records at the FamilySearch.org website. · Several listeners responded with comments about Find a Grave and the ability to add records for persons who were cremated. · Connie comments about cemetery photographs, Find A Grave, and copyright. The next episode of the podcast will focus on the theme of Using Newspapers for Your Genealogical Research.

Drew and George have returned from RootsTech 2015 (a combined conference with the Federation of Genealogical Societies), and they share their interviews with: Jill Crandell of ResearchTies Ed Zapletal of Moorshead Magazines Angie Bush, a genealogist specializing in DNA A.J. Jacobs, the well-known journalist behind the upcoming Global Family Reunion event

The Guys will be at the RootsTech/FGS 2015 Conference in Salt Lake City on 11-14 February. Visit with them at the Moorshead Magazines booth where they will be signing books on multiple occasions. George's new book, How to Do Everything: Genealogy (the 4th edition), has just been released by McGraw-Hill and is available in softcover and Kindle versions. Moorshead Magazines has just published a new laminated quick sheet, Brick Wall Research Strategies, written by George and Drew. It is based on their best-selling book, Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques. Both books and the new quick sheet will be available for sale at the Moorshead Magazines booth. The news includes: · MyHeritage has just released their Family Tree Builder software for the Mac. · FamilySearch has launched an App Gallery at their website that includes software applications for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. The Guys continue with a themed episode devoted to U.S. immigration and ships’ passenger lists.

The news includes: · The early registration discount for the 2015 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference ends on January 23, 2015. The conference, in conjunction with RootsTech 2015, will be held in Salt Lake City on February 11-14, 2015. · Findmypast has introduced a new program for its 12-month subscribers, including webinars as well as discounts with several vendors. · Findmypast has announced the appointment of Ben Bennett as the new vice president of international business. · The ScotlandsPeople service has introduced Scottish statutory births for 1914, marriages for 1939, and deaths for 1964 at its site. · The British Ministry of Justice announced that their archive of 41 million wills dating back to 1858 have been made available online. Scanned copies of the wills can be ordered for a fee of ₤10. · GenSoftReviews has announced its Users Choice Awards for 2014 at http://www.gensoftreviews.com/awards.php. · FamilySearch announced the 10 most popular free online databases at their site. · Margie Beldin won the free all-access pass to RootsTech 2015 with her technical tip about enlarging the screen size on your computer and then resetting it back to its default with CTRL + 0 (for PC) or CMD + 0 (for Mac). Listener email included feedback on Episode #280 and The Guys' discussion about copyright: · Jim asked the question about downloading a photograph, cropping and editing it, and whether there is a violation of copyright law or ethics. He also comments on photographs uploaded to Find A Grave and to family trees on sites such as Ancestry.com. · Margaret has a copyright question about a collection of un-cataloged and un-indexed documents in a library that she encountered several years ago. She paid to have the papers microfilmed and then indexed and transcribed them herself, giving a copy of her work to the library. She has questions about to what extent she is allowed to use this collection and what copyright laws might apply to these old documents. · Julie wrote that she knows our discussion about copyright was geared primarily to an American audience, and that we used the expression "fair use" in the discussion. She tells us that there is a similar concept in the UK called "fair dealing". It does not have any statutory definition but is a legal term basically used to assist in determining if something is in compliance with copyright or not. She provided a link at https://www.gov.uk/exceptions-to-copyright that describes exceptions to copyright that allow limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. · Suzanne asks a question about people who choose to be cremated and have their ashes scattered but don't have any kind of Cemetery Memorial. Whereas she uses Billion Graves and Find A Grave in her research, she wonders if there is any equivalent site for cremated memorials. [The Guys welcome email from our listeners about this subject.] · Kristi wants to know what we recommend as "must do" conferences and seminars each year. Book review: · Moorshead Magazines, Ltd., the publishers of Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, and History Magazine, continue their publication of special research publications in softcover magazine format with a new title, "Tracing Your Italian Ancestors" written by Marcia Iannizzi Melnyk and Mary M. Tedesco. George gives the new publication a great review. Our next podcast episode will be a themed discussion: “U.S. Ships’ Passenger List Records”. The Guys welcome your questions and suggestions on this subject at [email protected].

The news includes: · MyHeritage has announced that they have entered into an agreement with the Danish National Archives to index census and parish records from 1646 to 1930 in their SuperSearch facility. · Moorshead Magazines, Ltd., has announced that they are changing the name of their Family Chronicle magazine to Your Genealogy Today, effective with the March/April 2015 issue. · George’s new book, How to Do Everything: Genealogy, 4th edition, will be released by McGraw-Hill on 16 January 2015 and will ship from Amazon and Barnes & Noble thereafter. The Kindle version of the book will follow shortly. · George and Drew have written a new genealogy quicksheet called “Brick Wall Research Strategies” that will be published by Moorshead Magazines, Ltd., later in January. It is based on their best-selling book, Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques. The Guys present a themed discussion about “Copyright for Genealogists,” with a focus on photographs. The Guys welcome your questions and comments on this subject at [email protected]. The winner of the All-Access Pass to RootsTech 2015 is Bill Wheeler. The Guys have notified him and will advise RootsTech 2015 to contact to make arrangements with him. Congratulations, Bill! We’ll see you in Salt Lake City next month! [UPDATE: As it turns out, Bill will be unable to attend RootsTech this year, so the new winner of the All-Access RootsTech 2015 Pass is Margie Beldin! We'll share her tech tip in the next episode. Congratulations, Margie!]

There are date-sensitive announcements in this podcast episode. The Genealogy GuysSM announce additional keynote speakers for RootsTech 2015. The Guys are RootsTech 2015 Ambassadors. You can win a free all-access pass to RootsTech 2015 from The Genealogy Guys Podcast! Simply submit your best technology tip for genealogy to The Guys. Send your tip to us at [email protected]. Entries must be received by midnight Eastern Time on 31 December 2014. Include your name, address, email address, and telephone number. The news includes: MyHeritage has launched a new facility called Instant DiscoveriesTM that provides first-time users information about their ancestors and relatives while signing up for MyHeritage. Watch the video at (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQYCO1hFskU) to learn more. MyHeritage continues its challenge to preserve and digitize cemeteries worldwide. It recently spent a day at Israel's largest cemetery, Holon, with a small army of volunteers, and photographed 150,000 gravestones. Family Tree DNA has a sale on their DNA tests through 31 December 2014, including the Family Finder (autosomal), Y-DNA, and mitochondrial DNA tests. The National Library of Ireland is digitizing more than 400,000 images of Catholic parish record microfilms and publishing them online for free. The images will be online by the summer of 2015. The National Library of Australia now has the largest freely available collection of digitized newspapers in the world, with the 15-millionth page going online in December at its award-winning website, Trove (http://trove.nla.gov.au). The Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research offers a new interactive option for courses. Learn more at http://vigrgenealogy.com. Findmypast has announced the release of millions of new records for the United States, England, Wales, Ireland, and Australia. Findmypast has announced the inaugural Findmypast Tree Competition and will award prizes across multiple categories. They announced their Start Your Family Tree Week from 26 December 2014 to 1 January 2015. Calico Pie has released Version 6 of their Family Historian software, which includes the MyHeritage Smart Match data matching. Unlock the Past Cruises has announced its 2015-2016 program of seven history and genealogy cruises at their website (http://www.unlockthepastcruises.com). The Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a collaborative project between the Joseph Smith Papers project and FamilySearch.org. A new website has been created at https://familysearch.org/joseph-smith-papers#/ to make this facility available. Drew shares information about new record collections and images released by FamilySearch. RootsMagic has released two new videos at their YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/RootsMagicTV: What's New in RootsMagic & Using RootsMagic Publisher to Create a BookMobile app news: Mobile app news: · A new Android version of the Find A Grave app has been released and is available for free in the Google Play store. · Beverly asked for information about downloading the podcast onto her Samsung S mobile phone or Nexus 10 tablet. Drew found five Android apps for podcasts at http://www.androidcentral.com/top-5-best-podcast-apps-android/. Book news includes: Janet Hovorka and Amy Slade have released two new Zap the Grandma Gap activity books for young people. These include My Jewish Ancestor and My British Ancestor. These join My Swedish Ancestor, My German Ancestor, My Civil War Ancestor, My Mormon Ancestor, My Pioneer Ancestor, and other titles. They can be ordered at https://zapthegrandmagap.com and at Amazon.com. Jim in Iowa suggested additional genealogy mystery books by Steve Robinson, an English writer whose main character is Jefferson Tayte. Four books have been published: In the Blood, The Lost Empress, The Last Queen of England, and To the Grave. Listener email includes: Matt Miller updates us with news that there is now a Facebook page for the Fort Madison Prison Memory Project at https://www.facebook.com/fortmadisonprisonmemoryproject. The Guys discuss genealogical research resources for Puerto Rico. The next podcast will be a themed discussion: “Copyright on Photographs”. The Guys welcome your questions and suggestions on this subject (or on anything to do with copyright) at [email protected].

The news includes: · RootsMagic has released new Version 7 of its award-winning software. · MyHeritage has announced two strategic partnerships with Dutch genealogy services Alfaer and Coret Genealogie, and has launched a national TV marketing initiative in the Netherlands. · MyHeritage and Family Historian, the genealogy software package created by Calico Pie, Ltd., have jointly announced that MyHeritage’s Smart MatchingTM and Record Matching technologies will be integrated into the software. · MyHeritage and RootsMagic have jointly announced that MyHeritage’s Smart MatchingTM and Record Matching technologies will be integrated into the software. These are included in the new RootsMagic 7. · The Federation of Genealogical Societies have announced their 2014 election results. · AncestryDNA has launched a new, enhanced DNA matching in the beta version of DNA Circles. · Findmypast has added the following records to its service: o 256,000 new wills and probate records and over 86,000 pages of Irish Directories and Social History records o Pettigrew & Oulton’s Dublin Almanac & Gen. Register of Ireland, over 1.7 million Devon Parish records, and over 250,000 Devon Wills. o 953,000 District of Columbia vital records, 18 new U.S. periodicals, new Irish Survey Maps & Plans, U.K. School Registers, and over 4,000 Prison Ship Registers (1811-1843). o Over 13 million Scottish births, baptisms, and marriages, 1.3 Irish newspaper articles, and 1895 Gazetteer for England and Wales, and U.S. records from Iowa, Oregon, and Arizona. · FamilySearch has added vast numbers of World War I U.S. draft registration records, U.K. World War I Service Records, and U.K. World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records. · Drew recaps the new records added by FamilySearch in November 2014. · FamilySearch recaps 120 Years of Pioneering Genealogy, and provides statistics of FamilySearch as of October 2014. George shares information about genealogy apps, including: Pic Scanner (See the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae-xR9NRYvs.) Research Logger for iOS 8. · Wolfram Genealogy & History Research Assistant for iOS 8. Find A Grave for iOS 8. Drew reviews a new book: The Lost Ancestor: A Genealogical Crime Mystery by Nathan Dylan Goodwin. Listener email includes: · Barry A. Fleig announces a new database of cemetery interments in a forgotten cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, at http://cookcountycemetery.com. · Jitske shared an article about a Belgian woman who ‘adopted’ the grave of a World War I soldier buried in Flanders Field Cemetery in Belgium, and who endeavored to trace family members and their descendants. The complete article is currently available at http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/life/inspire/2014/11/07/belgian-woman-grateful-american-soldiers-sacrifice/18647569/ . · Ellen shares her experience working on a brick wall for her second great-grandmother and the problems she experienced by making invalid assumptions. Ed wrote concerning Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills, and asked how much source referencing should be done on the more than 3,500 images in his archive. He also wanted to know what resources are available for learning more about using source citations/references. · Ben asked for advice about what is an appropriate dpi setting and file format that should be used when scanning family photographs.

The news includes: · The Guys have been named RootsTech 2015 Ambassadors for the upcoming conference on February 11-14, 2015, in Salt Lake City. · RootsTech 2015 has announced two special speakers at the conference. They are: o A. J. Jacobs, host of the World's Largest Family Reunion o Donny Osmond, one of the biggest names in entertainment · The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) is accepting applications for their Young Professional Scholarship 2015. The deadline is 23 November 2014. To obtain a copy of the application, contact APG Executive Director Kathleen W. Hinckley, CG, at [email protected]. · The Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (CAFG) is now accepting applications until Friday, 5 December 2014 for a $225 scholarship to the fourth Annual Forensic Genealogy Institute to be held 26-28 March 2015 in Dallas, Texas. Those wanting to apply for the scholarship but who have not yet registered for FGI can do so online at https://fgi2015.eventbrite.com before submitting their application. · The Federation of Genealogical Societies and the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society announced the FGS 2017 National Conference to be held 30 August - 2 September 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. · The Guild of One-Name Studies has announced the addition of several new services. MyHeritage has made several announcements: o Millions of new record collections have been added to their offering and their Smart Matches facility makes finding matches to your family tree very simple. o An enhanced family tree editor has been implemented that improves the process of adding people to your family tree, adding photos and videos, working with Smart Matches, and navigating the site. o MyHeritage has announced an important new collaboration and product integration between MyHeritage and 23andMe, the DNA testing firm. This new agreement joins a previously announced collaboration between the company and Family Tree DNA. o MyHeritage and EBSCO have partnered to launch an institutional version of its service, the MyHeritage Library EditionTM. This partnership brings MyHeritage to libraries and educational institutions worldwide. o FamilySearch has announced that the MyHeritage Library EditionTM is now available for free at every FamilySearch Family History Center worldwide and at the Family History Library. · WIkiTree.com has announced an important new feature for genealogists who have taken DNA tests with 23andMe, AncestryDNA, and Family Tree DNA. · The British Newspaper Archive has announced that it has reached the milestone of digitizing 9 million newspaper pages, with 282 British and Irish newspaper titles online. These are accessible through the company's website and through findmypast. · Findmypast has announced a major partnership with The Wall Street Journal's WSJ+ membership program. Members of WSJ+ can claim a complementary three-month subscription to findmypast.com as one of their benefits. · The Indiana Commission on Public Records has approved a contract with Ancestry.com to digitize more than 13 million birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage records. · Ancestry.com has just added 11 new databases to their American Indian collections, with a total of 3.2 million new records. They also have a new American Indian page from which you can search all the records. · Ancestry.com has also launched 31 new German databases with 11.7 million records, consisting of civil registration records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1874 to 1954 · The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) has announced that the 2015 Excellence-in-Writing Competition is now open for entries through 15 July 2015. Information is available at http://www.isfhwe.org. · FamilySearch and GenealogyBank announced an agreement to make over 1 billion records from historical obituary searchable online. · Drew highlights the almost 4,000,000 indexed records that have been added by FamilySearch. Listener email includes · Jim discusses "the process" highlighted in one of The Guys' Down Under: Florida episodes on YouTube. He also thanks Drew for his response to a DNA question relating to a mystery in his genealogical research. · Cheryl asks about the meaning of the letter A that appends the Social Security number on her great-grandfather's 1956 death certificate. The Guys respond that these are suffix letters used in conjunction with Medicare numbers to help designate whose Social Security record entitles a beneficiary to use the Medicare benefits. A chart is available at http://www.ncdoi.com/_Publications/Beneficiary%20Identification%20Codes_SNE1.pdf . George continues his discussion of three more mobile genealogy apps: · Family Tree History and Genealogy Coat of Arms of Last Names (iOS only) Atlas 2014 (Android only) National Geographic World Atlas (iOS only) George reviews three new publications: The Surnames of Wales, Updated & Expanded by John and Sheila Rowlands. Published by Genealogical Pu

The news includes: · ICAPGen Conference will be held on Saturday, 1 November 2014, on the Brigham Young University campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. Details and the link to the conference registration can be found at www.icapgen.org. · MyHeritage and EBSCO have partnered to bring the service MyHeritage Library Edition to libraries and educational institutions. · The 35th International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) Conference will be held on 6-10 July 2015 in Jerusalem. Registration is now open for persons living outside of Israel; Israeli residents' registration will be announced. The conference will take place in cooperation with MyHeritage. · RootsMagic has announced a free update for existing Charting Companion 5 owners. RootsMagic has also added direct import support for The Master Genealogist (TMG) software users. · The State of Tennessee has announced its partnership with Ancestry.com and will become the first state to offer access to Ancestry.com in every K-12 classroom throughout the state. · The Board for Certification of Genealogists welcomes its new president, Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, and two new board members. · FamilySearch and GenealogyBank have announced an agreement to make over 1 billion records from historical newspapers searchable online. Volunteer indexers are needed, and more information is available at http://familysearch.org/indexing. · FamilySearch and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania announced a joint initiative to digitally preserved select collections of the historical society's holdings. · FamilySearch has announced a new facility for its Family Tree to upload audio files. They also announced the availability of two mobile apps. · The New England Historic Genealogical Society will host an exclusive evening on 13 November 2014 to honor critically acclaimed actress Dame Angela Lansbury at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Details are available at http://www.americanancestors.org/Lansbury/. George begins a new series about available cell phone apps for the iOS and Android operating systems. He discusses the following: FamilySearch Tree (available for both platforms) FamilySearch Memories (available only for iOS) Pic Scanner (available only for iOS) Billion Graves Camera (available only for iOS) Drew reviews two new publications: Guide to DNA Testing by Richard Hill The Invisible History of the Human Race by Christine Kenneally Listener email includes: · Gus asks what software The Guys are using on their Macs to run Windows programs. · Jane asks about the availability of any free American newspaper websites that she could browse, particularly for New Jersey. · Julie asks for recommendations for learning more about genealogy and becoming a professional genealogist. · Emily discusses finding some shocking information about a grandfather, and asks advice for combating genealogy burnout and about what information is and is not appropriate to share.