Oct 31, 2016 · 56 min
TG
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection
George G. Morgan & Drew Smith
"The Genealogy Guys" are two avid genealogists who host a weekly chat. The podcast includes news of the genealogy community, book and software reviews, guest interviews, and a lot of fun chat.
- 526 episodes
- Updated July 13
Episodes526
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Oct 25, 2016 · 1 hr 3 minThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #316 - 2016 October 23
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.
- TGOct 17, 2016 · 54 min
Genealogy Connection #009 - Paula Stuart-Warren, Researcher, Speaker, and Writer
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.
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Oct 6, 2016 · 1 hr 3 minThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #315 - 2016 October 4
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.
- TGOct 3, 2016 · 56 min
Genealogy Connection #008 - Blaine Bettinger, Author and Speaker
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.
- TGSep 19, 2016 · 1 hr
Genealogy Connection #007 - Rich Venezia, Researcher and Speaker
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.
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Sep 17, 2016 · 1 hrThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #314 - 2016 September 16
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.
- TGSep 5, 2016 · 55 min
Genealogy Connection #006 - Bernice Bennett, Speaker, Writer, Researcher, Citizen Archivist, and Internet Radio Show Host
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.
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Aug 28, 2016 · 1 hr 7 minThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #313 - 2016 August 27
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.
- TGAug 22, 2016 · 54 min
Genealogy Connection #005 - Michael Lacopo, Speaker, Researcher, and Blogger
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.
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Aug 16, 2016 · 1 hr 3 minThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #312 - 2016 August 14
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.
- TGAug 8, 2016 · 59 min
Genealogy Connection #004 - Cyndi Ingle, Speaker and Creator of Cyndi's List
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.
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Aug 4, 2016 · 1 hr 1 minThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #311 - 2016 August 2
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.
- TGJul 25, 2016 · 53 min
Genealogy Connection #003 - Jen Baldwin, Social Media Expert
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.
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Jul 20, 2016 · 1 hr 11 minThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #310 - 2016 July 18
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.
- TGJul 11, 2016 · 54 min
Genealogy Connection #002 - Donna Moughty, Professional Researcher/Presenter
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.
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Jul 6, 2016 · 1 hr 2 minThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #309 - 2016 July 4
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.
- TGJun 30, 2016 · 53 min
Genealogy Connection #001 - Jessica Taylor, President of Legacy Tree Genealogists
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).
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Jun 21, 2016 · 59 minThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #308 - 2016 June 19
The news includes: MyHeritage unveiled an exciting new way to display your family tree with its Sun Chart. MyHeritage announced that it now allows the upload of DNA data to your family tree for DNA Matching. RootsMagic announces four new free Magic Guides. RootsMagic provides a Download Anytime Guarantee that allows you to download any of their software products in the event of a computer crash, deletion of the program, or loss of the file. You can also request your software registration key. The RootsMagic Facebook user group is now over 10,000 members strong, and there's also a Facebook group for Personal Historian! Findmypast announces new additions to its collection of historic British Newspapers, new additions to the Yorkshire West Riding Marriages, Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers (1828-1912), and South Australia Rate Books. Ancestry has launched a new collection of more than 100 million Dutch records online. Melanie Frick, MLIS, is the 2016 recipient of the Suzanne Winsor Freeman Grant Committee and Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree Scholarship. FamilySearch announced that HISTORY® is launching a campaign to support The Freedmen's Bureau Project, a call to action to encourage Viewers of the new "Roots" television series to volunteer to help with records transcriptions. Drew recaps recent new releases at FamilySearch. George reads a press release announcing George and Drew's newest venture, a new podcast called Genealogy Connection. George interviews Drew about Drew's new book, Organize Your Genealogy: Strategies and Solutions for Every Researcher, which has just been published by Family Tree Books in paperback and Kindle formats. The Guys discuss a new way to support The Genealogy Guys Podcast using Patreon.com. Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.
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May 30, 2016 · 1 hr 3 minThe Genealogy Guys Podcast #307 - 2016 May 30
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.