Genealogy Gems Podcast - Your Family History Show
By Lisa Louise Cooke
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Genealogy Gems Podcast shows you, the family historian, how to make the most out of your family history research time by providing quick and easy to use research techniques. In addition, you will learn creative ways to share your family tree and the legacy of your ancestors. Lisa Louise Cooke guides you through the exhilarating process of discovering your family tree. She scours the family history landscape to find and bring you the best websites, best practices, and best resources available. And Lisa’s interviews with the experts in the field of genealogy make the Genealogy Gems Podcast your own personal genealogy conference. Guests include genealogists such as Dick Eastman, DearMYRTLE, Curt Witcher, Arlene Eakle, and the folks from Ancestry.com, as well as celebrities such as Tukufu Zuberi of The History Detectives, Kathy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters, Tim Russell of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, the band Venice, and Darby Hinton of the Daniel Boone TV series from the 1960s. Your family history is world history.
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CleanInterview with Henry Louis Gates Jr on Finding Your Roots May 19, 2012 | Discover what Dr. Henry Louis Gates hope to convey in the final episode of his series Finding Your Roots. NEWS: I just returned from NGS and had a chance to visit with many listeners including: Lisa Lisson of the Are You My Cousin? blog www.areyoumycousin-Lisa.blogspot.com and Debra writes the Deb’s Research blog www.debsresearch.blogspot.com I also taught classes while there. My first class was on using the iPad for Genealogy, and while I think the students learned a lot, I know I certainly did. Folks were coming up to me throughout the conference sharing their favorite apps and tricks: . Great app for the Kids: Talking Tom Cat (Android) GEM: App Jumping If you have an iPad, you probably find yourself using a couple of different apps at a time. When you are in an app, just use four fingers and swipe side to side to jump from app to app that you currently have open. For this to work you need to make sure that you have “Multi-tasking Gestures” activated under the “General” tab in your Settings. GEM: Four Finger Swipe Now as you are doing the Four Finger Swipe you’ll probably notice that you have some apps open that you no longer need open, and if they are open they are taking up battery resources. It’s a good idea to close these down, which is more than just pressing the HOME button to get out of the app. Use four fingers and swipe from bottom to top and this will reveal a horizontal line of the apps you have open. Press and hold one of the apps to start them all shaking and a minus sign will appear on each. Press the minus sign on each app you are not currently using to close them. NGS 2013 The 2013 NGS Family History Conference, Building New Bridges, will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 8–11 May 2013. The conference hotel and venue will be the LVH−Las Vegas Hotel & Casino (formerly known as the Las Vegas Hilton). To ensure a reservation, you can reserve accommodations now and be sure to request the NGS conference rate when making a reservation. Call the Hilton for reservations at 1-800-635-7711 or go online at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/accommodations. NEWS: Ancestry publishes collection of WWII Cadet Nursing Corp Files New National Archives Video Gives an Inside Look at Civil War Widow’s Pension Digitization Project 1940 Census Update from FamilySearch GEM: Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. What does it mean to be Latino? On May 19, 2012, the season finale of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the PBS TV series that explores race and identity through the genealogy of some of America’s best-known personalities, seeks to answer that question. Through the family histories of actors Michelle Rodriguez and Adrian Grenier, and Linda Chavez, an author, syndicated newspaper columnist and political analyst for FOX News, viewers will discover that Latino identity emerged from the tangled histories of European, Native-American and African peoples. The three subjects of Sunday’s episode all share Spanish colonial roots, yet each views their identity very differently: as Native American, Puerto Rican, Dominican or simply Latino. At the helm of this series is Henry Louis Gates Jr. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature, and is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, as well as the director of the W.E.B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. He’s best known for PBS productions like African American Lives, Oprah’s Roots, and African American Lives 2. This week I was fortunate to grab some time with this very busy man to talk about the final episode of this newest series, Finding Your Roots. Jamboree: I hope you will join me at the Southern California Genealogical Society Writer’s Workshop, and Jamboree June 7-10, 2012 in Burbank California. I’ll be there teaching several classes, some of which are brand new, and I would love to see you there. It | 19 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMay 4, 2012 Bonnets and Hats, and The Genealogy Widower | Decipher your ancestor’s head gear with Maureen Taylor (AKA The Photo Detective) with tips from her new book Bonnets and Hats. And then grab your spouse for a genealogical musical number. NEWS: Thanks for the Shout Outs: Branching Out Through the Years New German podcast Going the Extra Yad by Emily Garber Cooke-ing at the Arizona Family History Expo, 20-21 Jan 2012 Size Doesn’t Matter at the Jen on Gen blog FamilySearch Update The 1940 U.S. census indexing project was launched this April as part of a broad online community effort. - Over 85,000 volunteers have already completed 20 percent of the census project. - A record number of active indexers used the program in a single day—34,947 volunteers. - In one day more than 3.2 million records were indexed and 1.5 million were arbitrated. Recently Completed Projects The Genealogy Gems News Blog Pinterest Third most popular social networkingMy pinterest boardshttp://pinterest.com/lisalouisecooke/Pins from genealogygemshttp://pinterest.com/source/genealogygems.tv/Follow me on pinterest icon Deleted Scenes from Rob Lowe’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are? MAILBOX: Sterling is lucky to have old family photos but needs some help preserving them. He writes: “I've become a regular listener of your Genealogy Gems podcast and I find that I'm enjoying it as much as any of the NPR radio shows that are my listening mainstays. I've learned so much from listening to you over the past few months and I'm deeply grateful. I have a question that perhaps you or one of your listeners know the answer to. I have a family photo album, circa 1915, in which all the photos have been glued to black construction-type paper…Can you or anyone listening suggest a safe method for removing these photos from their old pages in order to recover the information that's on the backs of them?An answer from The Practical Archivist Sally Jacobs Family Tree Magazine article / answer Sally also writes:“My advice was to use interleaving sheets to protect the image side of the photographs from the acidic paper, rather than deconstruct her ancestor's scrapbook. That advice still stands, but your listener has brought up one of the few exceptions to this rule: Information has been written on the back of the glued photographs. That doesn't mean I'm giving Sterling a green light to soak his ancestor photographs. NOTE: Water and photographs should not be mixed by anyone who isn't a trained conservator! The scrapbook format is difficult to process because of the different elements from which it is made. The adhesive may be water soluble and simple to soak off. Try to isolate a leaf of the book with some plastic sheeting (i.e. place a piece of plastic under the leaf to avoid damaging the leaf below). Place a damp piece of blotting paper over one of the newspaper clippings under a light weight. Leave it for about twenty minutes then very carefully, using a spatula, lift the newspaper from the leaf. Place the newspaper clipping between two pieces of dry blotting paper to dry." Thanks to Sally Jacobs the Practical Archivist. You can get lots more greats preservation advice from her at www.practicalarchivist.com Swedish TV Series: Line in Denmark wrote in again to give us an update on a popular Swedish TV show about family history: “I have some exiting news about the Swedish tv show that I mentioned in my last email. "Everything for Sweden." On this link they are looking for new contestants for the second season! “I have taken up your advice on contacting long lost family members. I still don't have the courage to phone them, but instead contacting them on e-mail. So far it has been a big success. I would never have done it if I hadn't listened to your show. So thanks! Love your podcasts - please keep on making them!” Beverly Loves the Podcast: “I'm a relatively new listener and premium member. I was bitten by the genealogy bug when I was about 12 years old and | 3 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean1880 Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Census Schedules | April 26, 2012 NEWS: The big news is Ancestr.com’s acquisition of Archives.com Read all about it at the Genealogy Gems News Blog Jamboree Highlight Early Bird Registration Ends 4/30/12 – Register Now My Classes: TH-001 - Conversation with the Author: Steve Luxenberg and Annie's GhostsTH-013 - Common Surname Google Search StrategiesSA-020 - Sharing The Joy: Projects That Will Captivate The Non-Genealogists In Your LifeSA-034 - The Google Earth Scavenger Hunt – Fascinating Family History Fun!SA-040 - 10 Ways to Add Volume to Your Family History with Video Special Events at Jamboree MAILBOX: Ashley discovers the important of citing her genealogy sources: I wanted to drop you a note to express my deepest thanks for all of the work that you put into the podcast. I'm just shy of 30 years old and I've been working on my family tree since I was about 15, but even after all of that work, I'm still learning something new every day!…I wanted to share with you is that I just finished listening to episode 20 of the FH:GME podcast (all about the GPS and the importance of sourcing) and my own sad tale with sources: Like I said, I started family tree research when I was about 15. I stumbled on a four page report that my grandmother had ordered through a professional genealogist in the 1970s and was immediately hooked. Unfortunately, NOTHING is sourced in that report. I asked my Gramma about it and she told me that even she had found some errors (for example: she had four older half-siblings that were stillborn or died shortly after birth. The report said that they were all born and died in February, which my Grandmother adamantly claims isn't true.)But I based almost my entire tree on that report. Then I made things worse by accepting any family trees on Ancestry.com as fact, adding names, dates and information willy nilly from people who may or may not have been related to me. It wasn't until I realized that one branch of my tree had "traced" itself back to Julius Caesar (who was his own grandfather, according to the tree) that I went, "... wait a minute."I'm starting the process of creating a new, sourced, accurate tree. It’s probably going to take me just as long to fill out the branches, but it will be worth it in the end. And I have you, and the fantastic resources you bring to the podcast, to thank! Thank you so very, very much. Your podcasts are such an invaluable tool and listening to them make me so excited to try a new method in my own research. Jack in Newport News, Va wants to know what do to with the folks who may or may not be ancestors: “We all are searching for the "right" people but sometimes we find, or seemingly find, the "wrong" people. With the massive number of records on-line these days, it seems quite easy to find someone with the right name and age-range and, often even close to the right area. Sometimes I can eliminate a find based on some fact, but often there’s less certainty. What is the suggested best practice for handing a wrong, or possibly wrong, person/fact?”Lisa’s Answer: This is a good question and one we all face at some point. In the end I think it comes down to two things: 1. What works best for you 2. And however you decide to handle it, do it consistently! My personal preference is to make notes in the correct person. If there is no "correct" person in my database, then I will create an "unknown" person in that spot and start adding my finds to that profile, even if it's just in the notes section, so that it's all in one place. It's critical to cite your sources on ALL data along the way so that you know where it came from and you can find it again. Challe needs help saving old books: “What does one do to get the information out to the next generation that might not have access to these books? How do you continue the work without reinventing the wheel of all the research that they did? How | 26 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 130 - RootsMagic 5, APG, the 1940 Census and more | In this episode learn more about APG, find out what’s new with RootsMagic 5, and get started searching the 1940 census. NEWS: Diane Haddad and I just spent some time on the Family Tree Magazine podcast going over everything that’s been happening with the release of the 1940 census. Diane is the Managing Editor of Family Tree Magazine and writes the Genealogy Insider blog, and she’s been doing a terrific job covering the records release, indexing efforts and early finds in the 1940 census. You can hear the entire April episode of the Family Tree Magazine podcast at www.familytreemagazine.com/podcast And you can read more about it my article called Genealogy Just Got More Exciting! The 1940 Census is Here at the Genealogy Gems News Blog. where you can read about the official opening ceremony at the National Archives and check out a really cool infographic put out by Archives.com that guides you through the process of finding your relatives in the 1940 census before the index is finished and released. Because there isn’t a searchable name index yet, you’ll need to follow a simple three step process: #1 Write down where you ancestor lived. You can ask older references, check old city directories, voters registrations, previous census and the like to come up with a pretty reliable list. #2 Go to 1940census.archives.gov Enter your family’s location to find their enumeration district. This is key to finding them without a published index. #3 Use the Census Maps to narrow your results #4 Enter the enumeration district number to view the image Who Do You Think You Are? on NBC If you’ve been enjoying the new season of the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? on NBC, then you’re really going to enjoy the deleted scenes videos I have for you on the Genealogy Gems News blog. Edie Falco Rita Wilson Parks and Recreation Star Discovers His Family History in Who Do You Think You Are? Rob Lowe National ArchivesThe National Archives continues to publish some great videos on their YouTube channel and here’s one that I really enjoyed: National Archives Video Offers Peek Inside Preservation Lab Also part of that series is another new video that the National Archives released on … Titanic at the National Archives – 100 Years New Free RootsMagic Webinars Announced RootsMagic has released Version 5. At the Ohio Genealogical Society conference in Cleveland I got a chance to sit down with Bruce Bruzbee, the President of RootsMagic and he tells us what’s new. It was so great to have a chance to sit down with Bruce and hear about all the upgrades, and he mentioned the free webinar series that they’ve been doing, and all of those have been recorded and are on their website at RootsMagic.com Installing and Upgrading RootsMagic 5 New Media Tagging in RootsMagic 5 New Source and Citation Features in RootsMagic 5 New Research Logs and Manager in RootsMagic 5 New Timeline View in RootsMagic 5 Installing and Upgrading Personal Historian 2 Apr 19 - New County Check in RootsMagic 5 Apr 26 - New Reports and Options in RootsMagic 5 To sign up for the free webinars, visit the webinar page at: http://www.rootsmagic.com/webinars Read RootsMagic Update Released and Free Webinar Thanks for the Shout Outs: Genealogy Gems Premium Podcasts and the iPad by Jenna, Desparately Seeking Surnames Blog A blog post about genealogy books and their authors By: Carolyn L. Barkley, Genealogy and Family History Blog How to Recover from a Genealogy Slump From Eylse’s Genealogy Blog MAILBOX: From Jean: "Thank you so much for letting me be a gem!". I loved how you played the "Cooke's reel to reel version and then the iTunes version of "Thine Alone". I definitely spent a lot of time talking with myself and debating whether I had the nerve to send that email! I know you've always said that almost all contacts with genealogists are extremely re | 16 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 129 - Running Away to Home with author Jennifer Wilson | Genealogy Gems Book Club: Our featured book is Running Away to Home by Jennifer Wilson. In this book, Jennifer takes us on a once and a lifetime genealogical journey where she walked in her ancestors shoes and lived among their descendants. Get the Book at Amazon: and help support the free Genealogy Gems Podcast. Thank You! Visit Jennifer Wilson’s website: http://www.jennifer-wilson.com About Jennifer: Jennifer Wilson has been writing for 15 years for folks like Esquire, National Geographic Traveler, Better Homes & Gardens, Traditional Home, Budget Travel, AAA Living, Parents, Midwest Living, Iowa Outdoors, the Chicago Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer-Press, (the dearly departed) Gourmet and many others. SPECIAL VIDEO CONTENT: watch on The Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel Genealogy Gems App Users will find a special video about the interview as bonus content for episode 129. Get the app for iPhone / iPad Get the Android App at Amazon (Search "Genealogy Gems") If you enjoyed this episode and the video, please do me a favor and click the thumbs up button for the video at YouTube, you’ll find it right under the video. And you’ll also find ways there on Youtube to share the video through Facebook and Twitter for all you Tweeters out there. Thank you for sharing! Special announcement Plan on attending the Southern California Genealogical Writer’s Conference June 7, and Genealogy Jamboree June 8-10, 2012. On June 7 Steve Luxenberg and I will be kicking off the Writer’s Conference with a very special “Conversation with the Author” session. Steve will join me on stage to sit down for an in depth discussion about Annie’s Ghosts and the job of crafting such a compelling family history story. Then throughout the writer’s conference Steve will be teaching a variety of classes to help genealogist’s write their family’s stories. It’s an incredible opportunity to learn from the best! I will also be teaching 4 additional classes throughout the conference weekend, so I certainly hope that you will join us there for an amazing weekend at Jamboree! Click here for more information on Jamboree. | 22 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 128 - WDYTYA Wrap Up and brightsolid | In this episode we'll talk to Chris van der Kuyl, CEO of brightsolid. Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2012 By Andrew Martin of the History Repeating Blog Mark Olsen of MyHeritage / World Vital Records WDYTYA recap at the MyHeritage blog WDYTYA Live 2012: MyHeritage Highlights Else Churchill and her team from the Society of Genealogists in the UK really do a brilliant job organizing the classes for Who Do You Think You Are? A Day Just for Me South Davis Family History Fair NEWS: Watch recorded presentations from RootsTech 2012 I’m honored that my Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 class is included in the group. I really enjoyed introducing more people to podcasts and blogs I’ve heard from a lot of folks that this really opened their eyes to a medium they didn’t realize was out there for them to enjoy for free. Debbie writes: “Wow. All I can say is Wow. I am a 52 year old mother of 4 in Bountiful, Utah. I have been watching the RootsTech Live presentations online and have just finished watching yours. It was amazing and inspiring. I consider myself somewhat tech savvy but have veered away from Blogs. (Just the sound of the word Blog infers something that will weigh you down.) But after your presentation I am anxious to try iGoogle and add blogs and podcasts tailored to my interests. I had no idea. And thanks for pointing out the Google blog search option. All the genealogy-focused search options now available through Google are exciting. I am hopeful you will add all your RootsTech presentations to your podcasts. They sound fascinating.” And during that presentation I encouraged viewers to get their own genealogy blog started so that they can get information out there that might help them connect with other genealogists researching the same family line. And Carol wrote me shortly after the conference to let me know that she did just that! She writes: Skeletons in the Closet Marlene also wrote in about RootsTech. She says: “The Rootstech Conference was so awesome. I learned so much about podcasts, I am willing to try it out. But first I am the craft queen, especially when it comes to crafting my family history. The last day of the Rootstech I had to leave early. I didn’t get to your last class that I had waited so long for. Do you have a podcast of the steps for creating the crafts you make with your family history?? I see the instructions, but I wanted to watch you in action. p.s. Thanks so much for your signed book on find family through newspapers. I can’t wait to get started. Marlene” Genealogy Gems YouTube channel: Family History Christmas Stocking Project Part 1 Part 2 And the 4 part Family History Christmas Wreath series Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Also, several projects discussed in class are featured in my book "Genealogy Gems" available at my Lulu Store. MAILBOX: Name That Tune - Family History Mystery Solved! Hi Lisa, I love your podcasts, but I'm still catching up!! Back in 2009. you ran a series of "Name that Tune" challenges, which I absolutely loved, I think I have old time music in my DNA. It took me a day to recognize the "Missouri Waltz," I knew "The Dark Town Strutters Ball" right away; when I was little I named my doll "Honey" and always thought of those first lines "I'll be down to get you in a taxi, Honey...", I knew "I'll see you in my dreams" don't know if you are old enough to recall "Sing along with Mitch" when it was on TV, but we had all Mitch Miller's Sing Along albums and "I'll See you in my dreams" was among them. Okay, so that brings me to the reason for this email. In Episode 56, you celebrated "I'll See you in my dreams" and then played a brief 30 seconds of another tune, it was a violin instrumental. Well as I said I've listened up to 59 and I've never heard the result for that last tune. I think it may be "Thine Alone" by Victor Herbert. It was from the operetta "Eileen". Herbert was born in Ireland and emigrated to America, his | 9 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 127 - Nick Barratt of the UK Who Do You Think You Are? | In this episode you'll hear from UK presenter and historian Nick Barratt. GEM: The Story@Home Conference Organizer Carol Rice tells us about the first ever Story@Home conference being held March 9 & 10, 2012 in Salt Lake City at Temple Square GEM: Listener Betty Wynn Betty talks about how she uses my book The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox. The RootsTech app The Genealogy Gems Podcast app GEM: Interview with Nick Barratt http://www.nickbarratt.co.uk/ “Dr Nick Barratt obtained a PhD in history from King's College London in 1996, editing the 1225 Exchequer pipe roll and several Exchequer receipt rolls from the 1220s when the National Archives: Public Record Office maintained a site at Chancery Lane. On joining the National Archives: Public Record Office at Kew later the same year as a reader adviser. Nick started work in television whilst working at the BBC as a specialist archive researcher for a number of programmes. His valuable links to the largest archival institutions in the country and expertise helped lay the foundation of the network he has in place today. This network allows Nick and his team of researchers to effectively complete projects in any archive across the country.” | 21 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 126 - RootsTech Wrap Up and Find A Grave | In this episode we cover the latest news from RootsTech 2012, my video interview with Nick Barratt, and an in depth look at Find A Grave with the website's creator, Jim Tipton. NEWS: Watch the recording of my presentation Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 RootsTech 2012 website. It’s part of the Saturday Recap Video. Roots Tech was the public debut of the new book Everything You Need to Know About How to Find Your Family in Newspapers and I just want to thank everyone for the amazing response. It’s really obvious that a comprehensive book on newspaper research was LONG overdue. The book is now available at the website and stay tuned because the ebook version is coming soon. Autographed copies still available a very limited time Read more about and watch my chat with Genealogy Gems Podcast listener and contest winner Carol Genung. GENEALOGY GEMS APP BONUS CONTENT: Listen to the interview with podcast listener and contest winner Carol Genung. Watch my chat with television presenter and historian Nick Barratt. Brightsolid Now one of the big players in British online records brightsolid made a HUGE splash at RootsTech 2012 not only with it’s huge and colorful display at the front of the Exhibit Hall, but also by announcing while there that they have formally entered the US genealogy market with the launch of a ground-breaking, "pay-as-you-go" website: www.censusrecords.com. Read all about it: Brightsolid Enters US Genealogy Market With Censusrecords.com Customers of the new site will be able to search all US census records from 1790 to 1930 and it will also house the 1940 US census records, when they are released later this year. My Heritage / World Vital Records Also making news was MyHeritage.com. They have recently acquired World Vital Records.com and now are also making a splash onto the U.S. scene. I spoke with CEO Gilad Japhet and he told me they have just opened a U.S. office in Provo Utah and will be introducing some exciting new changes in the near future that take advantage of the huge new record collection they have acquired from World Vital Records and will make it easier than ever to build your existing MyHeritage family tree. FamilySearch Launches Mobile Indexing App FamilySearch announced a mobile Indexing App at RootsTech that is meant to expand the capability of volunteers to help make the world’s historic records searchable online. The mobile device app works on Apple iPads, iPhones, and Droid smartphones. And FamilySearch also announced the winners of the RootsTech Developer Challenge. First Place went to Jimmy Zimmerman for his NoteFuser NoteFuser connects your Evernote® notes to Geni.com or new.FamilySearch.org person records. It also allows you to easily create Evernote® powered research logs and other notes with one click. You can watch a video demo of NoteFuser Demo video at http://notefuser.herokuapp.com. Second Place went to Brooke Schreier Ganz, LeafSeekLeafSeek helps you turn your genealogical or historical record collections into searchable online databases. LeafSeek includes features such as built-in geo-spatial searches, pop-up Google Maps, Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching, name synonyms, and language localization to help you turn your spreadsheets of names and dates into a full-featured genealogy search engine. leafseak.com. And there was a tie for Third Place between the Brigham Young University Computer Science Department for the 20 Minute Genealogist and Ellie Rasmus, for Facetree. 20 Minute Genealogist is a site that will visualize your family tree using your new.FamilySearch.org credentials. You can see who in your tree needs work and instantly link to FamilySearch and Ancestry to search for the missing information. You can sign up to be a beta tester at twenty.byu.edu. And Facetree has been developed as a way of using genealogical data from GEDCOM files as context to improve the accuracy of face recognition. MAILBOX: | 9 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 125 - Interview with Shirley Gage Hodges and Lisa's New Newspaper Book | In this episode Genealogist Shirley Gage Hodges will share her genealogical wisdom with you as well as talk about her status as "perennial student." NEWS Marilyn attended my class called Inspiring Ways to Captivate the Non-Genealogist in Your Life and wrote in “I attended your class during the Arizona Family History Expo. I enjoyed it very much!” Hear Me in Person go to the Genealogy Gems Website at www.genealogygems.com and Seminars in the menu. That’s what I do to be sure I’m in the right place at the right time! Jamboree The 43rd Annual Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree is now officially open for registration Burbank, CA June 8 through the 10 of 2012.My Brand New Book is Available for Pre-Order Everything You Need to Know About How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers is now available for pre-order. And for a limited time I will be signing the pre-order copies of the book. Here’s what Steve Luxenberg, Washington Post associate editor and author of Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret said about the book: Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret "Read it. Study it. Absorb it. But above all, use Lisa Louise Cooke’s new book as the guide and instructional tool that it is meant to be. As a veteran of research and libraries, I found all sorts of nuggets and new resources. Beginners will find an embarrassment of riches, including an impressive appendix with a comprehensive list of online routes to national, international and local newspapers. This is as close as you’ll get to one-stop shopping for learning about historical newspaper research." And that’s really what I wanted it to be – One stop shopping for everything you need to know about finding your family history in newspapers. There are some incredible stories out there waiting to be found, and this book is going to get you there! MAILBOX: Myron from Iowa writes: “I have a Genealogical Gem that I think you would like to hear about. I have a recording of my Great Grandma's voice. My father served in the army 1946-1950, sometime while he was in the service his family took a trip from Nebraska to New York City. While visiting the Empire State Building, at the top there was this coin operated machine that would cut your own record, recording your voice, that you could mail to your friends. My mom has that record. I recorded the record to a wav file and it sounds really bad. I don't understand German so I hope they aren't saying anything bad. Enclosed are some photos of it and the wav files from it.” Is there anyone out there who speaks German who could translate this recording for Myron? If that’s something you can help with, that would be amazing. Please email the written translation to me. I’ll share the results here on the show. there was definitely genealogically serendipity involved in this email from Myron because just before receiving it I had come across a video on YouTube that I thought was absolutely wonderful, and right along the same lines. Story Corps at Vimeo Video: No More Questions! GEM: Interview with Genealogist Shirley Gage Hodges, “The Perennial Student” “Everyone has something to learn.” You can read Shirley’s articles on genealogy at the Global Gazette The Genealogical Speakers Guild The Immigration ExperienceGenealogy Gems App users check the Bonus Content for this episode for additional Immigration notes from Shirley! What keeps Shirley motivated: Finding the stories of her ancestors Learning more about ancestor’s connection with our country The lesson Shirley learned after her search for Grandpa Larkin: “We do have to be so careful! He was a grand old gentleman, and I would have loved to have him as a Grandfather.” Alas it turned out the he was someone else’s Grandpa! Shirley Has Her Eye on the Future with These Historical Projects: The Harvey Girls Amazing Women of the We | 23 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 124 - New Google Search, Newspaper Research | What’s Black, and White and READ all over? Your Ancestors in old newspapers! In fact, your ancestors could be anywhere! Most likely they were mentioned at some point in their own local paper, but they might also show up in a neighboring towns paper, or in a paper located thousands of miles away. Nothing is more exciting than finding information in an old newspaper that adds to your family history! And I’ve been working feverishly on a new book that I can finally tell you about that is going to finally give you the answers and resources you need to be successful finding your ancestors in the new. It’s called Everything You Need to Know About Finding Your Family History in Newspapers and that’s exactly what it is. It’s everything you need to know. This book is going to change all that. I spell out a step-by-step process and give you a worksheet you can copy and use again and again. There are tons of websites, search tips, and 3 very Cool Online tools that probably aren’t using but you should be! Stay tuned because we’ll be doing an official launch very soon, and I’m going to have a very special opportunity for you to get a signed copy of the book first. NEWS: Get Your Kids Involved in Genealogy with the Chart ChickHave you been following The Chart Chick blog lately? It’s written by my friend Janet Hovorka and boy or boy she’s been running a terrific series on getting your kids involved in genealogy. Polish Genealogy Podcast by Dave NewmanNew Website: http://polgenpodcast.com. Also now in iTunes Keynote Workshop at Who Do You Think You Are? Live in LondonI’ll be on the panel discussing genealogy social networking. RootsTech and Book Sellers The genealogy world has had a bit of controversy lately: Genealogy Book Sellers encouraged to sign up for booths in the RootsTech Expo Hall Genealogy Book Sellers sent “No Thank You” emails on a Friday Afternoon Social Networking Genealogist Firestorm erupts and burns through the weekend Genealogy Book Sellers now provided Expo Hall booth space RootsTech Schedule is FINALLY published! Also, just a reminder for your readers that the special discounted registration price of $149 ends on Friday, January 13. My Classes at RootsTech: Thurs. Feb 2 at 11:00 am a hands on Google Workshop Friday Feb. 3 at 9:45 am Genealogy Blogs and Podcasts Saturday Feb. 4 at 1:45 Inspiring Ways to Captivate the Non-Genealogists in Your Life New Irish Issue of Family Chronicle Family Chronicle has just announced they have published their newest special publication called “Tracing Your Irish Ancestors.” Cover price is $9.95 plus $4.50 shipping and it’s available at the Family Chronicle bookstore at http://familychronicle.com/books.htm Improved Blog Search from GoogleNow you can search for blogs specifically focused on the family history topics that mean the most to you! New Google Search Option: 1. Go to Google.com 2. Search on specific keywords (ex. County Cork Ireland Genealogy) 3. Click “More” in the Search Options Column on the left side of the page 4. Click “Blogs” 5. Click “Homepages” or “blog Homepages” 6. Now your search results are for blogs focused on those keywords and not just individual articles 7. Click the RSS or “Google” button to add the blog to your Homepage in a Gadget (Learn more about transforming Google.com into your own Genealogy Research Dashboard by becoming a Genealogy Gems Premium Member) MAILBOX: Timothy wrote: “I want to thank you for having Steve Luxenberg on podcast episodes #120 and #121 to discuss his book Annie's Ghosts.” PBS documentary “Triumph at Carville: A Tale of Leprosy in America” http://www.pbs.org/triumphatcarville “Your interview with Steve also spurred me on to conduct further research into two other folks that I have been researching, both of whom died in the South Carolina State Hospital. The following brief history is from the South Carolina Department of Archives | 9 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 123 - Taking Family History to Young and Old in the Community | This Sha Sha has been busily working to finish making Davy’s birthday present since his big birthday number 2 is coming up on Dec. 15. In Genealogy Gems Podcast episode #119 I told how I decided to make Davy a Blues Clues card table playhouse. You remember throwing a blanket over a card table when you were a kid and it became a play house on a rainy day, right? Well this one was a bit challenging because there is no pattern for a Blue’s Clues playhouse so I just made it up as I went along. But thanks to the Internet and my trusty iPad I was able to come up with something that looks pretty close to the real deal. Here are a few snapshots of the playhouse. And it doesn’t just look like Blue’s house from the outside, but I lined the panels with fabric that looks like the wallpaper in her house, and even sewed some features in felt like the table and telephone and the framed picture of the felt people on the wall. You know to me what we are doing today with our kids and grand kids and in some cases great grand kids is just as important as researching our family history – in fact it’s more important! Creating memories with our loved ones is creating family history right now. And to me there’s nothing more important than that. Get your free audio book and over 40,000 audio book titles to choose from at Audible: http://www.audiblepodcast.com/gems Audiobook tItles mentioned in this episode: At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson NEWS: Genealogy Gems Premium Members have been enjoying episodes on the Premium podcast lately covering how to use the iPad and other tablets out there in the marketplace for our family history. New Ancestry App Updates Ancestry.com has a popular free app that lets you take your Ancestry.com family tree with you on your iPad. The newest version of the app now includes the shakey Leaf Hints that you also see on their website. Plus there is a simple merge tool that helps you quickly add new relatives and information to your family tree. It also allows you to automatically adds information to photos, allows you to change your tree privacy settings, adds an integrated user feedback support feature, and is faster and more stable than previous versions. Click the add below for the free Ancestry app and to search the entire iTunes App Store. (Thanks for using our links!) New Free Podcasts by National Archives Records Administration in iTunes U The Civil War podcast World War II in the News video podcast features WWII news reels Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Update for Those Seeking Family History Documents New imagery on Google Earth New high resolution aerial images are available in Google Earth in the U.S.:Bellingham, WA; Bemidji, MN; Brookings, SD; Davenport, IA; Emporia, KS; Grinnel, IA; Idaho Falls, ID; Klamamth Falls, OR; Lawrence, KS; Lovell, WY; Nephi, UT; Pittsfield, MA; Portland, OR; San Francisco Peninsula, CA; Scottsbluff, NE; Seattle, WA; St Louis, MO; Terre Haute, IN; Wasco, OR; Williston, ND; Wolf Point, MT Irish Records FindMyPast.ie has recently announced that they have launched exclusive access to the Irish Prison Registers 1790-1920. The collection is made up of over 3.5 million entries across 130,000 pages. New Library and Archives Canada Blog Provides useful tips and recommend tools to help you discover your documentary heritage and navigate the LAC website. Lisa’s Book Featured in Onlinne Magazine The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox was featured in the most recent issue of Shelf Unbound magazine. (p.40) A big thank you to all of you who have bought the book because those purchases I think helped bring it to the attention of a non-genealogy publication! My Presentation Schedule for 2012 Feb 2 – 4 RootsTech 2012, Salt Lake City, UT We’ll be celebrating the 5 year anniversary of The Genealogy Gems Podcast! FamilySearch | 10 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 122 - Chat with a Forensic Genealogist | In this episode you are going to hear from Forensic Genealogist Leslie Lawson. Genealogy News Return of Who Do You think You Are? NBC has just announced that the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? will be returning to television screens here in the U.S on Friday, February 3 at 8pm. Since this falls at the same time as the RootsTech conference I wouldn’t be surprised if they plan a group screening for attendees. RootsTech 2012 The winner of the free RootsTech 2012 registration is Carol Genung. So I look forward to seeing Carol there and hopefully many of you listening – there’s still plenty of time to register for the conference at rootstech.org. And for those of you unable to attend I’ll have videos that bring the experience to via your computer in the comfort of your own home. New Records at FamilySearch They’ve added a wde range of new records from 20 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, England, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Philippines, and the U.S. The U.S. additions include records from California, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. RootsMagic Update RootsMagic has released a minor update (4.1.2.1) which fixes a few issues. Read more at the RootsMagic blog Google Milestones Google Earth has now had more than 1 billion downloads! Read the blog post Google celebrated it’s 15th birthday in September 2011. 1000Memories Shoebox App 1000Mempories has launched a new free iPhone app called "Shoebox" that they say is like putting a scanner in your pocket. See more about it here Watch a short commercial video Listen to Lisa’s interview with Michael Katchn of 1000Memories in Episode 119 MAILBOX I had the pleasure of being invited up to Victoria British Columbia in October 2011 to give a full day seminar on using Google for Genealogy at the Victoria Genealogical Society. I had a marvelous time and I’ve had the pleasure of hearing from several who were in attendance that day including this email from Mike who wrote in to say. “I couldn't make the seminar, sadly, but my better half -- Kate -- went and she came home brimming over with ideas, two books, a couple of DVDs and a ton of excitement! We've been putting some of your ideas to great use, and having some walls get knocked down. Outstanding stuff! I've also started listening to the GenealogyGems podcasts starting with #21, and in the first episode I already found some great hints on how to get US Naval records for my great-grandfather. Where have you been all my life?! Thank you again for everything you do for the Genealogical community. You ARE one of the Genealogy Gems!! “ Feedback on Steve Luxenberg Interview A topic causing my mailbox to overflow was my interview with Steve Luxenberg and his wonderful book Annie’s Ghost Episode 120 Episode 121 Maureen posted on my Facebook Wall” “Genealogy Gems episodes 120 and 121 are, by far, two of the best family history research podcasts that I've ever heard. Steve Luxenberg author of Annie's Ghost was full of great research ideas. These podcasts are keepers!" Brandt posted: "Thanks for the interviews with Steve Luxenberg and the recommendation for Annie's Ghosts. I LOVED the book, and the interviews added a lot to it. Hope he writes another one soon!" Larraine posted: "Annie's Ghost by Steve Luxenberg is excellent. I can't put it down! It's thanks to you Lisa that I discovered the book after listening to your podcasts." Julie M. emailed: “I just had to tell you how enjoyable your interview with Steve Luxenberg was! After the first part, I immediately ordered his book for Kindle (through your site, of course) and started it right away. It is compelling reading and I'm hooked on it. What a great story told by a quality story-teller! I find it hard to put it down and look forward to getting back to it as quickly as possible. Perhaps you need | 27 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 121 - Mysteries in Family History - Steve Luxenberg author of Annie's Ghosts Part 2 | In this Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 121 and part 2 of my interview with Washington Post editor Steve Luxenberg, author fo Annie’s Ghosts. From the emails, Tweets and Facebook posts I’ve received from so many of you, it sure looks like you enjoyed part 1 of the interview in episode 120 as much as I enjoyed doing it. Jenna at the Seeking Surnames blog tweeted “the Annie’s Ghost podcast was great! It’s a close runner up to the Sha Na Na Guy as my favorite!” Jenna is referring to Dr. Robert Leonard who I interviewed in episode 89 and 90 about the topic of Forensic Linguistics. I have to agree that Dr. Leonard is one of my all time favorite guests, and Steve is certainly up there with him! And you’ll remember that I introduced Part 1 by reading the email from Jay in New York. Well after listening to episode 121 Jay sent me a follow up email saying, “Awesome interview with Steve Luxenberg about his book "Annie’s Ghosts". It hit the nail right on the head. Thank you!” Steve is such a riveting writer and speaker, and it’s fascinating to hear how someone who is not a genealogist, but rather a journalist approached his family history search in an effort to find the answers to mysteries in his families. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed reading Annies Ghosts. This book inspired me, gave me concrete ideas for pursuing my own family history research, AND kept me on the edge of my chair. What could be better? GEM SERIES: My Life & Times with Sunny Morton Free Shipping on US Orders Over $25 (Use the above link to purchase the book at Shop Family Tree and you'll get free shipping and you'll be supporting this free podcast. Thank you!) | 3 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 120 - Annie's Ghost with Author Steve Luxenberg | Fire up your Kindle! In this episode I'm going to introduce you to the author or a riveting book full of secrets, family history, and discoveries! GEM: Interview with Steve Luxenberg, author of Annie's Ghosts We’re going to mix things up a bit in this episode, and I want to start off with an email I received recently from Jay in New York who writes: “I have been catching up with all of your family history podcasts. Over the years I have collected a wealth of information on the family. Some good, some not-so-good, some out in-the-open, some hidden. How do you deal with revealing "forgotten" items about family members to other family members? I had an uncle who had a marriage at a very young age, and would like to have forgotten about it. My mother told me about it. I put it on the tree. While showing off the fruits of my labor to his family this "forgotten" marriage was revealed with not happy responses. The things we find in our tree may not always be "good", How does a person deal with that? and revealing it to others?” This is a great questions, and it’s sort of a cooincidence that this episode’s publish date coincides with Family history Month and Halloween because we’re going to explore ghosts and skeletons in the closet. But actually there’s nothing really spooky here, but rather these are things that can be found in many family. Secrets, small and large. Skeletons in the closet that are often closely guarded by others in our family. It’s a tricky business navigating your way through the shakier branches of the family tree, so I’ve invited a special guest to the show who has done an incredible job of climbing those branches in his own family. Steve Luxenberg is a Washington Post associate editor and award-winning author. In his 25 years at The Post, he has headed the newspaper’s investigative staff and its Sunday section of commentary and opinion. Steve is going to join me for the full episode to talk about investigating and dealing with family secrets as he did in his book Annie’s Ghost. It’s a riveting tale that kept me feverishly tapping the “Next Page” key on my kindle. Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret is about a family secret that Steve stumbled upon in the late 1990s. His mother, who had always claimed to be an only child, had a sister, Annie. And while that was a big surprise all by itself, it was just the beginning of a series of secrets and revelations that Steve unearthed by tapping into his long career as an investigative journalist, and employing newly found genealogy techniques and strategies. In this interview we talk about being aware of what’s missing in records and stories, rather than just focusing on what is on the page. For those of you who are Premium Members this discussion is a great follow up to Premium Episode #77 where we talked about being more keenly aware during our research. Steve’s also going to share he thoughts on storytelling, which he truly masters in this book. And then we get into some of the genealogical techniques he used. How to avoid Tainting Memories in Interviews, and how to balance the give and take as well as win trust with the person you are interviewing. And speaking of trust Steve describes how he was able to be incredibly successful in obtaining sensitive documents and getting cooperation from various government agencies and other repositories. He’s also going to tell us about a little known legal maneuver that he made that really made the difference for him in obtaining some of the most closely held documents and how you can use it too! And finally he’ll share his personal feelings about what it was like to get a add a new member to his family, his long lost Aunt Annie. Resources Mentioned: Dillingham Commission's report on immigration, in digitized form, courtesy of the Stanford U. library. Vol. 4 describes immigration conditions in | 20 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 119 Thousands of Memories - Childhood, Grandparents & Beyond | When you were little did you play in card table tents or forts? I sure did. When I was wandering around the house complaining of being bored on a rainy day, my mom would pull out the old folding table used for card games, throw an old blanket over it, pull out some old pots and pans and hand them to me and tell me to go play house. Something magical seemed to happen when I crawled under the fabric walls. My imagination would let loose and I could happily play for hours. So I’ve decided to create a special card table house / fort for my grandson Davy. Davy loves the old TV show "Blue’s Clues" which was hugely popular here in the U.S. when my kids were little. Nowadays the only place I seem to be able to find it is on Netflix and YouTube. Blue is a dog and she lives in an adorable little yellow house with a red roof with her friend Steve who follows her clues. Last week I headed to the fabric store with my trusty iPad full of photos I found online of the inside and outside of the Blue’s Clues house, and I spent two hours up and down the aisles looking for the closest matching fabrics I could find. Each side of the house is double sided – the outside fabric is the bright yellow and the inside is one that looks like the wall paper in blue’s house. And of course it will have the windows and curtains, and flowers and lizards and frogs on the outside and I even found a little unfinished wooden mailbox at the fabric store that will be transformed into the purple mailbox outside Blue’s house. If Davy has half the fun playing in his Blue’s Clues house as I am having making it then it will be a big success! In addition to creating The “Blue’s Clues fort” for Davy’s birthday which is in December, I also still need to come up with Christmas present for the family. Last year I did calendars for everyone in the Cooke family that sported images for events related to each month. This year I’m thinking about framing charts. It’s amazing I haven’t gotten around to this already, but I think it’s about time. My friend Janet Hovorka just happens to own the company Family ChartMasters and she’s going to be here in a day or two for the Family History Expo being held in my area (Northern California) this weekend. So I will be picking her brain and spending a good deal of time on their website. She told me that I have there are loads of new styles of charts to choose from. If you’re looking for Christmas present ideas for the family this year, why not consider a family tree chart? Hopefully you’ve got your genealogy data in a database so you can just export your gedcom and make it gorgeous for a gift they can enjoy for years to come. If you decide you’d like to check out Family ChartMasters– which of course I highly recommend – I’d really appreciate it if you would click the image above to visit their website because when you do you are also supporting this podcast and making it possible for me to keep the free podcast episodes coming. So thank you very much! And by the way, many of you have asked what happened to our Amazon links on the website which were another way that you were helping to support the podcast. Well, Amazon dropped their California affiliate producers because of some recent tax law changes. But I just got an email saying they are reversing that. This is awesome news because I just can’t get through all my Christmas shopping without Amazon, and I know that many of you shop online too. So I’m going to get that reinstated asap – keep an eye out for the Amazon links on the homepage at genealogygems.com and I will also return it to the toolbar. Thanks for being patient and being such incredible supporters of this little old podcast! NEWS: WDYTYA Entertainment Weekly website is reporting that Marisa Tomei has just been added to the roster of celebrities who will be featured on the new season of Who Do You T | 5 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 118 - Grandmas & Grandpas, Free Transcription Software, PERSI, and more | Everyone has a special name for grandparents in their family. In ours we have Nanna, Grandma, and even Pat-Pat. I look forward to the day my grandson Davy calls me Grandma. While I wait, tell me the unusual terms of endearment used in your family for grandparents. Email or leave a voice mail and be included on the show: (925) 272-4021 Listen to the episode: Here's my Grandson Davy checking out tractors at the state fair with his Bumpa (AKA Superman / Indiana Jones) NEWS: FamilySearch FamilySearch has added millions of new records of both Confederate and Union soldiers who served in the American Civil War. Also now available for viewing are newly added notarial records from Canada, church records and civil registrations from Mexico, and records from England. www.familysearch.org From the UK National Archives The UK National Archives announced that findmypast.co.uk has just released 1 million Merchant Navy seamen records, dating from 1918 to 1941. Useful guides at the UK National Archives website to help with your research into merchant seamen. My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman is available from their bookshop. Apprenticeship records Over half a million records of apprentices have been added to the Ancestry.co.uk site. They cover Scotland, England & Wales during the years 1710-1811. To learn more about apprenticeship records, check out the TNA Research Guide to Apprenticeship Records Australian military records You can now access the records of Australian soldiers who fought in the Great War free at the National Archives of Australia website. If your relative was an Australian soldier, the Office of Australian War Graves at the Australian Government Department of Veteran’s Affairs website offers free photographs of Australian solder’s graves. Our wonderful sponsor RootsMagic is offering 2 new webinars absolutely free. What's New in Personal Historian 2 Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 6pm Mountain time, 90 minutes Creating a Shareable CD with RootsMagic Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 5pm MDT, 60 minutes. If the webinars don’t fit your schedule they will be posting a recording of the class on their website at www.rootsmagic.com/webinar that you can watch at your convenience absolutely free! And it stays free – it doesn’t disappear in a month. I love that about the RootsMagic webinars! Lisa’s Upcoming Speaking Engagements 9/25/11 - Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, CA 10/7 & 8/11 - Northern California Family History Expo, San Mateo, CA 10/21/11 - Waterloo Iowa Public Library Webinar 10/22/11 - Webinar for the Hayden Idaho Family History Center Fall Family History Seminar 10/29/11 - Victoria Genealogical Society Seminar, Victoria, British Columbia 11/11 & 12/11 - Georgia Family History Expo, Duluth, GA Feb 2 – 4, 2012 – RootsTech, Salt Lake City, UT MAILBOX: As you’ll remember I had an interesting conversation with DearMYRTLE in Episode 117 about the abbreviation FL that showed up in podcast listener Dot’s family history research. She was wondering what it stood for, and DearMYRTLE was intrigued as well so she did a bit of investigation on it which we discussed in the show. Well several of you wrote in with your thoughts on the subject: Sean writes: “My first thought was that the abbreviation would stand for "found living" and it sort of makes sense based on the discussion. Finding this abbreviation in research could provide an important clue to narrow down when and where a person lived.” And Dot chimed in with: “Rob and I do however think there is a time when it is handy for genealogists to use it. If you don’t have birth and death dates, we think that instead of having nothing, fl. gives you dates as a rough guide as to when the ancestor lived and you can always extend the dates once more information is found.” Dave wrote in with a different take: “It does refer to someon | 17 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 117 Should Your Genealogy Research Flourish? | Are you having a Picnic? Problem In Chair Not In Computer! Google self-driving car crash was caused by human error - says Google They had a recent failure but Google says it wasn’t the car it was a PICNIC! See the photos at Jalopnik Genealogy Gems YouTube channel Kiera posted on my Facebook wall after the webinar saying “I listened to your Webinar on Google Tools today. I wanted to hit myself over the head for not having those tips sooner. I've put them to use today, and already, they're helping me immensely! A million thanks!!!!!!!!” Book Lisa to Speak If your genealogy society doesn’t have the budget to fly out speakers in person, webinars are a fantastic alternative. Find out more about how to book for to speak to your group. NEWS: AppList for Hobbies has finally been released! We also had some exciting news around here recently. Appadvice.com published their AppList for Hobbies and named the Genealogy Gems Podcast app as a must have for family history. In other genealogy news, Ancestry made an interesting move recently. They decided to put out a press release about the fact that the images and indexes to the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be made free to search in the United States when it becomes available in mid-April 2012. Interestingly it was just before Archives.com made their big announcement that they are going to be addint the entire US Federal Census to their website. I blogged about this at length in an article on my website called Archives.com Makes their Big Move. It really is going to be interesting to see Archives approach to challenging the Big Fish, and Ancestry’s response to being challenged. Footnote.com has decided to focus primarily on military records, and they have a new name for it that reflects that. Footenote.com will now be known as Fold3 which comes from the third fold in a traditional military flag folding ceremony. Ancestry has also explanded their U.S. School Yearbook Collection MAILBOX: I caught by surprise the other day when Ruth replied back to that email and she said: “I owe you a Thank You! I have learned so much about Google in just the first 50 pages! Wow! Do to time constraints, most of my genealogical research is conducted online and Google is certainly my favorite search engine. You book is a fantastic guide to the Google universe! P. S. I've been listening to The Genealogy Gems Podcast for a long time. Also a great help to my research!” Aisha wrote: “I grew up away from my extended family and my grandparents died before I got to know them. So, genealogy is helping me to connect and learn about my relatives. Thanks for the tips and gems.” To learn more about vital records check out my Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast series. Episode 3 focuses on the search process and specifically death records. Maria asked “What should my next research step be? I've been googling his name, as well as searching on Ancestry.com. My MIL may have half-siblings, and a biological father who could still be alive somewhere! I would love to further my research...Any suggestions would be appreciated! I love your podcast!” In addition to standard genealogical searching methods, focus on unique identifiers about the man. A name of one of the boyfriends siblings? His father's occupation? One of their neighbors? How far he lived from her? Something that can be used to narrow down the right man in the census. When things look the same on the surface, we need to find what is unique about them and follow that lead. Good luck Maria! Randy in Nebraska wrote in with a question just about everyone faces at some point. He says: "My questiion is: how do you cite information from someone else's work while they have great citations themselves? How much should a person retrace sources when the information is 'published' on the internet or in family histories?” Published family histories are wonderful finds, and yet they can have errors or omissi | 6 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 116 - Recorded LIVE at Jamboree | This special episode of the Genealogy Gems Podcast was recorded in front of a live audience at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree held in June 2011 in Burbank, CA. My special guests are Allison Stacy, publisher of Family Tree Magazine, and Paula Sassi, Certified Graphologist. (left to right: Allison Stacy, Lisa Louise Cooke, Paula Sassi) Paula analyzed the handwriting of Allison's ancestor Amelia Essel. View the handwriting sample here. She also interpreted the handwriting of John Owen Dominis, the ancestor of our contest winner Heather Wilkinson Rojo. | 20 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 115 - How to Travel to Your Ancestors Homeland | In this episode you're going to learn the details that go into planning a trip to your ancestor's homeland. NEWS:Read Jenna’s blog post called Monday Midwest Family history Expo posted on 8/1/11. GEM: FTU DISCOUNT Coupon Code gemsFTUIf you missed the Early Bird registration pricing for the upcoming Family tree University Virtual Conference – no worries! Because Genealogy Gems listeners can still get 20% off with our special coupon code. This conferenece is really the first one of it’s kind. No matter where you live you can take part, attend every class if you want to, and all from the comfort of your own home. It’s going to be an exciting weekend from Friday August 19 to Sunday August 21, of 2011. You’re going to get three full days of unlimited access to watch the 15 pre-recorded video classes. Lisa will be debuting her brand new Common Surname Search Strategies class and hosting a chat on Sunday. The special coupon code we have just for Genealogy Gems listeners is gemsFTU and that will you get 20% off the registration fee. And in fact you can use it to 20% off ANY of the Family Tree University classes. GEM: More Online Newspapers This week the Library of Congress updated Chronicling America to include newspapers from 3 new states added to the program in 2010 and additional coverage for 1836-1859. New Mexico, Tennessee and Vermont are now included with 22 other states and the District of Columbia in Chronicling America's almost 4 million pages of historic newspaper pages, published between 1836 and 1922. So you can start searching at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado is going to host the SwedGenTour 2011 September 17, 20118:30 am to 4:30 pm, Aurora, Colorado. You can register at the SGSC website Genealogy Gems Podcast App Users are getting a special bonus with this episode. Swedish Researcher Yvonne Hendrickson has graciously provided a a terrific pdf file called How to Find Your Swedish Roots. Get the app for the iPhone & iPadGet the app for the Android GEM: Railway RecordsAncestry.ca has partnered with the UK’s National Archives to launch the Railway Employment Records, 1833 – 1963, an online collection containing the employment-related records of British railway workers dating back to the invention of the locomotive in the early 19th century. The records date from 1833 and by the middle of the 20th century. FamilySearchFamilySearch recently announced that they have digitized historic records from eight countries and added them to FamilySearch.org. In addition to 1.8 million new U.S. records, collections from seven other countries were added including Canada, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, and Poland. NewspapersThe National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced on July 27, 2011 awards totaling $3.8 million to 13 institutions representing their states in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). These means there will be new digitized historic newspapers coming to the free Chronicling America section of the Library of Congress website in mid-2012. Your chance to help bring the 1812 recordsIndiana Genealogical Society - You can find out more about the IGS $10,000 Match Challenge .Thanks for a wonderful podcast and all your genealogy gems! Visit Tina’s Blog: http://genwishlist.blogspot.com New Video Cast on YouTube on UK NewsGenealogy Gems video channel at YouTube packed with over 50 family history related videos. Nick Barratt and Laura Berry of Your Family History magazine out of the UK at www.your-familyhistory.com. They have created a new YouTube video channel called appopriately enough Family History Show. MAILBOX:RootsMagic questions so I went right to the source Bruce Buzbee, founder of RootsMagic and he’s got the answers. “Would I create a "land" fact in the entry for my great-grandfather, and just describe the land in it? Thanks again for your te | 6 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 114 - Online Security, Records Roundup, Genealogy Blogging | Git yer lasso and git ready for the Genealogy Records Roundup in this episode. Then I’ll show you how to improve your online security, introduce you to family history blogger Becky Jamison, and share my own person story of genealogical serendipity. Records Round Up The Library and Archives Canada has announced the launch of an updated version of its finding aid to locate electoral districts in its federal voters' lists collection from 1935 to 1980. This updated version provides for each of the 892 microfilm reels of the collection, the electoral year, the province, the exact name of the electoral district and the page numbers for each microfilm. You can find it at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.006-e.html The Library and Archives Canada also recently announced the release of a new version of the online database Lower Canada Land Petitions (1626-1865). This version includes digitized images of the actual petitions for all individuals listed in the database. Corrections to entries, including suggestions received from users, have also been integrated into this updated version. You can find the database at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/lower-canada/index-e.html. FamilySearch has added Free Records for 10 Countries. And their U.S. collection additions include records from Iowa, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Collections covering several countries were updated. Germany and Mexico church records were the two largest collections added. You’ll also find 25 million new images of historic records for 16 countries including records for Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Wales AND over 8 million civil registration records for the Netherlands. The 1930 U.S. Census indexing project is also coming to a completion. They will now start some new U.S. projects that you might want to consider helping out with as a volunteer. They have plans to building a nationwide marriage index. There are several projects already underway, and many new marriage projects are coming. They have started a Civil War era initiative that will include record collections expanding before and after the Civil War, which should come in very handy. Archives.com. While they are newcomers to the genealogy records field, they are getting new records out there as well. Archives.com recently announce that there are 17 million new U.S. vital and military records available on Archives.com! These new birth, death, marriage, and military records make up 30 unique collections. Here is a quick summary of the new records: Military Personnel Records - including personnel records from the Vietnam War and Gulf War eras. They boast nearly 16 million in all, and say that these records cover individuals who served in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and National Guard. In the Vital Records category they have added Texas Birth, Death, and Marriage Records - dating anywhere from 1800 to 2011 and cover the following counties: Fort Bend, El Paso, Cooke, Montgomery, Tarrant, Burnet, Hood, Denton, and Kaufman. There are 1.4 million new Texas records in total. They have also added Colorado Marriage and Death Records from Delta County, located in the western part of the state. Over nine thousand new records have been added. South Carolina Marriage Records - a collection of four thousand early South Carolina marriages covers years 1641 to 1799. Comprehensive listing of all of these newly added records Future U.S. Records: 1940 Census Here in the U.S. we are already talking about records that aren’t due for another year. Yep, we’re talking the 1940 US Population Census Schedules. It’s still more than 9 months away, but in the time it takes to bring a new descendant into the world the National Archives will be delivering the 1940 US Population Schedules to the public. And there are a coup | 20 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 113 - Family History Writing Inspiration with Author John Paul Godges | In this episode you'll pick up tips for family history writing success from John Paul Godges, the author of Oh, Beautiful, An American Family in the 20th Century. Jamboree Genealogy Gems Podcast LIVE! featured Allison Stacy, publisher of Family Tree Magazine and Handwriting Expert Paula Sassi Click the “Like” button on the Genealogy Gems Facebook Fan page Genealogy Gems Facebook Fan Heather Wilkinson Rojo’s letter dated May 11, 1887 written by her first cousin 4 times removed John Owen Dominis was featured. What a fascinating story that turned out to be. The Live podcast is coming soon! Read the Family Curator blog where Denise Levenick did a nice write up of the Live Genealogy Gems Podcast. Genea-musings Blog photos from Jamboree Colorado Family History Expo Bev wrote me after the Colorado conference to say... “Thank you so much for your help in getting this up and running for me. I went to all of your classes on Saturday at the Colorado Expo and I learned so much from you and enjoyed your very upbeat and enthusiastic demeanor. I love your book on the Google Toolbox. I had no idea that Google had so much to offer. And you made it so simple to understand for someone who is somewhat knowledgeable about computers like me. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can't wait to see your next book.” Ruby Coleman’s review of my book The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox at her Genealogy Lines Blog. Thanks Ruby! MidWest Family History Expo In Overland Park Kansas July 29 & 30, 2011 Click here for more info Northern California Family History Expo San Mateo County Event Center Oct 7 & 8, 2011 Georgia Family History Expo in Duluth GA November 11 & 12, 2011 Family Tree Magazine’s Family Tree University is presenting their first ever Virtual Conference in August 19 – 21, 2011 We’re going to be focused on providing you with strategies and resources to boost your research—and because the conference is web-based, the good news is that you can participate from anywhere! Register by July 15 to get the early bird rate Use the promo code: VCS11 When you click this link and register you are helping support the free Genealogy Gems Podcast - THANK YOU! New Television Programme: Find My Past on the UK's Yesterday Channel UKTV has signed a deal with Brightsolid, the company that owns Find My Past and Genes Reunited, to launch a new 10-part one-hour series called Find My Past. Each week the show will use the findmypast.co.uk website to focus on a famous moment – such as Dunkirk or the Jack the Ripper attacks – to connect "three seemingly unrelated members of the public." Generation Maps has a new name Generation Maps becomes Family ChartMasters The name Family ChartMasters also comes with a new concentrated tagline, Share•Honor•Inspire, expressing how a genealogist can use a genealogy chart to further their research. Users are encouraged to Share their research, Honor their ancestors, and Inspire their family members with their family’s heritage. Genealogy Gems named one of the 101 Best Websites The Genealogy Gems website has been named one of our annual 101 best family history websites in the September 2011 issue of Family Tree Magazine. Check out the full list MAILBOX: New listener Barbara from Sydney Australia “I just wanted to thank you for your genealogy gems pod cast. I discovered it recently and downloaded all the episodes so I can listen to them on my commute to work on the train. It is the best ½ hour, each way, of my day and this morning I had to drive to work and really missed listening to you! Only 2 weekends ago I had an email from a cousin in California I knew nothing about, and she was able to give me some clues that meant I was able to find my (I should say our) family in Ireland. I think that making that connection has been the most fantastic thing about researching my fam | 4 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 112 - Helping Kids Embrace Family History | Get ready to be inspired while you listen to kids embracing their family history at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree Kid's Camp lead by Charlotte Bocage. In this episode you'll hear from the instructors, kids, parents and grandparents that all shared a very special day exploring the joy of genealogy. Genealogy Gems Podcast App users can also check out Bonus Content: Genealogy Blogger Elyse Doerflinger of Elyse's Genealogy Blog shares with the kids her favorite place to go digging for records Get the iPhone / iPad App Get the Android App | 20 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 111 - Military Records, Britains Home Children and Google News | This week we did a 90 minute presentation of Google Earth for Genealogy for RootsMagic and the response has been fantastic. I’ve had so many emails from those of you who attended, and I can just read the excitement in your words. After the Google Search Tips and Tricks webinar Penny wrote: "Loved your last webinar for RootsMagic. I had the reputation for being pretty sharp with Google searching, but you leave me in the dust." And Eileen wrote: "Fantastic webinar! I can't wait to try it out!" And after the Google Earth for Genealogy webinar Valerie wrote in saying : "Great show, learned a lot!!! Cant wait to get started with Google Earth!!! Ordered your 2 disks right after the webinar!!!" Mary says "Your Google Earth webinar this evening was golden! Thank you for giving so much to the genealogy community." Kim wrote: "GREAT Webinar....learned so much.....I'll never get any rest, tonight! Thanks Lisa!" Click here to view recordings of the webinars NEWS: Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 69 features an interview with Richard Gray Deceased Online.com just added 175,000 Northamptonshire burial and cremation records to their website and they should be available online by early July. The first data release comprises burial records for seven towns in the English East Midlands area of north/northeast Northamptonshire: Broughton, Burton Latimer, Cransley, Desborough, Pytchley, Rothwell and Rushden. In all, there are approximately 24,000 records in the first batch of data, dating back to 1888, the largest of which is Rushden. The data comprises register scans and grave details for all 24,000 burials. Photos of all memorials in Broughton, Cransley and Pytchley cemeteries are also included and there are some photos for memorials in other cemeteries. The remaining 151,000 records are from Kettering's two cemeteries, London Rd and Rothwell Rd, and the town's Crematorium which serves a large area stretching across much of north Northamptonshire and into the neighbouring west Cambridgeshire and south Leicestershire. These are expected to be added to the Deceased Online database in early July so put it on your calendar to check back on the website then. FamilySearch just Completee the 1930 Mexico Census and have announced it is Now Available Online for Free! These are part of a total of 59 collections that were updated in this release, comprising 25 million new images and records for 19 U.S. states and 16 countries. You can search all of these updated collections now for free at http://www.FamilySearch.org . Updated Genealogy Gems App The Genealogy Gems Podcast app has been updated and is now iPad compatible, in addition to other improvements. Get the Genealogy Gems iPhone App Get the Genealogy Gems Android App The Genealogist’s google Toolbox at Lulu Google has abandoned their master-plan to archive the world's newspapers Google announced this month that they have notified their partners in their News Archive project that they would stop accepting, scanning, and indexing microfilm and other archival material from newspapers, and was instead focusing its energies on "newer projects that help the industry, such as Google One Pass, a platform that enables publishers to sell content and subscriptions directly from their own sites." Thanksfully, Google did say in a press release email that it would continue to support the existing archives it has scanned and indexed. It added, "We do not, however, plan to introduce any further features or functionality to the digitized news product." So it’s not going away, it’s just not going to grow or be officially supported. What we don’t know is whether Google will finish indexing the newspapers it has already scanned. I hope so, but many folks out there aren’t very optimistic about it...We may still see this content pop up in other places, and I will keep my eyes and ears open for that and let you know when I kno | 27 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 110 - Turn of the Century Divorce, and The Photo Detective at Who Do You Think You Are? | In this episode we cover little white lies told at the turn-of=-the-century about divorce, and The Photo Detective Maureen Taylor joins us from Who Do You Think You Are? Live in London. “Cooincidence or Genealogical Serendipity?” "Like" the Genealogy Gems Podcast at Facebook. NEWS: National Archives EStore Opens Online “Bargain Vault” Click the Bargain Vault link in the menu The National Archives UK 9 June 2011, they will be taking part in #AskArchivists Day along with other archives from around the world. #AskArchivists on Twitter AncestorSync™ A new service helps you synchronize between your computer desktop family tree database programs and some of the popular online family tree websites. Ancestry.com WebSearch Example of WebSearch: Louise M. Chrisman who died in Indiana. MAILBOX: Genealogy Gems Premium Membership includes the webinar recording of Getting the Scoop on Your Ancestors From Old Newspapers Google Search Tips and Tricks webinar recording at Rootsmagic Sale at the Genealogy Gems store at Lulu Now through 5/20/11 15% off the book the Genealogist’s Google Toolbox and all Genealogy Gems products Open publication - Free publishing - More google Sign up for the free webinar coming up with RootsMagic Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5pm Pacific / 6pm MDT / 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern Google Earth for Genealogy 90 minute webinar that will introdudce you to the wonderful world of Google Earth and specifically how it can do amazing things for your family history research. If you are ready to rock your ancestors world. Upcoming webinar The Story County Genealogical Society Webinar Getting the Scoop on Your Ancestors from Old Newspapers August 27, 2011. If you would like to talk to Lisa about possibly doing a webinar for your group, email genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com Lisa’s Seminars and Webinars at Genealogy Gems Juliana asks about PAF and records from Brazil FamilySearch has been adding records from Brazil recently. Search the FamilySearch Wiki on brazil research. Elizabeth has a question about turn of the century divorces: “I have found a handful of couples that around the turn of the century that had separated or divorced, but one or both of the people told the census taker they were "widowed". Until I realized this was happening I simply took the "widowed" at face value and moved on. Are there resources you might suggest for finding divorce information around the turn of the last century?” Marriage and Divorce, 1867-1906 Volume I by the Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of the Census from 1909. This is an incredibly comprehensive book covering marriage and divorce statstics for not only the U.S. but around the world. On page 50 the report comes right out and states: “It should be remembered, however, that in th eUnit3ed States the number of divorced persons reported by the general census of population is grossly deficient, because many persons who are divorced, being sensitive in regard to the fact, report themselves as single or widowed.” Search “Divorce” in the Family Search Wki GEM: The Photo Detective at WDYTYA in London Interview with Maureen and some of the folks waiting in line Websites mentioned in this episode: http://www.maureentaylor.com/ http://www.whatsthatpicture.com Photos through the Ages using http://www.flickr.com) free signup Lisa’s upcoming appearances: The Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree June 9-11, 2011 teaching classes and presenting the Genealogy Gems Podcast Live! http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/2011jam-home.htm Get the free Jamboree App The Colorado Family History Expo June 24 & 25, 2011. Midwest Family History Expo in Overland Park, Kansas on July 29 & 30, 2011 | 16 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 109 - The Civil War | In this episode listeners chime in on Ancestry online trees, Lisa shares an inspiring story, and talks with Mike Litterst of the National Parks Service about the Civil War 150th Anniversary web site. NEWS: FamilySearch Over at Family Search, with their most recent additions to the website they are now up to 600 free Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree App iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad: you get the app from the iTunes app store by searching for "genealogy" or 'jamboree" or point your iPhone's mobile browser to http://bit.ly/SCGS2011 All other phones like the Android, and BlackBerry: point your mobile browser to http://m.core-apps.com/scgs2011 Check out the Jamboree app The Genealogy Gems Podcast APP for Android is now also available in the Amazon App Store. Jamboree Webinar Extension Series These are a great way to get to not only preview what’s coming at Jambopree, but also you get to participate in some of the great presentations that happen at Jamboree even if you can’t make it there in person this year View the the complete list http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/JamboreeExtensionSeries2011.htm Getting Your Notes and Sources Right in Your Genealogy Software presented by Janet Hovorka of Generation Maps The Chartchick.com blog Saturday, May 7, 2011 90 minues 10:00 AM PDT 11:00 AM MDT 12:00 PM CDT 1:00 PM EDT Space is limited, so reserve your space now for the free webinar RootsMagic Upcoming Free Webinars Google Earth for Genealogy with Lisa Louise Cooke Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5pm Pacific / 6pm MDT / 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern Watch the recording of Google Search Tips and Tricks with Lisa Louise Cooke http://rootsmagic.com/Webinars/ Home After 94 Years, a Fallen Hero’s Bible Lost in the Hell of the First World War by an unnamed Daily Mail reporter published on April 13, 2011 Learn more about the Great War in Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast episode 67 The Western Front Association at the Who Do You think You Are? Live conference 2011 in London Become a Premium member MAILBOX: Many listeners write in about Ancestry online trees. Pam and Roxanne comment on the fact that the women in Steve Buscemi’s family tree on an episode of WDYTYA? were listed with their married names and not their maiden names. "Thank you Lisa for all these wonderful podcasts, they are a highlight to my week and I always look forward to them.' Roxanne, Vancouver BC And finally, I always LOVE to hear when someone out there discovers the podcast, and Karen in Vermont did recently and wrote in: "A few weeks ago I was delighted to find your two podcasts: Family History and Genealogy Gems. I am a self-taught family historian who has been working on the genealogy of my husband and myself for the past several years. I wish I had found your podcasts when they first came out. They would have undoubtedly made my job much easier!…Thank you so much for your podcasts and I can't wait to work my way through them all to see what other discoveries I can make!" GEM: Interview with Mike Litterst of the National Parks Service The Civil war Solders and Sailors System The Civil War: 150 Years NEWSLETTER: Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter and receive the free ebook – 5 Fabulous Google Search Strategies for the Family Historian. | 30 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 108 Census Tips and Tricks | In this episode we cover Census Records Tips and Tricks, and announce Lisa's upcoming FREE webinars! MAILBOX: "Keep coming up with these gems, you never know where they may lead!" from Angela who asks about Date Discrepanies and Lookalikes “All of her life my grandmother was sure that she hadn't been told the whole truth about her birth.” Garry in British Columbia wrote in about A Gem Found in the Library and Archives Canada Letitia in Ashford, England writes “Picnic: Problem In Chair Not In Computer!” Phyllis from Porland OR is a new blogger and has a question about the Android app "First I want you to know how much I enjoy your podcasts. I really appreciate all the hard work you put into getting information to us about how to successfully trace our family roots and for encouraging us to start a blog. I started my blog last October. The site name is www.delprincipefamilytree.com and once word got out about the site, family members that I never knew I had contacted me to give me information about our ancestors. I was even able to find a relative of my great grandmother and my great grandfather in Pescasseroli, Italy and have begun corresponding with them! So exciting." APP TIP: If your iPhone or Android Genealogy Gems Podcast app is acting up check for app and phone updates Genelaogy Gems Podcast iPhone App Genealogy Gems Podcast Android App In each episode we usually upload a few extra bonus goodies. With the last episode I included a video version of my interview with Dick Eastman, and I often include photos and other documents, and those are unique to the apps, so be sure and click on Bonus or Extras once you’ve selected a particular episode. Sean writes in about Citing Wikipedia Sources in your family history research Sean recommends using the text "Permanent Link." Read more about it at the Finding the Flock Blog Ken in Washington DC has a beef with Ancestry "First, thank you for the time and effort in putting together your podcasts. I walk several miles to work each day and find the podcasts a wonderful way to pass the time. I started with all of your archived episodes when I found the series early last year, finished those up last summer, and now eagerly await each new one." Tammy in Oklahoma asks about old WAC Broadcasts "I'm a long time listener and happy to say that I am now a Premium Member as well!" I was recently transcribing letters that my grandmother sent home while she served as a WAC in London and Paris during WWII. Her name was Louise Liberty Osborne. She was quite a character. One of the last letters I was working on mentioned that she appeared on the National Broadcast of the U.S. Army Hour which was on Sundays from 12 to 1:30. The letter is dated May 14, 1944. Do you know if recordings of these broadcasts still exist? Here's a website that specializes in old radio logs Library of Congress Sound Recordings Set up some Google Alerts ("army hour" + 1944 for example) and Ebay Favorite Searches. There are also several Old Time Radio podcasts in iTunes Here’s an article I found in Ancestry about the broadcast that your grandmother participated in. (click image to enlarge) Susan writes: I love listening to your podcasts. You have so many great ideas for family research. I learn something new with every broadcast. I was wondering if you or any of your listeners have had any luck in finding family records at a church in Germany. Lisa's Suggestions: The best way to start is with familysearch.org. Look up Osnabruck in the Family History Center library catalogue online. Under the location you'll find a large number of record collections. Click on Church records and follow the links to the records you need. You can then order the microfilm from your local Family History Center (or if the records have been digitized and are online that should be indicated on the page) and view them at the center. | 7 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 107 - Free Webinars and Dick Eastman on Cloud Computing | Dick Eastman joins Lisa in this episode to discuss Cloud Computing. Free Webinars: Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree Extension Series Lisa Louise Cooke Getting the Scoop on Your Ancestors From Old Newspapers Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern Janet Hovorka of Generation Maps Getting Your Notes and Sources Right in Your Genealogy Software Saturday, 7 May, at 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern Michael Booth of RootsMagic Genealogy on the Go Wednesday, July 20 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern Saturday, 6 Aug at 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern Maureen Taylor, Photo Treasures Discovered at Jamboree - A Closer Look The Photo Detective Register for free Season 2 of the Generations Project is coming this March 28, 2011 Genealogy Gems YouTube channel featuring interviews with many of the experts who attended the RootsTech conference. Curt Witcher's visionary look at "The Changing Face of Genealogy." The Virtual Presentations Roundtable Video Brian Pugh of FamilySearch called Cloud Computing: What It Is and How It Has Been Used Rootstech Website Videos Big Thank Yous To: Kim von Aspern-Parker The Amazing Things I Learned This Last Weekend Le Maison Duchamp The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox Book Reviews: Available at the Genealogy Gems Store at Lulu press: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1074851 Craig Manson of the GeneaBlogie blog If You Knew Google Like She Knows Google Ian Hadden at Ian Hadden’s Family History Book Review: Genealogist’s Google Toolbox 1911 Scotland Census Scotland's People web site MAILBOX: Jennifer in CA wrote in about how much she enjoyed the premium podcast about Evernote. Brandt asked a question about Fraternal Organizations: From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 by David T. Beito a professor of history at the University of Alabama GEM: Interview with Dick Eastman on Cloud Computing Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter http://blog.eogn.com/ | 25 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 106 - Who Do You Think You Are? Live in London, and Jan Gow on Creating Your Own Family History Reference Library | Who Do You Think You Are? Live in London was fantastic! I can't wait to tell you all about it in this episode! Above: Lisa arriving at the Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE event. Above: WDYTYA celebrity Ainsley Harriott signing autographs Above: Lisa with Else Churchill, Genealogist, Society of Genealogists Above: Lisa explaining how to make Google work harder for your family history Like the Genealogy Gems Podcast on Facebook Above: The gates at Hinchingbrooke House forged by Harry Cooke GEM: Create your own Family Reference Library and Catalogue with Jan Gow Recorded at the RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City Resources mentioned in the interview: www.TreePad.com www.Dropbox.com The End of the Internet Website FamilySearch Mapping Hooked on Genealogy ToursPO Box 25-025Auckland 1130 New ZealandPhone: 64 9 521 1518HOGTours@ake.quik.co.nz http://hookedongenealogytours.com/ Beehive Bookswww.beehivebooks.co.nz Jan Gow has been a genealogist, tutor, author and lecturer at local, national and international levels (and cruise ships) since 1985. Service includes the APG Board and the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as treasurer and president. Owner of Beehive Books (since 1987) and Hooked on Genealogy Tours (since 1992) – each year preparing and escorting genealogists to Salt Lake City and the UK. Awarded the AFFHO (Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations) Award for Meritorious Service to Family History in 2006 | 8 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 105 - Interview with Josh Taylor of NEGHS, Genealogy News and More | In this episode Lisa chats with Josh Taylor of NEHGS about genealogy, technology and the future. Tips for Getting the Most from a Conference 1. Sit up front 2. Introduce themselves to the people sitting next to them 3. Attend classes that wouldn’t normally attend. Try new topics, and let the presenters really lay out the topic and see how it might apply to their own research. The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox Genealogy’s Star Blog article: Live from the Family History Expo in Arizona The Illinois State Genealogical Society Unveiled their new website which features Illinois Resources for Genealogy Researchers The U.S. National Archives Records Administration new Online Public Access prototype video demo So try it out at http://www.archives.gov/research/search send your comments and feedback to search@nara.gov. video introducing you to NARA’s new search. NARA’s first mobile app: “Today’s Document.” http://tiny.cc/TodayDoc1 Tutorial video on how to use the new Today’s Document application: The Today’s Document is absolutely free and you can get it at the Android marketplace and the Apple iTunes Store. The Library and Archives Canada recently announced that within the next seven years, they will put most of its services online. Ancestry.com has decided to disconnect their Expert Connect Service as of March 18, 2011 Jenna Mills wrote in saying that the recent episodes of the Genealogy Gems podcast weren’t showing up on her Genealogy Gems Android App. If this happens to you it may be because a more current version of the app has been released. Simply check for the app update on your mobile device, download it and you’ll be up and running again as Jenna did. Get the Genealogy Gems Android app at the Android Marketplace, or the iPhone app in the iTunes store. Rootsmagic now offers FREE online webinar classes. Go to www.rootsmagic.ocm/webinars and click on a webinar title from the list for more information or to register. And don’t worry if you missed one or the timing isn’t quite right for your schedule, because you can watch or download past webinars right from their website like: Getting Started with RootsMagic Publishing a Family History with RootsMagic FamilySearch Made Easy with RootsMagic RootsMagic To-Go: Running RootsMagic on a Flash Drive And Sources, Citations and Documentation with RootsMagic – oh that’s one you’re gonna want to watch. MAILBOX: Bill Buchanan and Kim Fillmore wrote in about some great genealogy gems they found on Google Books My Georgia Roots Sheryl’s Skeletons in the Cupboard Download the free Genealogy Gems ToolbarIt turns out that the company who develops and maintains the toolbar for us has signed a new contract with Microsoft and has now made Bing the default for the search box. I have set Google as an option: On the far left end of the toolbar Click on the down arrow to the right of just to the right of the Genealogy Gems family button and select Refresh Toolbar Click on the small black down arrow to the right of the search box and select Google from the top of the list The search box will now search with Google. Just keep in mind that if you open a new browser window, you may need to select Google again, but after doing so all searches will be Google rather than Bing. GEM: Interview with Josh Taylor Roots Tech 2011 Sarah Jessica Parker episode of the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? New Blog Series Check out Lisa’s guests post Tech Tips series on the Genealogy Insider blog | 8 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 104 - Technology and Genealogy Converge | Lisa's New Book is Here! The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox Open publication - Free publishing - More google View full screen to flip pages It’s available at my Genealogy Gems store at Lulu for $24.95 for the 81/2” x 11 paperback and I just saw that Lulu is offering 10% on any purchase through the end of January. Get 10% off READ2011 at checkout. Offer expires January 31, 2011 at 11:59 PM EDT Genealogy Blog: Geniaus Lisa's Upcoming Appearances: Family History Expo in Mesa All day seminar on Google at the Whittier Area Genealogical Society in Southern California RootsTech conference Feb 10-12 in Salt Lake City WDYTYA Live conference to speak on Google Search Strategies Tips to Avoid Disappearing emails First go to your spam folder and select the emails you want and then click the Not Spam button – it may be called something else in your email, but most services have one. Create a Contact In your email system for the sender of the email. So for my newsletter, you would just add our email as a contact. GEM: Interview with Kory Meyerink 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites GEM: Interview with Chris Bair Image geo-coding | 24 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 103 - New Google Gems for Genealogy! | NEWS: 1916 Candian census of the Prairie Provinces at the Library and Archives Canada You can access the digitized images of the 1916 census online in two different ways: Searchable database by Province, District Name, District Number, and Sub-district Number. Using the Research tool "microform digitization," you can browse the microfilm reels page by page. New Video on the Civil War from NARA VIDEO LINK To WATCH IN YOUTUBE Inside the Vaults: Discover the Civil War In this video just under 4 minutes the creators of NARA’s Discovering the Civil War exhibition share little-known facts and extraordinary discoveries found in the fantastic Civil War holdings at the National Archives. For more inforamtion on the Discovering the Civil War exhibition, head on over to archives.gov/exhibits/civil-war. BBC iPlayer To Go International Now if you’re like me, and you live outside of Great Britain, at some point you probably popped in on the BBC website to check out the British version of the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? Only to discover that the video is shown on the BBC iPlayer and it’s blocked to international visitors to the site. The scoop is that the BBC plans to offer overseas access to the BBC iPlayer. However, it’s not going to be free. MacWorld Website on the BBC iPlayer for iPad So for now, stay tuned. On the blogging front A.C. Ivory announced right after the new year that he has launched a new version of his Find My Ancestors Blog. Google Gadgets Update Updated Genealogy Google Gadges from Sirius Genealogy Cemetery Justice The Article Search Tip: When it comes to newspapers, Webpage addresses change a lot. In cases like this where you have some of the original text, just type a sentence or two exactly as it appeared in the article. Or how it appears in the snippet that came with the search result where the link is now bad. In this case I just typed a sentence or two exactly as kathy quoted it to me in the email and the new webpage for the article was the first item in the search results list. That’s little gem that works nearly every time. Mailbox: New Genealogy Blogger Cynthia DeBock Genealogist, Archivist, Researcher Check out her first post entitled How I Got Started. It's always fun to hear how folks got bit by the genealogy bug. Jen Alford writes: I just wanted to thank you for the great how-to videos that you did for the family history wreath. I made one for my mom for Christmas this year and I can't wait to see her reaction! I've also started a genealogy blog http://jen-gen.blogspot.com and have been enjoying the responses from the family that read it. Thanks for all the inspiration! I'm a premium member and love all the extras you have on there. Keep up the good work! It doesn’t get much nicer than that! Thanks Jen! GEM: The New Google EBooks Google eBooks is now available in the U.S. from a new Google eBookstore. You can browse and search through the largest ebooks collection in the world with more than three million titles including hundreds of thousands for sale. VIDEO: Introducing Google eBooks VIDEO LINK To WATCH IN YOUTUBE Adobe ebook Platform supported devices Google eBooks Web Reader But even if you aren’t interested in buying ebooks don’t overlook Google eBooks. Try this: Go to google.com/ebooks Search on the word Genealogy, In the upper left corner under price click the Free Only Link. Try searches on topics of interest to you and you’ll probably be surprised at what you find. And since this is just getting off the ground, you will definitely want to check back periodically to see what’s been added. APP USERS: Check out the Bonus Content PDF for 2 more Google Books Search Strategies! GEM: The New Google Earth 6 To download the new version just go to www.google.com/earth The big difference you will notice is that Street View has changed. Instead of finding it in the Layers | 4 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 102 - The 2nd Season of the Generations Project with the Executive Producer Kendall Wilcox | NEWS: Save 30% on Genealogy Gems Premium Membership now through 12/27/10!!COUPON CODE: 30NEWYEAR Sign up or extend your membership today. Lisa's Upcoming Speaking Engagements: Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE Conference in LondonLisa will be speaking on Sunday Feb. 27, 2011 at noon.Use the Promotional code SOG2425 to purchase discounted tickets. The Mesa Family History Expo, January 21 & 22, Mesa Convention Center The Whittier Area Genealogical SocietyGoogle for Genealogy All Day Seminar, January 29, 2011 Ohio Genealogical Society Conference in Columbus, OH, March 31 - April 2, 2011 Alberta Genealogical Society Conference in Edmonton, Canada, April 16 & 17, 2011 Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree in Burbank, CA, June 10 - 12, 2011featuring a LIVE podcast! Coming Soon! Lisa's brand new book The Genealogist's Google ToolboxStay Tuned for the release date! Book Lisa for your next society seminar or conferenceClick here for a list of available presentations, and Lisa's bioFor more information or to request a booking email genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com Launch of Podcast Android AppThe Genealogy Gems Podcast Companion App for Android is now available in the Android marketplace and at Appbrain iPhone, iPod iTouch app is available at the iTunes store. Give the App as a gift from the app page in iTunes. Click the down arrow next to the price. The new podcast media player on the show notes page for each episode. Just released: Premium Episode 60Features Rootsmagic and Ancestry answers, and Rethinking Journals with 10 Questions You Need to Answer. MAILBOX: Lee Van Bergen wrote in asking about the Genealogy Gems Podcast iGoogle Gadget. How to get the updated gadget:Method #1:1. Delete the existing gadget from iGoogle2. Go to www.GenealogyGems.com3. Click the +Google button in the right hand blue column4. On the next page click the blue Add to Google Homepage button5. Now you will have a current gadget for the podcast on your iGoogle page. Method #2:1. Click the podcast icon on the home page of www.GenealogyGems.com2. At the Show Notes page (Podcast blog) copy the url address which is http://www.genealogygemspodcast.com3. Go to your iGoogle page4. Click the Add Stuff link5. On the left isde of that iGoogle Directory page click the Add Feed or Gadget link6. Paste the entire URL address into the box7. Click the ADD button8. You'll instantly have the Genealogy Gems Podcast gadget on your iGoogle page Amber Creix Prat wrote to share a resource:Missouri Digital Heritage Website"Thanks for keeping up your podcast and I can't wait to listen to the next episodes of both the free and premium versions!" Check out Amber's genealogy blog called Tackling Brick Walls One Brick At A Time http://mygenresearch.blogspot.com Research Question:Shelly Johnson wrote in for some advice on how to locate a death record for an ancestor who likely died in the early 20th century in Marylnad. Links and suggestions from LisaCheck to see if there are State Census RecordsAccording to their list state census records aren't available. Turn your attention to state and county death records in Maryland. FamilySearch Wiki gives a good overview of what might be available. Maryland Death Records in FamilySearch Wiki Maryland State Archives website Death IndexRecord of Ethel May Murray who died jan. 30, 1908 in Talbot Co., MDMaryland Librairies websiteArchives of Maryland Online at www.aomol.net New BloggerPremium Member Kevin Boyles started a new genealogy blog called Genealogical Masonry - because it's all about brick walls now. Tell them you heard about Rootsmagic on The Genealogy Gems Podcast! GEM: Interview with Kendall Wilcox, The Generation Project (Image Below: Executive Producer Kendall Wilcos in the control room.) Do your own Generations Project: 1. What is your motivation for doing this? What is your "why"?2. Laser focus on your motivation3. Populate the tree following the lines that will help you find answers to your why4. Mix the ch | 22 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 101 - Getting Certified as a Genealogist | The Genealogy Gems Podcast Facebook Fan Page Family Tree 40 Genealogy blog awards They’re accepting nominations of great genealogy blogs through Tuesday, Nov. 30 Read: Nominate Blogs for Family Tree Magazine's 40 Best Genealogy Blogs Mesa Family History Expo January 21 & 22, 2011 Mesa Arizona Convention Center. Early Bird Registration: $65.00 for the 2 days event. At the Door Registration: $75.00 Winter Weekend Research Getaway - Effective Use of Technology Thursday, January 27th - Saturday January 29th 9:00AM- 5:00PM New England Historic Genealogical Society 99 Newbury St. Boston MA, 02116 Ancestry Thegenealogist.co.uk reached an agreement with The National Archives, UK to acquire and publish online the 1911 England and Wales Census. The complete set of 1911 Census records go live on Ancestry.com by county, starting in late 2010 and completing in 2011. Family Tree Maker for Mac NARA announced New Options Now Available for Reproductions of National Archives Holdings If you’re looking to order copies of NARA’s holdings – including copies now available in digital form – you can use one of the following methods: The National Archives online ordering system Download the appropriate form from frpom the NARA website For microfilm orders, researchers can use the online ordering system or download a paper form Contact the National Archives FamilySearch Beta FamilySearch recently published its first digital Chinese collection, along with additional digital image collections from Belgium, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Twenty million additional indexed records were also published for Civil War and Revolutionary War collections and the 1851 Census for England and Wales. Library of Congress Redesigned search system - 1100 finding aids will now lead remote and onsite researchers to more than 32 million archival items. Australian Newspapers The National Library of Australia has launched a new version of their Australia Trove website and a user forum Google Earth Updates The Google Earth and Maps Imagery team has just released another extensive batch of aeriel and satellite images. Check out: The Baltimore Maritime Museum in Baltimore, Maryland U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Get the complete picture of the updated imagery KML download and view in Google Earth this KML for viewing in Google Earth. “Who Do You Think You Are?” is coming back for a second season in January 2011, and is already doing some shooting of part of an episode at the State Archives in Trenton NJ. Read about. MAILBOX: From Pat Dalpiaz “I just listened to your 100th episode with great nostalgia. Can something so "young" in years still create nostalgia for breaking a milestone such as this? YES!…I did notice how many callers mentioned blogging thanks to your encouragement and lessons. I wonder if that might be an interesting survey--how many people started blogs directly thanks to your influence in Genealogy Gems? I know I did!” Michael Stills wrote in about Google Earth for Genealogy: “I have very much enjoyed learning about GLO Records and Google Earth. I went back to the site yesterday and discovered that they have enhanced their website. At www.glorecords.blm.gov/…Thank you again for a great program, I have been plotting my families birth, marriage, death, burial, land patents, etc. It has been very revealing and helpful in suggesting new places to go look for more info.” Google Earth for Genealogy DVD Sale Now through Cyber Monday, we are running our first ever sale on the DVDs. Order now through the end the day Nov. 29, 2011 and get free shipping. ($2.50 savings per DVD!) Robert Heaton wrote: “I am a relatively new listener to your Genealogy Gems podcasts…Being in the over 50 crowd and not very "techy savy", I had my daughter help me and now I am busy catching up on all the episodes. I routinely | 20 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 100 - A Celebration! | In this episode we take a sentimental journey back over the first 100 episodes of The Genealogy Gems Podcast including some of Lisa's favorite gems and interviews, show milestones, and listener messages. Fave Gems: Google Site Search - Episode 1 Vehicular Forensics - Episode 18 The Band Venice - Episode 38 Lisa's story and Heritage quilts - Episode 39 Handwriting Analysis and Leatherheads - Episode 46 Irene Johnson, Genealogist and star of the Ancestors series on PBS - Episode 80 and 82 Lisa Kudrow, Who Do You Think You Are? - Episode 81 Kendall Wilcox, the Generations Project - Episode 86 Forensic Linguistics for Genealogy with Dr. Robert Leonard - episode 89 & 90 Thanks to the following folks for the messages of congratulations: The Staff at Family Tree Magazine Lisa Alzo, Genealogist, Author and Speaker Holly Hansen, President of Family History Expos Sean Lamb, The Rip Track Podcast and Finding the Flock Blog A.C. Ivory, Find My Ancestors Blog Denise Levenick, "Penelope Dreadful" of the Shades of the Departed online magazine Paula Hinkel, Chair of the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree Bruce Buzbee, President, Rootsmagic Amy Coffin, We Tree Blog Elizabeth O'Neal, Little Bytes of Life Blog Roger Grua Brandt Gibson Teri Chaffin Maureen Taylor Dot Elder Emails from Connie, Teresa, Simona, Chris and Crystal Blogs mentioned: http://keoughcorner.blogspot.com and http://scandiamusings.blogspot.com Happy 10th Episode Blog Post Journals of Nils Lindgren Milestones: Newsletter (Sign up today and get the free Google Search Strategies e-book) Premium Membership Launched (Become a Member) The Genealogy Gems Toolbar - (download for free) The Genealogy Gems App Launch The first podcast in front of a live audience - episode 79 Sharing Gems: Christmas in July (Sweet Memories Candy Bars) Episode 20 Family History Dislay - Episode 3 Mother's Day Plate - Episode 11 Video Gems: Subscribe free to the Genealogy Gems Channel at YouTube Socks to America - Episode 26 Sweet Land with Ali Selim - Episode 30 Heritage Quilts - Episode 39 Video: Using the Google News Timeline for Genealogy and Family History Support the show by shopping online through the Amazon and website links on the Genealogy Gems website. Thank you to our sponsor: Rootsmagic Listen to Crystal Bell's story in Episode 44 of the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast | 7 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 99 - LIVE from the Calif Family History Expo! | Join us as we highlight and explore the beautiful online magazine Shades of the Departed. This special episode was recorded live at the recent Family History Expo held in Pleasanton, CA on Oct. 8 & 9, 2010. Host: Lisa Louise Cooke Associate Producer: Lacey Cooke Guests: Craig Manson, Bruce Buzbee, Sheri Fenley Genealogy Gems App Users be sure to check out the Bonus Content Video!! LINKS to websites mentioned in this episode: Family History Expos Craig Manson's GeneaBlogie Blog The Footnote Maven Blog Shades Contributor Blogs: Denise Levenick - The Family Curator Sheri Fenley - The Educated Genealogist Maureen Taylor - The Photo Detective Denise Olson - Moultrie Creek Thanks to our wonderful prize donors! Bruce Buzbee of Rootsmagic.com maker's of:Rootsmagic 4Family AtlasPersonal HistorianFamily Reunion Organizer Family Tree Magazine: [*Free Shipping on US Orders Over $25*] Passport to Europe CD International Passport CD Family Tree Magazine One Year Subscription - Best Seller Google Earth for Genealogy video series on DVD Genealogy Gems Premium Membership: | 21 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 98 The Journey Takers, New Sweepstakes, and Liquid Galaxy for Google Earth | Episode 98 - The Journey Takers NEWS: Thank you to the Genealogy Bloggers who blogged about the new Google Earth for Genealogy Volume II DVD: Dick Eastman - EOGN Randy Seaver - Genea-Musings Thomas MacEntee - Geneabloggers DearMRTYLE Diane Haddad The Genealogy Insider Joan Miller Elyse Doerflinger Jenna posted on Facebook about the recent Google Earth for Genealogy edition of the Premium Podcast: "Premium Episode 55...two thumbs up!" Become a Premium Member Today Liquid Galaxy for Google Earth ULTIMATE FAMILY HISTORY SWEEPSTAKES Enter every day between Oct. 1 and 31 for a chance to win the Ultimate Family History Giveaway -- worth more than $2,000! FGS is looking for a new editor for their electronic quarterly magazine the FGS Forum Request information from application@fgs.org. Applicants may then submit a detailed résumé for consideration, along with several examples of publications for which they have been responsible as editor. These should be sent electronically to application@fgs.org. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2010. Illinois State Genealogical Society 2010 Award Winners Announced On Saturday, October 23, 2010, five individuals will be honored by the Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) with awards for their outstanding achievements in the field of genealogy. ISGS will present the awards at the upcoming ISGS Fall Conference “You Have Family – You Have History” – held at the historic Hotel Père Marquette in Peoria, Illinois. For more information on the Fall Conference Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategy now available in the iBookstore Available on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch Follow up on interview with Susan Kitchens Episode 97 MAILBOX: Simona MacAngus wrote in to say she loves the Genealogy Gems Podcast iTunes App “You have a fantastic podcast! And I have to say, you have such a clear pleasant speaking style that is a pleasure to listen to. You keep a "smile" in your voice throughout the podcast. Wonderfully refreshing and one can catch every word you speak.” “We have been spending a lot of time together lately Lisa Louise. You have been going with me on walks with my dog, on drives into the town and even talking me to sleep at night! Finally I went to your www.GenealogyGemsPodcast.tv site today to subscribe to your newsletter. Its like I can't get enough of what you have to teach.” “Hi Lisa, I've only recently started my genealogy and listening to your various podcasts has been a huge help with my research. You're so warm and friendly that it makes it a pleasure to listen.” Kirsty Martin on Genealogy Wise Brandt asked about Buffered Paper: Go to the Amazon link on the Genealogy Gems site and do a search on: Archival Methods 8 x 10" White Archival Paper, Package of 100 Sheets Buffer paper is not always called "Buffered" - in fact you tend to get a lot of other types of results. What you're looking for is Paper buffered with calcium carbonate 2-3% alkaline reserve, pH 9 ±0.5, acid-free Ann and Barbara were wondering the same thing: do you have to have a Paypal account to sign up for Premium Membership? Answer: No,You can pay with a credit card through paypal without having to have a paypal account. You will see in the bottom left corner of the check out page (where it also asks you to log in to Paypal) "Don't have a Paypal account?" and you just click the CONTINUE link to pay with a major credit card. It's the same as swiping it at any store. I've been using Paypal for 4 years now and have never ever had a problem. It's is very safe and secure! GEM: The Journey Takers Interview with Leslie Albrecht Huber The Journey Takers | 7 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 97 - Recording Family History Interviews | Lisa share her latest research breakthrough with Google Earth, and Susan Kitchens joins her on the show to talk about recording family history interviews. Good News: Google Earth for Genealogy Volume II is available for pre-order and officially launches and ships on October 1, 2010. Genealogy Gems Premium Membership features online viewing of the videos from Volume I of the Google Earth for Genealogy series. New on Premium Members is Lisa's 3 part podcast / video series on Publishing Your Family History with Print on Demand. (available through 12/31/10) NEWS: The Genealogy Gems Podcast is featured in Elyse Doerflinger's article called Podcasts: Download Your Genealogy! which appears in the September issue of Internet Genealogy magazine. The Chronicling America website at the Library of Congress just announced they have added 380,000+ historic newspaper pages including 3 new states: Louisiana, Montana, and South Carolina. Listen to the Family Tree Magazine Podcast. The next episode will feature Lisa's interview with genealogist and author Lisa Alzo about tracing immigrant ancestors. The Ellis Island Museum is celebrating its 20th year this month. Ancestry is now making more than 1700 first hand immigrant interview recordins available online for free. See the article in the Genealogy Gems email newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter today. Disney is adding a bit of history to its TV lineup. The Marblehead Patch News out of Marblehead, MA article. The series is going to launch in November 2010 although no specific date has been announced. Sirius Genealogy MAILBOX: Belinda Slocumb's asks about records for military families. Brats : Our Journey Home DVD Brats: Our Journey Home Email Lisa with your suggestions for Belinda. RE: Scanners From listener Ermadene Tilly: Sally Jacob's on-line and on phone class "Joy of Organizing Photos. Mentioned: Canon CanoScan 200, (not for slides)Note: not available through Amazon. Grace Dobush the preservation expert at Family Tree Magazine covers scanners in the September 2010 episode of The Family Tree Magazine Podcast. Listener Bruce Horn also chimed in on Scanners: "Hi Lisa, Thank you so much for your wonderful podcasts. I have really found them useful as a beginner in the world of genealogy. If you only want to scan prints, I would recommend the Canon Lide 100 mainly because it is small and cheap." Pat Kirkwood wanted Lisa's previous podcasts on Organizing Your Hard Drive, "P.S. Love the podcasts. I recently discvoered them and Love, Love, Love, listening to them." Family History: Genealogy Made Easy PodcastEpisode 32Episode 33 Family Tree Magazine Video by Lisa on Organizing Your Hard Drive. There are 2 premium videos on the subject as part of Genealogy Gems Premium Membership. GEM: Recording Relative Interviewswith Susan Kitchens Visit her websiteRecorder recommended by Susan on the show: Lisa's Upcoming Speaking Engagements: California Family History Expo, Oct 8 - 9, 2010 (Attend the LIVE podcast on Friday night!) Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society Seminar, Oct. 23, 2010 California Genealogical Society Google All the Way Seminar, Oct. 30, 2010 | 23 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 96 Scanner Options, Photograph History, and a Listener chats with Lisa | Upcoming MilestoneGenealogy Gems Podcast Listener Denise Coughlin posted on Lisa's Facebook wall the other day and said "I realized as I was filling up my mp3 player for the rest of the work week Genealogy Gems Podcast is about to hit 100!! Congrats and keep 'em coming!!" To celebrate, call the voice mail line - 925-272-4021 - or record and email an mp3 file with a message for the 100th episode. We can have a sort of virtual birthday party for the podcast! Coming Soon!Google Earth for Genealogy Volume II DVD is coming October 1, 2010. Kick off Family History Month by rockin' your ancestors world with Google Earth! Grab Volume I today at www.google4genealogy.com NEWSPodcast Interview with Lisa:Listen to Marion Vermanzen's interview with Lisa on the Marion Vermazen Podcast. Records Website News:Ancestry recently announced that 10,000 yearbooks are now in the U.S. School Yearbook collection from almost every state in the U.S. spanning 1875-1988. FamilySearch announced the addition of over 200 million new searchable historic records online representing 18 countries. Read Major Updates to FamilySearch Beta Site at the Genealogy Insider blog. Listen to the September episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast coming out about 9/15/10 Lisa's upcoming classes at Family Tree University start 9/13/10: - Reverse Genealogy- Mastering Google Search MAILBOX Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems Email Newsletter and receive the free e-book 5 Fabulous Google Search Strategies for the Family Historian. "It's very good information! This is a terrific tool to have up my sleeve." - Karen GEM: Why a Podcast Listener Turned Genealogy Blogger Premium Podcast Member Mary Lohr recently took the plunge and began her own genealogy blog.http://www.maryjlohr.wordpress.com Mary writes: "Thank you for encouraging your listeners to blog!" Mark Your Calendar for Lisa's Upcoming Speaking Engagements: Oct. 8 & 9, 2010Family History ExpoPleasanton, CA Oct. 23, 20109am to 3:30pm at the Hemet Library in Hemet, CAHemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society SeminarPre-register at www.hsjgs.org by Oct. 13 Oct. 30, 2010California Genealogical SocietyGoogle All the Way SeminarRegistration Book Lisa for a presentation, webinar or seminar at your Genealogy Society or event. More information. null | 8 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 95 Paper Preservation and Answers to Ancestry Family Trees | NEWS: Genealogy Gems Podcast has been selected for inclusion in the brand new podcast director for the Blackberry launched by Research in Motion known as RIM. Read more about it. Listener Rick Rissmiller wrote in:"GREAT news about the Blackberry app. Right now I download from i-tunes each week and save on my laptop then connect the blackberry and transfer so I can listen as I do thing around the house. I am a new lsitenere and have downloaded all of your previous podcasts and each week as I sit on my tractor mowing and triming 3 acres I listen to 3+ hours of great information and entertainment from you. Thanks for all the great work." Thanks for the Shout Outs from the following genealogy bloggers: Susan Peterson - Long Lost Relatives Tonia Kendrick - Tonias Roots A. C. Ivory - Find My Ancestors Upcoming Genealogical Events: New RootsTech ConferenceFebruary 10 – 12, 2010Salt Lake City Utanh www.rootstech.familysearch.org Alberta Family Histories Society"New Horizons in Genealogy"Saturday, October 16, 20108:00M - 4:00 PMDeerfoot Inn HotelCalgary, AB, Canada New England Historic Genealogical Society and Ancestry.comFamily History DaySaturday, October 16, 2010Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center Boston.http://www.familyhistoryday.com/ Lisa’s upcoming appearances:Family History Expo October 8 & 9, 2010 Pleasanton, California www.fhexpos.com The Hemet San Jacinto Genealogical Society SeminarSaturday, October 23, 2010Classes include Solving Family History Mysteries with Google EarthWhat You Must Know To Save Your Research From Destruction. http://www.hsjgs.org/octoberseminar2010.pdf California Genealogical Society SeminarSaturday Oct. 30, 2010. This is going to be a Google DayOakland, CA The TV show Who Do You Think You Are? has been renewed for a second season, which it looks like will probably air after the first of the year. Check out Paula Stuart Warren’s blog post all about it at Paula’s Genealogical Eclectica Blog New Family Tree Magazine Podcast Episode August 2010 episode You can subscribe to the Family Tree Magazine Podcast for free in iTunes MAILBOX: How to Fix Relationship Mistakes in Your Online Family TreeJennifer Hodnett, Product Manager for Ancestry.com "In your Personal Member Tree you may find later that a spouse you previously entered really was married to a different person or that a child really belonged to a different set of parents. You can now easily fix relationship mistakes in your tree by detaching and reattaching individuals in your tree." First, bring up the profile page for the child you want to detach from the mother. On that Profile page, click on the brown Edit this person button, located just below the name of the person at the top of the page. On the next screen, there will be 5 tabs at the top. Click on the Relationships tab, which will be the second one from the right. This will display the individual's current relationships. Now, to dissolve or break this relationship, find the name of the individual you want to detach from this person and click the Remove link to the far right of their name. In the case described at the beginning, you’ll want to look for the incorrect mother and click the Remove link next to her name. A pop up will appear that will ask you if you are sure you want to remove this relationship. Assuming you’ve selected the correct person, click the OK button to finish detaching this person from the selected mother. o Be reassured that doing this will not remove this person from your tree; it only detaches them. You can still find this person from the List of All People in your tree. 5 .After selecting OK, you’ll return to the Relationships tab for the detached child. You now want to return to the child’s profile page and you can do this by clicking the Return to [name of person] button at the top left corner of the page. 6. 6. Once you’re back on the profile p | 24 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 94 Janice Nickerson of Who Do You Think You Are Canada | NEWS: Canadian Census Read Shannon Proudfoot's article at the Vancouver Sun online about why genealogists are up in arms about the new restrictions on Canadian census information. National Archives UK Take a listen to the National Archives UK podcast episode Counting The People that explores the creation of the census, with the mass organisation of enumerators, temporary clerks, permanent civil service clerks and registrars, and according to the podcast webpage, it includes fascinating stories that lie behind each census, to help us better understand the records we think we know so well. U.S. census training films online The US censuses are released when they are 72 years old so the 1940 Census is due out in 2012. Watch short training films for U. S. Census enumerators. Family Tree Magazine Listen to the new July 2010 episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast featuring my interview with David Fryxell who’s article Fancy Free features the brand new 101 Best websites for genealogy research which just came out in the September 2010 issue of the magazine. Online Classes Lisa’s upcoming classes at Family Tree University including the Mastering Google Search Free Webinar Ask the Editors: Family Tree Magazine Answers Your Questions Wednesday, August 11, at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4pm Pacific Recorded Webinar How to Find Living Relatives: Unleash Your Inner Private Eye. Get the full hour video recorded webinar, and all 5 handouts that the students received. There’s a TON of information there for you including some little known websites providing online access to information. Genealogy Gems store at Lulu FamilySearch Over 12 million digital images from thousands of microfilm, representing 8 countries, were published online for free viewing this month at FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot (FamilySearch.org, click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot) and coming soon to Beta.FamilySearch.org. Subscribe to The Genealogy Gems YouTube channel Granite Mountain Records Vault - Part 1 Granite Mountain Records Vault – Part 2 New Google Images Tip: for faster scrolling through many pages, taking advantage of standard web keyboard shortcuts such as Page Up / Page Down. It’s all about getting to the info you need quickly MAILBOX: "I recieved my copy of "Internet Genealogy" magazine today. One of the articles is called Genealogy Podcasts.... Where to download your favoriite shows! I am happy to report that the very first Podcast listed in the articel is none other than my favorite "The Genealogy Gems Podcast"! Congratulations Lisa! You're the BEST!!!" Cherie Bonebright Baxter on Facebook Brandt's Rants July 24th is "Cousins Day" Listener Tim McBride thinks that would be a great day for a family reunion.“I really enjoy the podcast ... keep up the great work!” Lacey comes up with gems too! Family History calendars for Christmas presents.Create a family history Calendar at lulu Thanks to Listener Belinda Slocumb for bringing a neat film project to our attention. And the Iron Did Swim: A Documentary Will Clifton of Louisiana writes: “I must say I have really enjoyed the extremely useful information! I started by downloading your first podcast and have "listening" my way toward the most current.” Is there a way to access these Agricultural and/ or Manufacturing Census records online? Nonpopulation Schedules at NARA including Agriculture and Manufacturing Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast Episode 9 Episode 10 US Gen Web GEM: Interview with Janice Nickerson Project Genealogist for Who Do You Think You Are? Canada Specialist in early Ontario (Upper Canada) records. Who Do You Think You Are? at the CBC website The Contact Page including Email for the Canadian Broadcasting CentreCall toll-free phone (Canada only): 866-306-4646 Steven Page Episode Chantal Kreviazuk Episode | 5 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 93: Genealogy Blogger Craig Manson on What is Knowable in Family History | NEWS: IAJGS 2010 Breakfast with the Bloggers By Schelly Talalay Dardashti Film: Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldbert Visit the film's website. The Goldbergs came to radio in 1929 and didn’t finish it’s TV run until 1955. “Gertrude Berg who created the character Molly Goldberg was shown in polls to be the second most respected woman in America, after Eleanor Roosevelt.” The Goldbergs at The Museum of Broadcast Communications Genealogy Bank.com has added millions of family history records. The records included obituaries, birth and marriage announcements and other helpful information from 186 newspapers in 40 states.Genealogy Bank Search Ancestry.com On July 14th, they released the new Australian Birth, Marriage and Death collections, which contains 14 million names between 1788 and 1985. Angela Garner from Ancestry.com.au talks about the details in her recent blog post on the Ancestry.com.au Blog or search the collection directly at http://www.ancestry.com.au/bmd2010. Ancestry.com has announced the official closing of the acquisition of the Genline.se, the leading Swedish family history website. The specifics of the acquisition are available in the full press announcement released on July 15, 2010. Ancestry recently released a new version of the Ancestry.com Tree-to-Go iPhone application in the iTunes App Store. Check it out at http://www.ancestry.com/iphone. Also available: The Genealogy Gems Podcast App App users: You will find a pdf article by Lisa and Wallpaper included on the app for this episode. MAILBOX: Barry Helfand asked if there is an equivelant to the Bureau of Land Management in Canada for homestead records. Here's a link to the web page at the Archives Canada about the land patents which includes a link to the Western Land Grants Database Here's a direct link to the database which includes information for locating land grants for other provinces not included. GEM: Interview with Genealogy Bogger Craig Manson Visit Craig's Geneablogie Blog | 21 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 92 Genealogist and Author Dave Obee | The LIVE Genealogy Gems Podcast #91 has been reformatted for the iPod. You may need to delete the downloaded episode from iTunes and download it again by clicking the GET button to get the reformatted video. "Attend the Jamboree virtually" by checking out these online resources: The Jamobree Twitter Archive Blog posts about Jamboree: Find My Ancestor Genealogy is Ruthless Without Me Dick Eastman's EOGN "I especially enjoyed her presentation on Google Earth for Genealogy" GeneaBlogie by Craig Manson Luxegen Blog by Joan Miller My Heritage Blog by Schelly Dardashti Hertiage Happens Blog by Cheryl Elyse's Genealogy Blog Upcoming Conference: 42nd BYU Conference on Family History July 27-30, 2010BYU Conference Center, 770 E. University Parkway, Provo, UTInformation 801-422-4853 Family History Expo in Pleasanton, California New at FamilySearch: New Family History Library in Riverton, UT Library of Congress Chronicling America Who Do You Think You Are? UK lineup announcedFind out what the Brits think of the U.S. version of the show at the Telegraph.co.uk Lisa's guest blog series at Family Tree Magazine's Genealogy Insider Blog MAILBOX: Meg Baker's FamilySearch iGoogle gadget Ancestry alternative - add to the iGoogle Bookmarks gadget Liz Thompson wrote: "You sure interview some interesting people!" Brandt Gibson wrote to say how the Genealogy Gems Podcast has helped him get the scoop on his ancestors! "Thanks for helping restore my faith in a gold mine of genealogical information!"Check out the Get the Scoop on Your Ancestors in Old Newspapers recorded webinar which is part of Genealogy Gems Premium Membership. New Listener Blogs: KimmyTsFamilyTrees Paw Prints Guiding Me to the Past William Haskell's blog Marie Peer asked who the podcast guest was that provided custom family charts: Janet Hovorka of Generation Maps. Marie wrote: "Thank you for the excellent podcasts. I really enjoy listening to them. I keep thinking that you are going to run out of topics but you don't. You are very creative." Darren Engh posted on Facebook about a website he really likes called www.digitalarkivet.no for records in Norway. He asked for recommendations for information about Candian immigration. Lisa recommends the book Destination Canada by Dave Obee. (This link supports this free podcast - thanks!!) GEM: Interview with Dave Obee Visit Dave's website "Every province is different. Canadian research is fairly recent research." Canada doesn't have anything like the SSDI. http://cangenealogy.com/ Websites the Dave recommends:Library and Archives CanadaAncestry.caThat's My Family Attend one of Lisa's classes at Family Tree University Get 10% off of Lisa's book Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies and use the coupon code SUMMERREAD305. Orders over $19.95 also get free shipping during summer 2010. | 5 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 90 - News, Mail & Part 2 of Family Forensic Files with Dr. Robert Leonard | NEWS:New images and webpages at the Canadian Genealogy Centre at the Library and Archives Canada website. Ocean Arrivals 1919-1924 have been digitized and are available online through the Microform Digitization online research tool.Facebook Updates Privacy SettingsLearn more about the new settings by watching their new series of video tutorials Making Control Simple blog postHappy 2nd Birthday Family Tree Magazine Podcast!Check out my blog series on the Genealogy Insider BlogMAILBOX:Nora wrote in looking for tips on finding records from an institution that has been closed down.Carl Mueller asks about the proper way to share sensitive family information received from newly found distant cousins. Michelle Teague wrote "Just downloaded the Genealogy Gems Podcast app on my iPhone. I love it! I'm only on episode 3 but what I've heard so far has been a great help." Michelle also shares a terrific story about a connection made on Ancestry that lead to receiving a bundle of precious letters written by two sonds to their mother during WWII.Read my article about Michelle's story at the Visit Salt Lake City blog.Phil and Carol Ellis wrote in to say they discovered genealogy podcasts at my class at the OGS conference in Toronto."You have now opened up a whole new world of genealgoical leads and tools." GEM: Forensic Linguistics with Dr. Robert Leonard PhD Part 2Items mentioned in Part 1 included:Robert Shuy is the author of 8 books on Forensic Linguistics.The Hummert Case featured on the TV series Forensic FilesThe Devil's Strip Case. A 4 minute video clip from the Discovery Channel show Solved Author Kathy Reichs, Forensic Anthropologist "You carry traces of every place you've ever lived in your speech. They might not surface all the time, but then at the oddest times they will." Dr. Robert LeonardGoogle Scholar Search Advanced Google Scholar SearchTIP: Oxford English DictionaryAsk your local library if they have a subscription or talk to the Reference librarianTIP: Dr. Leonard's approach to analyzing writing...Read it through. Look at the words, sentence patterns, rhythms, grammar, punctuation, specific words, odditities. Try reading the text backwards to focus on the words.TIP: Forensic Linguistics can apply to recordings as well as the written word.BBC Voices and the Library of Congress American Memory RecordingsTIP: Transcription Software program called Transcipt 2.3 free downloadTIP: Try a global view of the documents you have. Lay them all out and look at them as a whole.More fun with Dr. Leonard...Sha Na NA Official WebsiteShort clip of very rare footage from the original 1970 documentary on Woodstock. See the FREE Genealogy Gems Podcast LIVE at the Southern California Genealogy Society Jamboree on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. in the Pavilion at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. My guests will include:- Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective- Suzanne Russo Adams, Ancestry.com and Researcher on Who Do You Think You Are?- Chris Haley, Genealogist and Artist Read more at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree BlogI will also be teaching several classes and you can visit us at our exhibit booth number 116.Get the Genealogy Gems Podcast App for your iPhone, iTouch, or iPad and check out the Bonus Content for this episode! | 2 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 89 - Forensic Linguistics for Genealogy | New DVD Google Earth for Genealogy NEWSFree Records at FootnoteToolbar users got an alert last week about this the historical newspaper collection at Footnote being FREE for the entire month of May 2010. You'll find newspapers ranging from small towns to major cities and dating all the way back to the 1700s.Foonote Newspaper Collection Watch the webinar recording of the Getting the Scoop on Newspapers Webinar in Premium Membership.New Records at Genealogy BankThey have recently added 166 newspapers from 42 states here in the U.S.AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NE, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WVGenealogy Gems UpdatesGenealogy Gems iGoogle GadgetHere's a quick fix to get your gadget up and running again. 1. Delete the gadget from your iGoogle page.2. Click the Add Stuff link3. On the left side of the page click Add Feed or Gadget4. Copy and paste this address into the box. http://www.genealogygemspodcast.com/rss5. Click Add6. The updated gadget will appear on your iGoogle page and you should see the current episodes.Learn how to set up your own personal Genealogy iGoogle Homepage by watching the series of 12 Premium videos which are part of Genealogy Gems Premium Membership.Genealogy Gems AppThis is the app for the iPhone and iTouch and now iPad that allows you to stream the podcast and get all kinds of bonus content.How to download the new version - 1. Go on to your iPhone or iTouch2. Go to the Apps Store3. Click Updates4. Select the Genealogy Gems App5. Download the free updateGenealogy Gems Toolbar New FeatureThe toolbar is a free download, and it's really the easiest way to listen to the free show. The Google Earth ButtonThe New YouTube Button and WidgetMAILBOXNew genealogy blog announced by Bill BuchananHere is a post Bill did on the Genealogy Gems Podcast.Brandt wrote in asking about the microphone attachment for the iPod so that you can record audio.1. Go to http://www.genealogygems.com2. Click STORE on the menu on the left3. Do a search for iPod Recorder in the Amazon box Kathy Ott recently wrote in asking for suggestions on beginner genealogy guides for a gift.Recommendations are the Beginner Genealogists BundleIt's a fund combination of get started tools that get the user up and running quickly. If you want to spend a bit less, try the Beginners Guide to Genealogy also by Family Tree Magazine. (search the word BEGINNER)Elyzabeth Root wrote:I recently became really interested in t he Who Do You Think You Are? TV series. It sparked off a whole new passion for me. I just signed up for your Genealogy Gems Newsletter and I've been listening to the Genealogy Gems and Family Tree podcasts. As a newbie, they have been an asset to my research with all your tips and help. Thank you very much! It's so exciting each time I discover a new ancestor to connect to my family tree or find a document giving me a little more insight or verification. It is absolutely amazing to see how not that long ago, an ancestor came to America or how they were involved in a significant historical event. So thank you for all your recommendations, interviews, and for creating such a fun and informative podcast to listen to. I can't wait to show off what I have found to my family. GEM: Forensic Linguistics for Genealogy Lisa interviews Dr. Robert Leonard Ph.D.Watch the video of the Hummert case as described by Dr. Leonard.Visit the Forensic Linguistics Project at Hofstra UniversityOnline ClassSign up for the Reverse Genealogy class that Lisa is teaching at Family Tree UniversityVisit listener Ian Haddens blog | 21 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 88 New Stuff at Google Search and Criminal Records | NEWS:Findmypast.comwww.Findmypast.co.ukhas expanded its collection of British military records with the release of the Royal Marine Medal Roll 1914-1920.They have also announced their take over of www.worldvitalrecords.com.au It will be relaunched as www.findmypast.com.au (using this linked image helps makes this free podcast possible - thank you!)Ancestry has launched a new wiki that includes two books - The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy and Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. The wiki can be found at the Ancestry Wiki.The Family Search Wiki Ancestry also has announced that it plans on releasing Family Tree Maker for the Mac later this year.FamilySearchOver 300 Million new names have been added online at the FamilySearch Record Search Pilot1. Go to www.familysearch.org 2. Click Search Records3. Click Record Search PilotGenealogy GemsMy article Undercover Genealogy appears in the July 2010 issue of Family Tree MagazineSubscribe now in Amazon (and you'll also be supporting this free podcast - thank you!)For those of you searching in the United Kingdom:Upcoming Classes:I'm also teaching classes for Family Tree UniversityNext class: Reverse Genealogy Starts: May 10, 2010CLICK TO REGISTERI'm also now a contributing blogger for the Visit Salt Lake City website. Read my first post on Newspaper Research.My book Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies is now available for download to your iPad from the iBookstore!iPhone / iTouch / iPad users be sure and download the Genealogy Gems Podcast App MAILBOX:New Listener Blogs:Maria Northcote, Australia. Wishful LinkingTry out the free Shapes tool for creating collages like Marie didwww.shapecollage.com Connie Williams, Califonia. Constance CommentChalle Talbot wrote in asking about how to approach incorrect data in online family trees. I have some thoughts on that. GEM: A Criminal PastInterview with author Ron Arons about his book Wanted! U.S. Criminal RecordsGEM: Google Look AlikesCheck out the new features of Google SearchBe sure and scroll all the way to the bottom of your search results page.Watch my video on the Google News TimelineBe sure and Subscribe for free to my YouTube channel while you are there!Related Search - in the search box type related:keyword Get your copy of the new DVD showing you how to harness the power of the free Google Earth program for your family history research(PC compatible only) | 4 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 87 - Scouting for Ancestors | Stay tuned for upcoming Genealogy Gems Webinars:"I have participated in other webinars but your relaxed and friendly style really make it fun!"- Martha Zervoudakis "Thank you so much. It was wonderful. I could almost see you standing in front of the classroom. Please do more!" - Joan Sanaker NEWS: FamilySearch New indexing projects announced. Recently Completed Projects: Deutschland, Baden, Achern, Kirchenbucher, 1810 to1869 Part B France, Paris, Registres Protestants, 1612 to 1906 Part C U.S., Indiana, Clay County, Marriages, 1811 to 1959 U.S., Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey 1910 Federal Census World Vital Records has been announcing the addition of passenger data files to their site: The Italians to America Passenger Data File 1855 to 1900. Germans to America passenger data file 1850 to 1897 Russians to America Passenger Data File 1834 to1897 For our British Listeners: WDYTYA? US series to air in the UK starting April 25. The Southern California Genealogy society Jamboree January 11 thru 13, 2010 in Burbank, CA. And the Early-Bird Discount Deadline is fast approaching. Registration for the Jamboree Early-Bird Discount ends on Friday, April 30. MAILBOX: Carol Kendall asked about the Transcription program recommended on the Family History podcast. The Transcription software was discussed in Family History episode 36 A software program called Transcript 2.3 free download available Deborah Mullins Vernon asks about adding sources to online Family Trees Feedback on Google Earth for Genealogy "I had my popcorn while I watched Part 2, 3, 4 of Google Earth videos. I am learning so much. Thank you!" - Susan Miller Hawkins GEM: Scouting for Ancestors Interview with Mark Tucker Deborah Mullins Vernon asks for advice on searching for live people, and specifically Girl Scouts. she has a newspaper article about her. In the article is a picture of her with three Senior Girl Scouts. She would like to try to find them or their decendants to offer them a copy. When it comes to finding living people you can find a lot of information about that in Premium episode 3 which is all about finding living people using private eye techniques. The archived episode is available through the Genealogy Gems store at Lulu.com Lisa's article Be a Family History Detective – 10 Tactics to trace eluxive ancestors is the cover story on the newest issue of Family Tree Magazine (July 2010) Mark Tucker of the ThinkGenealogy blog is not only passionate about scouting, but has been doing his homework to investigate what type of family history information might be gleaned through researching an ancestors scouting history. And what better time than now to talk about the Boy Scouts as this wonderful organization celebrates it's 100 years of scouting this year. So let’s listen in and see what Mark Tucker can tell us about scouting in our family history. If you would like to learn more about scouting: For Boy Scouts head to the 100 Years of Scouting History website For the Girl Scouts visits their official site and you can go directly to the Girl Scouts Council Finder page on the site to locate and get in touch with the council where ancestors participated in scouting. Check out Genealogy blogger Denise Levenick’s blog post On My Honor, we were girl scouts when scouting wasn’t cool by denise Levenick If you have any experience with researching your scouting ancestors or find a gem after listening to this episode, please email Lisa. I know we would all love to hear about! National Scouting Museum website The Scoutmaster handbook on Google Books Also Search Boys Life And Scouting Magazine Google News Try scout searches on EbayFamily History Library search for Girl Scouts: Think Genealogy.com Blog You can help make this free podcast possible by getting to your favorite shopping website through the li | 23 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 86: The Generations Project | Note to Genealogy Gems App Users: New Wallpaper Bonus Content this episode! A big THANK YOU to the Jackson County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society in Jackson, Ohio for sharing Genealogy Gems with their website visitors. Here's a link to the Welcome to Genealogy Gems VideoTo embed the video on your website:1. Click the link above2. Click the Embed link under the bottom right hand corner of the video3. The html code for the video will be in a box and highlighted4. Right click on the highlighted code and select COPY from the pop up menu5. Paste the code (Ctl+V) into the "Code view" of your webpage.Footnote UpdateTheir Interactive Census will remain free to the public through April 30, 2010They've also added new content and ehanced their image viewer!Family History Expos UpdateTo get reconnected with Family History Expos go to http://www.fhexpos.comLisa's Big NewsThe new Google Earth for Genealogy DVD is now available!It's just $11.95 + $2.50 shipping (Continental U.S.)Includes 7 videos and website links. You'll be amazed what Google Earth can do to ROCK your family history!MAILBOX:Check out these new blogs from Genealogy Gems Listeners:Kevin Ryans BlogAll in the Family by Bernadette Farrell OldenYehle Genealogy by new premium member Richard YehleArchival Storage FollowupListener Diane Freeman recommends stamp mounts for newspaper clippingshttp://www.Showgardmounts.com/stampparaphernalia_016.htm New listener John W. Oliver heard about Genealogy Gems on the Historyzine Podcast. Tell them you heard about Rootsmagic on the Genealogy Gems Podcast!GEM: Interview with Kendall Wilcox, The Generations ProjectWatch The Generations Project TV series on BYU TelevisionWatch the latest episode: Alternative contentApply to be on the show.GEM: Who Do You Think You Are? Now Available in iTunes!(using this link supports this free podcast - thank!)GEM: Beta Buck Webinar for Premium Members!Premium Members can register for the beta test webinar "Getting the Scoop from Old Newspapers" Lisa will be presenting this LIVE 1 hour online class on Wed., April 21, 2010 at 4:00 pm PDTPremium Member Cost: $1.00Retail Value: $39.95 Space is limited!Become a Premium Member Today! | 9 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 85: Research in an Area Not Tackled Before on the Podcast | Who Do You Think You Are? airs on Friday nights at 8:00 p.m. on NBC.Updated scheduleBecome a Premium Member Premium episode 43 features Lisa Kudrow in part 2 of a behind the scenes question and answer (available for a limited time.)British Records:Chelsea Pensiones' service records 1883 - 1900 are now available at Findmypast.comNational Archives UKQuick Animated GuidesDocument Downloads at the National ArchivesGenealogy Gems Podcast iPhone AppKolbe Genealogy Blog"Now this is what genealogy is all about!"Download the FREE Rootsmagic Essentials at Rootsmagic GEM: Interview with Susanna deGroot, PLCGSGreat websites for Dutch research:Windmill Genealogy ServicesThe Meertens InstituteCentral Bureau for GenealogyGenliasNational Archief (National Archives)National Library of the NetherlandsMore information on the Ontario Genealogical Society Conference in Toronto, Canada May 14-16, 2010GEM: Family ChArtistInterview with Janet Hovorka, Owner of Generation MapsSpecial Coupon Code for Genealogy Gems Listeners saves you 20% until April 30, 2010!CODE: 246LLCPOD321 | 1 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 84 - New Family Search, Tribute to Fess Parker | The Genealogy Gems Podcast is Three Years Old This Month! THANK YOUS Elyses blog post on genealogy podcasts Renee Huskey wrote in her Free Stuff Friday post about the Genealogy Gems Toolbar FAMILY SEARCH Recently Completed Projects They will be searchable online at pilot.familysearch.org in the near future.) Argentina, Balvanera. Registros Parroquiales 1833 thru 1934 [Parte A] Canada, British Columbia. Deaths, 1872 thru 1986 [Part 4] Jamaica. Civil Births, 1878 thru 1899 [Part A] Norway. 1875 Census [Part 1 U.S., Florida. 1910 Federal Census U.S., Georgia. 1910 Federal Census U.S., Indiana, Clark County. Marriages, 1811 thru 1959 U.S., Indiana, Dubois County. Marriages, 1811 thru 1959 U.S., Indiana, Harrison County. Marriages, 1811 thru1959 U.S., Maryland. 1910 Federal Census U.S., Montana. 1910 Federal Census U.S., Tennessee. County Marriages, 1790 thru 1950 [Part A] The FamilySearch Family History Library is now making its popular classes available at FamilySearch.org, where anyone anywhere in the world can access them for free at a time that is convenient for them. FamilySearch is continually adding new online offerings. Classes on how to read English handwritten records are currently in development. All of the classes can be accessed on www.familysearch.org by clicking on Free Online Classes on the home page. FOOTNOTE Unlike any other historical collection on the web, the Interactive Census Collection has the unique ability to connect people related to ancestors found on the historical documents. Simply by clicking the Im Related button for a name on the document will identify you as a descendent and also list others that have done the same. Never before has it been as easy to connect with distant relatives through historical documents. Finding a record featuring an ancestors name provides not only an emotional experience but also a connection with the past. On Footnote.com it’s more than just finding a name on a census record. Interactive tools allow people to enhance the documents by adding their own contributions including: Photos Stories Comments Other related documentCheck out the Interactive Census at Footnote - Free for a limited time. Who Do You Think You Are? Do you belong to a genealogy society? Perhaps nows a good time to hold some beginning genealogy classes like the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society has done. Next episode on Friday March 26, 2010 features Matthew Broderick and his family history that crosses paths with the Civil War. MAILBOX: Travis wrote in to say he has been inspired to get started in genealogy research:This morning I did a quick search on my iPhone. In the App store and i found your podcast. I listened to about 15 or so episodes. Starting at the beginning. I really enjoy your podcast and cant wait to get caught up and see what other goodys you have in store for me!! Get the Genealogy Gems iPhone / iTouch App Comments on WDYTYA blog post So kudos to both Lisas for what you have done to raise the excitement for genealogy! Full episodes online on the NBC website Thanks to my conversation with you several months ago, my search for my mother is only resulting in increasing information…I love you for your enthusiasm and dedication to this work. Crystal Bell, a fan forever. Listen to Lisa’s interview with Crystal Bell Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast Episode 44 From Tim Connor. A Question Henry Culbertson Wood who was orphaned at a young age. His Mother died when he was less than a year old. His father and Mother were never Married and his Father disappeared. He lived with some people for a time then went to Hillside Mission Indian school in Skiatook, OK. (Possibly an Orphanage for Indians | 21 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 83 - Answers to Your Questions | The Google Earth for Genealogy DVD is coming soon! All 6 videos are also part of Genealogy Gems Premium Membership Family Tree Magazine's Top 40 Genealogy Blogs Lisa’s recent blog posts about the new TV series Who Do You Think You Are? WDYTYA: You’re Gonna Get It. And You’re Gonna Love It! WDYTYA TV Guest Appearances & Tips WDYTYA Held It's Own in the Ratings If I Don't Say This I Think My Head Will Explode Upcoming Conferences: Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree June 11 - 13, 2010 Marriott Los Angeles Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center Ontario Genealogical Society Conference May 14 - 16, 2010 Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 15 is the last day to take advantage of their early-bird registration rates. Generation Maps announced the release date for their brand new Family ChArtist program on their website MAILBOX: Marian Vermazen asks about Rootsmagic and citing sources. Marian's Blog Lisa recommends Elizabeth Shown Mills' book Evidence Explained:Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace 2nd Edition Carol Purinton asked for advice in purchasing a new mp3 player for listening to podcasts and audio books. Mp3 Player Reviews Apple iPod touch 8 GB (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL Cathie Wood Owens asked about adding New Family Search to the Genealogy Gems Toolbar. Lisa has now added it to the Genealogy Sites button on the Toolbar which is available for free download. Jean Perera wrote in about Who Do You Think You Are? "The more we can support shows of this nature and quality, the better in my estimation. They make history come alive and as Lisa said gives me an appreciation for what my ancestors endured. I like to think I have benefitted from their sacrifices and it has helped make me the person I am. As always, thanks for your informative podcasts. I can hear the smile in your voice and your enthusiasm is catching. Keep it up!" Kevin Ryan asked about getting started with British Research Lisa's recommended sites:The National Archives UK Genuki Subscription Record Sites: http://www.findmypast.com www.Ancestry.com Nancy wrote in about the two part Hard Drive Organization video series in Premium Membership. Susan Konkel in Wisconsin writes "I work at the Family History center in Brookfield, Wisconsin. I am currently teaching our consultants how to use Roots Magic 4 in an effort to transfer their huge PAF files onto New Family Search. I have been looking at different information regarding the upcoming NBC show "Who Do You Think You Are" and came across this page. I am very interested in learning new searching tools to help our staff and patrons without paying the high cost of conferences. Thanks for all you are doing." GEM: Paper Preservation Listener Debra Miller-Tossey wrote in looking for advice on preserving newspaper clippings. Sally Jacobs, The Practical Archivist at http://practicalarchivist.com/ Read her article Newspaper Clippings: Can They Be Saved? Sally's Tips: Decision to make: keep or reprint Sources: http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/newspap.html http://www.loc.gov/preserv/presfaq.html#7 http://www.nedcc.org/resources/resources.php Sign up for the Practical Archivist e-newsletter and reeive the free e-booklet 8 Blunders People Make When They Scan Photos and How To Avoid Them All While at Sally's site, check out The Preservation Answer Machine Encapsulation kits: HollingerMetalEdge G*****d GEM: Genealogy is Reconstructing the Dash Listener Gail Hamilton sent in a gem of poem that will get you thinking not only about your research but about the "dash" you are creating today! App users check your Bonus Content for special Motivational "Dash" Wallpaper! | 8 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 82: Yearning to Know More? Listen to Part 2 with Irene Johnson. | Share Who Do You Think You Are? with Friends and Family Share Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 81 with your friends and family: http://www.genealogygemspodcast.com/index.php?post_id=582014 Who Do You Think You Are? premieres on NBC on Friday, March 5 at 8:00 pm. NEWS: Digitize Your Family Records – Free at Jamboree Ancestry.com announced that they are going to be at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree with their scanners, and that means that ttendees will have the opportunity to have their family photos and documents professionally scanned at the conference, for free. Sign up for 15-minute scanning sessions from 12:00 noon on Friday, June 11, through 3:00 p.m. Sunday, June 13. The scanning area will be in the Producer room, in the East tower of the main hotel. Look for signs to point the way. Register in advance on the Jamboree website Sign up for your particular time slot when you arrive at Jamboree. Lisa will be speaking at the Ontario Genealogical Society Conference in Toronto Canada being held may 14 through the 16, 2010 at the Doubletree by Hilton at the Toronto Airport. Veterans History Project Marks Tenth Year with Events and Initiatives The Veterans History Project was created in 2000 by Congress as a national documentation program of the American Folklife Center to record, preserve, and make accessible the first-hand remembrances of American wartime veterans from World War I through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. Volunteer interviewers may request information at vohp@loc.gov or the toll-free message line at (888) 371-5848. Family Search they have announced some new record digitization projects: Brasil, Pernambuco, Recife - Registro Civil, 1900-1920 Italia, Napoli, Castellammare di Stabia - Atti di Morte 1809-1936 [Parte B] UK, Bristol - Parish Registers 1837-1900 [Part B] US, Guam and Samoa - 1920 Federal Census US, Kentucky - 1910 Federal Census US, Maryland - 1910 Federal Census US, Massachusetts - 1910 Federal Census US, Tennessee - County Marriages, 1790-1950 [Part A] US, Virgin Islands - 1920 Federal Census MAILBOX: 3 Ring Binder Tabs Followup Sheryl’s Example divider page Avery® Protect 'n Tab™ Tabbed Sheet Protectors #74160, Acid Free, 5-Tab, Pack of 5 Product Number: 74160. The sheet protectors fit 8-1/2" x 11" material and are acid free and archival safe won't lift print from your pages. Escalating Ancestry issues Al Wilson asked for advice in escalating an issue with Ancestry and Lisa provides two strategies for resolving the case of the missing WWI Draft Registration Cards. Blogs & Tollbars Michael Honeycutt wrote in to say that the thing he loves about listening to podcasts is that something always pops back in his mind a few days after listening. Michael’s Blog: Confessions of a Twenty-something Family Historian Michael says”as soon as I'm done typing this, I'm going to give the toolbar a test run!” Download the free Genealogy Gems Podcast Toolbar Tim Cox suggested a quick link on the toolbar to Amazon that also supports the podcast. Keep those great ideas coming Tim – and thank to all of you for supporting the podcast! You’re awesome! Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Here’s an email from Paul Dunlop who writes: “I just came across your Genealogy Made Easy podcast #001 Get Inspired and Get Started. I began really researching my family just before the holidays…It’s been helpful to listen to the beginner podcasts….Much as I fear I have got the bug and cant stop this!…Great show.” Paul Dunlop Rootsmagic and Mark Tucker Barbara Starmans wrote to say she’s migrated to Roots Magic 4 and “I’m enjoying the program more than ever now that it incorporates all the features I was looking for when I wandered away to another software a co | 21 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 81: Lisa Kudrow is on the podcast! Who Do You Think You Are? | MAILBOX: Sign up for the Genealogy Gems Podcast e-Newsletter You’ll get Lisa's 20 page e-book called 5 Fabulous Research Strategies for the Family Historian free in your welcome email. Follow the techniques in the e-book and you’ll better results with your Google Searches when you’re online doing your research! And if by chance you have already signed up you haven’t been receiving the newsletter be sure and add genealogygemspodcast at gmail dot com to your email contact list so that your email provider won’t think they are spam. Thank you to genealogy blogger Joan Miller for her wonderful review of the Genealogy Gems Podcast iPhone App on her blog. Get the Genealogy Gems iPhone / iTouch App Teri Chaffin wrote in asking for suggestions for genealogist training and certification. Lisa recommends the article Shaping Up by Sunny Morton in the March 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine Genealogy and Family History Certificate Program at the Seattle campus of the University of Washington Certificate in Genealogical Research program at Boston University. You can take that program online. Genealogical certification is offered by: The Board for Certification of Genealogists The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists BCG does offer skill building Listen to Lisa’s interview with Sunny about the article in the February 2010 episode of Tree Magazine Podcast or subscribe for free in iTunes Michelle Goodrum writes in about her new blog Turning of Generations and how much she enjoyed Lisa’s Google Earth presentation on at the recent Family History Expo in Mesa. “I was so excited about it I went home and shared your tips with my husband who likes Google Earth but had NO IDEA what it could do. The next time I go hunting for a homestead, I'm going to do it this way. It's much easier than getting the old state highway maps that also show the township, range, info! Plus like my hubby pointed out, it would be much more comforting when we are out in the backcountry after riding down 20 miles of dirt roads to have that visual to tell us that yes, we ARE on the right track.” “As always, I'm looking forward to what wonderful new adventures you will be taking us listeners on in your upcoming podcasts. You are a treasure chest of information!” Stay tuned for the release of Lisa’s new Google Earth for Genealogy DVD. Become a Premium Member GEM: Interview with Lisa Kudrow Lisa talks with Lisa Kudrow about her new television series Who Do You Think You Are? premiering March 5, 2010 at 8:00 pm on NBC Watch the video message from Lisa Kudrow on The Genealogy Gems News Blog. Spread the Word! Email your friends and family and share this episode with them to generate excitement and viewership for this new genealogy themed show. The Genealogy Gems Podcast is sponsored by Rootsmagic Lisa will be teaching for Family Tree Magazine called Search Engine Tips & Tricks: Google Techniques to Boost Your Research on Tuesday February 23, 2010 at 4pm Pacific and 7 pm Eastern. For more information go to the Family Tree Magazine website. Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast will wrap up with one more episode. | 13 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 80: Genealogy News, Mail and an Interview with Irene Johnson | THANK YOU to all the genealogy bloggers who got the word out about the new Genealogy Gems iPhone app which is now available in the iTunes store: Kimberly Powell of the About Genealogy blog Dick Eastman of Eastman’s online genealogy newsletter Janet Havorka of the Chart Chick Blog Miriam Robbins Midkiff of Ancestories The Genealogy Guys Schelly Dardashti of the Tracing the Tribe blog Amy Coffin of the We Tree blog Lisa has gotten great feedback from those of you who have already downloaded the app from the iTunes store. Apple Announces the iPad Dick Eastman on the iPad iPad News at the BBC iRock Cartoon Thank You: Lynn Palermo's blog Tina Lyons' Blog Randy Seaver's Blog Ancestry Magazine Closes It’s Doors Ancestry Magazine will be publishing it’s last issue in March of 2010. Go to http://books.google.com and just type Ancestry in the search box to see past issues online. MAILBOX: Question from member Teri Chaffin: Are there 3 ring binder dividers large enough to use with sheet protectors? Lisa suggests: Avery® WorkSaver® Big Tab Insertable Dividers 11220, 5-Tab Set Judy in Ocala requested photos of Lisa’s family history wall display describe in Episode 3. Rebecca Pittman of Chicago asks for leads on researching ancestors who served as U.S. census enumerators. “Do you have any recommendations for locating records about his role as a Census Enumerator? I’m sure there would’ve been an application form, payroll information, etc. for Census Enumerators. I searched Worldcat for any books on the subject and the National Archives for records and have not had any luck.” Bill Maury, Chief of History at the U.S. Census Bureau says that All of the records that are available are at the National Archives in Record Group 29…the records are partial at best but some are both extensive and informative. Episode 33 features my interview with Bill Maury Integrated Public Use Microdata Series Histories of Enumeration Procedures for Each Census: â How Enumerators were appointed in 1930 Record Group 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census Record Group 29 in Detail (Tip: Search the page for “Personnel”) Mary Bowden wrote in to say she has started her own genealogy blog. “Thanks, I loved the live podcast!” Me and My Ancestors Blog Podcast listener Marie has also started blogging Gordon Churchill asks for recommendations for a way to publish a “book of stories and events that I have been able to find, together with the dates and places, so that grandchildren and others who come to it will find something that has some life in it, not just historical records.” Lisa suggests Kodak Gallery Listen to Episode 13 for more on publishing a family history book with Kodak Gallery This Podcast is sponsored by: Tell them you heard about Rootsmagic on the Genealogy Gems Podcast! GEM: Interview with Irene Johnson Visit the Family History Library online Irene’s Tip: Do your homework before you visit the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Do Your Homework Before You Come: - Scour the online catalog - Decide what you need - Ask for help when you visit Lisa’s Tip – print out the items you want from the catalogue and prioritize them. Determine which items are available only in Salt Lake City. Watch Irene in the Ancestors series The Library is divided up into sections: B2 - The British Collection B1 - The International Floor – “the only place where you will find all the Swedish records under one roof!” (they are scattered amongst the various archives across Sweden) The Vault – There are many films that are not located in the library but rather in the granite vault. Request ahead of time, or as soon as you arrive. Please volunteer to Index The Main/ 1st Floor – Computers and Family Histories | 5 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 79 - LIVE broadcast from Family History Expos in Mesa, AZ | This episode is a LIVE presentation of The Genealogy Gems Podcast presented at the Family History Expo in Mesa, Arizona on Friday, January 22, 2010. Lisa introduces her Stage Manager (and daughter!) Lacey Cooke. Download the Free Genealogy Gems Toolbar GUEST: Gena Philibert Ortega, Genaâs Genealogy Blog Worldvitalrecords - www.worldvital.com Genealogywise - www.genealogywise.com GUEST: Thomas MacEntee, Geneablogger The Top 10 Genealogy Blog Myths Use Google Reader Geneabloggers Website This LIVE show is sponsored by Rootsmagic.com Lisa chats with Bruce Buzbee about Rootsmagic 4 Download the FREE Rootsmagic Essentials to give it a test drive! GUEST: Anastasia Tyler, Ancestry Anastasia was recently featured on The Martha Stewart Show Anastasia discusses the new NBC TV show Who Do You Think You Are? that premiereâs on March 5 at 8:00 pm. Jerry Springer Videos Part 1 Watch Part 1 Part 2 Watch Part 2 Part 3 Watch Part 3 Part 4 Watch Part 4 Part 5 Watch Part 5 Part 6 Watch part 6 She also talks about whatâs coming up at Ancestry in 2010. The Ancestry Blog: http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/ Become a Genealogy Gems Premium Member | 25 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 78: A New Year and a New App, News, Mailbox & a Musical Gem | Happy New Year!! Contest Winners Announced: The winner of the FTM Organize Your Genealogy Life CD: Carroll Berryman The winner of the 2 day admission ticket to the Mesa, AZ Family History Expo: A.C. Ivory of UT 2nd winner: Patty Mitchell of AZ. Get more information about the conference and banquet at Family History Expos Lisa will be speaking at the Ontario Genealogical Society Conference in Toronto, Canada May 14 through the 16th of 2010 at the Doubletree Hilton at the Toronto Airport The Armchair Genealogist: Follow Friday - My Top Five, A Year In ... By Lynn Palermo Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episodes can now be automatically downloaded to iTunes. For more information sign in and go to the main Podcast page. Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems e-newsletter and receive the downloadable e-book 5 Fabulous Google Research Strategies for the Family Historian. BRAND NEW: The Genealogy Gems Podcast iPhone app is now available for the iPhone and ipod iTouch. Get it at the iTunes App Store NEWS: ANCESTRY Ancestry's new online family trees website, Mundia Also at ancestry they"ve announced the release of new and improved images for U.S. Federal Censuses. They’ve got clearer images for 1790-1900, and are working on 1910 through 1930. They’ve also posted better indexes for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1900 FAMILYSEARCH They have some New Projects you may want to know about. Canada, British Columbia—Deaths, 1872-1986 [Part 3] U.S., Indiana, Clark County—Marriages, 1811–1959 U.S., Minnesota—1875 State Census U.S., Rhode Island—1905 State Census [Part 2] U.S., South Dakota—1935 State Census [Part 2] Genealogy Bank Added newspaper pages online from 117 newspapers and 32 states including:Augusta Chronicle (GA) Seattle Daily Times (WA) City Gazette (SC) New York Herald (NY) New York Herald-Tribune (NY) North Philly Free Press (PA) Political Digest (PA) MAILBOX: Premium Feed: Premium Member Patti Wilcox writes in: "Thank you thank you! I'm so happy with the iTunes feed for Premium members. I love being able to easily add to iTunes and now maybe I'll be the first to listen to new episodes!” and recommends Mac users use Safari rather Firefox to initially subscribe to the feed. Genealogy Questions: Long time listeners Richard Yehle has a question about adoption research He writes: "An ex-brother–in-law’s father had two brothers born in 1914 and 1916 who were placed in an orphanage in Stockton CA in an unknown year (I’d guess between 1920 and 1930). The family is looking for information on these two brothers but don’t know where to start. I can’t find either of them in the 1920 or 1930 census, nor their parents for that matter. They moved from New Mexico to Bakersfield CA by 1910 and apparently to Stockton CA at some point later, again my guess is after the death of the mother – but we don’t have that date. The location of the two orphans are not known. I suppose it’s possible that they took the name of their adoptive parents which could be a problem. The original surname is Torres which is also reasonably common. Any suggestions on where to start looking for these two?" Do a search on Google Books - here's one on San Joaquin County orphanages Here's a Benevolent Institutions publication from 1910. Full text of "Benevolent institutions. 1910" The San Joaquin County US Gen Web site is currently under construction but it looks like they plan on providing information about adoptions in the county. Resources at Cyndis List If you have strategies for Richard email Lisa. Toolbar Emails: Genealogy Gems Podcast Toolbar Kathy Ott asks how to remove and hide the new toolbar. How to remove the toolbar from a Mac: In the Finder click on Applications (under Places menu) There will likely be a "Toolbar" folder - click on that There you should find the Genealogy Gems Podcast Toolbar folder - click on that Click on the Uninstall icon On a PC: Open the Add or Remove Programs folder in the Control Panel Click on the Genea | 4 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 77: Have a Great Ancestral Hair Day | To listen to the Podcast: Click the Play button on the media player in the column on the right. Click the >| button to scroll through the episodes in the media player. NEWS: Sign up for the Genealogy Gems Free e-Newsletter Footnote.com - In honor of Pearl Harbor Day they are making their interactive WWII collection available for free for the month of Dec 2009. MAILBOX: Michael in Irvine, CA writes in about The Genealogy Gems Toolbar Download the free Genealogy Gems Toolbar Listener Gordon Churchill writes in to ask about using compiled genealogical records in his research. Podcast: Canada's History Magazine: The Beaver Listener Phil Haye's blog post about the new ABC show "Find My Familyâ which aires on Monday nights at 9:00 pm GEM: Interview with Maureen Taylor about Hairstyles book Above: Get Maureen's book at Amazon You can sign up for Maureenâs free e-newsletter at her Photo Detective Web Site GEM: Family Storytelling During The Holidays Hollyâs podcast episode 50 of the Family History Expos Podcast | 8 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 76 - FamilySearch Head Genealogist David Rencher Part 2 | Are you ready for Christmas yet? If you would like to help out the podcast while you shop, just click this box... ...to access the Amazon site and look for your first item. When you do that Genealogy Gems will get credit for anything you buy while you're on the Amazon site - and you don"t pay anything extra! Thank you! NEWS: RootsMagic, Inc. announced the immediate availability of RootsMagic Essentials, free desktop genealogy software based on their award-winning RootsMagic 4 system. RootsMagic Essentials contains many core features found in its namesake that allow the public to easily start tracing their family trees. FAMILYSEARCH: The folks at familysearch have added some new record collections which can be searched for free at the FamilySearch.org Record Search pilot (click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot). The new records include: - Brazil Catholic Church Records 1805-1979 update - Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1842â1915 - Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records Spain Municipal Records, 1837â1870 - United States 1920 Federal Census for Texas, Ohio, and Iowa Footnote.com recently released "the Native American Collection" of historical records. You are a Genealogy Gem - tell the world with the Genealogy Gem Rhinestone Pin. Approx. 2" wide by 1" high, pin back. Limited Quantities! (click image to enlarge) Price: $11.95 + $1.50 first class shipping continental U.S. MAILBOX: Crystal Bell writes in with an update on her family search Liz Pidgeon wrote in about Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 74 featuring Joe Bott of the DeadFred website. "There is an Australian equivalent called Photo Rescue though no way as big at: http://www.members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/photorescue.html and I know that people also post "unknown" photos to Flickr groups.â AC Ivory has been diving into his family history and wrote in with a neat story of what it can mean to an older relative when we spend time with them and ask about family history. www.generationivory.com Read his article about podcasts. Susan Freer shared a fun free website that features the music of yesteryear Upchucky Radio Hits of the 1940s Jukebox page Profile America: 1810 census Learn more about the 1810 census GEM: Part 2 - David Rencher on Family Search David Rencher is the Head Genealogist at familysearch and in today's episode you"ll be hearing part 2 of my interview with him on the past, present and future of familysearch.org. Profile America: Automobile Download the Free Genealogy Gems Toolbar for your Internet browser featuring the new Lisaâs Gem of the Week button which takes you to a page exclusively for toolbar users with gems you can use. And thatâs in addition to the google search box, highlighter pen, podcast media player, free research gems sites button and much more. If youâve already downloaded the toolbar the new features will automatically appear. | 29 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 75 - The Future of Digital Records with David Rencher, Head Genealogist at FamilySearch | New to the Podcast? Click the media player on the right to begin listening or subscribe to the podcast for free in iTunes. (Click here to learn more about how to download and subscribe to podcasts in iTunes. Click here to watch a video tutorial) News: Attend one of Lisa's classes:Lisa will be speaking at the Family History Expo in Mesa, Arizona on January 22 & 23, 2010 New lower shipping for Lisa's book at Lulu.com:Visit the Genealogy Gems Store at Lulu.com where you can now order her book and pay just $3.99 flat rate shipping. Also at the store you'll find archived Premium episodes now available for automatic download (including PDF show notes) NEW! Download the free Genealogy Gems Toolbar Itâs free, fun, and can help you access the information fast that you need to meet your research goals. MAILBOX: Listener Megan Kyser asks if the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast might have a DNA episode someday? âand she adds, "My whole family listens in the car on trips- yes; even the 5 and under crowd! Lisa covered DNA in Episode 29 of The Genealogy Gems Podcast She will also be interviewing a DNA specialist for the November episode of The Family Tree Magazine Podcast which will be out later this month. And Lisa recommends a fun website for her under 5 fans! Listener Rhonda Schneringer of South Dakota and saysââin this podcast, you mention a class you teach called "Sharing the Joy". You describe it as projects anyone can do to share your genealogical information with family members who aren't "into" genealogy yet. Can you tell me where I can find information about these projects?â The details of the projects Lisa covers in the presentation can be found in her book Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies. The projects featured in the class included: Decoupage Plate - Chapter 11Sweet Memories Candy Bars - Chapter 20 (this is a big favorite!)Family History Wall Displays - Chapter 3Publishing Your Own Family History Book - Chapter 13 A four part video series is available at the Genealogy Gems TV Channel at YouTube for the Family History Christmas Wreath project: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 GEM: Interview with David Rencher, Head Genealogist at Family Search David discusses the digitization for FamilySearch, how research has changed, the future of the Family History Library online catalog, and the opportunities that technology offers the genealogy world. Itâs a rare opportunity to hear from the decision maker himself about the records that impact your research. | 9 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 74 - An Amazing Story Featuring DeadFred | Sit back and enjoy this episode about a Gem of a web site: www.DeadFred.com Founder Joe Bott tells us what drove him to create the site and some amazing and inspiring stories of Ancestors found! Here's a link to the photograph of Gustavo Hammel that Karen Hammel found on the DeadFred web site. Our Dog Howie was featured in BARK! magazine (below) | 30 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 73 - It's All About You and Genealogy! | NEWS: Lisa covers digitized newspaper records recently posted at the Library of America's Chronicling America web site As well as news from Ancestry.com including new records, the new social networking with records feature, and updated to their Member Connect Feature. Watch Lisa's 2 part video series on Member Connect with David Graham of Ancestry. Go to the Genealogy Gems TV Channel at YouTube and Click on the Videos section. Become a fan of The Genealogy Gems Podcast at Facebook. Add Lisa as a friend on Facebook MAILBOX:Lisa stops by Mike OâLaughlinâs Irish Roots Cafà to ask the Irish research expert for some advice for listener Maria Romano about her Hickson and Carey ancestors from Clanmorris, County Kerry, Ireland. Mike has some great leads for Maria and anyone with Irish ancestors. Then Lisa shares some advice from German Genealogist Baerbel Johnson of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City on German research in response to listener Teri Chaffinâs question about her Matzdorff family. Danny from Baltimore wrote in to comment on Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 69 and the story about the man who found his family history book digitized on Google Books. "Copyright infringement and plagiarism is always a topic near and dear to every genealogist. A discussion on âfair useâ typically results in a heated debate but to assume that since a library has a copy of a book and that an arrangement between the library, a company (Google) and various literary organizations permitting the digitalization of the libraryâs collection automatically implies the granting of digital rights to that collection is flabbergasting.â Danny from Baltimore Web sites mentioned:Authors Guild Original article (9/3/09) about Google books from the BBC Tina Kelly writes to say how excited she was to be able to get some of the archived Premium Episodes from the Genealogy Gems store at Lulu Premium Episodes now on Lulu:Premium Episodes 2 through 7 And more episodes are coming soon! Limited Time Savings: Save 14.92% on your order (up to $25) with coupon code PINTA Sale Ends Oct. 12, 2009. And Russ Karr writes to share the highs and lows of his research, and his curiousity about an ancestor that died in an Insane Asylum in San Jose in 1920. Resources mentioned by Lisa:The Suitcase Exhibit Online Diane Haddadâs post on The Genealogy Insider Blog Attend Lisaâs classes:Family History ExpoRedding, CaliforniaOctober 16 & 17, 2009 Listener and Premium member Pat Dalpiaz shares how she proudly wears her new Genealogy Gem Rhinestone Pin whenever she has a new discovery, and shares two of her most recent discoveries generated by working on her family history blog. $11.95 + $1.50 shipping to the Continental U.S. Designed personally by Lisa Louise Cooke and made with high quality Czechoslovakian and Austrian crystals, this custom rhinestone pin is bound to generate genealogical conversation when worn. Measures approximately 2" x 1", secured with pin back. Limited quantities! | 9 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | CleanVideoVideocast: Episode 73 Genealogy News Segment | Something new this week...I'm trying out a videocast of the Genealogy News segment of The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 73. Click the video file attached to these show notes (which ends with the "mp4" extension) to play on your computer or download to your Video iPod from iTunes (should be available in iTunes Oct. 8 mid day) I want to hear from you! Did you watch the videocast? Do you enjoy getting your genealogy news this way? Did you download it to a Video iPod? Email your comments to genealogygemspodcast at gmail dot com or leave a recorded message on the voicemail line: 925-272-4021. Thanks for watching this special addition of The Genealogy Gems Podcast! Lisa | 8 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 72 - Probate Records and Genealogy Serendipity with Jana Broglin, Google Books, Genealogy Wise | News: Read Lisa's Blog post âGoogle Books Revolutionary Next Stepâ How to Order Key Civil War Records by Tamie Dehler, Tribune-Star Mailbox: A listener writes in to share her experience with Genealogy WiseJoin the Genealogy Gems Podcast Group at Genealogy Wise. Check out the free program Transcript 2.0 that listeners are raving about. GEM: Probate Records with Jana Broglin, CG How to Find Probate Records: Research the local jurisdictionFind where wills are filedLook in Index of Testators or General Index to WillsRequest the packet Jana's Tips: Don't overlook Vouchers / ReceiptsAsk for numerous short pages to be photocopied onto one pageJust because you find a guardianship record, don't assume both parents are deceased. Visit Jana's Web Site GEM: Sorting your bookmarks alphabetically in Safari (Mac)Thanks to listener Eiya Loki How to Sort Bookmarks: 1. On the top of your screen click on Bookmarks2. In Bookmarks drop down menu click on Show All Bookmarks3. In the left pane under Collections click on Bookmarks Menu4. click on any bookmark in the right pane5. Go directly up to Edit at the top of your screen and click on it6. Click on Select All from the drop down menu7. Open up Finder and make a folder on your desktop called "bookmarks"8. Double click on the folder to open it up. 9. Then on your keyboard press Command-J. This will open a little window.10. About in the middle of this window you will see the words Arrange By: with a drop down menu right next to it, click the drop down menu option Name.11. Now go back to Safari and drag a third of Safari's window out of screen12. Position the finder in the empty half of the screen. 13. Go back to the Bookmarks Menu14. Click and drag all of your bookmarks in the Finder window. 15. There the will be automatically sorted even the bookmarks inside folders!16. Go back to Safari and re Select All to your bookmarks just as you did before but this time after you have all you bookmarks highlighted 17. Go back up to Edit & click Delete in the drop down window.18. Go back to the Finder window and Select All just as you did before19. Drag the bookmarks back into Bookmarks Menu in Safari. | 24 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 71: Part 2 of Ancestry's Member Connect, and Geneablogger Lee Drew | And at this conference I am debuting a brand new item that I've been working on for months and it"s ready, and it will be available for the first time at the Expo. Itâs actually inspired by you - you know you are all such gems to listen in to the show, and I was thinking about that, and it just seemed to me that there ought to be something wonderful to wear that shows off what a real genealogy gem you are. So this weekend Iâm making available for the first time the Genealogy Gem rhinestone jewelry pin My grandmother always wore sparkling costume jewelry and I was fortunate enough to inherit it, and this pin fits right in with all the wonderful vintage pieces. So if you would like your very own pin to declare to the world that you are someone you care about is a genealogy gem, be sure and stop by the Genealogy Gems booth in the exhibit hall. MAILBOX: Russ from Tucson, AZ wrote in to ask about how to locate some Californians in his family tree, and a very happy outcome followed: Well the "little angels" were in my court because the same day I emailed you I was listening to your old archives in the premium member section when I heard you mention the "acts of random kindness" which I emailed the same day, well someone who lived near the cemetery was able to get a hold of a record of my great grandfather's burial date but said there was no date of death. Using that date, I manually went into the Oakland Tribune obituary archives and went back a few days before the burial date and there was his obituary! Kay wrote in to share her experiences with Member Connect on Ancestry. Email your comments to Lisa GEM: Member Connect with Ancestry Part 2Interview with David Graham, Director of Product Management In this episode, we wrap our personal tour of Ancestryâs new Member Connect feature. GEM: Family History Thoughts with Lee Drew In this gem I am happy to feature another wonderful blog post from genealogy blogger Lee Drew called "Choices and Consequences.â LineageKeeper blog Fam Hist Blog Iâm going in for some surgery in early September and I know that recovery may take around 4 weeks, so you may not be hearing from me as regularly as usual, but I hope that you stay in touch and be patient until Iâm up on my feet again. Iâm going to try to get some things wrapped up before hand, so hopefully you Genealogy Gems Premium members wonât notice any difference in the regularity of premium shows and videos. And actually Iâm having a blast with this new video series coming up and I know youâll love it. I appreciate your understanding and patience and really canât wait until I can get back to the microphone with more genealogy gems. Thanks so much for listening friend, Iâll talk to you soon! | 5 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 70 - A Tool for Connecting with Researchers Online | Family Tree University Google announced last week that it has quadrupled its searchable archive of historical news articles, many of which are free to access.From the Genealogy Insider Blog The National Archives just announced that it has launched what it calls a Narations blog. The new blog is going to focus on online public access to records of the U.S. National Archives The Salt Lake City Family History Expo is almost here MyHeritage.com, has announced the release of Family Tree Builder 4.0. The Family Tree Builder software is available for free download Read the article about Googleâs new improved search BBC News MAILBOX:Sean Lamb shared his recent discoveries and then had some questions about the 1930 census and the Office Use Only columns. GEM: IPUMS USA website The site is described as âCensus microdata for social and economic researchâ. Itâs an excellent and little known web site that is dedicated to collecting and distributing US census data. Its goals are to: Collect and preserve data and documentation Harmonize data Disseminate the data absolutely free 1850 â 1950 Enumerator Instructions 1930 Enumerator Instructions But as the column implies, the census taker was instructed not to write in column 26D so in this case the instructions canât help much. Column 26D was filled in by the staff at the census bureau after the census taker completed the task. The codes written in the column were to assist them in tabulating statistical information which they reported to Congress. Unfortunately these numbers really donât provide additional information because they just reflect what was written in the Occupation columns by the census taker GEM: Tools for Occupation CodesBut if you have a curious streak and would like to see exactly what the codes meant Iâve got a gem for you. Steve Morse the author of the One Step Tools shares your curiosity and he created a page on his website called âDeciphering Language and Nativity Codes Appended to the 1930 Census in One Step.â You can learn what the occupation codes in Column 26D mean by visiting this page: âDeciphering Occupation Codes Appended to the 1930 Census in One Step.â GEM: Agricultural Census (Non-Population Census)Farm # - It refers to the Special census called the Farm ScheduleListen to Family Tree Magazine podcast #12 Census secrets with Curt Witcher for more information. Non-population census at the National ArchivesAgricultural censusWhere to find the records at the National Archives GEM: Member Connect with AncestryDavid Graham. Director of Product Management at Ancestry.com gives us a tour of the new Member Connect feature. | 19 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 69: Interview with Tony Burroughs, Family History Memories with Genealogy Blogger Lee Drew | NEWS: For the month of August 2009 Footnote.com is providing free access to the 1930 census images. To get the free access just go to www.footnote.com/1930census/ and register with your email address. Genealogy Insider Blog by Diane Haddad at Family Tree Magazine. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMUC) is celebrating it's 50th year. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections is a free Library of Congress program. Information about the manuscript collections of participating US libraries is being entered into the WorldCat library catalog search engine. Family History: Genealogy Made EasyEpisode 38 - Features the Footnote Maven Randy Seaver"s article on the Genea-musings blog Footnote Mavenâs post about the episode Episode 39 of the Family History podcast features the very gifted writer Denise Levenick who write the Family Curator blog, and also has an alyer ego known as Penny Dreadful who writes occasionally for the Footnote Mavenâs Shades of the Departed blog. And you get two bloggers in this episode because it also features my interview with Schelly Talalay Dardashti who writes the Tracing the Tribe blog on Jewish genealogy. Both these ladies are very experienced bloggers and will give you great tips on blogging, including dispelling the myth that you have to be technically inclined to blog! Google Books:Read Lisaâs blog post on the subject Books Rights Registry So what do you think about this? Have you published your family history? Does it matter to you who owns the digital rights to your work? Iâd like to hear your thoughts on this. Email Lisa or call the voice mail line at 925 272-4021 to have your thoughts included on the show. GEM: Profile AmericaAugust 1 - First US Census GEM: Tony BurroughsTony Burroughs is an internationally known genealogist, author, and former adjunct genealogy professor at Chicago State University. He lectures throughout the United States and Canada on all aspects of genealogy. (Above: Lacey Cooke, Tony Burroughs, Lisa Cooke) He is the author of the book Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree published by the Fireside Division of Simon & Schuster and I recently had a chance to sit down and talk with Tony about his work and his approach to the research process. Tony was so much fun to talk to and has so much knowledge about such a variety of subjects. If youâd like to see my interview with Tony that was filmed at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree you can view it in itâs entirety at the Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel. GEM: My Mother Was A Quilter by Lee Drew Lee's Website his FamHist Blog and his Lineagekeeper blog GEM: Profile AmericaAugust 2 â The First News Reel Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems e-Newsletter: To stay up on everything going on at Genealogy Gems be sure and sign up for the free e-newsletter. Just go to the website and click the Sign up button in the column on the left and when you do that youâll get the 20 page e-book on Google Research strategies as a thank you gift. See Lisa in person:Family History ExpoSandy, Utah just outside Salt Lake City August 28 & 29, 2009 Email Lisa with your questions and comments | 1 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 68: Interview with Thomas MacEntee, GenealogyWise, Newspaper Webinar | NEWS: The Genealogy Guys are going to be at the Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in Little Rock, AR Sept 2-5 2009 recording their show before a live audience on Sept 3 at 3:30 pm. Listen to Drew Smith interview Lisa on the Genealogy Guys Podcast Episode 177 The Library of Congress has launched "The Library of Congress on iTunes U, featuring historic video and sound recordings. Download iTunes Lisa discusses the start up and rocky road of the new social networking website for genealogists called Genealogy Wise by familylink.com Paul Allen's Apology to Terry Thornton So where do we go from here? Well, I still wholeheartedly encourage genealogists to network Friend Lisa on Facebook Join the Genealogy Gems Podcast facebook group Friend Lisa on GenealogyWise Join the Genealogy Gems Podcast group on GenealogyWise Where Are Paper of Record's Records? It"s all still pretty murky. But it seems to be a pretty unanimous decision that Paper of Record was really a terrific newspaper website and though Google and WVR so far are not offering the same kind of search capabilities, they both seem to have some of the content. So my recommendation is to check Google News Archive first - which is free, and then check to see if WVR has the newspaper youâre looking for. Lisa's Video on the Google News Timeline Premium Members can watch the Premium Video Using The Google News Archive for Genealogy. Become a Premium Member Today. If you have information about the progress being made with the paper of records content Iâd love to hear from you so I can update everyone here on the show. Email me or call the voice mail line at 925-272-4021 to leave a message that I can play on the show. GEM: Profile America40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing â July 20 Visit NASAâs websiteâs Apollo 40th Anniversary pages Watch the Launchââas you would have seen it on July 16, 1969, at 9:26 AM EDT T-minus 00:5:59 and counting GEM: Interview with Geneablogger Thomas MacEnteeThomas talks about how to do genealogy blogging, his own numerous blogs, and some tips for you to get started blogging about your own family history. Watch the video version of this interview at the Genealogy Gems TV Channel at YouTube Thomas MacEnteeâs Blogroll: Geneabloggers Grandma Austin's Diaries Bootcamp for Genea-Bloggers Destination: Austin Family And I Helped! Lowville Obituaries Lowville Long Ago The Graveyard Rabbit of New York Rural Cemeteries A Catskill Christmas GEM: The July 2009 Family Tree Magazine Podcast EpisodeSnippet of my interview with Eric Grundset, Library Director at the DAR Library Ericâs fave collection:GRC National Index2 Volume â Vital Records of Americans in China and Korea Mark your calendars: Join Lisa at the Family History Expo in Sandy, Utah just outside Salt Lake City August 28 & 29, 2009. Sign up for the Family Tree Webinar...Finding Your Family in Old Newspapers:Top Web Sites for Getting the Scoop on Your RelativesWhen: Wednesday, July 29th at 7:00 pm Eastern / 4:00 pm PacificDuration: 1 HourCost: $29.99Presenter: Lisa Louise CookeBe aware: SPACE IS LIMITED! | 17 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 67: What Happened at Jamboree, Interview with Randy Seaver the Man Behind the Blog | For more info on next year's Jamboree:Southern California Genealogical Society My Table Mates at the Friday Night Jamboree Banquet Read Lisa's Blog Posts about this year's Jamboree: Tukufu Zuberi Wows Researchers at Jamboree Listen to Lisa's one on one interview with Tukufu in Episode 63 How My Mom Prepared Me For The Geneablogger SummitPhoto Above: With Dick Eastman Top 10 Things I Noticed At The Geneablogger Dinner NEWS: Family Tree Magazine WebinarFinding Your Family In Old Newspapers Lisa's article called Grave Transformations appears in the September 2009 issue of Family Tree Magazine on news stands now. Watch the Grave Transformations video for step-by-step instructions. GEM: Interview with Randy Seaver, Genealogy Blogger Randy's Blogs: The Geneaholic Blog The Genea-Musings Blog To purchase an "Iceberg" poster that Randy refers to in the interview, email the California Genealogical Society and Library at calgen1898@calgensoc.org or call 510-663-1358. | 6 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 66: An Important Anniversary, Records and Websites Updates | GEM: 65th Anniversary of D-Day I've written a blog post about the D-Day anniversary that includes an article that appeared in the Yorkshire Post about how the memory of WWII is slipping through the cracks of time. In my own family my grandfather"s brother Elzie Cecil Moore who we called Uncle Elzie participated in the invasion of Normandy and received the bronze star and a purple heart for a shot he took to his shoulder during the invasion. Shortly after that he received a second purple hear for a shot he received through his face. Growing up I always noticed that scar on his chin and thought it was a cute dimple, not realizing until I started asking questions about family history that it was from a bullet. Above: Elzie in Boot Camp My Grandmother Pauline Moore worked at the Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California building the Navy ships that sailed the Pacific. She was the secretary to the Dock Yard Manager for Yard #2 and that meant that she helped hire and process all the Rosies. In fact, when the Yard was finally closed down at the end of the war, Grandma was the last women through the gates. Like so many women she sacrified time with my dad was born in 1939 and was not yet in school. But she often told me it was one of the happiest times in her life because everyone was pulling together. Above: Grandma Pauline and my dad during WWII Check out the post D Day Anniversary on the Genealogy Gems Blog where you will find a link to the Yorkshire Post as well as a video of the events of D Day. NEWS:On the genealogy conference front there are several great events coming up: The Family History Expo in Loveland, Colorado June 12 - 13, 2009. The Southern California Genealogical Jamboree in Burbank, CA on June 26 â 28, 2009 which Iâll be attending. Iâll be teaching two classes on Google, a beginning and Advanced, and Iâll also be on the panel for the Son of a Blogger Summitt with Dick Eastman, Steve Danko, DearMyrtle, George Morgan and others. And when Iâm not doing that Iâll be at the Family Tree Magazine booth in exhibit hall. You can get more information about the Jamboree at the Jamboree 2009 Blog. And you can register at the Southern California genealogical society Website. The 29th annual International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies International Conference on Jewish Genealogy being held August 2 â 7, 2009 in Philadelphia, PA You can register at the IAJGS website. Iâll also be at the Family History Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah August 28 & 29, 2009 Genealogy Records Update:In May of 2009 FamilySearch announced that it has published millions of records from Southern states to its free online collection. The most recent additions to the Indexing Project: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908 to 1974 (Index) Arkansas County Marriages: 1837 to 1957 Civil War Pension Index Cards (Digital Images) Florida Deaths 1877 to 1939 (Index) Florida State Censuses: 1855, 1935, 1945 (Digital Images) Georgia Deaths 1914 to 1927 Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists (Images) North Carolina, Davidson County Marriages and Deaths, 1867â1984 (Digital Images) Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 (Index) Texas Deaths 1890 to 1976 West Virginia Births 1853 to 1990 (Index) West Virginia Marriages 1853 to 1970 (Index) West Virginia Deaths 1853 to 1970 (Index) Thank you for supporting this free podcast by clicking the Amazon and other sponsor linksto do your online shopping! GEM: Interview with Kathy Meade of Genline.com Lisa talks with Kathy about Genlineâs new Transcription Service Also check out Lisaâs other interview with Kathy Meade in the June 2009 episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast Swedish Parish Look Up You need to be registered, but no credit card is required to register. Visit with Kathy in person at the upcoming Family History Expo in Loveland, Colorado on June 12 â 13, 2 | 7 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMemorial Day Special Episode (Enhanced with Images) | This special Memorial Day episode is dedicated to the men and women who lost their lives defending our country. (This podcast episode is an Enhanced Version which will include images that will appear on your Video iPod screen or in iTunes artwork area. Download the mp4 file to your hard drive or download in iTunes) | 22 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMemorial Day Special Episode (Audio Only) | This special Memorial Day episode is dedicated to the men and women of the armed forces who lost their lives defending our country.(This podcast episode is audio only) | 22 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 65: Interview with one of the Genealogy Guys George Morgan, Mother's Day | MAILBOX: Lisa reads an email from Mark Winter in Hixson, TN TIP: "I use my digital camera to help document my findings. It is also very helpful in copying photographs so I don't have to take the originals.” QUESTION: “I have had several relatives ask for book of the family. In a podcast do you discuss considerations in what kind of "book" to produce?” ANSWER: The Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 13I cover publishing family history books using Kodak Gallery. I think these books are great for creating something beautiful and easy to read to share with non-genealogist relatives. They love them because they can read them in one sitting and they can be packed full of wonderful old family photos. Of course there are many different approaches you can take when publishing a family history book and the Kodak books are just one approach. Stay tuned because I plan on covering publishing more in depth in the future on the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast. If you want to share your genealogy stories or have a question do like Mark did and drop me a line. GEM: Profile America - Odometer Inventor William Clayton GEM: Interview with George Morgan The Genealogy Guys Podcast The Southern California Genealogical Jamboree Website The Official Guide to Ancestry.com How to do Everything Genealogy 2nd Edition Become a Genealogy Gems Premium Member Today GEM: Profile America - Mother's Day Since this episode is being published on Mother"s Day I want to wish all of you mom’s out there a wonderful relaxing day with your family. And I want to send a personal Mother’s Day greeting to my Mom – Ellen Koehn - thank you and I love you very much! | 11 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 64: Online Source Citations, GOOGLE Tip, Stephen Danko, Maureen Taylor | Get a free copy of my e-book 5 Fabulous Google Strategies for the Family Historian as a thankyou for signing up for the free e-newsletter. NEWS: Lisa discusses 9 newspaper databases being launched by Genealogy Bank MAILBOX FOLLOWUP: Russ Worthington's answers to a listener"s question on familial relationships in Family Tree Maker. How To Re-Order Spouses How to Enter Intra-Familial Marriages Listen to Family History: Genealogy Made Easy GEM: Online Downloadable Source CitationsItâs A Gem of An Idea! Mark Tucker who writes the ThinkGenealogy blog posted a provocative video on April 20, 2009. The blog post is entitled Better Way To Cite Online Sources. The heart of his proposal is this: In order to encourage quality genealogy research among their customers, shouldnât the websites that sell access to genealogical records online also provide a source citation for those records that the user can download and include in their research? As it stands today, when we download letâs say a page from a census record or a page from a newspaper, thereâs often times nothing on the digitized image itself to indicate which database it came from, or even a location or date. Mark emailed me to say âever since our interviews in St. George, I have not stopped thinking of ways to get the message out for simplifying citing sources using Evidence Explained.â And he sent me a link to a message board post from Elizabeth Shown Mills. Randy Seaverâs comments on the subject at the geneamusings blog This last week I had a chance to sit down and interview genealogy blogger and lecturer Stephen Danko for the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast and I took the opportunity to ask him for his input. Lisa & Stephen Danko We really need to hear from at this point are the genealogy subscription records websites themselves. Itâs their product that we are talking about. And in the end, these digitized genealogy records we are talking about citing sources for are indeed âproducts.â And for companies like Ancestry and World Vital Records / familylink.com this is about business. I contacted both Ancestry and World Vital Records to do brief interviews with their reps about this proposed idea, and how they see it potentially fitting in to their future business plan, and also to hear what they think of this grass roots effort amongst their valued customers - In these tough economic times it must be great to see the interest that their customers have in their product and their willingness to stay engaged with them and provide input as to what elements could be added to their products to add increased value and draw for their customers. Iâve done many interviews with folks from Ancestry with the help of their very efficient and responsive publicist, as well as interviews with folks at familylink. Most recently I had a great time interviewing the COO of familylink Steve Nickle who gave us a terrific sneak peek at their newest venture called Genseek. And you can listen to that interview in Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 61. In this episode I will play for you the responses from both Ancestry and familylink / World Vital Records to my inquiry about whether record sites providing source citations for the records they provide to their customers. Yep, you heard it correctly. For the first time in two years of this podcast not only did they not provide a telephone interview, they didnât respond to my inquiry at all. Thatâs never happened before. The silence is deafening! As a genealogy media producer Iâm pretty disappointed in both Ancestry and World Vital Records responses because any time they send out a press release or want to talk about a new venture they are launching I have welcomed the information and provided it here on the show and on my blog, as so many of us who podcast and blog do â and that kind of passing the word on has got to help their bottomline. This is t | 25 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 63 History Detectives: A Conversation with Tukufu Zuberi | SHOW NOTES Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast episode 23 The Genealogical Proof Standard is a tool that the pros use and I really want to encourage all researchers professional or not, to follow it as well because it causes you to stop and think before passing on information. In episode 23 I'm providing you with a free downloadable research worksheet that incorporates the elements of the GPS while prompting you to find and even more importantly document those sources. NEWS: In March Ancestry reported that they added or updated more than 775 databases and or book titles on Ancestry.com. That's an average of more than 35 titles each weekday. New and Updated Content and Web Site Improvements at Ancestry are covered. MAILBOX: Listener Question regarding Family Tree Maker 2009 Platinum Edition. "I have at least one instance in my husband's tree where two first cousins married. This, of course means that some of the tree overlaps itself. I can not get the FTM software to recognize that the people are the sameâDo you or any of your listeners know if I am just missing something or can it not be done??â If you have an answer to this dilemma please email me at or call in and leave the answer on the voicemail line to be played on the next episode at (925) 272-4021 GEM: Interview with Tukufu Zuberi By now you have probably heard that the Southern California Genealogical Society is holding their annual Jamboree on June 26 through the 28. But what you may not know is that thereâs a lot more to the Jamboree than just great classes and the exhibitors. For example, at the Friday night banquet they have arranged for a very special keynote speaker - and Iâm really excited to have him on the show with me today. You know his as one of the sleuths on the PBS series History Detectives, Tukufu Zuberi. Get the HISTORY DETECTIVES book Dr. Tukufu Zuberi is an important academic voice. He is the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, and the Faculty Associate Director of the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania He is best recognized for his research on African and American society, and for developing and expanding the Africana Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania (Below: A History Detectives episode) Tukufuâs Web Site Check out the Southern California Genealogical Jamboree Blog for everything you need to know about this exciting upcoming event. Download the Jamboree brochure today to start planning! Tukufu Zuberi will be the Keynote speaker at the Jamboree's Friday evening Banquet. Friday evening, June 26, 20097:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems e-newsletter and receive the FREE 20 page downloadable e-book 5 Fabulous Google Research Strategies for the Family Historian | 11 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 62: Let's Go Genealogical Channel Surfing! | Lisa's interview on the Change Nation podcast. The show is all about making improvements and changes in your life and I got a chance to share what genealogy has meant in my life and how it can be a positive journey for everyone regardless of their background. Jim Mowatt over at the Historyzine podcast invited Lisa to be a part of the show. Jim has always been a macro history guy, but he has finally caught the genealogy bug and he invited me to come on and give a pitch to his listeners about why researching their own family history can be fascinating and actually dove tail into their love of world history. Historyzine Episode 14. Genealogy Gems was featured in the March 20, 2009 World Vital Records Newsletter. I recently interviewed Steve Nickle the President and Chief Operating Officer for familylink about their brand new website that will be launched here in the next few months called GenSeek. Genealogy Gems Podcast episode #61. In today's episode itâs time to shake off Winter and weâre going to do some Genealogical Channel Surfing! GEM: Part 3 of Lisaâs Interview with Darby Hinton, Actor and Producer Grab your surf board and get ready to ride the wave of the final segment of my interview with Darby Hinton who played Fess Parkerâs son for 6 years on the old Daniel Boone series. In todayâs episode Darby is going to tell us all about his brand new television series that heâs working on called Hintons Living History. In Episode 60 Darby Hinton shared what it was like growing up in Hollywood the son of an actor, and a child actor himself. Above: Darby Hinton as Israel Boone on "Daniel Boone" In Episode 61 I got a chance to share the research that I did on the Hinton Family Tree with Darby & his wife Shan. In this final interview, Darby explains how his background in Hollywood and his interest in his family history have merged together in an exciting new television series that heâs producing called Hintons Living History. GEM: Hang Ten with Ken Marks, Executive Producer of Legend Seekers. We spent Episode 22 of my Family History Genealogy Made Easy podcast talking to Ken about this new show that features the discovery and portrayal of real life family history stories. In todayâs interview, Ken is going to give us a personal look at their brand new website that just launched this week, and how YOU can submit your own family stories for inclusion in the series! So grab your remote and get ready to channel surf the genealogy wave! GEM: Profile AmericaA Favorite Drink Goes on Sale March 30, 2009 GEM: Who Do You Think You Are TV Series Scheduled Bloggers are reporting that the new Who Do You Think You Are TV series which is coming to America from the UK has won itâs spot back on the Spring calendar. Itâs great to see this wave of genealogy shows hitting the airwaves, and my hope is that it will bring genealogy to the forefront of the television viewers minds as a fun and challenging endeavor. Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems e-Newsletter | 27 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 61: A Sneak Peek at GenSeek, Part 2 of Interview with Darby Hinton, and more... | I am just back from attending the Family History Expo in St. George Utah. And once again my Google classes were packed! In fact I got word that both my Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Parts 1 and 2 classes broke attendance records. Here are some of the folks you're going to hear from on today's showâ We talked about how to set up a genealogy iGoogle page, Google Alerts, Site Search and a wide range of brand new Google tools that can be used to move your research forward. MAILBOX: I got an email from Tina Kelly who lives in the United Kingdom and she has a question about obtaining vital records here in the U.S. and since I have lots of listeners outside the U.S. I thought this would be worth sharing. GEM: Interview with Steve Nickle, President of Familylink.com Steve Nickle, President of Familylink.com shares some exciting news about a new website they are preparing to launch called GenSeek. Become a Genealogy Gems Premium Member Today Use the Coupon code: SAVE20 to save 20% on the annual membership. GEM: Part 2 Interview with Darby Hinton of Daniel Boone Fame In our last episode #60 we got to spend some time with Darby Hinton who was a child star back in the 1960s, and for six of those years he played Isreal the son of Daniel Boone played by Fess Parker in the hit TV series Daniel Boone. In part 2 of my interview with Darby and his wife Shan I get to share what I found on the Hinton Family History. (Above: Darby's grandfather Edward L. Hinton holding Darby's father)I've got more genealogy podcasting for you over at the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast. In Episode 21 I'm going to share a tool with you that will help you navigate your genealogy research. It's called the Genealogical Proof Standard, or GPS. And my special guest on the show is Mark Tucker of the ThinkGenealogy blog who has created a terrific visual map of the GPS. Listen to Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Episode 21 Subscribe in iTunes Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems e-newsletter because that"s how youâll find out about whatâs coming up in the show, where Iâll be speaking and some of the cool websites and tips that are only mentioned in newsletter. | 14 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 60: Interview with Darby Hinton of the TV series Daniel Boone & new history TV show | In this 60th episode we celebrate the two year birthday of the Genealogy Gems Podcast. And Lisa's very special guest is Darby Hinton who played the son of Daniel Boone on the hit TV series Daniel Boone that ran from 1964 to 1970. Darby is currently working on a television pilot for a new series called Hinton Living History. In today"s episode is part one of Lisaâs interview with Darby, who talks about his TV career which started before he could even walk. Darby has appeared in in movies like the Son of Flubber, and classic TV shows like Mr. Ed, Wagon Train, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and The Big Valley. But of course we all know him as Isreal the son of Daniel Boone, played by the wonderful Fess Parker. He had a fascinating childhood meeting the likes of Walt Disney and having Charleton Heston for a godfather. GEN CLASS WINNER: Linda Scham of Illinois is the winner of the two free genealogy classes courtesy of GenClass.com Congratulations Linda! MAILBOX: Listener Teresa Redway emailed a brickway about her ancestor Isaac Lovell born in 1844 in Bristol, England. Lisa recommends investigating both Isaac and Alfred further in England. Look in church records for Alfred as a witness to the events of others in the church. Locate birth records in Allegheny County, PA: Start with the US GenWeb site to find out more about the records available in that county as well as the history of county. Allegheny County US Gen Web site Another option is the vitalrec.com website. Click through to Pennsylvania and Allegheny County to find more information on the vital records for the county. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, PA hold birth records for Pittsburg from 1870 to 1905. Fee: $5 US which is a non-refundable fee for search and copy of a Birth record. For Historical Context, Teresa can check out what was going on in Pennsylvania from 1869-1874 at the Explore PA History website. About.com website has a timeline on Pittsburgh history. The Carnegie Library of Pittsburg also has a chronology of the cityâs history and lots of other great info. The March 2009 issue of Family Tree Magazine article called "Hard Timesâ by Fern Glazer on page 29. GEM: Interview with Darby Hinton of Daniel Boone Fame Darby Hinton was just seven years old when he signed on to play Isreal, the son of Daniel Boone which ran from Sept 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC. And over 165 episodes he worked and played alongside the 6 foot 6â actor Fess Parker on the film sets in California and Utah. In this episode youâll hear part 1 of my three part interview with Darby Hinton and his lovely wife Shan. Today weâre going to start back at the beginning as Darby shares his memories of how he broke into the TV business, and what it was like to be working on the set of Daniel Boone. Watch The TV Legends 7 part interview with Fess Parker on YouTube Here's an excerpt from the first episode of Daniel Boone... | 2 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 59: Focus on Genealogy Education | Family Reunions I'd love to hear from you if you"ve held a family reunion. What kinds of activities did you plan, and what kinds of things did you wish you had thought of back in the planning stage? I've been toying with the idea of having a family reunion on my mom"s side of the family, but I could really use some good advice on the subject. So drop me a line if youâve organized a family reunion before and tell me about your experiences. Conferences: The Southern California Genealogical Society is well into their planning for their 40th Annual Genealogy Jamboree which will be held June 26-28, 2009, at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, in Burbank, California They just announced their list of speakers which you will find on The Genealogy Gems News Blog Iâll be there teaching my Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Seminars, Parts I and II as well as participating in the Son of a Blogger Summit. The Official Jamboree blog Who Do You Think You Are TV Update New Kindle 2 I wrote about Amazon.comâs recent announcement that the New Kindle 2 is ready for pre-order. I would really like to hear from you if you have or have used a Kindle. So check out the Kindle and the improvements that have been made. Any time you go to Amazon from one of our website links and purchase something you help keep this genealogy podcast free. Thank you very much for your support! Lincoln's Birthday: 8 Civil War Era Records Coming Online in Feb. 2009 Ancestry has just announced that they have posted five of those databases: 1. Abraham Lincoln Papers (from the Library of Congress) 2. The New Orleans Slave Manifests, covering 1807 3. The Confederate Pension Applications from Georgia 4. The Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons 5. The U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Ancestryâs Civil War Collection Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Episode 16: The Family History Library including catalog research tips that will help you get even better search results! GEM: Profile America - The First U.S. Presidential Picture Become a Genealogy Gems Premium Member GEM: Interview with Holly Hansen - Family History Expos Watch videos at The Family History Expos TV channel at YouTubeListen to the conference speakers and exhibitors at podcast. Feb 27 & 28, 2009: St. George, UT |May 9, 2009: Logan, UT June 12 & 13, 2009: Colorado Aug 28 & 29, 2009: Salt Lake City, UT Oct 16 & 17, 2009: Redding, CaliforniaJan. 22 & 23, 2010: Mesa, AZ More information and registration GEM: GenClass with Lisa Alzo One lucky listener is going to win not one but TWO free classes from Gen Class! Lisa Alzo and the folks at GenClass have been gracious enough to provide me with 2 classes to give away FREE, which is a great educational opportunity. And education is a big part of what I want to provide here on the show as well. So hereâs what you need to do to have a chance to win: Send an email with your name, state, and email address and the topic you would most like to learn about in 2009 on an upcoming podcast episode by midnight on Sunday Feb. 21, 2009 I will draw one lucky winner from all of the email entries. The winner will get their choice of any of the two classes provided by GenClass. Iâll be announcing the winner on the Genealogy Gems News Blog and Episode 60 of the Genealogy Gems Podcast. Thanks to the folks at GenClass, and good luck! GEM: Profile America â Number Please? Sign up for the FREE Genealogy Gems e-newsletter | 15 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 58 - Exciting New Records, Income Tax History, & Family History Valentines | #1 Diane Haddad's Family Tree Magazine Genealogy Insider Blog New and Next at Ancestry.com #2. From Paper (or Film) to the Web #3 Online Searching: It's Complicated #4 Inside Ancestry.comâs Top-Secret Data Center #5 Diane reveals the secret identity of the mysterious Ancestry Genealogy Blogger. Or does she? Youâll have to check that one out for yourself. In fact if youâre an Ancestry user or are considering a subscription I highly recommend Dianeâs blog series at the Genealogy Insider. The latest edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture has been published over at Small-leaved Shamrock http://www.small-leavedshamrock.blogspot.com The next edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture will be a St. Patrick's Day "virtual parade" online. Anyone who would like to particiate is welcome, whether or not they have Irish roots. For more information on how to participate or to check out the latest carnival head over to http://www.irishheritagecarnival.blogspot.com. Recent Genealogy Gems News Blog postings: I wrapped up my ten genealogy strategies for the new year on Jan 21, 2009 I also posted about the new American version of the television show Who Do You Think You Are? Set your recorders to Monday nights at 8PM on NBC starting April 20. Subscribe for free to the Genealogy Gems News Blog There are some milestones going on these days as well. The Library of Congress just crossed the 25,000 mark for books digitized. A good article appeared about that on the Voice of America website: Scanning Project Digitizes 25,000 US Library of Congress Book Whatâs new at Lisaâs Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast. Subscribe to the show for free in iTunes On January 16, 2009 we started in on Online Family Trees. Read more The more I explore them the more I become convinced that they are a powerful research tool that I predict in the next few years will become an absolute necessity for family historians. Episode 12: I you a comprehensive overview of online family trees. And then we go straight to the source with an in depth interview with Kenny Freestone, Senior Product Manager at Ancestry.com whoâs primary responsibility is their online family tree tool. Episode 13: We continue exploring our tree options with Scott Huskey of Photoloom.com. They offer an incredible online visual approach to trees and research that centers around your own personal family photos. Then I talk to Sasha Masick of GeneTree, who spices up their family tree tool with a DNA testing component. Episode 14: Youâve got to tune in to hear how to go from one name and birth year, to three generations of family in 1 hour or less. Itâs absolutely possibly, and Iâll show you how in this episode. Then as we finish up with online family trees, I thought it was important to go over the techniques for following up on all those great connections you can make by posting your family tree online. Weâll get started in Episode 14 talking about how to locate telephone numbers online, the prep work you need to do before you start to dial, breaking the ice and conducting the interview. Then weâll finish up in Episode 15 on Feb 6 with what we as the interviewer should be doing during the call, what to do if No Answers, weâll cover the "Must Askâ Questions, and how to wrap up the call. NEW RECORDS ONLINE The folks over at the 1911census.co.uk officially launched their website this month. And they have added many of the counties that were unavailable during beta testing including Lancashire, Essex, Kent, Yorkshire (West Riding), Nottinghamshire and Herefordshire so you can now access those British census records from 1911. World Vital Records recently added 20 newspaper databases from Mexico and Canada ranging from 1833-1994: Agricultor Mexicano y Hogar (Ciudad JuÃÃrez, Chihuahua, Mexico)Apuntes Viejos (General, , Mexico)Arte (Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico)British Columbian (New Westmin | 31 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 57 - Genealogy Jamboree, Photo Care with the Practical Archivist | GEM: Profile America Jan 12 Frisbees Richard Knerr (right) and Arthur Melin, founders of Wham-O GEM: Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree Paula Hinkle, Co-ChairSouthern California Genealogical Society Jamboree. June 26 - 28, 2009Burbank, CA I will be there teaching classes and at a booth in the Exhibit Hall. WebsiteEmail for more information GEM: Profile America Jan 13 Fuller Brush Red Skelton as The Fuller Brush Man GEM: Interview with Sally Jacobs, The Practical Archivist PHOTO Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcastBe sure and listen to my other family history podcast called Family History: Genealogy Made Easy where in each episode what you need to know step-by-step to climb your family tree. Also in iTunes The Genealogy Gems TV Channel at YouTube Email Lisa The Genealogy Gems News Blog | 11 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDec 13, 2008 The 2009 Genealogy Gems Christmas Podcast | GEM: Name That Tune I'll See You In My Dreams was a big hit for Cliff Edwards who also performed it on the ukuele. In fact he was known as "Uulele Ike." If you think you know the name of today's mystery song, please email me call and leave the answer on the voice mail line at 925-272-4021. Dec. 24, 1968 In 1968 the three man crew of Apollo 8 became the first humans in history to orbit the moon. Their hastily-planned mission saw them enter lunar orbit on Christmas Eve after a three day voyage from earth. In one of a number of scheduled live TV broadcasts from the spacecrafts, the crew pointed their black and white camera at the lunar horizon and read the first ten verses of the Bible's book of Genesis. History of British Christmas Traditions I thought it would be fun to ask my friend James Mowatt of the Historyzine Podcast to tell us alittle bit about the history of Christmas in Britain, and describe how our British ancestors might have celebrated the holiday. From 1940: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaretâs Christmas Speech (Below: Princess Elizabeth along with her younger sister Margaret sending Christmas Greetings over the radio airwaves.) From 1917: Christmas, Christmas, Blessed Blessed Day From 1916: Christmas Eve Music Box A solo performed by Robert Gayler on the Celesta - Fantasie on old German Christmas Carols. A celesta is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks very much like a miniature upright piano or a large wooden music box. From 1913: The Bells of Christmasa collection of Christmas carols performed by the Edison Band (below) From 1911: A Christmas Classic â The Awakening of Scrooge Music Hall Performer Bransby Williams (b. 1870 - d.1961) recorded this for Edison Records. | 13 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDec 1, 2008 Census Records You've Probably Never Used But Should with Curt Witcher | Welcome all the NEW listeners who discovered the show at the Family History Expo in Mesa, AZ. We're so glad you"re on board! Watch this video to learn how to use the free iTunes software (you don't need an iPod to use it!), and subscribe to this podcast for free. Then watch this video to learn more about how to use the podcast website. Family History Expos TV Watching Family History Expo TV is like your own Video Conference! If you were lucky enough to go youâll get to see the folks you may have missed and get refresher info from those you did hear, and if you werenât able to attend, this is your chance to get some great tips and ideas from the experts who were there. The next Family History Expo will be in St. George Feb 27 & 28, 2009 Lisaâs Classes: Genealogy Podcasts 101What You Must Know To Save Your Research From DestructionGoogle: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part IGoogle: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part II And while I was in Mesa AZ, I finally got a chance to sit down and interview Dick Eastman. Dick is always the one doing the interviewing and blogging, and I just thought it was about time I sat him down and got him to tell us his story. And you can hear that interview in itâs entirety in Episode 5 of my other podcast Family History: Genealogy Made Easy. Subscribe for free to Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast in iTunes. I love getting to talk to genealogy experts up close and personal and I also have really gotten a lot out of going through the genealogy research process step-by-step. Itâs a great refresher for me as well as hopefully will help folks new to genealogy get started. Itâs a lot of fun! Fun at The Genealogy Gems News Blog The Genealogy Hoe Down featuring genealogy blogger Miriam Robbins Midkiff, Genealogy Podcaster DearMYRTLE, Family Tree Magazine Editor Allison Stacy, and managing editor Diane Haddad. Blog Post: Genealogists Run, Donât Walk, to Google! Houston Public Libraryâs Fantastic Collection Coming Online. Listen to my interview with Susan Kaufman manager, Houston Public Libraryâs Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in the October 2008 episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast. Subscribe to The Family Tree Magazine Podcast free in iTunes. New at Ancestry: Search the U.S. City Directories database Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter Calling all Norwegian researchers! The folks at Family Search are going to start indexing the 1875 Norway Census! In the first week of December, they will start indexing the 1875 Norway Census. This will be a large segment of the census for rural areas of Norway, but not the entire census. FamilySearchâs Historical Family Reconstitution unit has joined forces with the University of Tromsà in Norway to complete this project. The university is indexing the census records for the urban areas of Norway. Pass the word along that anyone interested in Norwegian genealogical research is encouraged to help by volunteering as a FamilySearch indexer. New Google Gadgets: Age Difference CalculatorA Google Newspaper Achives Search GadgetThe Sirius People Finder Tombstone Calculator Gadgetwww.siriusgenealogy.com Read Listener Phil Hayesâs blog post about his musical mom Jeanne T. Lewis. GEM: Interview with Curt Witcher, of the Allen County Library I got a chance to talk to Curt while attending the Federation of Genealogy Societies Conference in Philadelphia, PA this last Sept. 2008. Curt explains about the wide range of census records that many genealogists aren't taking advantage of. Name That Tune! The Darktown Strutter Ball Sheet MusicThe Darktown Strutter Ball Sheet Music You can even watch Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians doing the Darktown Strutters Ball in the 1950s (video below) If you think you know the name of Mystery Song #3 that Lisa played on this podcast episode email the answer or call and leave the answer on the voice mail line at 925-272-4021 so your answe | 30 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNov 2, 2008 A Riveting Story of DNA & Genealogy, And Family Traditions To Start Now | Episode 54 I am very happy to announce that I just launched my brand new podcast called Family History: Genealogy Made Easy. The new show really captures two areas of focus that are really sort of outside the focus of this show. First, I wanted to do a show that anybody could stumble upon and with absolutely no prior experience in genealogy be able to listen to and enjoy and that would walk them step by step through the process of doing family history research. It's like a long term free seminar that you can listen to and work along with! The other area Iâve wanted to focus on is success stories and words of wisdom from experienced genealogists. As I travel around going to conferences and as I read my email, I hear so many great stories. I wanted to have a show where I could really showcase these stories and the wisdom of experienced genealogists. Newbies to genealogy will get a sense of what they can look forward to, and more experienced genealogists like you guys can enjoy hearing personal stories from those that you have probably heard of in the world of genealogy. So thatâs what youâll find at Family History: Genealogy Made Easy â Personal conversations and stories from the experts, and a genealogy how to course all wrapped in to one. No matter what experience level you are at in genealogy I hope you will subscribe to the new show this week. Itâs a weekly half hour show and you can find it in iTunes right along with this podcast. Flash Alert: I recently received a prompt to upgrade the free Flash player on my computer and have had nothing but problems. Iâve been checking into troubleshooting websites and there is quite an uproar about all the glitches it causes. Please be careful, and note that you will very likely have troubles with the click to play buttons on the Genealogy Gems website if you do elect to upgrade. Iâll keep you posted when I hear more about fixes. It appears that capability to view HD is the main focus of the upgrade, so if thatâs not a high priority, you may way to stay with the player you have for now. GEM: Profile AmericaCash Register History The James Ritty Patent at Google Patents. GEM: Interview with Colleen Fitzpatrick, The Forensic Genealogist Forensic Genealogist Website GEM: MacGenealogistBen Sayer reviews genealogy software for the Macintosh computer: MacFamily Tree. GEM: Quilting Family TraditionsThe ladies in our family are Connie Drew, Stacie Sanders, Steffanie Wicker, Shannon Stewart, Shellie Ireland and Brooke Drew Lee wrote me to say "Seeing your own love of quilts, you know how precious these handmade creations will be to our descendants throughout the generations. And so it goes, passing on skills, love and enjoyment across the generations through the use of sewing needles...â Great Family Tradition & Heirloom Ideas from Lee and Connie Drew: Sister Quilts â Round up relatives from the neighborhood or around the country and start a tradition that will create lasting heirlooms. If you donât have a lot of quilters in your family, how about doing cross stitch or scrapbook pages. Create a family tree wall hanging. There are so many mediums you could use. Quilting, appliquÃ, cross stitch, painting, â the options are pretty limitless. I love how Connie incorporated family silhouettes into the tree. Create unique heirloom clothing. Not artistic or handy with a needle? How about creating custom shirts on a website like Cafà Press. Just upload your images and add text if you like. How about a shirt for each person with the photo of the ancestor they remind you of most? And you could still sew in a little tag that says it was created with love from grandma like Connie did. Whether youâre really artsy or donât have a creative bone in your body, thereâs a project out there for you that will allow you to express yourself, and promote lasting family traditions. More Resources: Genealogy Gems Episode 39 on H | 2 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOct 20, 2008 Virginia Halloween History, World Vital RecordsTips, Name That Tune! | October is Family History Month Lisa with her prized pumpkin Genealogy Gems Halloween Greetings Halloween Haunts Podcast by WHRO FM radio: Stories based on ghostly legends and lore of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Thanks to my friend Michelle Gabriele-Harrell producer off the Halloween Haunts podcast. In iTunes:Halloween Haunts 2006 Audio Podcast Series and the 2008 series Halloween Haunts Fright Bytes Video Podcast in iTunes iGoogle UpdateOct. 16, 2008 blog post on my Genealogy Gems News Blog about the NEW iGoogle that was just launched this week in the U.S. 7 part iGoogle Video Series walks you step by step on the computer screen through set up to getting the full potential. It's just one of the things you get when you become a Genealogy Gems Premium Member. Sign Up Today Family History ExpoOn November 14 & 15 Iâll be at the Family History Expo at the Mesa Conference Center in Mesa AZ. Iâll be there teaching my 2 part class Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems, and Iâll have the Genealogy Gems Podcast booth in the Exhibit Hall so I hope if youâre in the area you will stop in and say "hiâ. For more information or to register. WorldCat: I also wrote a blog recently called Getting the Most Out of WorldCat and I wanted to mention that there is going to be a Free seminar Oct 28 at 2PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific online sponsored by WorldCat so Iâll have a link to that posting so you can read all about it. MAILBOX: Kerry Steward called in about some comments I made on Genealogy Gems podcast Episode #40. Here are two articles about Henrietta Pruisner Tesch and Katherine Tesch Rugg's families."Somewhat of a Record" and"Homer Woman Has Given Birth to 15 Children" GEM: Profile America - Oct. 13 Navy Month âHit hard, hit fast, hit oftenâ Admiral âBullâ Halsey (above) GEM: Interview with Yvette Arts, Director of Content Partnerships at World Vital Records Strategies for getting the most out of World Vital Records from Yvette Arts: First-time users/browsing: Perform a Basic Search. Youâll get the largest search results by just searching by last name. Look over the results to narrow down all the possibilities. Try adding first name next. Some combinations of first and last names are more difficult to find exact matches for than others (e.g., John Smith). But if you have an unusual name like Jared Quackenbush the search will only return a few results. Next, if you know the location enter a full state name in the Place search. There are some results in their databases, such as for Google Books, that may not come up via the geographic. Donât forget to try alternative spelling for a surname. If you descide to subscribe, I hope youâll do so here which helps support this free version of the podcast. Additional Search Tips: Entering a date is best when you only give a year. If you already know a lot about an ancestor and now want to know specific information, try the Advanced Search. Use broad search terms, not an exact year of birth. Although you may know this information, mistakes may have been made in a document, or a first name may be abbreviated (e.g., Geo* is a good search term for George or J* may bring up a John that is otherwise listed as Jn). Excluding a source from a search because you have exact knowledge about an ancestor could lead to less accurate search results. Sign Up For Genealogy Gems Premium Members Only Podcast Episodes & Videos GEM: Profile America - Oct 24 is the anniversary of Chips the U.S. War Dog being awared the Distinguished Service Medal Interview with Mary Ann Whitley whoâs father Herson Lamont Whitley served with Chips the US War Dog A Dog Called Chips by Mary Ann Whitley at the U.S. War Dogs Website GEM: The MacGenealogist - In todayâs MacGenealogist Minute with Ben Sayer, Benâs continues his reviews of Genealogy software for the Macintosh computer with a review of iFamily for Leopard. GEM: Name That Tune - I need y | 19 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOct 6, 2008 Heading Over The Pond: Unique records you can use. | "And this year I hit the jackpot when I was able to track down one of his long lost cousins who had a treasure trove of family history tucked away in the rafters of her garage." (Below: Bill and cousin) Premium episode all about how to tap into your inner private eye to find those long lost living relatives. Albert Farrington and chorus from 1914 sing "Rule Britannia" GEM: Interview with Rick Crume Websites Rick refers to in the show: British National Archives and in itunes Find My Past Ancestral Quest - new interface with New Family Search. Family Tree Magazine Podcast military records interview Roots Ireland Genealogy Gems Premium: Sign Up Now and use Coupon code SAVE20 to get 20% off the anual membership GEM: Interview with Dr. Christopher Watts Below: Harry Cooke's Apprenticeship Record, 1872 Additional Gems From Over The Pond: Lisa's Interview with Feargal O'Donnell of the Irish Family History Foundation. View the 2 part video series: Part 1 Video Part 2 Video British History Podcasts: Binge Thinking History with Tony Cocks Historyzine Podcast with James Mowatt More Ways To Stay In Touch: Email LisaGenealogy Gems on Facebook The Genealogy Gems News BlogThe Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel | 6 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSept 22, 2008 FGS Interview, Census Abbreviations, Mac Help, Genealogy Sayings | Sept 16, 2008 Blog about my trip to FGS. Sign up for the FREE Genealogy Gems Newsletter I enjoyed hanging out at the Family Tree Magazine booth in the Exhibit Hall with editor Allison Stacy and Managing Editor Diane Haddad. September 2008 Family Tree Magazine podcast News from the Blogosphere VideoWhile youâre at the Genealogy Gems News Channel you might want to click the SUBSCRIBE button which allows you to be notified when new videos are published so you donât have to check periodically. My article âHitting the Heirwavesâ is now out in the November 2008 issue of Family Tree Magazine. GEM: Interview with Jim Beidler â Chair of FGS 2008 Conference Jim & Lisa GEM: Profile America â ice cream cone Become a Premium Member Today:Use the Coupon code: SAVE20 to save 20% off annual membership GEM: MacMinutes with Ben Sayer, The MacGenealogist In todayâs MacGenealogist Minute with Ben Sayer, Benâs reviews Reunion 9, the leading Mac genealogy application. GEM: Podcaster Favorite Sayings Montage GEM: Census Abbreviations - Census Abbreviations page at the Ancestors Search website. eMail Lisa | 22 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAug 15, 2008 Family History Daydreaming, Interview with Tim Russell of Prairie Home Companion and Handwriting | Welcome to the 50th Episode of the Genealogy Gems Podcast!The Louise Carousel - Read the Blog GEM: Profile AmericaAugust 16, 1862 Birthdate of Amos Alonzo Stagg GEM: A Little DayDreaming with Genealogy PodcastersThe Genealogy GuysDearMYRTLEBill Puller of the Genealogy Tech PodcastAnna-Karin ShanderMike O'Loughlin of Irish Roots Cafe GEM: Interview with Tim Russell of the Prairie Home Companion Tim Russel of A Prairie Home Companion radio show Prairie Home Companion's News From Lake Wobegon podcastTim Russellâs website Listen to Tim on Minnesota's news station, 830 WCCO Radio website where he is the entertainment editor weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m. Tim and Lily Tomlin on the set of the movie A Prairie Home Companion Profile America â August 20, 1920: One of the nationâs first radio stations began broadcasting in Detroit GEM: Handwriting Analysis with Paula Sassi Alice McManus Genealogy Gems Premium Members are eligible to submit their ancestors handwriting for possible analysis by Paula on the show. Members should email a handwriting sample, a paragraph telling about the ancestor and why they would like to have the handwriting analyzed, and a photo of the ancestor if itâs available. Minnesota State Fair Podcast presented by MN Public RadioMinnesota State Fair Website Announce Best Bals Dolls Winner: Melissa Baker Catch Up With Lisa At One Of The Following Conferences:FGS Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Sept 3 & 6, 2008"Treasure Trove of Genealogy Gems Craft Projectsâ class at 5pm on Sept 4. Stop by the Family Tree Magazine Booth in the Exhibit Hall to say âhiâ and listen to The Family Tree Magazine Podcast Episode #3 The Digging For Your Roots Seminar, Concord, CA, Sat. Oct. 1, 2008 Treasure Trove of Craft Projects class at 9:15 am and 2:15 PM. The Family History Expo, Mesa, Arizona, November 14 & 15, 2008Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Parts I & II (Nov 15) Email LisaVisit Lisa on Facebook: Lisa Louse CookeJoin the Genealogy Gems Facebook Fan PageAdd the Podcast to your Facebook page Add the Genealogy Gems News Blog to your Facebook pageSubscribe Today to the FREE Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter for genealogy news & tips, and sneak peeks at upcoming episodes. The Song: The Family Tree featured on this episode is courtesy of the band Venice. See Venice LIVE at one of the following Concert Dates: Friday, September 12, 2008Pine Mountain Logs show (the alter ego of Venice)Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach, CA 92075(858) 481-8140. 21 and over European Dates:Tuesday, November 11, 2008Theater De Storm, Haitsma Mulierweg 11, 7101 BX Winterswijktel. (0543) 51 92 85Reserveerlijn (0543) 51 43 65 Wednesday, November 12, 2008De Tamboer, Hoofdstraat 17, 7902 EA Hoogeveentel. 0528 280 180 Friday, November 14, 2008Rabotheater Hengelo, Beursstraat 44, 7551 HV Hengelo, tel. Kantoren (ma-vrij 9.00-17.00):074 255 67 77tel. Kassa (ma-za 12.00-16.00):tel. 074 255 67 89 | 15 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJune 12, 2008 Interview with America's Sweethear Kathy Lennon Part 2, Train Robbery History, and Contests | Episode 49 SHOW NOTES Coming in August: Want to know what it was like to work with Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, and one of my favorites Lily Tomlin? Then tune in next month to episode 50. I'll be chatting with Tim Russell the wonderful voice actor from the radio show and movie A Prairie Home Companion. Above: Tim Russell and Garrison Keillor We talk about his love of family history and antiques, his amazing career in a very nostaligic profession of being a radio actor and of course his work with Garrison Keillor and al the folks at A Prairie Home Companion. Below: Watch a clip from the movie A Prairie Home Companion YUMMY GEM: Lisa's Peach Pie...Just out of the oven... GEM: Genealogy Society Booth at County and State Fairs. There are many things we do as members of genealogy societies, but I think this was one of the best activities I've come across. Genealogy society members from neighboring areas come together to introduce the public to the joy of family history. NEW: Family Tree Magazine July 2008 podcast episode Podcasting Primer article including instructional video by Lisa Louise Cooke. The article will appear in the November 2008 issue, but is available now free online. All together it's a great resource for your friends who havenât yet tried podcasts. Share these resources with your friends and genealogy society. Email this link: http://familytreemagazine.com/podcast/podcast_howto.asp MAILBOX: Premium Member Maureen Stephan shares a valuable Gem she recently found. GEM: Train Robberies 7/18 U.S. Census Bureau GEM: Part Two of my Interview with Kathy LennonIn Episode 48 we got started on my interview with Kathy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters. Kathy is such a sweetheart and so fun to talk to that I just couldn't edit any of our conversation. So Iâm bringing it to you in two parts, and today is part two of our conversation. The Lennon Sisters In this episode Kathy talks about the tragic death of her father, and the strength of character of her mother and the values she passed on to her eleven children. She also shares some insight into being a famous Lennon sister, and tells us all about her newest venture which has a family history twist to it. The Independece Day 20% discount on Genealogy Gems Premium membership expires 7/20/2008. Coupon Code 28F10F Premium Members can submit ancestor handwriting samples to be considered for an upcoming handwriting analysis by Paula Sassi, Certified Graphologist. Iâll be selecting ones that I think will be interesting to all the listeners. More information in Premium Episode #7. Now through July 31, 2008 Premium Members enter to win a pair of Best Pals dolls in a Best Pals tote bag, autographed by Kathy and Janet Lennon of the Lennon sisters. Members should head over to the Members Forum to post a story of an ancestorâs best pal, or a memory of one of your own best pals. | 12 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBONUS Episode: 4th of July Celebration | July 4, 2008 EPISODE SHOW NOTES: This special episode of the Genealogy Gems Podcast is dedicated to the men and women serving in the U.S. military Patrick Henry's speech performerd by Harry E. Humphrey on Edison Blue Amberol, 1912 The Continental Congress - The You Are There radio show took historic events and dramatized them with "live radio" coverage style. C1947-1950 The Star Spangled Banner performed by Thomas Chalmers and chorus (including Elizabeth Spencer). Edison Records, 1915 Washington's Farewell Address performed by Harry E. Humphrey for Edison Blue Amberol 1912 If Washington Should Come To Life performed by Billy Murray on Edison Gold Moulded Record, 1906 Thomas Jefferson March performed by United States Marine Band on Edison Standard Record, 1909 Under Freedom's Flag performed by Edison Military Band on Edison Gold Moulded Record, 1908 Fourth Of July Address at Hyde Park, NY by President Roosevelt (4 Jul 1941 My Country 'Tis Of Thee performed by Edison Male Quartette on Edison Gold Moulded Record, 1903 Edison recordings courtesy of the University of California, Santa Barbara | 28 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJune 14, 2008 Exclusive Interview with Kathy Lennon, Contest Winner, Newsletter update | GEM: Another look at the Handwriting of Our AncestorsPaula Sassi, Certified Graphologist Genealogy Gems Premium Member Melissa Roberge's great grandfatherRobert W Hicks GEM: An Interview with Kathy Lennon Listen to Part One of my exclusive interview with one of America's Sweethearts, and let me tell you, she is a gem! You know Kathy Lennon from her more than 50 years with the Lennon Sisters, but you may not know that she is also an avid family historian. The Lennon Sisters WebsiteBest Pals Website Lennon Sister Paper Dolls CONTEST - Premium Members post your stories in the Forum for a chance to win a pair of Best Pals Dolls! Who Were Your Best Childhood Pals? Genealogy Gems Premium Members are invited to come share your stories of childhood best pals, your own story or perhaps one about an ancestor, and be entered in our Best Pals contest for a chance to win a beautiful pair of Best Pals dolls, each with their own signed certificate of authenticity, and delivered in a Best Pals Tote Bag. It's over a $60 value! You may enter as many stories as you wish. The winner will be contacted by email on July 31, 2008. Kathy and Janet as children with dolls Best Pals Dolls Kathy & Janet & The Best Pals The Lennon Sisters upcoming performances:November 1 - December 6, 2008Tony Orlando and the Lennon Sisters ShowWelk Resort Center, Branson, MO.The Welk Resort at Branson NEWSLETTER UPDATE: The free Genealogy Gems Podcast newsletter will soon see a new, colorful email publication. Iâm so happy to finally get the newsletter updated and I hope you enjoy the photos and the much easier to read format. If youâd like to receive the free new and improved email newsletter drop me a line with you name, state and how you first heard about the podcast. Or head to the website. And very soon, you will be able to sign up right on the website without having to send a separate email. I hope you enjoy this much more visually creative version of the newsletter! EMAIL ME | 14 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMay 15, 2008 Winner announcement, handwriting analysis, great website and more! | The Free Monthly Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 47SHOW NOTES... The University of Wisconsin digital Collection "Great aunt Pollyâ is at the top of page The University of Wisconsin / The nineteen hundred and eight badger Volume XXII (1908) Book II: classes, pp. 122 Email me GEM: Childhood Memories TVParty WebsiteCaptain Kangaroo... ...and more recently.... Captain Satellite on TVParty.com The "DOO BEE SONG" came from this album from my childhood collection GEM: Family Tree & MeInterview with Shirlene DymockFamily Tree and Me website GEM: Girding Your Loins with James MowattYou can find The Historyzine Podcast at Jim's website and in iTunes GEM: Birthday AlarmIdeas for Strengthening Your Family Using Birthday Alarm Enter ancestor birthdays into Birthday Alarm to help you make note of it in your family blog, or family newsletter. Use it as a prompt to send a an email to a list of contacts that you've worked with over the years to research that ancestor. Use the ancestor"s birthday alarm to generate a dinner time conversation about that ancestor on their special day. Display a photo on the table, tell stories about them, and teach you children about the history of that side of your family. GEM: Paula Sassiâs analysis of Lars Johan Larsonâs signatureCongratulations to Genealogy Gems Premium Member Melissa Roberge, the winner is of the handwriting analysis by Paula Sass, Certified Graphologist. And a special prize has been awarded to Premium Member Diana Larson for her terrific post in the Message Forum. Lars signed his name as the enumerator on the 1900 U.S. Federal Census for Sibley County Minnesota. GEM: Premium UpdateHereâs whatâs new in the Genealogy Gems Premium Membership areaâ Premium Episode #1 - Iâll walk you through step by step on how to set up the Google Toolbar and use the features that will speed up your online searches tremendously! Premium Episode #2 - We do an in depth study of the records of the Works Progress Administration - the WPA â with certified genealogist and national speaker Paula Stuart Warren. And as a special BONUS feature for members, Paulaâs 4 page reference guide on the WPA called The WPA Era: What It Created For Genealogists is available for download in the Premium Episode #2 show notes. Premium Episode #3 â Youâll get 7 Key Strategies From A Professional Private Investigator that will help you find your living relatives. Strategies that brought me fantastic results! Sign Up Today for Premium membership. Now through May 31, 2008 you can take advantage of the 20% discount on the annual subscription price by signing up for the Genealogy Gems Newsletter. Send an email with your name, state or country and how you first heard about the podcast. GEM: Special AnnouncementIâm very excited to announce that Iâve signed on as the Producer and Host of the new Family Tree Magazine Podcast. It will be a free monthly half hour show available at the Family Tree Magazine website. Episode One is jammed packed with great information and interviews, so stay tuned for the upcoming launch date. Sign Up for the FREE Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter | 15 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanApr 16, 2008 A Listener's Leatherhead, Handwriting Analysis, & GG Premium Launch | Episode 46 Bogus Websites: To quote their email "The Generations Network, Inc. is encouraging consumers to validate and verify the legitimacy of a website before providing credit card information or paying for services.â? This is good advice. You know the rules on the Internet really shouldn't be much different than the rules in our daily lives. Find out about someone"s character and background before you hang out with them, and get referrals for unknown companies from people you trust. Family Tree Kids: Diane Haddad on NBC San Diego Family Tree Kids Website Tama Generations Movie Gem: Leatherheads: Iâll have a link to the official website in the show notes as well as a video preview of the movie. Leatherheads Website MAILBOX: Pat Dalpiazâs grandfather "Weenie" Flynn was a star quarterback on the St. Bonaventure University (Alleghany NY) football team for 3 years. He appeared in Ripley's Believe It or Not for his football leadership weighing only 117 pounds and leading the team to impressive victories. Randy Borkowskiâs website Deanna Bullock wrote in to give a very good reason why you should subscribe to the free Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter. SUBSCRIBE NOW GEM: Analyzing Your Ancestors Handwriting Story of how Grandmpa JB and Grandma Paulineâs letters came into my possession: Episode 39. Listen to some of the letters in Episode 41. Paula Sassi, Certified Graphologist. Email. Website www.handwritingconsultants.com VIDEO: Paula Sassi featured on San Diego's Fox 6 News Learn more about Handwriting Analysis at http://www.handwriting.org/ GEM: Genealogy Gems Premium I am VERY excited to announce that we are launching a new service: Genealogy Gems PREMIUM. If you enjoy the free podcast episodes that weâve made available, your gonna LOVE Genealogy Gems PREMIUM! Premium Members are going to have access to an exciting new area of the website available only to Premium members. There youâll find Members-only premium podcast episodes. You wonât be able to hear these anywhere else! It will be everything you love about the episodes youâve heard so far, and much more. BONUS FEATURES: Members Only Message Board Forum. Gnealogy Gems Crossword puzzles Behind the Scenes with Lisa Complete archive of every Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter! For about the cost of a gallon of gas or a gourmet coffee a month youâll get all of these exclusive podcasts and videos! You wonât find them on iTunes. Paula Sassi certified graphologist has graciously agreed to analyze some lucky premium members ancestorâs handwriting. So once you are a Premium member, you will be entered for a chance to win an analysis of an ancestor's handwriting to be featured on a Premium episode. And finally, I have a very special offer for newsletter subscribers: I will be emailing out to all subscribers a coupon code valid through May 31, 2008 that you can use to get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. If you arenât currently subscribed to the newsletter, just send me an email today with your name, state and how you first heard about the podcast and you will receive the coupon code in an email. So wonât you join me, and become a Genealogy Gems premium member today! I guarantee youâre gonna love it, or your money back. Email Lisa | 16 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMar 14, 2008 Canadian Border Crossings, U.S. Census Bureau, Godfrey Library, & Digital Preservation | Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter where you'll also find out what's coming up on future episodes and get announcements first. My Own Grandpa Video: The Family History Silhouette Cake My facebook page MAILBOX: Roxanne Diakow Moos wrote to say that she visited an aunt and uncle in Saskatchewan Canada, and they took her to visit the old homesteads of two sets of great grandparents. "To others who look at my family history album and see those pictures they see a picture of land with nothing on it but a field but to me I can picture an old building that used to be there that raised a family and can almost picture the kids (my grandmother and her siblings) running around playing.â? Learn about Tyler MacNivenâs journey to find his fatherâs birthplace in Japan in the March 4 Genealogy Gems News Blog GEM: Canadian Border Crossings with Kathyrn Lake Hogan - Kathryn shares with us about Canadian Border Crossings into the United States and how many of our ancestors used this economic route to immigrate. GEM: Digital Preservation Tips from the Library of Congress - Digital preservation Cheat Sheet. covering Computer files, finding Digital Materials, Digital Photos, email, and storage disks. And the Digital Preservation Quiz GEM: Interview with Richard Black of the Godfrey Memorial Library GEM: U.S. Census Bureau - Flu Epidemic's 90th Anniversary, and the new U.S. Census History website (listen to interview: Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #43) Genealogy Gems News Blog on March 10. Email Lisa with comments, suggestions and requests for the website and Iâll be forwarding all the information to the Director of History at the U. S. Census. New at the Genealogy Gems News Blog: A tribute to Womenâs history month, the new TV series Who Do You Think You Are being developed for American audiences by NBC, and Senior Moments Anyone? Visit the Genealogy Gems Website now - New stuff: movie recommendation, genealogy videos. Book: Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies from Season One of the Genealogy Gems Podcast. The book has everything covered in the first 20 episodes and lots more including photos, website addresses and step-by-step how to information. Itâs available in paperback as well as immediate digital download. Contact Lisa at Genealogy Gems | 14 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMar 1, 2008 Genealogy at Borders, & New U.S. Census History Site | Thank you to Genealogy columnist Kimberly Powell of About.com for listing the Genealogy Gems Podcast in her recent column called Genealogy Podcasts for Your Listening Pleasure. The newest addition to the Cooke household: Vinney Genealogy Gems News Blog : The British newspaper the Daily Mirror will soon be making available online newspaper issues back to 1903. MAILBOX: You can see the photo of Michelle standing in the spot of her ancestor's homestead on the Genealogy Gems Podcast Listeners Page Lisa at the ranch my great grandparents worked it in 1918. GEM: Interview with Dylan Barrell, Director of Digital Business for Borders Books about the new Borders Concept stores that will feature genealogy. Upcoming Borders Concept Stores in 2008:Las Vegas, NV - Town Square â April Panama City Beach, FL â Pier Park â May National City, CA â Westfield Shoppingtown Plaza Bonita â MayAlameda, CA â Alameda Town Center â May Noblesville, IN â Hamilton Town Center â May Southbury, CT â Southbury Plaza â MayMira Loma, CA â Eastvale Gateway Mall â MayLone Tree, CO â Park Meadows Mall â May Wareham, MA â Wareham Crossing â June Baton Rouge, LA â Mall of Louisiana â July Allen, TX â Watters Creek at Montgomery Farms â July Tukwila, WA â Westfield Southcenter Mall â July New Orleans, LA â Garden District - October GEM: New History Web Site from the U.S. Census Bureau Interview with Bill Maury, Chief of History Staff at the U.S. Census Bureau Genealogy Gems Crossword Puzzle Sign up for the FREE monthly Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter TODAY | 29 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFeb 21, 2008 Family Tree Magazine, Genline, and another great Venice song | Episode 42 SHOW NOTES Dear MYRTLE's interview with Lisa Louise Cooke of Genealogy Gems on her Feb. 12, 2008 episode. And Dear old Myrt also listed Episode 15 of the Genealogy Gems podcast in her weekly Best of the Internet blog column under Podcast. Venice Upcoming Live Shows:Saturday, March 8, 2008: Acoustic Music San Diego - an acoustic Venice show. (619) 303-8176 Friday, April 4, 2008: Pine Mountain Logs show at the SohO Restaurant and Music Club (805) 962-7776 The Logs are Venice's alter ego - they perform only cover tunes! Saturday, April 5, 2008: Pine Mountain Logs show at The Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA (858)481-8140 Visit Venice at http://www.venicecentral.com/ MAILBOX: Gary Falsken recommends the history podcast "Napoleon 101â? hosted by The Podcast Network. GEM: Interview with Allison Stacy, editor of Family Tree MagazineThe Genealogy Insider Blog featuring the Family History Expo GEN: Interview with Kathy Mead of Genline.com You know this episode is very special to me because it fall on the first birthday of the Genealogy Gems Podcast. There are several exciting things in the works for Genealogy Gems this coming year. Genealogy Gems Newsletter Sign Up. What was your favorite gem this last year? Email Lisa Thank you for listening. You guys are awesome! We have no intentions of having Genealogy Gems podfade, and it"s because of you that weâre still here! Venice song: Weâre Still Here | 21 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFeb 13, 2008 Valentines Day Special | Episode 41 SHOW NOTES A table full of listeners joined me at the Friday night banquet. Jack Duffy and his daughter Anna Marie, Mark Baldwin, and Sue and Albert Sevy all joined my husband and I and we had a grand time. - Day of the week at the Search for ancestors website- Thanks to George Morgan of the Genealogy Guys Podcast for talking about the Genealogy Gems Podcast on their Jan 16, 2008 podcast. MAILBOXFrom Betty: Abbott & Costello Christmas DVD features several spots for Christmas Seals featuring celebrities such as Rosemary Clooney.From Melissa: a silhouette done 30 years ago in Paris by a street vendor. Listeners page Jim Mowatt of HistoryZine Podcast in Britain GEM: Lulu.comMy book Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies from Season One of the Genealogy Gems Podcast At Lulu you'll find genealogy digital CDs, Videos, Calendars, Music and artwork. A quick search of your surname or county where your ancestors lived could result in some real gems. Save on the combined shipping. GEM: Valentines SpecialSit back and enjoy these yesteryear stories of loveâand perhaps they will inspire you to ask around your family for the origins of the ties that bind in your tree. First, a Depression era story of love between Pauline Herring &JB Moore Nov. 2, 1934 Remember me and donât forget, the blue eyed Girl is my pick yet. (Below: Valentine JB sent to Pauline) Next, is the story of Raymond Cooke and Isabelle Osborne. Raymond was born in Tunbridge Wells, England in 1894. He immigrated from England to Saskatchewan Canada in 1912, and in his autobiography he tells the story of how his love of music led to his finding the love of his lifeâ âTake your girlie to the moviesâ was performed by Irving Kaufman on May 19, 1919. Story read by Jim Mowatt of the Historyzine Podcast.Ragtime music by Frederick Hodges available on CD. Raymond Cooke and Isabelle Osborne 50th wedding anniversary If youâre enjoying the Genealogy Gems website, please consider nominating for the Family Tree Magazine âSite of the Week.â Fill out and submit the nomination form Happy Valentines Day! Take Your Girlie to the Movies When the show is over And its time to leaveDonât forget to brush the powder From your sleeve... Take your girlie to the movies if you canât make love at home (Original sheet music at the Indiana University Sheet Music Collections website! Take Your Girlie to the Movies Sheet Music) | 13 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJan 30, 2008 A little fun, my inheritance, & quilt care and display | PODCAST SHOW NOTES The Genealogy Gems News Blog: "Why should Lou Dobbs Care?â?. And be sure and vote on the new poll question: How do you listen to the podcast? Family History Expo 2008 in St. George, UT. I'll be attending the Friday night Banquet and I want to invite you to come sit at my table with me. If you"re going to be a the Family History Expo, have purchased your banquet tickets (available online at the MyAncestorsFound.com website,) and you would like to dine together, drop me an email at with your name. (and anyone you might be attending with) Confirmation will be by email. Thanks to the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre and DearMYRTLE for their recent acknowledgements of The Socks To America Video. Watch The Socks To America MAILBOX: (Left to right they are Guy M. Denton, Gladys V. Denton, Dorothy J. Denton and Guy V. Denton.) âGuy V. Denton 1895-1959 purchased this quilt from a lady from Arkansas who was traveling through Howard, KS. Itâs obvious that it was not made with new materials as it did not wear well.â? Kevin Clark, Cedar Park, Texas From Deb Atchley: âmy quilters only gave me initials - not full names and birth dates. I think I've solved most of the puzzle though. â From: Linda Kvist - Pod Cards in Reunion 9 genealogy software I donât know if this is possible to do in any other genealogy software, perhaps you or any listener know?â? GEM: Traits Handed DownAfrican American LivesAfrican American Lives the book Chris Rock and Oprah arenât the only ones who have found significant tendencies and traits surface in their family history. I feel compelled in this episode to share my top 10 list of important traits that I inherited from my ancestors! GEM: Care, Storage & Display of Heritage Quilts with Ellen Koehn Quilt by Ellen Louise Koehn that hangs in Lisa's home... PLEASE NOTE: All of the recommendations in this gem are âUse at your own risk.â? While they are things that have worked successfully for our guest, you must use your own judgment as to who to proceed with your own unique quilt. At the grocery store: Orvis Soap & Easy Wash. Ellen also recommended the book Clues in the Calico by Barbara Brackman | 30 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJan 20, 2008 Heritage Quilts, History Podcasts, Mail & More | SHOW NOTES iTunes: If you are new to the podcast, be sure that you go back to the new Genealogy Gems subscription listing that you created in your podcast directory and click that GET ALL button. Clicking the SUBSCRIBE button will only give you the most recent show and future shows. By clicking GET ALL all the previous episodes will download for you. Go to the official Genealogy Gems Website and be sure and sign up for the FREE Genealogy Gems Monthly Newsletter 1890 census: visit the National Archives pages New Poll Question at Genealogy Gems News Blog:Are you a member of your local area genealogy society? MAILBOX: Diana Larson wrote to recommend the American Girl Collection: "The American Girls Collection books are a great way for children (and adults) to learn about children living through different periods in American historyâAlthough the stories themselves are fictional, they are thoroughly researched, and each book concludes with a brief section containing factual information, photographs, and artwork about that particular time period...â? Cathy Paris wrote in about the podcast. View her family history videos about her dad, Gil Merrill born in 1913 in Franklin, NH EMAIL LISA at the Genealogy Gems Podcast The Genealogy Reviews Online Blog GEM: Lisaâs History Podcast Picks Binge Thinking HistoryBy Tony CocksWebsite: http://bingethinkinghistory.libsyn.com/ Dan Carlinâs Hardcore History Website: http://www.dancarlin.com/ Digging for the Truth by the History ChannelJosh Bernstein is the host of this series on the History Channel. Season One. 2005. 4 episodes. http://www.history.com/minisites/diggingforthetruth/Season Two 2006. 12 episodes Great Moments in History - by John G. Stockmyer. 10 episode free audio book published as a podcastWebsite: http://www.podiobooks.com/title/great-moments-in-history History According to Bob Website: http://www.summahistorica.com/Bobâs website devoted to WWI history: The History CapsuleWebsite: http://www.mystery-otr.net/mpir-radio/ History Center - From the History ChannelWebsite: http://www.history.com/media.do?id=hc_podcast213_immigration&action=clip History In Our Time â BBC Radio 4http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/ Historyzine: The History Podcast by Jim MowattWebsite: http://historyzine.com/ Journeys into American History by Dennis Humphreypresents history through Old Time Radio programs. Website: http://www.podango.com/podcast.php?podcastId=395 Just Another Day â The History Channel videocast hosted by Adam Hart-Davis. Also How London Was Built & History in the Headlines. Website: http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/podcasts/podcasts.php http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/microsites/line_of_fire/ Mattâs Today in History Website: http://mattstodayinhistory.blogspot.com/ My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Podcast Website: http://myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.blogspot.com/ BRITISH HISTORY: The National Archives Podcast SeriesPodcast Website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rss/podcasts.xmlNational Archives Website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Tudor Cast by Laura EakinsWebsite: http://tudorhistory.org/podcast/ REGIONAL SPECIFIC: Abilene and Taylor County, Texas History PodcastStories , legends, and tales b David GibsonWebsite: http://abilenetexashistory.com/ DELWARE: This Day in Delaware History. Brief historical facts from the first state in the Union compiled by the Deleware Archives. Website: http://www.delaware.gov/ INDIANA: Moments of Indiana HistoryProduced by WFIU Public Media in Bloomington, IN.Website: http://momentofindianahistory.org/ MINNESOTA: Almanac: Hands on History Twin Cities Public TelevisionWebsite: http://tpt.org/history/ MISSOURI: Missouri Irish History and Legend: Ireland to AmericaWebsite: http://www.irishroots.com/podcast2/rss.xmlFrom Michael OâLaughlin of the Irish Roots Podcast OZARKS: Shiloh Museum of Ozark HistoryThe Museum is located in | 20 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJan 6, 2008 A special 1 hour episode including an interview with Venice | We had a wonderful Christmas and New Years and my wish for you is that you and your family are happy and healthy. Sequence and Dutch Blitz:It's is a fast-paced card game that I understand was created by Werner Ernst George Muller, a German immigrant from Bucks County,Pennsylvania. The game is supposed to be very popular among the Pennsylvania Amish and Dutch community. It"s a lot like playing speed solitare with three other people all at the same time. The Genealogy Gems video about the history of the Christmas seal called "How You Ancestors Made A Difference" It is also now being featured on the RootsTube Channel at Rootstelevision. Genealogy Gems News Blog features my New Years Resolution for 2008: To have even MORE genealogy fun! Be sure to subscribe to the blog so that youâll be alerted when new items are published. If youâre using iGoogle for your homepage, you can click the Google icon on the blog and add it, or you can add it to you Google Reader. Subscribe to the free Genealogy Gems Newsletter. Send an email with your name, state (or country) and how you heard about the podcast. Maureen Taylorâs blog about what to do with your Christmas cards when Christmas is over. MAILBOX:Richard Yehle wrote in about Genealogy Gems Episode 36 where I talked about the passport database at Ancestry and finding the back of the original form with the picture. He gives some great examples of how, sometimes, there is even more to be discovered! Richardâs experience with the passports is such a great example of not just looking for what you expect to find, but looking for the unexpected. GEM: Venice InterviewâMay You Alwaysâ? was sung by The Lennon Sisters on the Lawrence Welk Show. Lennon Sisters Website The Lennon Sisters are the eldest of 12 siblings in the Lennon family, and certainly NOT the only ones with musical talent. I recently had an opportunity to meet with their younger brothers Pat and Kipp and first cousins Michael and Mark who musically merge as the group Venice. Watch a video of Venice performing âThe Family Treeâ? âThe Family Treeâ? debuted in 1999 on the bandâs album entitled Spin Art. The Lennon Family Tree: all the guys are the grandchildren of Herbert Lennon who was born in Wisconsin. His father John died in his thirties from a heart attack at a community picnic just before the turn of the century. Herbert was raised by his mother Minnie under the roof of his grandparents, James and Kate Lennon. Judge James Lennon of Appleton Wisconsin was born in Ireland in 1840 and immigrated in 1849 to America with his parents James and Mary Lennon. James and Mary would be the great great great grandparents of the guys. Kipp Lennon, Lisa Cooke & Pat Lennon - Dec. 2007 (c2007 all rights reserved) Irish Roots Cafà Podcast Jimmy Lennon Jr., Mike Tyson & boxing announcer Jimmy Lennon. Video: Adobe Hacienda Video (Live) Be sure and visit the Venice website! and Venice Page at Genealogy Gems | 6 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDec 19, 2007 SHOW NOTES - Double The Search! And How Our Ancestor's Made A Difference. | Family History Expo 2008 Video Premiere:I'll be there doing my presentation "Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gemsâ? at 4:30pm on Friday Feb 8, 2008 at the conference. I hope that you"ll take a moment to stop by my booth in the Exhibit Hall to introduce yourself and say âhiâ?! NEW AT THE BLOG: New poll question at The Genealogy Gems News Blog: Do you listen to the podcast the week it is published? THE MAILBOX: Follow up to Episode 26 & the Passport Database at Ancestry...Will Haskell told us about his grandfather, Merrill Haskell, traveled to Russia in 1919 in his work as a public accountant for the YMCA. Merrill Haskell's Passport application -but the woman's photo on the left doesn't match. A turn of the page reveals his grandfather! GEM: itunes GET ALLWhen you subscribe in iTunes to the podcast, only the most recent episode will download to your computer or iPod, so be sure to remember to go back to the Genealogy Gems Podcast listing in iTunes and click the GET ALL button so that all of the back episodes will download. You donât want to miss a thing! Gem: Search Yahoo and Google at the same time with POLYCOLA.COM GEM: The History of the Christmas Seal - How Our Ancestors Made A Difference!It's very likely that your great grandparents, grandparents and parents put Christmas Seals on the Christmas cards and packages. It all started on a stormy December night in 1903 a postman named Einar Holboell was working late in a post office sorting large piles of Christmas mailâ Put this stamp with message brightOn every Christmas letter;Help the tuberculosis fight,And make the New Year better. The American Lung Association . Thank you so very much for supporting the podcast! iTunes Goal:Only six more five star reviews to go before we hit 25 for Genealogy Gems by the end of the year! If you have an iTunes account and are enjoying the podcast, please go to the Genealogy Gems listing in iTunes and leave your positive review now. Thanks! Song: End of a Perfect Day and the Christmas Movie Remember the Night | 19 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDec 10, 2007 Passport Lessons and Family History & Sound Recordings | SHOW NOTES Exclusive Kodak Gallery Discount: 20% OFF Photo books, Calendars & Cards through Dec. 11, 2007! Go to the Genealogy Gems Store for more information and to find the link to Kodak Gallery. Got an iTunes Account?If you"re enjoying the podcast, Iâd appreciate it if you left a 5 Star positive review at the Genealogy Gems iTunes page. This link will take you there: Genealogy Gems at iTunes. Thanks! NEW: The Book Has Gone Digital!Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies from Season One of the Genealogy Gems Podcast is now available in a digital download format! This is a great chance to get the book for just $9.95 and no shipping costs! Go to http://www.lulu.com/content/1139806 GEM: U.S. Passport Applications on Ancestry.comMy Genealogy Gems News Blog from December 5, 2007 continued...Not wanting to leave the database empty handed, I decided to search for some of my favorite Hollywood film stars: Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Lesson 1: Be sure when you are searching the database to click the NEXT button and check the backside of the application page for a photo. Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford Passport Photos Lesson #2: If your ancestors were servants or employees of those that may have traveled, it would be worth searching for those employers. GEM: The History of Sound RecordingsYou know the invention of sound recording was quite a milestone in genealogy if you think about it. Never before had we had documentation of our ancestors voices. There is certainly something very special about hearing not just the words, but the tone, and inflections. Well, all of this sound recording was made possible by Thomas Edison, who 130 years ago this week .University of California, Santa Barbara Book: Innovate Like EdisonA new book by Edisonâs Great Grand-niece Sarah Miller Caldicott and Michael Gelb. The Life of Thomas A. Edison at the Library of CongressRecorded Sound Reference Center at the Library of Congress LISA'S 10 GOLDEN RULESfor making your own family history sound recordings. #1 Get a reliable and affordable method of digital recording.Free recording/editing software: Audacity For portable recording you could use a handheld digital recorder, but I like to use my iPod with the Micro Memo Digital Voice RecorderUsing your iPod as a Family History Tool from Episode 22 of the Genealogy Gems Podcast. #2 Make A List of Those You Would Like to Interview #3 Prepare Your Questions Ahead of Time #4 Keep The Interview Relaxed And Comfortable. #5 Donât Worry About Getting Everything The First Time#6 Respect the interviewees wishes #7 Take The Time To Edit #8 Make Cataloguing A Priority #9 Get Written Permission If You Plan On Sharing The Recording #10 Follow up with a thank you | 9 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNov 30, 2007 Through The Looking Glass, The LOC & A Little Bit of Pixie Dust | Episode 35 Show Notes Genealogy Gems News Blog "What's in a Name?â? My Facebook Profile: Lisa at Genealogy Gems. Make a friend request and then take the Genealogy Gems Quiz. Check out the genealogy quizzes at FunTrivia.com YAHOOOOO - thereâs a genealogy gal on the Genealogy Gems Listener page! Beth Green answered my call on Episode 30 and emailed a Simpsonized Version of herself. Check it out at the LISTENERS page. GEM: A Little Help From Your Friends My Top Three Tips for Tapping into the Strengths of Others: Tip #1 Swap brick walls Try swapping brick walls with another researcher and look them over with a fresh pair of eyes. I like to think of it as being a cold case detective. Someone who pulls out an old file and goes over it with a fine tooth comb to see if anythingâs been missed. Tip #2 - Assess your weaknessesLook honestly at your office and your research and make a list of areas where you could improve. Then set out to find someone in your local genealogical society who has a strength in that area. Tip # 3 - Two heads are better than oneTry working alongside a fellow genealogist. Two heads are always better than one, and having someone that you can share the journey with is a wonderful thing. There are over 500 genealogy groups on Facebook alone! Or try one of the new genealogy social networking sites that have been popping up lately. Genealogy Social Networking Websites GEM: The Library of Congress Webcasts:Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American CommunityPresented by Laura Cohen Appelbaum and Wendy Turman of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. Library's Map Treasures are Highlighted in "Cartographia a book and presentation by Vincent Virga GEM: Genealogy through the Looking Glass Iâve enjoyed using childrenâs books for many years to become acquainted with new and sometimes complex subjects. They are little gems just waiting to help you take on a new area of genealogical research. For instance, does the subject of DNA still seem a bit foggy to you? Try "Genes & DNA" by Richard Walker, and "DNA is Here to Stay" by Fran Balkwill. âComing to Canada: Building a new life in a new landâ? by Susan Hughes is a great first timers introduction to the subject. The Irish Potato Famine: Irish Immigrants Come to America (1845-1850) by Jeremy Thornton . âFeed the Children First: Irish memories of the Great Hunger" edited by Mary E. Lyons. Juvenile Books can also be a great quick resource for the history of states and countries that you are unfamiliar with and have just discovered your ancestors spent time in. So when you stumble into new territory, try taking a childâs eye view and perhaps a childâs curiousity as you approach the situation. GEM: Now for a little Pixie DustLab Pixies Google Gadgets My Favorites:LabPixies TVMy del.icio.usCountdownBabylon Translation BoxLabPixies ClockLabPixies RadioTechBlogsFlickr Slides Contact Lisa Free monthly Genealogy Gems Newsletter Looking for a great Christmas gift? Lisa L. Cooke is the author of Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies from Season One of the Genealogy Gems Podcast now available. | 30 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNov 18, 2007 A Thanksgiving Celebration, & more... | EPISODE 34 SHOW NOTES: Genealogy Gems News Blog New videos for you at the Genealogy Gems website:Genealogy for the next generation: "Family History Research - Child Detectives"Genealogy JunctionGetting started documents for free download "Family Tree" & "Circle of Life" by Venice. A very moving video highlighting a collection of photographs at the Library of Congress' American Memory collection taken by Lewis Hines of child labor in the early 19th century. MAILBOX: Wreath by creative podcast listener Linda Kvist, Sweden "The Emigrants" movie review Create your own Family History Christmas Wreath by watching the 4 part video how-to series An email from Beverly Shaw :(my apology to Beverly - I mistakenly credited her email to Barbara Murphy in the show & didn't catch the error in time)"I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciated your Candy Bar idea. Last month my husband's family had a reunion to honor his mother who passed away last year. I created candy bars for the reunion using your idea. Since Momma was an avid crocheter, I found a background of a crocheted doily and added 2 different photos that fit the theme. I designed it so that I could fit 2 on each 8 1/2 x 11 sheet and printed a master copy. I then took my master to Office Max and had them make 50 copies. After wrapping a mixture of Hershey Milk Chocolate Bars and Hershey Milk Chocolate with Almond Bars, I filled a basket with the 100 Candy Bars, tied a bow on the basket handle and they were given out as mementos. I am attaching a picture of the filled basket. Thank you again. I received many complements." If you"re looking for stocking stuffer ideas, there's still plenty of time to make the Sweet Memories candy bars which I described in detail in Episode 20 and in my book "Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies" Beverly Shaw's beautiful Swee Memories candy bars From Barbara Murphy:The German, Irish and Italian groups of the genealogy societies on Long Island have put together new genealogy databases online. www.theggg.org and www.italiangen.org Follow up on Google Gadgets:Email from Meg Baker who developed the wonderful American Memory google gadget that I told you about in Episode 33. Meg Baker's Google Gadgets GEM: A Thanksgiving Celebration Thanksgiving at the Library of Congress What Shall the Harvest Be? Sowing the seed by the daylight fair,Sowing the seed by the noonday glare,Sowing the seed by the fading light,Sowing the seed in the solemn night:O what shall the harvest be?RefrainSown in the darkness or sown in the light,Sown in our weakness or sown in our might,Gathered in time or eternity,Sure, ah, sure will the harvest be.Sowing the seed by the wayside high,Sowing the seed on the rocks to die.Sowing the seed where the thorns will spoil,Sowing the seed in the fertile soil:O what shall the harvest be?courtesy of the University of California, Santa Barbara Sarah Josepha Hale "OUR NATIONAL THANKSGIVING by Sarah Josepha HaleWe are most happy to agree with the large majority of the governors of the different States -- as shown in their unanimity of action for several past years, and which, we hope, will this year be adopted by all -- that the LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER shall be the DAY Of NATIONAL THANKSGIVING for the American people." Contact Lisa Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems E-mail Newletter | 18 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNov 11, 2007 Census, Blogs, Silhouettes, Gadgets, oh my! | Episode 33 Show Notes The New Genealogy Gems News BlogSubscribe to the blog by clicking the Google icon on the Blog page Newsletter:Subscribe to the free monthly Genealogy Gems email newsletter iGoogle:If you haven't created your own genealogy iGoogle homepage just listen to Episode 15 and of course it"s all covered step-by-step in my book Genealogy Gems - Ultimate Research Strategies. Upcoming Conference Appearance:FamilySearch and My Ancestors Found have just announced that they are co-sponsoring the Family History EXPO at the Dixie Convention Center in St. George UT on Feb. 8 & 9 2008. I'm very excited to let you know that Iâll be teaching a class on how to use Google for your family history research. All of the old Edison recordings on this episode are courtesy of the University of California at Santa Barbara GEM: This old dog learned a new trick â or how I got in touch with my own podcast:Hereâs a new technique for retrieving a past podcast episode and being able to have just that one episode come up on the page. This is great because itâs easier to read through, and you then have a URL address in your browser that you can copy and paste if you want to send it to someone. Hereâs how to do it: From the Genealogy Gems.TV homepage click the PODCAST button Which will take you to the Podcast show notes page. Look down the right hand side of the page and click on the orange RSS button right below the word Syndication. This opens up a page that gives you all the show notes in a simple text format. There's a box in the upper right corner called "Displaying?." Start typing âiGoogleâ? in the box and it will immediately start showing only episode show notes that include that word. Look down the show notes in the results to find the one you want. Click the blue title (ex. âGenealogy Gems Episode 15â?) and you will get the complete episode 15 show notes on one podcast page. At the end of the show notes is the direct download link for episode 15 if you want to listen to the episode or save it to your hard drive. This is how you can listen from the website ,because the media player, even though it still appears will only play the most recently published episode. GEM: Google Gadget for American Memory:Hereâs a follow up to the segment on The Library of Congress American Memory project from episode 32. You can now add American Memory to your iGoogle page! How to get the American Memory Google Gadget: Go to your iGoogle homepage. Click the link in the upper right corner that says Add Stuff In the upper right corner is a Search for Gadgets Box. Type in the words American Memory the American Memory Search gadget will appear Click the Add It Now button (it will turn yellow and say Added.) Go back to your iGoogle homepage Your new gadget in the upper left corner of your iGoogle page. GEM: Genealogy Podfading:I really appreciate your partnering with me to keep the Genealogy Gems Podcast from podfading as so many others have done. Christmas is a great time to lend your support. Our sponsors are established, trusted and secure, and your information is ALWAYS private. Thank you friends! GEM: Silhouettes by Kathryn Flocken:Hereâs another little blast from the past gem in Episode 6. I got an email from Kathryn recently which included a really neat short video about the silhouette work that she does: Video: Kathryn Flockens Paper Portraits webpage Silhouette of genealogy podcaster Lisa Louise Cooke by Kathryn Flocken GEM: History of the Census and Its Samples:There are 2 areas to explore: Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790-2000It contains a record of all census questions, enumerators instructions, and brief histories of every census.And...Histories of Enumeration Procedures for Each Census: The procedural histories provide detailed information on the collection and processing of each item on the questionnaire. You will learn how enumerators were selected, how they w | 11 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNov 4, 2007 Listener Mailbox and Invite Your Ancestors to Christmas! | Episode 32 Show NotesListener Mailbox, and Invite Your Ancestors to Christmas! DearMYRTLE Website Episode 27 The Mailbox: Email From Dave Green: "Attached (is) a find on ebay. I hadn't thought to look there for family mementos. I typed in the tiny town of Fiat, IN and it came back with a matchbook from the store my grandparents had owned there! Thanks for the valuable gem.â? Genealogy for the Next Generation The Genealogy Gems Listener page - see Simpsonized Dave Email from Judy in Memphis: Hi, Lisa, a few weeks ago I contacted you and said I was going to do the Sweet Memories candy bars this Christmas. I thought you would enjoy seeing how they turned out! I have only actually put the candy in two to try it out but will wait until closer to Christmas so the candy will be fresh. I used the 3.5 oz Dove Bars, dark chocolate. I will send them to 47 people in the family who will enjoy the candy and hopefully the memories. The front says: "In Memory of Daddy, (Kenneth) who gave us our love of chocolate and Mother (Mildred) who made all those wonderful desserts. Love, Judy." The three children on the front are my two sisters and me at Christmas about 1946. The picture on the back is of the same children and our parents, about 1960. I hope they enjoy this little gift. Thanks so much for the idea. Again, I love the podcast and have gotten a lot of useful information. You make it really fun. GEM: Invite Your Ancestors to Christmas - Create A Family History Christmas Wreath Joy to the World Edison Records 1906 Courtesy of University of Santa Barbara This week, I"m very please to be publishing my first Christmas project instructional video sharing with you how to create your own family history Christmas Wreath. This wreath is so beautiful, and Iâm really excited to have found a way to incorporate more wonderful family photos into our holiday decorations. Iâve done my best to give you step by step instructions so that you can make your wreath right along with me. Watch the four part video which in total runs about 35 minutes - Here's an example: Part 1 WATCH ALL FOUR EPISODES I really hope that you will take the time to create this lovely wreath. I had so much fun making it, and Iâve already gotten oos and ahs from people who have seen it. I guarantee if you invest your love and time into making it, it will be appreciated by everyone who sees it. And I would love to see your finished projects! So email me a photo as Judy from Memphis did with her Christmas candy bars. It would be inspiration for us all! | 4 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOct 28, 2007 Free Access to Historic Media & Next Generation Genealogy | EPISODE 31 SHOW NOTES Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies. Thanks to those of you who have bought the book. You guys are great. A special little Halloween hello from Genealogy Gems. Sad news: The This Week's Genealogy Gems Google Gadget has crashed. However, I will likely create a new custom gadget in the near future so I"ll keep you posted. To receive the code for the gadget just be sure to sign up for the free Genealogy Gems monthly newsletter because thatâs the email list I use to personally email you the code so you can install it on your iGoogle page. Newsletter Sign Up & Back issues The website is evolving every day with new content, so be sure and visit regularly at www.genealogygems.tv In the Resources section you will find lots of great genealogy research strategies. Be sure to click on the Google Research Gems Link. I have a special gadget there that will provide you with a new Google tip every day. And youâll also find lots of other great tips that weâve talked about to make Google work harder for your genealogy research. Please do let your research friends and your local genealogy society know about it as a resource for them too, even if they donât listen to the podcast. Gem: The Library of Congress The Irish Jig performed by the National Promenade Band in 1914 for Edison Records courtesy of University of Santa Barbara. AMERICAN MEMORY American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to over 9 million items of written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. These materials chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America. Browse American Memory Advertising 1850-1920 Architecture and Interior Design 1935-1955 Baseball Cards 1887-1914 Broadsides and Printed Ephemera 1600-2000 Chicago Daily News - Photographs 1902-1933 7 different Civil War collections with many, many photographs Daguerreotype Photographs 1839-1864 Depression Era to World War II FSA/OWI Photographs 1935-1945 Film, Animated 1900-1921 There are several Folk Music Collections Great Plains Photographs 1880-1920 Maps and Cartographic Items 1500-Present New York City Films 1898-1906 Nineteenth-Century Books 1850-1877 Nineteenth-Century Periodicals 1815-1900 Ohio River Valley 1750-1820 Panoramic Photographs 1851-1991 Pearl Harbor and Public Reactions Audio Interviews 1941-1942 Posters, WPA 1936-1943 Prairie Settlement, Nebraska Photographs and Letters 1862-1912 Railroads Maps 1828-1900 Revolutionary Era Maps 1750-1789 San Francisco and 1906 Earthquake Films 1897-1916 Sheet Music 1820-1860 & 1870-1885 Slave Narratives Audio Interviews 1932-1975 Small Town Life, Mid-Atlantic Stereoscopic Photographs ~ 1850-1920 Southern U.S. Personal Narratives 1860-1920 Traveling in America Books ca. 1750-1920 Turn-of-the-Century America Detroit Publishing Company Photographs 1880-1920 Upper Midwest Books ca. 1820-1910 Utah and Western Migration 1846-1869 American Variety Stage - Vaudeville 1870-1920 Western U.S. Photographs 1860-1920 World War I Military Newspapers 1918-1919 World War I Rotogravures 1914-1919 World War II Maps Military Situation Maps 1944-1945 Some of my other favorite areas of the Collections and Programs are: The VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT The NATIONAL DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROGRAM CHRONICALING AMERICA â HISTORIC AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS The PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ONLINE CATALOG Prints & Photos LOC online database: 20s Fads Ellis Island prints & photos WWII women working Civil War Soldiers Entertainment Americana LOC WEBCASTS Start by browsing the Biography and History listings. The library website also offers RSS feeds and email Subscriptions on a variety of subjects. The future: the library just signed a World Digital Library Agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization pledging cooperative efforts to build a World Digital | 28 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOct 21, 2007 Ali Selim Director of the Movie Sweet Land | SHOW NOTES for Episode 30October 21, 2007 Calling all Ladies: Notice a trend on the Genealogy Gems Listener Page? Only men have sent in photos! Come on ladies, you need to be represented! Email a photo of yourself listening to the podcast on your ipod or computer, or holding up something that you've found since listening to the podcast, or both. Website News: New this week you will find a search box on the left side of the Genealogy Gems homepage under the navigation menu. I hope that you will use it and find it helpful in getting to where you want to go. GEM: Interview with Ali Selim, Director of Sweet Land? In episode 29 I told you about a wonderful movie that I saw recently called Sweet Land. It's a film about Norwegian immigrants in rural Minnesota following WWI. I feel so passionate about it not only because itâs about family history, but because it's such a rare thing to find a gem like this that you can watch with your entire family. Aliâs Grandparents William and Sophie Niemeier of Minnesota. This week I had a chance to talk to Ali Selim, award-winning director of Sweet Land, and we chatted about his immigrant parents, the power of memories and some of the terrific actors that he features in the film. Ali Selim, Director When you're done listening to the audio podcast, you can watch the Videocast below. Just double click on the Play button. More "SWEET LAND" film clips | 21 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 110 | CleanVideoGenealogy Gems Videocast: Sweet Land | Video Cast: An interview with the award-winning director of the film Sweet Land, Ali Selim. Sweet Land is a story about family history, focusing on Norwegian immigrants in Minnesota circa 1920. If you love historical fiction, and quiet thoughtful movies that you can watch with your entire family, then this is the videocast for you. Sweet Land is available on DVD, and the beautiful nostalic music soundtrack is available through . Take it from your friend, you'll love it. P.S. Rather read? Try Sweet Land: New & Selected Stories | 12 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOct. 7, 2007 Genealogy and DNA | Episode 29 SHOW NOTES GEM: Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation I had the opportunity to talk with Anna Swayne of the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation recently. Listen as we walk through this emerging area of genealogy step-by-step and get a solid overview of how DNA testing can assist us in our family history research. Suggested Reading:Trace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree by Megan Smolenyak & Ann Turner DNA & Genealogy by Colleen Fitzpatrick USA TODAY article - SMGF's founder, James LeVoy Sorenson, was featured in a USA Today article in June. The article focuses on Mr. Sorenson's work in genetic genealogy as well as his other companies. Free Genealogy Gems Newsletter: Send an email with your name, state or country and how you heard about the podcast, and I'll get the Oct issue out to you right away, and you"ll be all set to receive each monthly issue. Check out what's new at the Genealogy Gems Website Get Lisa's new book: Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies from Season One of the Genealogy Gems Podcast. Packed with step-by-step instructions for everything covered in the first 20 episodes, and much more! | 7 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOct. 2, 2007 Genealogy Cold Calling, Sweet Land | Episode 28 Show Notes The first Genealogy Gems videocast was published last week: The Socks to America. It's available through iTunes where you can download it to your video iPod. Now's the time to subscribe to the FREE Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter! Logitech Webcam Not only can you send video emails super quick and easy, but you can select one of their animated characters that you supply the voice for. Anytime you access Amazon through the links on my website and purchase any item on the Amazon site, you are supporting this podcast which I really appreciate! Thanks to you guys I was able this week to double my podcast storage space which means I can create longer podcasts and also publish videocasts for you. I hope you'll keep this in mind as we approach the holidays and you start doing your Christmas shopping. It's because of you that the Genealogy Gems Podcast, website and videocasts are possible. Thank you! GEM: GENEALOGY "COLD CALLS? My Lady of the Telephone was performed by Joseph A. Phillips and chorus for Edison Records in 1915 Interview with Carolyn Ender from Texas who has conducted dozens of cold call research calls. 1) Identify the person you want to call 2) Locate the Person's Phone Number Anywho.com People.yahoo.com Google.com 3) Plan ahead Consider recording the conversationConsider getting a hands free phone Consider time zones. Choose a time when you are not rushed Briefly review the family you are researching Make note of specific questions you would like to ask. Have your genealogy software program open 4) Get up the ânerveâ? to call - Be prepared. Say to yourself: âI can do this. This is importantâ?. Remember, all they can do is say âno thank youâ? 5) Introduce Yourself - Immediately identify yourself with first & last name & town. Indicate any family connection. Indicate who referred you to them. 6) Where to Begin - Talk about the family line you are researching Explain how you thought you might be related. 7) Reluctant Relatives - Share what youâve learned. Share your own memories of a shared relative. Mention something of particular interest in the family tree that might pique their interest. Offer to mail them some information and call again once theyâve had a chance to look at it. 8) During the Call - Take notes during the phone call. Confirm information that you already have 9) When Thereâs No Answer - Leave a voice mail your name, number, why you are calling, & offer to call back. 10) Must Ask? Questions Mailing address Their birthdate Family photos, bible, documents? Copies only of course! Can I keep in touch? Can you suggest anyone else I might contact? 11) Wrapping up the call - Thank them for their time. Ask for email address. Offer to give them your address and phone number. 12) Create Documentation Be sure to include the person's name, address, phone number and date of conversation.13) Enter data into your genealogy database - This is a must. Do it right away while itâs on your mind 14) Create a To Do List - Go through the notes you typed with a highlighter pen to mark items you will want to research further. 15) Follow-up Thank you card Birthday cards & Christmas card Follow up calls GEM: Sweet Land Click twice on the arrow to view movie clips Enjoy! | 1 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 113 | CleanVideoSock It To Your iPod! | The First Genealogy Gems Videocast: The Socks to America.(click POD icon at left or the mp4 file at end of this posting to view.Please allow a few extra moments video file to load) This is the documentary spoof (or should I say "sockumentary") video about the immigration of the fictitious Sockish-Americans. Currently featured on Roots Television, the video is now available for FREE download onto your video ipod exclusively with this unique video podcast. Now you can "Sock It To Yourself" anytime you like! Due to the Socks huge popularity, I'm pleased to offer Socks mugs & posters, which are only available through the Genealogy Gems Cafepress Store. The Socks to America Mugs: Immigration Story & I'm A Genealogist (Caution: Don't drink & watch the video at the same time as you will be in danger of laughing which causes spitting!) And the Poster... | 25 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSept 22, 2007 Interview with DearMYRTLE | EPISODE 27 SHOW NOTES MAILBOX RE: WorldVitalRecords - All "Recently Added Databasesâ? on the site are offered for 10 days free when they are added. A quick way to find keywords on a webpage such as the databases listed on World Vital Records is to use the âFind on this pageâ? Function of Internet Explorer: From the homepage click on the the âBrowse all recently added databasesâ? link From the top of this page that has the entire listing of databases press the Control key and letter E key on your keyboard at the same time which will access the edit menu Press the letter F on your keyboard to access âFind on this pageâ? function. This will make the FIND window pop up. Type your key word in the search box in the Find window Click the NEXT button RE: Judy Gorman's email: Socks to America Video Rootstelevision chose "The Socks to America" as their homepage video last weekend. It now appears on their Roots Living Channel and Roots Tube channel. Sock it to Me! Express your Sockish-American side with Socks to America Posters and Mugs! They would make hillarious holiday presents for your fellow genealogists. Many listeners burn the podcast to CD for listening away from their computer, and I think donating them to your local genealogy society after you are done with them is a great idea. Here is a link to an official Genealogy Gems Podcast CD Label. It's formatted specifically for CD Stomper Label System which I use to create all kinds of professional looking labels for CDs and DVDs. Genealogy Societies are also welcome to use excerpts from my newsletter in their society newsletter when they include the following author credit "by Lisa L. Cooke, The Genealogy Gems Podcast at www.genealogygems.TV". GEM: Interview with DearMYRTLE - DearMYRTLE WebsiteDearMYRTLEâs Book âThe Joy of Genealogyâ? DearMYRTLEâs Family History Hour can be found in iTunes and at her website | 22 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSept 10, 2007 Organizing Your Internet Favorite Bookmarks | EPISODE 26 SHOW NOTES I'll be at the Northern Utah Genealogy Jamboree in Ogden this Saturday September 15, 2007. Booth #302. (Listen to Episode 25) Gem: Organizing Your Internet Favorite BookmarksTo Rename Bookmarked Websites in your Internet Explorer Favorites: In Internet Explorer click the yellow star with the green plus sign Click Organize Favorites Click to highlight the website link that you want to rename Click the RENAME button. Type the new name Press Enter key A more comprehensive organization strategy:First Level example:FUNNY STUFFGENEALOGY RECIPESSTOCK TRADING, etcâ Within the GENEALOGY folder you could have: BlogsLibrariesPodcastsSocietiesMilitary ResourcesSurnames - containing folders for each major surname Iâm researching. Etc... To Alphabetize Your Favorites: Click the yellow star favorites button on your Internet browser This will open up the window so you can see the folders in your Favorites list Right click you mouse anywhere in the white space of that window click SORT BY NAME And all your folders will snap back into alphabetical order. Be sure and subscribe to the free Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter...Coming in the October edition: yet another way to use your iPod as a family history tool. Go to the Newsletter page and send an email to subscribe. Announcing the premiere of the newest Genealogy Gems Production: The Socks to America. This video is a documentary spoof (a la Ken Burns) chronicling the immigration of the fictitious "Sockish" people (aka Sock Puppets). I invite Genealogists & Historians alike to sit back and enjoy a chuckle at our favorite pastime. | 10 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSept 4, 2007 German History Videos, Newspapers | Book Announcement: Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies from Season One of the Genealogy Gems Podcast is finished and available online through Lulu Publishing. It is jammed packed with genealogical gems that you can use straight from the book, or as you listen along to the podcast at GenealogyGems.tv. It was really important to me that the book be able to stand alone as a resource tool in addition to being a companion manual to the first twenty episodes of the podcast. You will find everything written out in step-by-step instructions, plus lots of photos, as well as many things that I never got a chance to talk about on the podcast or include in the newsletter. Lulu is very cool because you can preview several pages of the book. It's very safe and secure to order with them online. Shipping hint: When you're checking out the shipping will automatically show as Priority Mail. If youâre not in a huge hurry, use the drop down menu and select media mail - itâs much less expensive. It usually takes about a week to receive Media Mail. German history videos Allen county Library I hope to see you at the Northern Utah Genealogy & Family Heritage Jamboree at the Marriott Hotel, in Ogden on Saturday, September 15, 2007. I will be in Booth 302 in the Exhibition Hall. Stop by and say hello. For more information or to register online visit the My Ancestors Found website. Newspapers: The Genealogy database site World Vital Records is providing "increased access" to the collection of NewspaperArchive.com database. The first release of the NewspaperArchive.com data (40 million records ranging from 1759 to 1923) went up Aug. 27, 2007. And World Vital Records is giving 10 days of free access to these new additions BROWSE Gem: Some newspapers carry a history section or a 'looking back' column where they run old articles. World Vital Records only had a sampling of years from the past newspapers that are digitized. But the columns like âTwice Told Talesâ? that can be found in more recent newspapers, may include articles about the family that the website didnât have the originals of. So donât dismiss those new issues â you may find some real gems! To view a sample back issue of the newsletter CLICK HERE To subscribe to the Genealogy Gems Podcast Newsletter CLICK HERE. The newsletter is absolutely free. Just type the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line of the email, & send your name, and how you first heard about the podcast. Youâll get the current issue and as a special bonus, an email giving you access to the This Week's Genealogy Gem? Google gadget. (see Episode 15) I know you'll enjoy it. So be sure to sign up today. | 4 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAugust 26, 2007 A Tour of Genealogy Gems TV | SHOW NOTES Episode 24 The National Archives and Records Administration has taken the leap and raised their record reproduction fees. The new fees don't become effective until October 1, 2007, so youâve go a window of opportunity to order records at the old lower prices. Presidential Archives Uncovered. KodakGallery - Create a Family History Calendar. Consider highlighting an ancestor each month. It would make a wonderful holiday gift. Save 25% off calendars with coupon code SCHOOLCAL at Kodak Gallery My NEW book Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies from Season One of the Genealogy Gems Podcast will be out VERY soon,. It will include step by step details from everything covered in Episodes 1 through 20. Check the website often for the official publish date. Correction: The title of the book I mentioned in Episode 19 called Papa's Way is incorrect. The title of the book by Thyra Ferre Bjorn is Papa's Wife. Hereâs another Swedish Book recommendation that I received from Anna-karin Shander who lives in Sweden and is host of Anna-Karinâs Genealogical Podcast. The book is called The Emigrants â The Emigrant Novels Book 1 by Wilhelm Moberg. ordered my copy. With Fall coming, doesnât it sound wonderful to curl up on the couch with some hot coffee and a novel called âThe Emigrantsâ?? The Emigrants by Wilhelm Moberg GEMS: A Tour of Genealogy Gems TV In Episode 24 I take you on a tour of the new videos on the Genealogy Gems TV webpage. Click on the VIDEOS button or on the Genealogy Gems TV icon in the top right corner of the home page to check out all the new videos. ComediesOur Summer Vacation Family Tree Part One & Two- Starring Julie Andrews and Gene KellyA Son's TaleFast Talking High TrousersAsk A Ninja - What is Podcasting?DocumentariesA Nurse In Training Part One & Two ResearchLibrary Genealogy Tour - Arlington Heights Memorial LibraryTracing Your RootsSilent MoviesHarold Lloyd Safety Last & Documentary: The Third GeniusMary Pickford: Daddy Long Legs, PollyAnna and Mary and CatDouglas Fairbanks: The Thief of Bagdad and Zorro COMING SOON! InternationalVideos from Germany, England and Sweden. Attention Podcast Listeners: Take a picture of yourself listening on your computer or listening to the podcast on your ipod and email it to me at genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com. You can make it funny, make it serious, you can hold up a sign saying that youâre listening to the show or what you think of it. Whatever you want to do is fine with me. Include your name and let me know in the email if itâs ok to use or not. You may find your photo on the upcoming Listeners page where I can show off my awesome audience. | 26 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAugust 19, 2007 Home Movie Hunt and Brick Walls | Episode 23 SHOW NOTES The Mailbox: According to alert listener Richard Yehle, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests can receive acknowledgement letters from the US Dept. of Homeland Security / US Citizen and Immigration Services in just two weeks. Richard's requests were placed on a speedier "simple track.â? This means that response time has been drastically cut from the six months it took me to receive answers about 5 years ago. This is good news for genealogists! Better yet, you now have the option of requesting a CD with pdf file, instead of paper files, if the number of pages is over 15. We"re all waiting with bated breath to hear back from Richard when he receives the final results from his request for his great grandfatherâs records. GEM: Follow up - Using Your Video iPod As A Genealogy Tool Proactive listener Donna wrote this week to ask what the best format and resolution was for saving pictures to be viewed on the Video iPod. For photos to be viewed on a television screen, save them as JPEG files at 300 dpi resolution. For photos strictly viewed on your iPod, resize them to reduce their ipod storage requirements. Hereâs how: To Reduce Image Size: Copy and paste the photos into your IPOD IMAGES folder (see Episode 22 re: folder) In Windows XP, click MY COMPUTER icon on your desktop Go to your IPOD IMAGES FOLDER Click a photo that you want to downsize so that itâs highlighted. (To highlight all the images click on the first image, hold down the SHIFT key and then click the last image in the folder.) Look to the blue side bar on the left under FILE AND FOLDER TASKS and click on EMAIL THIS FILE which will open up a little window called SEND PICTURES VIA E-MAIL Make sure the MAKE ALL MY PICTURES SMALLER button is selected Click OK An email message will open with all the photos you selected attached, but at reduced sizes. Double Click on the first image to open & view it in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer At the bottom of the window click the COPY TO icon. Keep the original file name and click SAVE It will ask you if you want to replace the original. Click OK Follow that procedure with each photo. I was able to reduce my original 1.24 MB photo to just 141 KB. This saves LOTS of room on your iPod! Supply Checklist Video iPod MicroMemo Digital Recorder for Video iPod A/V Cable for viewing iPod through your TV Photo Slideshow Troubleshooting Checklist When plugging A/V cable the into your TV make sure each jack is firmly plugged in. To begin slideshow, be sure to press the center iPod ENTER button TWICE when selecting the first image. Make sure the TV Out feature under Photo Slideshow settings is set to ON. Make sure your digital TV tuner is set to the appropriate input for the signal coming from the jacks that your iPod is plugged into. GEM: Home Movie Hint Please permit me to share a suggestion you may find useful... I recently took a number of old movie reels (from the 1940s) out to be transferred to DVD, as I'd long intended to do.As much fun and as enlightening as these reels were to watch, I realized an unexpected bonus: the scenes in these reels helped me identify my great grandmother and her sister in a photo I had sitting by. Of course, I recognized my great grandmother and I suspected the other was her sister but these movies put that photograph in a context that allowed me to make that identification. The clothing was the same and the background matched so I was able to put names and approximate dates on these pictures! The fuller context of the movie allowed me to identify the names, place and time for the photograph.I hurried down to the store with the rest of the movie reels. I will remember that often photos are taken at the same events as movies were taken and that a single picture is merely a moment in time but movies can provide larger context.Thank you for your podcast and sharing | 19 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAugust 12, 2007 Turn Your Video iPod into a Family History Tool | SHOW NOTES August 12, 2007 THE MAILBOX"I also wanted to share a couple of photographs with you, she says. During your third episode, you talked about creative ways to display your family history treasures, and I wanted to share with you something absolutely wonderful my aunt did for me. When my grandmother had to downsize and move into an assisted living facility, my aunt stumbled upon a beautiful silk baby dress and a pair of leather button-up baby shoes that had belonged to my grandmother. She had these framed for me along with a photograph of my grandmother on her 1st birthday wearing them! She gave the finished product to me because she knew how much I am fascinated by our family's history. Sincerely, Diana Larson? Eleanor Mae Lees - 1st birthday Email from Barbara Murphy, NY:âOn this weeks episode #21 you were talking about writing your memories. I received a book from my daughter last Christmas that does just what you are talking about. It is "A Mother's Legacy; Your life story in your own words. I think it is terrific because there was no way I was going to write anything anytime. This book is a month by month calendar book. Each month has questions to write aboutââ? Anna-Karin's Swedish Genealogical Podcast Use the time while you"re downloading podcasts to make a few entries into a memory book! Thatâs a gem of an idea! GEM: Turn Your Video iPodInto A Family History Tool MicroMemo High-Fidelity Digital Audio Recorder for the Video iPod by XtremeMac The Micro memo snaps easily into the connector at the base of the video ipod. It has a flexible microphone and built in speaker. When you plug it into your ipod it automatically puts your ipod in Voice Memo mode with the option to start recording. How To Record From Voice Memo mode Select RECORD When youâre done you just select STOP AND SAVE How To Download Recordings to Your Computer Plug iPod into your computer Open up iTunes (it will detect that you have new recorded voice memos on your iPod, and will ask you if you would like to download them into iTunes.) Click OK How Two Use Two Desktop Microphones For An Interview UnPlug the MicroMemo microphone from the MicroMemo unit Plug in a Microphone & Headphone Splitter; Plug two computer desktop microphones into the splitter How To Record With An External Microphone Or Other Source In Stereo UnPlug the MicroMemo microphone from the MicroMemo unit Flip the switch above the microphone jack on the Micro Memo to LINE. Plug in your stereo microphone or cable from other source into MicroMemo Record as usual How To Load Images Onto Your Video iPod: Create a IPOD IMAGES file folder on your computer Scan or copy photos and documents and save them to the file Plug your iPod into your computer Open up iTunes. From the gray menu tabs Click PHOTOS Click the SYNC PHOTOS FROM box Click the gray box to choose a folder from your hard drive. (This will open a window called BROWSE FOR FOLDER. Navigate your way to your IPOD IMAGES folder.) Click on the IPOD IMAGES folder (the folder icon will open but you wonât see image files) Click the OK button. Click the ALL PHOTO button Click the INCLUDE FULL RESOLUTION BUTTON. Click the gray APPLY at the bottom right corner of the screen. ITunes has now copied all of the photos from that folder onto your iPod. Youâll see that happening in the box at the top of the Itunes screen. How To View Your Images On Your iPod Eject your iPod from iTunes. The main menu will appear on iPod video screen. Select PHOTOS from iPod menu Select PHOTO LIBRARY to view thumbnail images Scroll to the image you want to view and select it How To View Your iPod Photos And Videos On Your Television You will need: A/V Cable for the video iPod Plug one end of the cable into the headphone jack of your iPod Plug the three plugs into the corresponding yellow, white & red jacks on your TV. Turn on your ipod From menu select VIDEOS Select VIDEO SETTINGS Select TV OUT and set | 12 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAugust 5, 2007 FOIA Follow Up, Full of Life, Thanks for the Memories | SHOW NOTES Episode: # 21 August 5, 2007 Genealogy Reviews Online blog: Genealogy Gems - You've Got to Check this One Out. Lisa's Movie Pick: Full of Life (1957). It's a really heartwarming movie about immigrants and their American born children that you can watch comfortably with your kids and your grandkids. The novel by John Fante is still available: Full of Life by John Fante Turner Classic Movies GEM: Freedom of Information Act Follow Up Email from Richard Hrazanek: "I loved the tip about requesting your ancestor's immigration file through the Freedom of Information Act. Do you know if you can do the same thing with a person's military record.â? FOIA can assist you in obtaining military records. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Website article: How to use the Freedom of Information Act. Rod Powers of About.com does a great job outlining how to obtain military records The National Archives website article: Access to Military Records by the General Public, including genealogists who are not next-of-kin Timothy E. Blaiseâ website devoted to the 4th Infantry Division 224th Infantry Regiment Company "D" which his uncle served in. Timothy outlines his experience with obtaining military records. GEM: Thanks for the Memories Get a piece of paper or pull up a word document. Close your eyes for a second, and visualize a favorite memory from your childhood. In my case I started with a favorite place, my maternal grandmaâs house. But perhaps yours is the back alley where you and your friends played baseball, or your great uncle's garage where he showed you how to work on cars. Whatever is meaningful to you. Now, open your eyes, and write your thoughts one at a time. Just free flow it. They donât have to be complete sentences. Later you can try your hand at writing more of your actual experiences or memories of a person. Again, it doesnât have to be a novel or sound really professional. Itâs just the memories from you heart. Tie together this gem with episode 20âs Sweet Memories gem where we made a family history chocolate bar label for a candy bar that could be tucked in a Christmas Stocking as a gift. Replace the Ingredientâs list on the back label with a text box that includes these free flowing memories about the photo that appears on the front label. | 5 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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