The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

The news includes: · The Association of Professional Genealogists announced a Young Professional Discount for its 2015 Professional Management Conference. · Geni.com, a division of MyHeritage, announced that it now supports multilingual profiles. · RootsMagic announced that it now has direct file import support for the soon-to-be-discontinued program The Master Genealogist. · Registration is now o...

The Genealogy Guys are celebrating their 9th podcast anniversary. We began on 5 September 2005 and are still going strong! The news includes: · MyHeritage Founder and CEO, Gilad Japhet, has been featured in the news for his work in identifying heirs to stolen artwork and property seized by the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s. See the video (with English sub-titles) at https://www.youtube.com/watc...

The news includes: · Whollly Genes has announced the discontinuation of The Master Genealogist (TMG) genealogy database program. · RootsMagic’s Weekly Tips are on their blog and are available on Facebook if you Like and Follow their page there. · The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) has announced that registration for its 2015 APG Professional Management conference is now open. It wi...

The news includes: The new season of Who You Think You Are? begins on 23 July on the TLC Network. Ancestry.com has recovered from the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on 16 June 2014, and Scott Sorensen, Chief Technology Officer, assures the public that no data was compromised. MyHeritage has made all of its World War I military records free to search through the end of July. They also...

Drew shares his last 2 interviews from the recent SCGS Genealogy Jamboree: Cyndi Ingle, noted genealogy speaker and writer, and the person behind Cyndi's List Katherine Hope Borges, DNA expert and Director of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG)

Drew shares 3 more interviews from the recent SCGS Genealogy Jamboree: Denise Levenick, heirloom preservation expert and blogger at The Family Curator Daniel Horowitz, Chief Genealogist at MyHeritage Paul Woodbury, winner of the 2014 Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant

In addition to the latest news, Drew and George share interviews from the recent Southern California Genealogical Society's annual Genealogy Jamboree, with guests: Angela Walton-Raji, expert on African-American and Native American genealogical research, and host of the African Roots Podcast CeCe Moore, genealogical DNA expert and blogger at Your Genetic Genealogist

The news includes: RootsMagic has released a new video on their YouTube channel titled " Using GenSmarts with RootsMagic for Research Help ". FamilySearch has released a number of important items: " Norway Celebrates Its 200 th Anniversary " U.S. Civil War Era Records " 15-Year-Old Organizes Unique Genealogy Event for Eagle Scout Project " Drew discusses the highlights of the most recent FamilySea...

Drew continues to share interviews from the recent Ohio Genealogical Society annual conference, including: Judy G. Russell, The Legal Genealogist Melissa Tennant, Assistant Manager of  The Genealogy Center at the Allen County [Indiana] Public Library Dr. Deborah Abbott Tim Pinnick J. Mark Lowe

The Guys begin with a recap of the Ohio Genealogical Society's 2014 conference in Sandusky, Ohio. The conference was a great success and kudos to the society and the organizers. The Guys will be at the Southern California Genealogical Society's Jamboree on June 6-8, 2014. The news includes: Randy Riley has been selected as the next State Librarian of Michigan. MyHeritage announces that it has reac...

The Genealogy Guys would like to welcome its new sponsor, MyHeritage.com! Genealogical Publishing Company has released a new Genealogy at a Glance (GAAG) laminated resource document written by George G. Morgan titled FamilySearch.org Research . This joins George’s recent Ancestry.com Research (GAAG) and 23 other titles in the series. They are available from the publisher and at Amazon.com. Drew re...

The Guys will be at the Ohio Genealogical Society Conference on May 1-3, 2014, at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. George thanks Lora of Little Switzerland, NC, for the kind email about his article in the December-January issue of Internet Genealogy titled “ Tracing Frances Lamb Mims WIlson: A Case Study .” The news includes: RootsMagic ’s newsletters include articles about: Do I Still Need...

The News includes: Halvor Moorshead, founder of Family Chronicle , Internet Genealogy , and History Magazine , passed away on March 7, 2014. Moorshead Magazines has just published “Tracing Your Ancestors: Beginner’s Guide,” a new title in their Tracing Your Ancestors series. It is available in the Internet Genealogy online bookstore at http://internet-genealogy.com/Books.htm . It is available in b...

Drew shares his second and final set of interviews that he conducted at RootsTech 2014, including: Anneliese Van Den Belt, CEO of DC Thomson Family History, whose best known genealogy-related brand is FindMyPast Matthew Hovorka , a young genealogist who spoke as part of the RootsTech Youth Track Mike Davis, CEO of StoryPress Kim Harrison , a Senior Institutional Account Executive for Ancestry.com,...

Drew shares the first set of interviews that he conducted at RootsTech 2014, including: Dennis Brimhall, CEO of FamilySearch Michael J. Leclerc, Chief Genealogist of Mocavo Ed Thompson, developer of Evidentia

The news includes: ·       RootsMagic announces that their webinars are now indexed and that their Android app is coming soon. ·       Family Tree DNA and MyHeritage have teemed up to integrate DNA tests into the MyHeritage customer base of 75M users. ·       Findmypast announces that they are making improvements to their website and will be adding records more frequently. ·       GenSoftReviews a...

The news includes: ·       The Genealogy Guys have been interviewed by Marian Pierre-Louis on episode 72 of her podcast, Fieldstone Common, at http://www.fieldstonecommon.com/george-morgan-drew-smith . ·       Restrictions placed on access to the Social Security Death Index. ·       Keynote speakers at RootsTech 2014 . ·       News about 23andMe and its genetic genealogy testing service. ·       M...

The news includes: ·       The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) announces the results of their elections. ·       Drew shares the latest FamilySearch collection releases at their website. ·       Aha! Seminars, Inc. , reminds listeners that George and Drew are available for webinars for societies. Visit the website for presentation topics and descriptions. ·       George has a new ar...

The Guys have several announcements: Genealogical Publishing Company has just published a new Genealogy at a Glance laminated reference guide. This one is titled “Ancestry.com Research” and is written by George G. Morgan. You can order it from GPC or at the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website . All of George and Drew’s publications can be ordered at the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website , and the links there...

Note: It appears that there are problems with the audio quality in portions of this episode, causing one of the two stereo tracks to drop out at random times.  We apologize for this. The news includes: Ancestry.com has acquired Find A Grave . Ancestry.com and FamilySearch have formed an agreement to make a billion global records available online. RootsMagic has added more tutorial videos at RootsM...

The news includes: The Guys’ new book, Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques , is now available in softcover and Kindle formats. George received an award on 23 August 2013 from the Association of Professional Genealogists , the 2013 Excellence in Writing Award, for his articles in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (APGQ). The Genealogy Guys Podcast has been named by Family Tr...

The news includes: Information about the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference and the Illinois State Genealogical Society Fall Conference. WikiTree has added a DNA feature. Findmypast.com.au has released new content for the Royal Naval Division service records (1914-1920). Findmypast.com has announced that it will be adding the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) to its site in coming month...

The news includes: Drew has been appointed as Chair of the Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO). RootsMagic is now Share+ Certified by FamilySearch . Early Bird Registration for the 2013 Federation of Genealogical Societies' Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on August 21-24, 2013, ends on July 1st. Canada's Heritage Minister asks the Library and Archives Canada to reconsider...

Drew shares his three remaining interviews from RootsTech 2013: Elissa Scalise Powell, President of the Board for Certification of Genealogists , discusses BCG's upcoming 50th anniversary celebration and what genealogists might want to know about becoming certified. Janet Hovorka, The Chart Chick, tells Drew all about her newest project, Zap the Grandma Gap , a book, workbook, and website that hel...

Drew shares three more interviews from RootsTech 2013: Alec Tritton and Else Churchill describe an upcoming genealogy conference in the UK: Exodus: Movement of the People . Lisa Louise Cooke, host of The Genealogy Gems Podcast, talks about using iPads and other tablets for genealogy, which she covers in detail in her latest book Turn Your iPad into a Genealogy Powerhouse . Syd Lieberman, a renowne...