The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

The Genealogy Guys celebrate their 250th episode ! They discuss a wide variety of subjects, including: George's organizing projects to date this year The Guys' forthcoming book, Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques , to be published in September 2013. The book is available for pre-order at Amazon.com  and Barnes & Noble .  Upcoming conferences at which The Guys will be speaking this year. Drew i...

George is out of town speaking for the North Carolina Genealogical Society, so Drew hosts this episode, beginning with the following news items: British Origins adds South London burials to its London collection. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces a new partnership with its German equivalent, the German Association of Genealogical Associations (DAGV). FamilySearch indexing vo...

The news includes: The Family History Library's Saturday hours will change on April 13, 2013, to 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. FamilySearch announces the additions of new collections, including the addition of indexing projects in process or completed. Findmypast.com has released 2.5 million UK criminal records covering the period 1770 to 1934. Ancestry.com announces that, for a limited time, users can buy...

Drew, an official RootsTech 2013 blogger, reminds listeners that Early Bird Registration for RootsTech 2013 ends on February 15th. Drew invites our listeners to email us at genealogyguys@gmail.com with suggestions for interviews while he's at RootsTech 2013. Other news includes: RootsMagic announces a free viewer app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. BillionGraves has been acquired by Otter Cr...

The news includes: The Federation of Genealogical Societies announced the creation of a new society to promote the preservation of records in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Society of Preservation Patriots recognizes donors of $250 or more to the Rabbi Malcolm Stern-NARA Gift Fund of the Preserve the Pensions initiative. The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BC...

The news includes: Ancestry.com 's sale to Permira Advisors, LLP, was concluded on December 31, 2012. Findmypast.com announced the release of of significant records from 1790 to present for the U.S., the UK, Ireland, and Australia. Findmypast.com announced release of records concerning "The Green Redcoats" and more. RootsTech has announced the addition for its 2013 conference of Story@Home with a...

The news includes: FamilySearch.org has contributed $250,000 to the Federation of Genealogical Societies' War of 1812 Pensions Digitization Project. RootsMagic has just released Version 6 of its family tree software program. A new video is available at their site, and the software is on sale through December 20, 2012. MyHeritage.com has announced its purchase of Geni.com. Origins.net announced 169...

The news includes: Ancestry.com agrees to a $1.6 billion buyout by Permira Advisors LLP. The governor and secretary of state of Georgia have announced that funding for the Georgia State Archives has been reinstated for the remainder of this fiscal year. FamilySearch continues to digitize and index millions of records and The Guys give an update. FamilySearch has been recognized for its "continued...

The Guys are very pleased to welcome a new sponsor for the Podcast, findmypast.com The news includes: WikiTree announces the re-opening of member registration. Mocavo has acquired ReadyMicro in a move to help the company and other organizations holding genealogical information digitize more content for genealogists. Origins.net announced that they have added two new collections to their National W...

The news includes: FamilySearch announces that the 1940 U.S. Federal Census indexing project is wrapped up, and that indexing is beginning on the new U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Community Project. Visit http://familysearch.org/immigration for more information and to volunteer. Another indexing project has begun: the Italian Ancestors Project. Visit http://familysearch.org/italian-ancestors...

The news includes: RootsMagic announces the release of a new minor update to RootsMagic 5. They also remind listeners that they have more than 40 free online classes available at their website. Ancestry.com announces that they will not be releasing a 2013 version of their Family Tree Maker software, but will, instead, release free bonus features to Family Tree Maker 2012. The Federation of Genealo...

The news includes: Ancestry.com has announced their completion of the indexing of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census. RootsMagic announced a new update to their software, version 5.0.4.0. Online registration for the 2012 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference (August 29-September 1) in Birmingham, Alabama, closes at 7:00 PM CDT on August 17th. findmypast.com has officially launched its new site...

The news includes: FamilySearch.org has completed many states in the 1940 U.S. Federal Census and other projects including South American, U.K., Scotland, Slovakian, Philippines, and Swedish records. The Federation of Genealogical Societies announced that a generous donation of $135,000 has been received from the estate of the late Jon Stedman and is designated for the Preserve the Pensions – War...

The news includes: The Guys will be at the Southern California Genealogical Society ’s Jamboree on June 8-10, 2012. RootsMagic announces new webinars and additions to its catalog of recorded webinars. FamilySearch announces the addition of millions of new records on its site and the completion of almost half of the 1940 U.S. federal census. The Federation of Genealogical Societies announced that i...

The news includes the following items: Ancestry.com has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Archives.com . FamilySearch.org uploaded 14 million new records for 19 countries, and the 1940 U.S. federal census indexing project is in full swing. The Southern Genealogist’s Exchange Society in Jacksonville, Florida, is hosting a virtual tea party on Mother’s Day (U.S.) on 13 May 2...

The news includes: FamilySearch continues to add millions of new records online each month. They also state the 10 new digital records are created every second. MyHeritage  has announced: Introduction of DNA testing Release of cutting-edge personalized family calendars Release of a new app for the iPhone, iPad, and Android The Guild of One-Name Studies announced the results of the Federation of Fa...

Drew shares his third and final set of interviews from RootsTech 2012.  This set features Janet Hovorka of Family ChartMasters and her three children; D. Joshua Taylor of brightsolid; Michael Leclerc of Mocavo; and Elissa Powell (noted genealogical educator and professional genealogist from Pennsylvania). 

Drew shares the second set of interviews that he conducted at RootsTech 2012.  This set includes FamilySearch Senior VP of Product Engineering David Burggraaf, Instructure CEO Josh Coates, FamilySearch Senior VP of Patron Services Don Anderson, and Google Software Engineer David Barney.

Drew shares the first set of interviews that he conducted at RootsTech 2012.  This set includes FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer David Rencher, author and speaker Lisa Alzo (an expert on Eastern European genealogical research), past FamilySearch CEO Jay Verkler, and new FamilySearch CEO Dennis Brimhall.

The news includes: Who Do You Thing You Are? debuts for its third season on NBC on Friday, February 2, 2012. Fold3 announced that it is providing free access to all of its Black History Collection records throughout the month of February in celebration of Black History Month. brightsolid is one of the major sponsors for RootsTech 2012 in Salt Lake City this week. brightsolid has announced that the...

The news includes: FamilySearch ushers in 2012 by adding 119 million new records. The New England Historic Genealogical Society announces education programs at its Boston facility. The Association of Professional Genealogists has added back issues of the APG Quarterly for 2004-2011 available in the Members Only area of its website. Arphax Publishing Co. announces the launch of its historical maps...

The news includes: The Guys announce the death of their cat, Fletcher, on 8 December 2011. Fletcher was a vocal contributor to the Podcast over the years and received email and inquiries from the show's listeners. She is very much missed. Three leading genealogy organizations, Archives.com , FamilySearch International , and findmypast.com , have announced that they are joining forces to launch a p...

The Genealogy Guys announce that there have been over 1,000,000 downloads of the podcast since it began on 5 September 2005! Thanks to all our listeners!!! The news includes: The British Library has announced the launch of the British Newspaper Archive website. It initially hosts more than 4 million pages from more than 200 British and Irish newspapers, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries....

The news includes: FamilySearch has announced a new CEO, Dennis C. Brimhall, who will succeed Jay L. Verkler on 2 January 2012. FamilySearch has added 2 million records to its U.S. collections. A new monthly podcast, the Polish Genealogy Podcast, has begun. You can learn more about the podcast at the FaceBook page at http://www.facebook.com/PolishGenealogyPodcast . The first episode can be downloa...

The news includes: Footnote.com has rebranded and changed its name to Fold3.com . Ancestry.com has released the 1930 Mexico National Census. RootsMagic has released Personal Historian, Version 2. Ancestry.com has released Family Tree Maker 2012 with TreeSync. findmypast.ie has launched online Irish family history forums. Arphax Publishing goes online with online maps HistoryGeo.com . South Georgia...