The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

The news includes: FamilySearch announces the update of its YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/familysearch . MyHeritage.com now offers shared group subscription payments. Family Tree DNA is now accepting third party transfers of test results. Synium Software has released MacFamilyTree 6.1 and MobileFamilyTreePro. FamilySearch has released 12 million new records and images for England and M...

The Genealogy Guys record this episode in front of a live audience at the annual Summer Institute of the Dallas Genealogical Society, in the Auditorium of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in downtown Dallas, Texas. 

This week's news includes: Cyndi's List at www.cyndislist.com has launched a new website with a new look, new organization, and improved navigation. MyHeritage.com has acquired Bliscy.pl from Poland's Internet publishing company, Wirtualna Polska, expanding its presence in the Polish family history market. Anthony Ray, a junior majoring in Music at West Coast Bible College in Lancaster, California...

The news includes: The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy opened registration on June 4th for its annual institute in Salt Lake City on January 23-27, 2012. More information is available at www.infouga.org . Real-Time Collaboration announces AncestorSync, which allows you to seamlessly download, upload, or synchronize your family tree from your online pedigree to your personal computer and back agai...

The Genealogy Guys travel to Boston, Massachusetts, to the headquarters of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, where they record this episode in front of a live audience.

News stories discussed on this episode: The Federation of Genealogical Societies announces that it is beginning a series of online webinars concerning a wide range of society management topics. These are part of their new online education initiative. The first webinar will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM Central Time (US) with technology expert and FGS board member Thomas...

The news includes: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, together with the Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts and the American Jewish Historical Society of New England have made available for the first time online acess to a growing database that currently includes 13 Massachusetts Jewish cemeteries, with more added each week. Genealogist Anthony Ray of Palmdale, California, has...

Drew gives George one more week off by making this another all-interview episode (the remaining 3 interviews that Drew conducted while attending RootsTech 2011 in Salt Lake City in February).  The interviews were with: Tami Glatz, President of the Second Life chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and genealogical lecturer; Paul Nauta, Manager of Public Affairs for FamilySea...

Drew gives George the week off by making this an all-interview episode (3 of the interviews that Drew conducted while attending RootsTech 2011 in Salt Lake City earlier in the month).  The interviews were with: Louise St Denis, Director of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies ( www.genealogicalstudies.com ), an educational organization affiliated with the University of Toronto.  NIGS ha...

The news includes: Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, nationally known author, editor, instructor, lecturer, researcher and much loved friend in the genealogy community, died on 17 February 2011. Ancestry.com marks Black History Month with the addition of 250,000 new African-American records. Moorshead Magazines has published a new issue of Family Chronicle with a new article by George. The Guild of One-...

The news includes: The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant has been established and will be awarded to a student attending the 2011 Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree . Application deadline is March 1, 2011. For more information, contact Denise Levenick at dmlevenick@gmail.com or at 626.688.8974. NBC launches the second season of "Who Do You Think You Are?" on Fr...

The news includes: GenSoftReviews announced its 2010 Users Choice Awards. Our sponsor, RootsMagic , was awarded first place. Ancestry.com announced the release of Family Tree Maker for the Macintosh. They also announced new and updated collections, including Swedish Church Records and Maine births, marriages, and deaths collections. The Illinois State Genealogical Society announced the unveiling o...

This week's news includes: NBC announces that season two of "Who Do You Think You Are?" premieres on Friday, February 4th. The Federation of Genealogical Societies has appointed Matthew Wright as the new Editor of the FGS FORUM electronic magazine. He succeeds Sandra Hargreaves Luebking who has worked on FORUM for the last 25 years. The 1910 Census for Norway is online at http://www.digitalarkivet...

The news includes: Ancestry.com unveils Family Tree Maker for the Macintosh. Ancestry.com and The Genealogist in the UK have announced an agreement with The National Archives (UK) to acquire and publish online the 1911 England and Wales Census. Ancestry.com has reached an agreement with National Geographic Digital Media, part of National Geographic , in which the latter will host a new family hist...

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the annual conference of the Florida State Genealogical Society, held at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota.  (Note: At one point during the episode, Drew tries to recall the name and URL of the national program that manages the archiving of local newspapers.  After the recording, a helpful audience member let Drew know that it was the United States...

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com has announced that it will acquire iArchives and therefore acquire Footnote.com . Ancestry.com has added the 1852 California State Census to its U.S. collection. Ancestry.co.uk has added "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941" to its collection. Genealogy Gems has announced that the second installment of t...

The news includes: Ancestry.com has added to its website more than 1,700 recorded oral history interviews from immigrants who arrived in the U.S. through Ellis Island. FamilyLink has partnered with Historic Map Works and will soon provide access to the world's leading historical map collection. Ancestry.com has launched the largest searchable online yearbook collection with more than 60,000 yearbo...

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the 2010 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

The news includes: Announcements about the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee, on August 18-21, 2010. ALERT: The IRS has reviewed non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporations and is planning to revoke non-profit status on October 15, 2010, for those that still have not complied with their reporting. Details can be found at http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=22588...

The news includes: Ancestry.com completes its acquisition of Sweden's Genline.se. Ancestry.com has added U.S. Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrant application files (1800-1900), U.S. County land Ownership Maps (1860-1918), and a broad collection of Canadian City and Area Directories (1819-1906) Tom Kosalka of the Michigan Genealogical Council reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm has is...

The news includes: FamilySearch has announced the addition of another 26 million new names. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will celebrate Independence Day on Sunday, July 4th, with its annual ceremony, its first ever National Independence Day Parade float, and a brand new logo. EasyNetSites ( http://easynetsites.com ) announces the availability of its products to create a...

Our listener email includes: Mitch recently discovered a great video, Ken Burns' Horatio's Drive . He also wants to know if other listeners know of other movies or documentaries that are historically educational. Jennifer is seeking court transcripts of a murder trial in Harford County, Maryland, and a federal trial in the Baltimore Circuit Court in 1922-1923. Gary asked for information about cens...

The news includes: The British Library has announced plans to digitize millions of historical newspaper pages in partnership with brightsolid.com . The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) has announced that it has more than 2,000 members. The Michigan eLibrary (MeL) has  announced the lauch of Michigana, Sources in U.S. History Online . It can be accessed at http://mel.org/michigana . T...

The Guys discuss their recent trips, including a great visit to Salt Lake City for the NGS Conference. This week's news includes: Ancestry.com made several announcements at the NGS Conference: A new search engine facility allows for better searching, including wildcard search at the beginning of names and the ability to drill down to all database results for a specific area. A new wiki at Ancestry...

This week's news includes: The Governor of Maine has signed a bill limiting access to Maine's vital records until the passage of 100 years. Family Forest is expanding its collection of eBooks. RootsMagic has released a minor update to RootsMagic 4. The Digital Library of Georgia has released new historic Atlanta newspapers at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers . The 13th Annual Conference on...