The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

The 200th Episode! The Guys are pleased to celebrate the 200th episode of the Genealogy Guys Podcast!   This week's news includes: Mail in your 2010 census forms; a brief discussion of the NBC series, Who Do You Think You Are? ; RootsTelevision will remain in operation; library funding crises are spreading as the New Jersey State Library is threatened with a merger with Thomas Edison State College...

George and Drew in front of a live audience on March 6, 2010 at the annual conference of the Santa Barbara County (California) Genealogical Society.

This episode features three interviews: an interview with Josh Taylor of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (yes, the same Josh Taylor who appeared with Sarah Jessica Parker in the first aired episode of Who Do You Think You Are? ) an interview with Curt Witcher, Manager of the Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana an interview with Lee and Carol Col...

George and Drew set sail on the second-largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas, and record a podcast episode in front of a live audience participating in the RootsMagic 2010 genealogy cruise.  (Note: The correct URL for FreeBMD should be www.freebmd.org.uk .)

In this episode: George notes that it is Black History Month, and points out that the New England Historic Genealogical Society has a website called AfricanAmericanAncestors.org . George shares the information that MyHeritage.com has acquired the Germany-based OSN Group, which includes such family sites as Verwandt.de , Moikrewni.pl , and Dynastree.com . The Michigan Genealogical Council updates t...

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com has announced Ancestry.com Tree to Go, a new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows users to access and update their family tree at Ancestry.com anywhere. The app is available at the iTunes Store. Apple has announced their latest product, the iPad. The Guys discuss some of the features and the pricing of this new item. George announces his next speaki...

The Guys have been traveling the last two weeks, but here's a new episode for everyone! This week's news includes: Ancestry.com announced that it is discontinuing publication of Ancestry Magazine, effective with the March/April 2010 issue. There are three new genealogy series debuting on television: "Who Do You Think You Are?" makes its debut on NBC on March 5, 2010; "Faces of America," hosted by...

This week's news includes: GenSoftReviews.com presents one of its 2009 Users Choice Awards to RootsMagic . PBS debuts its new genealogy show, "Faces of America," on February 10, 2010, hosted by Harvard scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ScotlandsPeople announces new images of the Statutory Registers for Births (1909), Marriages (1934), and Deaths (1959) at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk .  The...

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com has released enhanced digital images of the U.S. federal censuses. The Library of Michigan crisis continues with a smaller budget, effectively coming out of the collection development budget, and an anticipated 20% budget cut in 2010-2011. The national Archives (TNA) of the UK has unveiled a new look and new address for its online educational services at htt...

This week's news includes: Footnote.com has made available the first-ever interactive collection of World War II documents, including the memorial of the U.S.S. Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The collection is free to access through the month of December. The National Genealogical Society (NGS) has announced details of the Librarians' Day at its annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Apri...

News from Ancestry.com includes more records, such as U.S. Navy records, improved 1850 U.S. census images, Atlanta federal penitentiary records, more historical postcards, Bavaria muster rolls, and other new records from Ireland, Australia, and Paris.  Footnote.com has added more Native American records.  RootsMagic has updated its website and has released RootsMagic Essentials, a free version of...

This podcast episode was recorded "live" at the Western Michigan Genealogical Society 's conference in Grand Rapids on Saturday, November 7, 2009. We had a fabulous time with the society and its members!

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com expects to raise $100 million in its IPO; the Kansas African American Museum in Wichita has received a $25,000 grant to establish a statewide program called "Knowing Me, Knowing You"; Footnote.com has announced its plan to create the complete Interactive U.S. Census; and the "Who Do You Think You Are LIVE" show will be held in Olympia, London, on 26-28 Febru...

This week's news includes: The National Army Museum (UK) has launched an exhibition called First Shots: Early War Photography 1848-1860 . It includes some of the earliest war photographs in existence, and the online version of the exhibition can be viewed at http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/pages/firstShots/ . The Vision of Britain website has a new set of digitized maps for England, Scotland...

The Podcast has been nominated by Family Tree Magazine's Top 40 Genealogy Blogs in the HOW-TO Category. Please cast your vote for us at http://www.familytreemagazine.com/article/40BestVoting . This week's news includes: Ancestry.com will present a free online presentation on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at 8:00 PM Eastern Time titled "Learn the Best Strategies for Searching Ancestry.com" - and you...

This week's news includes: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and Footnote.com announce a new Digital Holocaust Collection at Footnote.com at http://www.footnote.com/holocaust , and will be accessible for free through October; Gale and the British Library have made a vast collection of "British Newspapers, 1800-1900" available online at http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs - searches...

We apologize for the delay between podcasts, but we're back on schedule again! This week's news includes: Ancestry.com and the Drouin Institute ( http://institutdrouin.com ), holder of one of the most important Canadian genealogical collections, announce the successful resolution to arbitration concerning content and indexing, and Ancestry.com has announced that the collection will be returning to...

George and Drew record this episode in front of a live audience at the 2009 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Drew interviews members of the audience and the Guys take a number of audience questions.

This week's news includes: Hamburg, Germany-based dynastree ( http://www.dynastree.com ) announces an automatic search for potential relatives on its site; responses have been great about The Guys' new videocasting at http://genealogyguys.blip.tv ; Ancestry.com announces the release of its new Family Tree Maker 2010 software; and Genealogy Wise announces that there are many great videos on its web...

This week's news includes: GenealogyWise ( http://www.genealogywise.com ), the recently launched genealogy social network, has added indexing to the Surname Groups; dynastree ( http://www.dynastree.com ) has announced that it now features maps showing the distribution of a surname for eight countries; and MyHeritage ( http://www.myheritage.com ) has added many new features and activities to its si...

This week's news includes: the Library of Michigan and its historical and genealogical collections are in jeopardy; Ancestry.com has filed with the SEC for a $75 million IPO; brightsolid announced the acquisition of the Friends Reunited Group for £25 million; Ancestry.com has substantially expanded its Jewish Family History Records collection; Ancestry.com also has announced the release of its fou...

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com launches a new feature called Member Connect to make connecting with others easier; and the Federation of Genealogy Societies (FGS) reminds our listeners that the 2009 FGS Conference is only a month away, September 2-5, in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Guys reminds listeners that they will be there doing a LIVE podcast recording session with an audience. The Gu...

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com has added the Canadian Censuses, 1851-1916, and one of the most comprehensive collections of Caribbean slave records, detailing nearly 200 years of St. Croix-Virgin Islands history. The Michigan Genealogical Council has issued a press release regarding the crisis in funding for the Library of Michigan and the possible dissolution of its collection. A Hands A...

This week's news includes: The Generations Network has changed its name to Ancestry.com; The National Archives (TNA) ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ) in the U.K. has launched truly great new learning guides online at its site, under the tabs Research and Learning, Research Guidance, and Understand the Archives in Minutes; Digital Genealogist magazine will cease publication with the July/Augu...

This week's news includes: Aster Software has released a new version 2.0 of its FamViewer software application (app) for the iPhone, and LeisterPro has released its version 1.0.2 of Reunion for the iPhone. Famview is used to download GEDCOM files to an iPhone, while Reunion is specifically used to download genealogy data from the Reunion desktop program. dynastree ( http://www.dynastree.com ) is c...