The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

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News You Can Use and Share! SUMMER SALE! The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription website is on sale for $64.00 per year – a 35% saving ! We have scores of videos and written courses, and new content is added each month. Visit https://genealogyguyslearn.com/ , click the Enroll Now button, and complete the subscription form. Be sure to click on the Add Coupon link and use coupon code Summer2023 . This...

News You Can Use and Share! Drew's new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy , has been published by Genealogical Publishing Company. It is being acclaimed as the best new book for beginning genealogists. You can order it at https://genealogical.com/store/generation-by-generation/ or at Amazon.com. A color ebook version will be available soon. MyHeritage anno...

News You Can Use and Share! Drew Smith's new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy , has been published by Genealogical Publishing Company. It is being acclaimed as the best new book for beginning genealogists. You can order it at https://genealogical.com/store/generation-by-generation/ or at Amazon.com. A new Kindle version will be available soon. MyHeritage...

News You Can Use and Share Drew Smith's new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy , has been published by Genealogical Publishing Company. You can order it at https://genealogical.com/store/generation-by-generation/ . On January 4, 2023, the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed substantial increases to the fees required to access...

News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage announces a new, free, searchable collection, Israel Immigration Lists, consisting of 1.7 million records from 1919 onwards, transcribed by MyHeritage from images stored at the Israel Archive. Dr. Wanda Wyporska, Chief Executive Officer of the Society of Genealogists, is stepping down in March 2023 to accept a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at another organiz...

News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage announces Global Name Translation TM for DNA Matches. (See our Genealogy Guys Blog posting at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2022/12/myheritage-announces-new-global-name.html . Drew shares the 2022 FamilySearch Genealogy Highlights. Drew recaps the vast new and expanded collections at FamilySearch from November and December 2022. Book Review George and Drew re...

Watch the Genealogy Guys Blog ( blog.genealogyguys.com ) or our Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/genealogyguys ) on Friday, 25 November 2022, for a big announcement! News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage has completed publishing the 1950 U.S. Census for all the states and territories. MyHeritage has released a new, fun photo tool called AI Time Machine TM . The Society of Genealogists has announc...

We apologize for the delay in the publication of this episode. Hurricane Ian and some severe computer problems have presented production challenges. News You Can Use and Share American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society celebrated the lifetime contributions of David Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer of FamilySearch, with its Preservation and History Award on 27 October 2022. MyH...

News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage has added 74 collections with 130 million new historical records. Read our blog to learn more. Unlock the Past has announced that the Family History Down Under 2022 Conference will be held 8-11 November 2022 at Castle Hill, near Sydney, Australia. You can attend in person or virtually. Full details and registration can be found at https://www.fhdu22.com/ . Fi...

News You Can Use and Share! The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription website has added several new written and video courses, with more coming regularly. You can subscribe at https://genealogyguyslearn.com/ . MyHeritage released 22 new collections in June. Findmypast has added new records to its Middlesex Baptisms, Surrey Baptisms, and Greater London Burial Index collections. Drew highlights new and...

New You Can Use and Share! The Guys want to thank everyone in the genealogical community for supporting their decision to terminate sponsorship by Find a Grave and Newspapers.com (subsidiaries of Ancestry.com). MyHeritage announces the release of the addition of two significant record collections: Norway Emigration Registers, 1867-1973, and the Vienna, Austria, Jewish Emigrant Applications, 1938-1...

News You Can Use and Share! Family Tree Magazine announced their 101 Best Genealogy Websites for Genealogy for 2022, and the Genealogy Guys Podcast was again included. MyHeritage published 11 million new German historical records (Germany, Hesse, Deaths) MyHeritage added 1.3 billion historical records in 37 collections in April and May. The Genealogist is a tiered subscription website for English...

News You Can Use and Share! George recommends listening to MyHeritage's podcast, "Blast From My Past", which can be found at https://shows.acast.com/blast-from-my-past . Ancestry introduces its Ethnicity Inheritance powered by SideView TM Findmypast has added new records to its UK collection Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors. Lynn Turner has been named the new Director of the FamilyS...

Drew's guest is Jenny Ashcraft, Senior Content Copywriter at Ancestry.com for Newspapers.com. In this episode, Drew and Jenny discuss Newspapers.com, including search strategies, sharing what you find with others, and the Marriage and Obituary Indexes.

News You Can Use and Share! The 1950 U.S. Federal Census has been released and The Guys discuss several aspects: The images are available at: the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at https://1950census.archives.gov/ ; MyHeritage.com at https://www.myheritage.com/ ; Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/ . There are a number of important census tools available to you at: NARA C...

Drew's guest is Katrina Madsen, Community Manager at Ancestry.com for Find a Grave. In this episode, Drew and Katrina discuss the history of Find a Grave, some of the recent changes in memorial management, and tips on how to search Find a Grave for your ancestors and relatives.

Drew's guest is Crista Cowan, Corporate Genealogist at Ancestry.com and also known as the Barefoot Genealogist. In this episode, Drew and Crista discuss the upcoming release of the 1950 U.S. census, RootsTech 2022, and some recent announcements from Ancestry. To learn of Crista's background, see GC episode #054.

News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage has published 5.8 million records from 28 collections from JewishGen ( https://www.jewishgen.org/ ) made possible through a collaboration with the Museum of Jewish Heritage ( https://mjhnyc.org/ ) and JewishGen. Ancestry announces the new Ancestry Stories on the Ancestry mobile app to combine photographs, shared historical records, and text to craft a story a...

News You Can Use and Share! The National Institute for Dementia Education recognizes the value of Photo Recognition Therapy for dementia patients. Our sponsor Vivid-Pix is an integral participant in this effort. Read the full press release at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2022/02/national-institute-for-dementia.html . MyHeritage has added a new Table View for search results. The Association of Pro...

Welcome to our 400 th episode of the Genealogy Guys Podcast! We're celebrating this milestone – in addition to our 80 episodes of Genealogy Connection! The Guys congratulate the Johnson County Genealogical Society in Overland Park, Kansas, and the Pinellas Genealogy Society in Largo, Florida, on their 50 th Anniversary Year! News You Can Use and Share Newspapers.com celebrates its accomplishments...

News You Can Use and Share The Guys welcome two new sponsors to our family: Newpapers.com and Find a Grave. Researchers studying the Clotilda , the last known slave ship to reach America, have discovered much of the ship is still intact. They anticipate that there may be surviving DNA and other artifacts. FamilySearch has published a Year in Review for 2021. Drew provides an overview of the latest...

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the Irish quicksheets by Donna M. Moughty as Richard A. Yehle of Sacramento. Look for the next drawing in the coming year. The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription educational site is on sale through 11:59 PM EST on 1 January 2022. Get an annual subscription for $69.00 – 30% off the regular price of $99.00 by using coupon code HOLIDAY2021 . We have more...

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the "Basics of Birth Certificates" quicksheet as Karen Webster of Queensland. Look for the next drawing later in the program. News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage has introduced labels for DNA matches. News by way of the Society of Genealogists (https://www.sog.org.uk/) A new database of Ireland's World War I dead has been launched at https://irela...

The Guys announce the winner of drawing for the "Brick Wall Strategies" quicksheet as Dana from Salem, Oregon. Look for the next drawing later in the program. News You Can Use and Share! RootsMagic 8 has been released. MyHeritage has updated its Theory of Family Relativity TM facility and massively increased the number of theories being produced. MyHeritage has added 462 million exclusive new Fren...