The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

Drew's guest is John Boeren, a former archivist and an expert in Dutch Genealogy. Learn more about John at his website, Antecedentia .

Family Tree Magazine announced the 101 Best Genealogy Websites of 2020 and The Genealogy Guys Podcast was on the list. Thank you! The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix announce two exciting programs: The Unsung Heroes Societies Grant Program will award grants to two societies each year to facilitate their digitizing, indexing, and transcribing photographs and documents. Each grantee will receive a high...

MyHeritage is offering our podcast listeners and blog readers a discount on their Complete collection through 29 May 2020. (New subscribers only.) Regularly $300.00, the price is $213.87, a great deal for all family researchers! Read our blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2020/05/myheritage-offers-special-price-for.html for the details and your order form. We appreciate your feedback on our new...

Drew's guest is Margot Note, an archives and records management consultant. We talk about Margot's new book, Creating Family Archives: A Step-by-Step Guide to Saving Your Memories for Future Generations . Learn more about Margot at https://www.margotnote.com/

The Genealogy Guys have invested in new microphones and cables to improve the sound quality of the podcast. They discuss the new equipment and thank our Patreon supporters for supporting us in this investment. Bear with us as we learn to use the new mikes! News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage has improved its MyHeritage In Color TM facility by providing new technology to use colorization settings...

Drew's guest is Libby Copeland, a freelance journalist who has written over the last twenty years for numerous well-known newspapers and magazines. They talk about Libby's new book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are . Learn more about the book at https://libbycopeland.com/

The Genealogy Guys Learn site ( https://genealogyguyslearn.com/ ) April sale ends at midnight Eastern U.S. Time on 30 April. Look for details and instructions on the Genealogy Guys Blog on March 31 and at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2020/04/the-genealogy-guys-learn-is-on-sale-for.html . Don't miss your opportunity to get written and video education and more at a bargain price, and new content is...

Drew brings back Diahan Southard to Genealogy Connection in order to discuss Diahan's new book, Your DNA Guide: the Book . Diahan explains how the book is structured and outlines the 4 basic DNA research concepts that have made her own work successful. More information about the book can be found at https://www.yourdnaguide.com/your-dna-guide-the-book Diahan's previous interview can be found in Ge...

The Genealogy Guys Learn site ( https://genealogyguyslearn.com/ ) is on sale for the entire month of April. Look for details and instructions at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2020/04/the-genealogy-guys-learn-is-on-sale-for.html . This is your opportunity to get more written and video education at a bargain price, and new content is added every month . News You Can Use and Share Vivid-Pix announced...

Drew speaks with Mike Scozzari, a New Jersey-based researcher who has spent years working on his New Jersey and Italian ancestry. Mike also happens to be a long-time Genealogy Guys Podcast listener! To learn more about Mike, visit his website at Roots: Everyone has a story .

The Genealogy Guys Learn site ( https://genealogyguyslearn.com/ ) will be on sale for the entire month of April. Look for details and instructions on the Genealogy Guys Blog on March 30, and links to the blog will be placed on Facebook at The Genealogy Guys Podcast and The Genealogy Squad pages. This is your opportunity to get more written and video education at a bargain price, and new content is...

Drew speaks with Cari Taplin, a Texas-based genealogist who blogs, writes courses and quick guides, and speaks at national and state genealogy conferences.  To learn more about Cari, visit her website at Genealogy Pants .

One last reminder of the deadline to respond to the proposed price increases by the USCIS. Details are here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/24/2020-01189/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-fee-schedule-and-changes-to-certain-other-immigration News You Can Use and Share Both 23andMe and Ancestry have announced layoffs related to the downturn in the DNA testing market. MyHeri...

Drew speaks with Randy Fredlund, co-founder of Vivid-Pix, the makers of RESTORE. Randy explains how an electrical engineer who once worked for Eastman Kodak became interested in how to improve personal underwater photography, and how that led to developing software to help genealogists recover the details in old faded or discolored family photos.  To learn more about Vivid-Pix RESTORE, go to https...

We hope you are enjoying Drew's "31 Days of Getting Organized" series at The Genealogy Guys Blog . Day 0 begins at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2019/12/day-0-introducing-31-days-of-getting.html , and you can follow each day. (Use the Tag labeled Organization for quick access to all of these entries.) News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage added millions of new records in November 2019 and in the f...

On 14 November 2019, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed a sudden and unprecedented 492% increase in fees required to access historical records held by the USCIS Genealogy Program. Many of these records should already be publicly accessible under the law. The USCIS is essentially holding them hostage, demanding individuals pay exorbitant and unjustifiable fees to access do...

Jennifer Mendelsohn is an expert on Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish genealogical research and the use of DNA.  She and Drew discuss how she applies her journalistic skills to her research, how she demonstrates the universality of the immigration experience of our ancestors, and how she ended up being part of the 2019 memoir Inheritance by Dani Shapiro. You can follow Jennifer on Twitter - @Cle...

The Genealogy Guys enjoyed Thanksgiving with friends and Drew's dessert (a key lime pound cake). Listeners can email for the recipe. George reminded everyone that new content is being added every month to the Genealogy Guys Learn educational subscription site, and there's currently a sale price that is available until December 14. News You Can Use and Share George discussed the plans by Bruce Buzb...

Michael J. Leclerc returns to Genealogy Connection to talk to Drew about Michael's new book, Benjamin Franklin's Family (Volume I: English Ancestors) . More information about the book can be found at http://franklinsfam.com/ Thank you to our Patreon supporters! Please tell your genealogy friends or your local genealogy society about our free podcasts. Visit The Genealogy Guys Blog at  http://blog....

The Genealogy Guys Learn educational subscription site launched on October 1 st and is a great success. New content has been added at the beginning of November and more is scheduled soon. Drew reports on his trip to present at RootsTech London. He reminisces on his profound trip to the Cambridge American Cemetery, where he visited the grave of his father's brother who was killed in 1943. News You...

The Genealogy Guys Learn educational subscription site launched on October 1 st . Podcast listeners receive a 10% discount. Listen to Episode #368 for the details. News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage added 44.4 million records in September, including NYC Birth Index (1878-1909); NYC Death Index (1862-1948); Netherlands Civil Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Church Burials; and more. The Society of...

In this special episode of The Genealogy Guys Podcast, the Guys announce their newest business offering, Genealogy Guys Learn ( genealogyguyslearn.com ), a subscription-based educational website designed to provide genealogy courses and videos for researchers of all skill levels. To learn more about the site and see screenshots, visit The Genealogy Guys Blog ( blog.genealogyguys.com ).

Julianna Szucs speaks at many national genealogy conferences and is part of the Research Team at Ancestry.com that uncovers the stories behind some of the genealogy-themed videos we see. Learn more about Julianna at  https://www.biography.com/author/juliana-szucs Thank you to our Patreon supporters! Please tell your genealogy friends or your local genealogy society about our free podcasts. Visit T...

  Listen for a major announcement from The Guys on October 1, 2019! News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage acquires Promethease and SNPedia. MyHeritage announced the launch of MyHeritage Education to enhance your understanding of their website platform. MyHeritage has added a new French record collection, the Nord Civil marriage Records, 1792-1937. Findmypast has added Scotland Roman Catholic Paris...

Elissa Powell is a popular Pittsburgh-area genealogy speaker and instructor. She has been heavily involved with the Board for Certification of Genealogists, and she is the co-director of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP). You can find out more about Elissa and her available lectures at  http://www.powellgenealogy.com/ Thank you to our Patreon supporters! Please tell your gen...