The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

News You Can Use and Share Unsung Heroes Awards for 3Q2019 will be announced at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Washington, DC, this coming week. Ancestry.com has published two unique Holocaust Records collections for free, making them searchable for the first time. Ancestry.com has announced that it now shows parental relationships on each person. Vivid-Pix launched its Zoo...

Pat Stamm is a popular genealogy speaker and long-time genealogy educator, who specializes in research in the St. Louis, Missouri area.  You can find out more about Pat and her available lectures at  http://stlouisgenealogy.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://b...

Shannon Combs-Bennett is a popular genealogy speaker and writer. Her new book, co-authored with Brianne Kirkpatrick, is entitled The DNA Guide for Adoptees: How to Use Genealogy and Genetics to Uncover Your Roots, Connect with Your Biological Family, and Better Understand Your Medical History . You can read more from Shannon at her blog Trials and Tribulations of a Self-Taught Family Historian . T...

News You Can Use and Share The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix announce that nominations for the Unsung Heroes Awards for the 3rd quarter of 2019 are being accepted until midnight Eastern Time on 1 August 2019. Learn more at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2019/06/genealogy-guys-and-vivid-pix-announce.html and at Aha! Seminars, Inc., at https://ahaseminars.com/ . MyHeritage has begun selling DNA kits a...

Janet Hovorka, the "Chart Chick", is the co-owner with her husband Kim of Family Chartmasters, a company that produces beautiful printed family trees. She is a popular speaker at genealogy conferences and the author of the Zap the Grandma Gap books. Learn more about Janet at janethovorka.com . Thank you to our Patreon supporters! Please tell your genealogy friends or your local genealogy society a...

Our podcast hosting service, Libsyn, has partnered with Entercom to distribute podcasts on Radio.com . That means that this podcast will be available there. Drew talks about Apple's announcement that it is discontinuing iTunes in the next version of the macOS, Catalina, and what that means for music, podcast, and television users who upgrade their Mac's operating system this fall. The launch of th...

Sunny Morton is an internationally known and award-winning writer and speaker. In this episode, Sunny shares her thoughts about writing, and discusses her upcoming book about using U.S. church records for genealogical research. Find out more about Sunny at sunnymorton.com . Thank you to our Patreon supporters! Please tell your genealogy friends or your local genealogy society about our free podcas...

The Guys have resolved the high-pitched sound problem and have replaced the six affected episodes (GGP 359, 360, 351 & GC 52, 53, 54) with clean ones. Read more at our blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2019/05/6-previous-episodes-re-released-with.html . Winners of the Unsung Heroes Awards for 2Q2019 will be announced on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at the Southern California Genealogical Society Ja...

Russ Worthington may be best known to genealogists as "Cousin Russ," an actual cousin of and friend to DearMyrtle.  Russ blogs and speaks online and at conferences about genealogy database software and other technology topics.  Russ and Drew talk about the use of online tools and video to educate genealogists, and why Russ doesn't have any brick walls (yet). Find out about where you can see and re...

The Genealogy Guys announced the launch of The Genealogy Squad Facebook Page on May 6, 2019, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/genealogysquad . The principals are Blaine T. Bettinger, Cyndi Ingle, George G. Morgan, and Drew Smith. In the first 7 days, membership has exceeded 8,000 members. The deadline for nominations for the 2Q2019 Unsung Heroes Awards is midnight Eastern Time, May 15, 2019. Awa...

Crista Cowan is Corporate Genealogist at Ancestry.com and known widely as "The Barefoot Genealogist". Crista and Drew discuss the widespread use of video to educate genealogists, and what other directions genealogical education might take going forward.  Learn more about Crista at  http://cristacowan.com/ Thank you to our Patreon supporters! Please tell your genealogy friends or your local genealo...

The Genealogy Guys welcome Cyndi Ingle , founder of Cyndi's List , to the podcast for a regular feature called Cyndi Says , beginning with this episode. She joins Blaine T. Bettinger, founder of DNA Central , and his regular featured discussion with Drew about DNA. We have a big announcement coming on May 1 st . Check our blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com that day and our Facebook page. A remi...

Sue Kaufman is the Manager of the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in Houston, Texas, and has previously worked at the Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  She has also been active in national and state genealogy societies, and in the American Library Association.  She talks with Drew about her path to becoming a genealogy librarian, and how patro...

The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix announce that nominations are being accepted for the next round of the Unsung Heroes Awards . Nominations are due by May 15, 2019, and winners will be announced on June 1, 2019. The Genealogy Guys announce that Cyndi Ingle , founder of Cyndi's List , will join the podcast for a regular feature called "Cyndi Says". News You Can Use and Share Findmypast has added Poo...

Margaret Cheney is the current president of the Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS), and has served in many roles at the state organization level and as part of her local OGS chapter. She talks about how she first became involved with her local society, about the upcoming OGS conference , about lineage societies, and about why it is important for society members to volunteer.

The Genealogy Guys are using their new sound mixer beginning with this episode. Visit our blog for details about the new equipment. Sincere thanks go out to our sponsors and generous Patreon supporters for making this improvement possible. The Guys discuss their great experiences at the 2019 Podfest Multimedia Expo. News You Can Use MyHeritage has added 7.1 million records of Norwegian Censuses in...

The Genealogy Guys Podcast and Vivid-Pix announced the first winners of the Unsung Heroes Awards at RootsTech 2019. Visit the blog for details about the winners. Blaine T. Bettinger, Ph. D., J.D., joins us for discussions with Drew about DNA topics on episodes of The Genealogy Guys Podcast starting this week. The News MyHeritage made a number of announcements at RootsTech 2019: Database has double...

The Genealogy Guys have returned from their working cruise in the Caribbean on the Norwegian Epic . They want to thank Pat Adams, Annette Burke Lyttle, and Dale Heins of The Villages and Anna Pellegrini of Anchors Aweigh Cruises & Tours for a fabulous trip. You'll find more details on The Genealogy Guys Blog . Don't forget to get your nomination/submission form in by midnight Eastern Time on 15 Fe...

George and Drew welcome their newest podcast sponsor, Vivid-Pix, with an interview with its CEO, Rick Voight.  Rick shares his background in the photo industry, and describes his company's RESTORE photo and document restoration software . George and Drew then announce the partnership between The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix as sponsors of the Unsung Heroes Awards program for individuals and organi...

Kenyatta Berry returns to Genealogy Connection to discuss her new book, The Family Tree Toolkit .  To learn even more about Kenyatta, also listen to Genealogy Connection #010. Questions or comments about the show? Email genealogyguys@gmail.com

The Genealogy Guys take a look back at 2018 and a look ahead at 2019.  

The news includes: MyHeritage announced that its Family Tree Webinars are now closed-captioned. The book There is Something About Edgefield is an Award Finalist in the 2018 Best Books Award in the category of History-United States. We reviewed the book in Episode #339. Congratulations! Findmypast announces a trial of a revolutionary new newspaper search. They also announced records of the Cheshire...

The news includes: MyHeritage announced Shared Ancestral Places, a new facility in its MyHeritage DNA. MyHeritage announced that artifact testing is on its way. MyHeritage held a very successful conference, MyHeritage LIVE, in Oslo, Norway, and videos of the keynote by Gilad Japhet and 23 other presentations are available for free at https://familytreewebinars.com/MHLIVE2018 . Findmypast has added...

Ari Wilkins is a popular speaker at genealogy conferences and a faculty member at IGHR.  She is on the genealogy staff of the Dallas Public Library, and has an expertise in African-American research.  

The news includes: MyHeritage recently held a very successful conference, MyHeritage LIVE, in Oslo, Norway. There were a number of announcements about their DNA testing, including a forthcoming ability to test envelopes and stamps for DNA. More details about all their announcements will be posted on The Genealogy Guys Blog . The Oklahoma Historical Society has added Dawes Commission Townsite Rolls...