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In Genealogy, newspapers will become an important resource in your research. It's more than just looking for obituaries. Trisha and Phillip talk about their experience with newspapers in their research.

Lady, we know that Black History IS American History 365 (well, 366 if it’s a leap year, lol). Today Terri and Dom are joined in conversation with historian, Dr. Candice Harrison. The ladies discuss what fuels Candice’s passion for history; the work she is doing at the University of San Francisco; where we can find accurate information about our history; how she processes all the trauma and beauty of history; and who are the unsung heroes we should acknowledge. Grab a glass of your favorite beverage (Hello sweet tea! We see you wine!) and join the ladies on the couch for this laughter-filled informative conversation.   Quote of the Day: "You can tell a great deal about a country and a people by what they deem important enough to remember, to create moments for — what they put in their museum and what they celebrate." - Lonnie Bunch, Founding Director, The National Museum of African American History and Culture    Takeaways: Ancestry DNA kit  https://amzn.to/380niN3 23 and Me DNA kit: : https://amzn.to/2T52iR3 Dr. Candice Harrison: clharrison2@usfca.edu Ancestry.com Genealogybank   Resources: Melanin and Mental Health Therapy for Black Girls  Psychology Today Therapy for QPOC   Where to find us: Twitter: @HERspacepodcast Instagram: @herspacepodcast Facebook: @herspacepodcast Website: herspacepodcast.com Email: herspacepodcast@gmail.com H.E.R Space Sanctuary: https://www.facebook.com/groups/herspacesanctuary/

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. Awards will be announced at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree in Burbank on June 1, 2019. Details and nomination materials are available at https://ahaseminars.com/cpage.php?pt=24. News You Can Use and Share The Guys were honored at the Ohio Genealogical Society 2019 Conference in Mason, Ohio, on May 4 with an award acknowledging their exceptional support for the Society and its annual conference. We are sad to report the passing of Donn Devine, JD, CG Emeritus, of Wilmington, Delaware on May 8, 2019. Donn was a leader in the genealogical community and will be deeply missed. Vivid-Pix announces a new release of its RESTORE software that includes image metadata creation and Artificial Intelligence image improvement capabilities. A free trial is available for Windows or Mac at https://vivid-pix.com/restore.html. Use code 3GENEALOGYGUYS or 3GENEALOGYGUYSR. Past purchasers receive a free update to RESTORE. Ancestry posted a blog post describing how the updated Ethnicity Estimate works and how to preserve your older estimate if you so choose (but there's a deadline for that). MyHeritage recently added the 1940 Denmark Census to its historical database. The British Newspaper Archive continues to add to its digital titles from Britain and Ireland. Findmypast has announced the launch of ancestor sharing for users with family trees online. This is an optional feature. Findmypast has released Queensland Soldier Portraits (1914-1918), Scotland Monumental Inscriptions, Panama Records, new pages for their British and Irish newspapers, British India Office Deaths and burials, an update to the 1939 Register, Bahamas Records, DAR Lineage Books (1890-1921), additions to the Philadelphia Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms and Parish Registers, and Lincolnshire Parish Records. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City is adding Sunday (main floor only) and longer Monday hours to its schedule. Drew recaps three weeks of record additions at FamilySearch. Blaine T. Bettinger This week's discussion between Blaine and Drew focuses on deciding who to test, how to approach them, and how to manage multiple tests. Cyndi Ingle Cyndi Ingle's “Cyndi Says” segment highlights the importance of browsing websites rather than depending solely upon search facilities. A sampling of major online providers. Browse the collections of records, instead of searching: Cyndi's List, browse the Categories, http://www.CyndisList.com/categories/ Ancestry.com, browse their Card Catalog, http://search.ancestry.com/search/cardcatalog.aspx FamilySearch, Browse All Published Records, https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list FindMyPast, browse their List of All Records, http://www.findmypast.com/articles/world-records Fold3, browse their List All Records, http://www.fold3.com/documents/ GenealogyBank, browse their List of All Newspapers, http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/sourcelist/ MyHeritage, browse their Collection Catalog, https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog NewspaperArchive, Browse Available Papers by Location, http://newspaperarchive.com/browse/ Newspapers.com, Browse Newspapers, http://www.newspapers.com/browse/ Our Listeners Talk to Us George learns that the Girl Scouts also have a genealogy program for its members. Carol wanted to know how to obtain Vivid-Pix RESTORE directly from the company as opposed to via Amazon. Marlise talks about how she got involved with her genealogy research during a long illness. She also asked for an interview with an expert on the topic of Jewish DNA. Jesse detailed his search and brick wall woes for an ancestral line. The Guys share parts of their upcoming speaking schedule. You can always learn more at https://ahaseminars.com/eventListings.php?nm=52. Thank you to our Patreon supporters! You can also tell your friends or your society about our free podcasts. Visit The Genealogy Guys Blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com for more news and interesting ideas for your genealogy.

If you can’t find a death certificate, such as if your ancestor died before his or her county or state started requiring the issuance of them, look in the old newspapers of the area to see if you can find an obituary. The time and place of the funeral, as well as the burial location, are often revealed in obituaries, even quite old ones. Once you have the name of the cemetery, finding the burial location is usually a simple matter. Many old newspapers are now online, both on free and membership genealogy websites like GenealogyBank.com, Newspapers.com, and others. You can search for obituaries on those websites. If the newspapers from your ancestor’s area are not online, you can always go to the local historical society and see if they have records of old newspapers on microfilm. If you don’t live close to the historical society, you can call them and see if they will do a lookup for you. Many of them will. You can also try contacting the newspaper itself to ask where it keeps old issues and how you can search them. Listen via: https://ancestralfindings.com/itunes   https://ancestralfindings.com/youtube  - Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing  - Free eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks  - Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames  - Send me a postcard https://ancestralfindings.com/mail 

Don’t let having a limited budget keep you from doing your genealogy research. Some of the best research sites are expensive to use, such as Ancestry.com and GenealogyBank.com. Ordering the records you might have found on these sites can cost money, too. So, save yourself some money and further your genealogy research by going to the library. There are free genealogy resources online, but they are not always indexed, and it can take some time to search through them. On the other hand, most libraries have subscriptions to the expensive genealogy websites, and you can use them for free on the library’s computers. There are even some genealogy websites that are ONLY available to libraries, such as Lexis/Nexis and ReadEx. You will want to take advantage of all of these. You might even find some interesting information about those who only rely on subscription sites at home will miss. To learn more genealogy tips, visit http://www.GenealogyGold.com  Listen via: https://ancestralfindings.com/itunes  https://ancestralfindings.com/youtube  - Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing  - Free eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks  - Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames 

Cognition & Fitness: Exercise and the Brain Fitness Friday Interview Series   Today's show is part of our Fitness Friday series, and it's another great one in our Fitness Friday series.  We'll be hearing from returning guest, Sabrena Jo, who'll join us in just a minute.  Sabrena Jo is a favorite with our Not Old Better Audience and is the American Council on Exercise, Director of Science and Research Content. Sabrena Jo will be here to share new research about one of my favorite topics, the Brain, cognitive functioning, and balance supported by exercise. And, we've got some excellent Fitness Friday News, from the University of Southern California, about when it comes to measuring your fitness, no one gets it right.  We'll answer the question, why it's not your fitness tracker, it's you. Check out GenealogyBank.com for special programs, discounts, genealogy support, records and discover the stories and details that shaped your ancestors' lives in NEWSPAPERS, and support the show!

Author John Butman New World, Inc. The Not Old Better Show Interview Series As part of our Art of Living interview series, our guest today on the Not Old Better Show is author John Butman.  John Butman is an American writer and has written several books under his own name and collaborated on more than thirty other titles, including New York Times and Boston Globe bestsellers and Economist award winners. John Butman's latest book, along with co-author, Simon Target, New World, Inc: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers  is part history book, and part swashbuckling tale about the making of America. You'll love this book! Check out GenealogyBank.com for special programs, discounts, genealogy support, records and discover the stories and details that shaped your ancestors' lives in NEWSPAPERS, and support the show!

The Age Of Eisenhower - William Hitchcock Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series In a 2017 survey, presidential historians ranked Dwight D. Eisenhower fifth on the list of great presidents, behind the perennial top four: Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Teddy Roosevelt. Join me and our guest, historian William Hitchcock, who shows in his new book, "The Age of Eisenhower,"  that this high ranking is justified. Eisenhower's accomplishments were enormous, and loom ever larger from the vantage point of our own tumultuous times. A former general, Ike kept the peace: he ended the Korean War, avoided a war in Vietnam, adroitly managed a potential confrontation with China, and soothed relations with the Soviet Union after Stalin's death. He guided the Republican Party to embrace central aspects of the New Deal like Social Security. He thwarted the demagoguery of McCarthy and he advanced the agenda of civil rights for African Americans. As part of his strategy to wage, and win, the Cold War, Eisenhower expanded American military power, built a fearsome nuclear arsenal and launched the space race. In his famous Farewell Address, he acknowledged that Americans needed such weapons in order to keep global peace—but he also admonished his citizens to remain alert to the potentially harmful influence of the “military-industrial complex.” Check out GenealogyBank.com for special programs, discounts, genealogy support, records and discover the stories and details that shaped your ancestors' lives in NEWSPAPERS, and support the show! For Smithsonian Associates ticket information and other details, please click HERE>  https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/dwight-d-eisenhower-perspectives-on-presidency

FEAR - Kristen Ulmer - AHA News Fitness Friday News! We've got some excellent Fitness Friday News from the American Heart Association, about the sad fact of today's exercise attitudes! And our guest interview today is with Extreme Skier, Kristen Ulmer. You're very likely award of who Kristen Ulmer is, and as the "World's Best Women's Extreme Skier," for 12 years, Kristen became an expert on the subject of fear. Author of the new book, "The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What to do Instead," Kristen joins us to talk about how to make fear your friend. Check out GenealogyBank.com for special programs, discounts, genealogy support, records and discover the stories and details that shaped your ancestors' lives in NEWSPAPERS, and support the show! Enjoy.

Stephen Engle - The New South Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living Interview Series My guest today is Prof. Stephen Engle, expert on the South, it's culture, society, politics and influence on the United States. It has been said that we may not know where the American South is anymore, but we know when we are in it. Something about the South won't let go of the American imagination. Historians are fascinated by the region, its people, its culture, and its influence on this country—from the Civil War to tensions and conflicts that resonate among Americans today. Much new scholarship has surfaced in recent decades, and historian Stephen D. Engle reassesses why the idea of the South began, and what have been the effects on this country by surveying the region, the people, and the region's cultural identity. In this thoughtful daylong program, he explores the South both as place and idea, and why its complexities remain in our modern culture. For tickets and more Smithsonian details, please click HERE>  Check out GenealogyBank.com for special programs, discounts, genealogy support, records and discover the stories and details that shaped your ancestors' lives in NEWSPAPERS, and support the show!  

Josh Iverson CEO iMediaSales: 2d Act Careers Business Buildout, Interview Series Do you fear it's too late to make change? Does the idea of career change overwhelm you? Do you feel trapped in your career? We're going to answer some of those questions today, as part of our Business Buildout series. Our guest today on the Not Old Better Show is Josh Iverson. Josh Iverson is founder and CEO of iMedia Sales. Josh Iverson is a super accomplished online advertising and new media sales and marketing professional with over 10 years in online media sales. Check out GenealogyBank.com for special programs, discounts, genealogy support, records and discover the stories and details that shaped your ancestors' lives in NEWSPAPERS, and support the show!

Older Adults, Ballet, Balance Posture, New Research... Fitness Friday News! (ScienceNews)  Just this week, Queensland Ballet released the results of a joint project examining the health and wellbeing benefits of ballet for older Australians. The three-month project, incorporating 10 Ballet for Seniors classes, found participants experienced higher energy levels, greater flexibility, improved posture, and an enhanced sense of achievement. They also felt happier and enjoyed a sense of community and friendship. And, thanks again to GenealogyBank.com, for all the additional support.  For great genealogy resources, newspaper family history and family search data, check out GenealogyBank.com/NOBS to support the show.  Join me for our next show, another great one, as we “Talk About Better,” The Not Old Better Show.  Thanks everybody.  

Do You Know Your Family History Stories? Interview with Scott Spencer, Genealogy Bank, Backstory Series Our guest today is Scott Spencer, who is an unabashed genealogy enthusiast, with a passion for family history research. Scott Spencer is with GenealogyBank, where he is the Vice President of Customer Experience. GenealogyBank.com which boasts one of the largest U.S. obituary collections available online in addition to hosting over 8,000 newspaper titles dating back to the 1600s.  In speaking with Scott, I learned a ton, and you will, too.  So, now, live from the RootsTech 2018 Expo Hall, please welcome GenealogyBank's Scott Spencer. Enjoy.

This episode focuses on Newspaper Research. · Google Newspaper Archive – free, 1700s-2009, worldwide coverage, OCR. https://news.google.com/newspapers · Fulton History – free, 1795-2007, but almost exclusively New York State, OCR. http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html · Elephind – free, 1803-present, OCR. Over 2700 titles, of which over 1000 are from Chronicling America. Includes Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. https://www.elephind.com · GenealogyBank (personal subscription, $20/month, $70/annual, over 7000 titles, 1690-present) and America's GenealogyBank (library subscription, over 4200 titles, 1690-1922) – product of NewsBank, OCR. http://www.genealogybank.com · ProQuest Historical Newspapers (library subscription only) – major U.S. cities, international newspapers, African-American newspapers, Jewish newspapers. OCR. · Newspapers.com (personal subscription, $8/month, $80/annual, over 3400 titles, 1700s-2000s) – OCR. http://www.newspapers.com · NewspaperARCHIVE.com (personal subscription, $100/6 months, over 6200 titles, 1607-present) – OCR. http://newspaperarchive.com · Access World News (library subscription, over 2400 titles) – 1977-present, product of NewsBank, born digital. For additional reading, we recommend: Breland, Claudia C. Searching for Your Ancestors in Historic Newspapers. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2014.

The news includes: · The Guys have been named RootsTech 2015 Ambassadors for the upcoming conference on February 11-14, 2015, in Salt Lake City. · RootsTech 2015 has announced two special speakers at the conference. They are: o A. J. Jacobs, host of the World's Largest Family Reunion o Donny Osmond, one of the biggest names in entertainment · The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) is accepting applications for their Young Professional Scholarship 2015. The deadline is 23 November 2014. To obtain a copy of the application, contact APG Executive Director Kathleen W. Hinckley, CG, at admin@apgen.org. · The Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (CAFG) is now accepting applications until Friday, 5 December 2014 for a $225 scholarship to the fourth Annual Forensic Genealogy Institute to be held 26-28 March 2015 in Dallas, Texas. Those wanting to apply for the scholarship but who have not yet registered for FGI can do so online at https://fgi2015.eventbrite.com before submitting their application. · The Federation of Genealogical Societies and the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society announced the FGS 2017 National Conference to be held 30 August - 2 September 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. · The Guild of One-Name Studies has announced the addition of several new services. MyHeritage has made several announcements: o Millions of new record collections have been added to their offering and their Smart Matches facility makes finding matches to your family tree very simple. o An enhanced family tree editor has been implemented that improves the process of adding people to your family tree, adding photos and videos, working with Smart Matches, and navigating the site. o MyHeritage has announced an important new collaboration and product integration between MyHeritage and 23andMe, the DNA testing firm. This new agreement joins a previously announced collaboration between the company and Family Tree DNA. o MyHeritage and EBSCO have partnered to launch an institutional version of its service, the MyHeritage Library EditionTM. This partnership brings MyHeritage to libraries and educational institutions worldwide. o FamilySearch has announced that the MyHeritage Library EditionTM is now available for free at every FamilySearch Family History Center worldwide and at the Family History Library. · WIkiTree.com has announced an important new feature for genealogists who have taken DNA tests with 23andMe, AncestryDNA, and Family Tree DNA. · The British Newspaper Archive has announced that it has reached the milestone of digitizing 9 million newspaper pages, with 282 British and Irish newspaper titles online. These are accessible through the company's website and through findmypast. · Findmypast has announced a major partnership with The Wall Street Journal's WSJ+ membership program. Members of WSJ+ can claim a complementary three-month subscription to findmypast.com as one of their benefits. · The Indiana Commission on Public Records has approved a contract with Ancestry.com to digitize more than 13 million birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage records. · Ancestry.com has just added 11 new databases to their American Indian collections, with a total of 3.2 million new records. They also have a new American Indian page from which you can search all the records. · Ancestry.com has also launched 31 new German databases with 11.7 million records, consisting of civil registration records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1874 to 1954 · The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) has announced that the 2015 Excellence-in-Writing Competition is now open for entries through 15 July 2015. Information is available at http://www.isfhwe.org. · FamilySearch and GenealogyBank announced an agreement to make over 1 billion records from historical obituary searchable online. · Drew highlights the almost 4,000,000 indexed records that have been added by FamilySearch. Listener email includes · Jim discusses "the process" highlighted in one of The Guys' Down Under: Florida episodes on YouTube. He also thanks Drew for his response to a DNA question relating to a mystery in his genealogical research. · Cheryl asks about the meaning of the letter A that appends the Social Security number on her great-grandfather's 1956 death certificate. The Guys respond that these are suffix letters used in conjunction with Medicare numbers to help designate whose Social Security record entitles a beneficiary to use the Medicare benefits. A chart is available at http://www.ncdoi.com/_Publications/Beneficiary%20Identification%20Codes_SNE1.pdf . George continues his discussion of three more mobile genealogy apps: · Family Tree History and Genealogy Coat of Arms of Last Names (iOS only) Atlas 2014 (Android only) National Geographic World Atlas (iOS only) George reviews three new publications: The Surnames of Wales, Updated & Expanded by John and Sheila Rowlands. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company. North Carolina Genealogy Research , by Michael A. Ports. This is a new Genealogy At A Glance reference sheet published by Genealogical Publishing Company. A Weekend of Genealogy: Things to Know and Do Online and Offline by Margaret M. McMahon, Ph.D. Drew discusses the RootsWeb Surname List at http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com and why it is important to your research. Drew shares an important Evernote tip. George reports that the Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa) was given an award by the Tampa Preservation, Inc., in recognition of its project collaborating with the University of South Florida to digitize, index, and make available for free online immigration records in Hillsborough County, Florida, dating from the 1890s and early 1900s.

The news includes: · ICAPGen Conference will be held on Saturday, 1 November 2014, on the Brigham Young University campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. Details and the link to the conference registration can be found at www.icapgen.org. · MyHeritage and EBSCO have partnered to bring the service MyHeritage Library Edition to libraries and educational institutions. · The 35th International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) Conference will be held on 6-10 July 2015 in Jerusalem. Registration is now open for persons living outside of Israel; Israeli residents' registration will be announced. The conference will take place in cooperation with MyHeritage. · RootsMagic has announced a free update for existing Charting Companion 5 owners. RootsMagic has also added direct import support for The Master Genealogist (TMG) software users. · The State of Tennessee has announced its partnership with Ancestry.com and will become the first state to offer access to Ancestry.com in every K-12 classroom throughout the state. · The Board for Certification of Genealogists welcomes its new president, Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, and two new board members. · FamilySearch and GenealogyBank have announced an agreement to make over 1 billion records from historical newspapers searchable online. Volunteer indexers are needed, and more information is available at http://familysearch.org/indexing. · FamilySearch and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania announced a joint initiative to digitally preserved select collections of the historical society's holdings. · FamilySearch has announced a new facility for its Family Tree to upload audio files. They also announced the availability of two mobile apps. · The New England Historic Genealogical Society will host an exclusive evening on 13 November 2014 to honor critically acclaimed actress Dame Angela Lansbury at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Details are available at http://www.americanancestors.org/Lansbury/. George begins a new series about available cell phone apps for the iOS and Android operating systems. He discusses the following: FamilySearch Tree (available for both platforms) FamilySearch Memories (available only for iOS) Pic Scanner (available only for iOS) Billion Graves Camera (available only for iOS) Drew reviews two new publications: Guide to DNA Testing by Richard Hill The Invisible History of the Human Race by Christine Kenneally Listener email includes: · Gus asks what software The Guys are using on their Macs to run Windows programs. · Jane asks about the availability of any free American newspaper websites that she could browse, particularly for New Jersey. · Julie asks for recommendations for learning more about genealogy and becoming a professional genealogist. · Emily discusses finding some shocking information about a grandfather, and asks advice for combating genealogy burnout and about what information is and is not appropriate to share.

  Fisher shares his Family Histoire News, which notes that GenealogyBank.com and FamilySearch.org are teaming up to index a BILLION obituaries as soon as possible.  Fisher explains how you can be part of the project.   Blaine Bettinger of Syracuse, New York recently responded to the article in Vox posted last week that essentially blames 23andme for the breakup of the family of one of their customers.  Blaine's article, in the GeneticGenealogist, refutes many of the points made in the Vox commentary.  It's a fascinating debate.  Listen to what Blaine has to say, and find the links to both pieces at ExtremeGenes.com   Michael LeClerc from Mocavo.com joins us to tell us about the benefits of their site.  It's free, and does something no one else does!  You'll want to hear this conversation.  It can change your course of your research journey.   Then, Tom Perry has an amazing example of the "hummingbird effect."  And he'll also share with you the proper way to use your thumb drives.  Some people have an entirely wrong idea about these awesome little tools.  That's all this week on Extreme Genes!

Published Jan 10, 2012 What's Black, and White and READ all over?  Your Ancestors in old newspapers! In fact, your ancestors could be anywhere!  Most likely they were mentioned at some point in their own local paper, but they might also show up in a neighboring towns paper, or in a paper located thousands of miles away. Nothing is more exciting than finding information in an old newspaper that adds to your family history!  And I've been working feverishly on a new book that I can finally tell you about that is going to finally give you the answers and resources you need to be successful finding your ancestors in the new.  It's called and that's exactly what it is.  It's everything you need to know.  This book is going to change all that. I spell out a step-by-step process and give you a worksheet you can copy and use again and again.  There are tons of websites, search tips, and 3 very Cool Online tools that probably aren't using but you should be! Stay tuned because we'll be doing an official launch very soon, and I'm going to have a very special opportunity for you to get a signed copy of the book first.   NEWS: Polish Genealogy Podcast by Dave Newman New Website:  . Also now in iTunes Keynote Workshop at Who Do You Think You Are? Live in London I'll be on the . is FINALLY published! My Classes at RootsTech: Thurs. Feb 2 at 11:00 am a hands on Google Workshop Friday Feb. 3 at 9:45 am Genealogy Blogs and Podcasts Saturday Feb. 4 at 1:45 Inspiring Ways to Captivate the Non-Genealogists in Your Life Improved Blog Search from Google Now you can search for blogs specifically focused on the family history topics that mean the most to you! New Google Search Option: 1. Go to Google.com 2. Search on specific keywords (ex. County Cork Ireland Genealogy) 3. Click “More” in the Search Options Column on the left side of the page 4. Click “Blogs” 5. Click “Homepages” or “blog Homepages” 6. Now your search results are for blogs focused on those keywords and not just individual articles 7. Click the RSS or “Google” button to add the blog to your Homepage in a Gadget (Learn more about transforming Google.com into your own Genealogy Research Dashboard by )   MAILBOX: Timothy wrote: “I want to thank you for having Steve Luxenberg on podcast episodes #120 and #121 to discuss his book Annie's Ghosts.” PBS documentary “Triumph at Carville: A Tale of Leprosy in America”    “Your interview with Steve also spurred me on to conduct further research into two other folks that I have been researching, both of whom died in the South Carolina State Hospital. The following brief history is from the South Carolina Department of Archives and    History, "The State Dept. of Mental Health has undergone several name changes in its history. The original name was the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum (1821-1895) which was followed by the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane (1896-1919), the South Carolina State Hospital (1920-1963), and finally the State Dept. of Mental Health (1964 to the present)." I am now currently awaiting to hear back from the archives.” Book Reviews Have a Voice:  Post positive reviews on Goodreads, Amazon and Lulu for genealogy books you enjoy! Richard Needs Your HelpAs I was going back over some items I have in my Aunt's photo collection, I found two items that I can't seem to find out anything about. Maybe you or your listeners can help. They are called “Foto Folds" and are raised pictures in a foldable container. I've attached three photos: 1)      Foto Fold – Closed image shows the two closed. One is the back and the other the front which is die cut. 2)      Foto Fold – Opened image shows both opened. One is a single picture and the other my Aunt, Her Brother and their Mother. 3)      Foto Fold – Side View shows that the item is not flat but raised. The raised part fits into the cut out piece on the right which then closes to the foldable container. They are most likely dated between the late 1940s and early 1950s.   What do you think our descendants will wish they had of ours 100 years in the future? Chris in Norwalk, CT chimed in with “Voice recordings (or, to go a bit further, video).  My family has had a touch of music for a few generations now.  My great-grandfather was a musical performer & my great-grandmother played piano. In fact I had recorded him singing shortly before he died.  Unfortunately, the tape was lost long ago.  In another branch of my family, I had a great-grandfather who was a bandleader in Providence, RI.  He played cornet & years later my father took it up as well…I play as well, but can't hold a candle to him.  I wish I thought to record him as well.” Google Earth Sharon in White Lake, MI   “I watched your webinar on the Roots Magic  It was fantastic.  In October, I went with my elderly parents and my husband to the Rives, Michigan cemetery where my great great grandparents were buried.  With the information I picked up in your webinar, I discovered that the original homestead was on the same road less than a mile north of where they were buried.  It was so neat being able to see where my family first located.  Thank you very much!” Kevin Writes to Share a Success Story“I have you to thank.  If not for your podcast about Familysearch.org and Family History Centers, I may not have found my great grandfather, Emanuel Babiuk's birth record from Ukraine…Your podcast (even though it was published several years ago) pointed me in the right direction to help me find, order and view the film at the local FHC.  If not for you, I may have had to wait for the film to be digitized and indexed.  P.S.  I subscribe to anything Lisa Louise Cooke and have 66 Gems and 13 Premium Gems to entertain me.” From Dan in North Carolina“I have been listening to you podcast for a while now and have gotten a lot from it…I decided to write a book about my father. I spent the summer collecting stories and photos. I decided to use the web site . This way anyone that wanted a book could order one. I finished about a month ago and had a lot of fun in the process.  I know most of the stories if not all but when you put them all down in a book it takes on a new life.  Again thank you for the motivation I need. Next? Maybe my grandparents.”  GEM: Interview with Tom Kemp, Director of Genealogy Products at GenealogyBank Click here to search   GEM: Your Life in 5 Minutes with Sunny Morton Part 4 Get Sunny's book "Your Life & Times: A Guided Journal for Collecting Your Stories by clicking this link: 

Learn secrets for searching online library catalogs, historical newspapers on GenealogyBank, and great ideas for tracing your roots in the new year.

George delivers a lot of news this week: the New England Historic and Genealogical Society (http://www.newenglandancestors..org) has received a large gift of photographs from the family of Thaxter Spencer, including an unknown 1888 photo of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan; the Library of Congress's digital preservation program has a new e-mail newsletter and you can subscribe by clicking here; NARA is soliciting comments from the public by 9 April 2008 regarding a proposal to enter into a non-exclusive agreement with The Generations Network, Inc., owners of Ancestry.com, to digitize and expand access to record holdings in NARA's custody (see http://www.archives.gov/comment/tgn-preamble.html); Dublin's Glasnevin Cemetery's registers are about to be placed on the Internet, and more information is available at http://www.cigo.ie; Genealogical Publishing Company (http://www.genealogical.com) has partnered with FamilyLink.com, Inc. (http://www.familylink.com) to make their databases available on WorldVitalRecords.com (http://www.worldvitalrecords.com); Haaretx, Inc. (http://www.haaretz.com/) announced with Famillion (http://www.famillion.com) the launch of a new genealogy and social network search engine aimed at connecting the Jewish people worldwide; MyGreatBigFamily.com (http://www.mygreatbigfamily.com) launches enhanced social networking websites for families; GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com) has added the first 20 Hispanic newspaper titles for 4 states to its online historic newspaper collection, covering the period from 1855 to 1956, and will add many more, ultimately covering the period 1808 to 1980; an ID thief is caught and imprisoned in New Zealand for fraud in the theft of thousands of dollars in student loans for deceased children whose birth certificates he had obtained. The Guys read and respond to listener e-mail on many topics: George misread the URL for the multimedia presentation software called Passage Express (which should be http://www.passageexpress.com); a listener and the Web Marketing Director of NewspaperArchive.com provided information about and a free trial of their site at http://www.newspaperarchive.com; information is shared about the HP MediaSmart Server for compact file backups and extensive hard drive installation; a free site to convert files into other formats is available at http://www.youconvertit.com); the True Lover's Knot will be featured in the May issue of Real Simple magazine (http://www.realsimple.com); Newberry Library in Chicago is working on a project to document and then digitize all state and county boundary changes in its Atlas of Historic County Boundaries Project (AHCBP) and has 23 states available online at http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/; a listener shared the image of an 1880 census Enumerator's Daily Report to Census Office form that he purchases on eBay; and one listener shared information about her ancestry and, in particular, shared her related photos that she has uploaded to the Shutterfly photograph file sharing site at http://www.shutterfly.com. The Guys continued with listener e-mail on the subject of genealogical DNA testing and will continue next week again with another descriptive discussion.

George announces Ancestorsonboard.com, a new database for passenger lists for those leaving the British Isles between 1890 and 1960.  Other topics include the new online magazine, Digital Genealogist; and the new GenealogyBank.com database service; George and Drew dig into the podcast listener mailbag and discuss such topics as a fascinating story from a cemetery visit, strange 1820 U.S. Federal census columns, birth information supplied to the Social Security Administration, and death dates that appear in the Social Security Death Index.  Podcast listeners are also encouraged to check out the genealogy segments appearing on ABC's Good Morning America show.

George and Drew mention the new Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 browsers.  Ancestry.com has added German content.  George and Drew have taken their first look at the new NewsBank genealogy databases product, GenealogyBank.com.  George discusses an online map browsing service for Ireland, www.pasthomes.com.  Drew interviews genealogy blogger Steve Danko (www.stephendanko.com) and discusses his research into his Polish ancestry.  Finally, George and Drew talk about how easy it is to set up a genealogy research blog using Blogger or LiveJournal, and they also discuss some techniques in using pre-1850 U.S. censuses.  Drew invites listeners to visit his personal research blog at drewsmith-genealogy.blogspot.com.

Drew interviews Tom Kemp of NewsBank (www.newsbank.com) about their new product America's GenealogyBank, offering genealogists information from American newspapers dating back as far as 1690.  Drew also explains the difference between Legacy's Research Guidance feature and GenSmarts software, while George talks about how to print wallcharts from RootsMagic (www.rootsmagic.com/wallcharts.htm).  Drew shares a listener tip about creating PDF files inexpensively using PrimoPDF (www.primopdf.com) and George talks about a preview site for Irish historical maps (www.irishhistoricmaps.ie).