Podcast appearances and mentions of George G Morgan

In this episode Natalie talks about her search beyond records, newspaper clippings and old photos and in to the inexplicable mystery of unseen connections. Natalie Zett is an award-winning journalist and genealogy researcher with a passion for finding family stories and making lost relatives come to life.  Resources for learning more about Family History and Genealogy Sampling of family history/genealogy podcasts Genealogy Gems  - host, Lisa Louise Cooke Extreme Genes - host Scott Fisher Genealogy Guys  - hosts George G. Morgan and Drew Smith Sampling of a family history/genealogy books My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland Story of My Life: A Workbook for Preserving Your Legacy by Sunny Morton Natalie's Family History Playground I created both my blog and video with for my family members who were interested in genealogy but thought my family tree of 2,000 plus people was a bit overwhelming! Zett Family Blog Andy Zett from Olsavica to Johnstown   Follow me on Instagram!    

Would you believe a cannibal man lost his VAMPIRE teeth after demons were cast out of him, and now he preaches Jesus?  Maybe it's all just a healthy dose of placebo...have a listen as we pair up Pastor Patrick Wandera, from Uganda, Africa with Genealogist and atheist, Drew Smith for an absolutely fascinating conversation. Drew has been a librarian at the University of South Florida in Tampa since 2007 and is internationally known as a genealogy speaker and writer, having written 3 books and numerous articles on the topic. Together with his husband, George G. Morgan, he has co-hosted the Genealogy Guys Podcast since 2005, and is also the host for an all-interview podcast, Genealogy Connection. His podcasts have received nearly 3 million downloads! He says he went through a period in late high school where he tried to make religious belief work in some sort of way consistent with a worldview based on science and reason, but found that he could not. Drew is joined by Evangelist Patrick Wandera, who serves as a full-time minister of the Gospel with Deliverance Church Makerere Hill in Kampala, Uganda. He is a much sought after open air and conference speaker. He has ministered all over Uganda, the East African region and beyond in the power of the Holy Spirit, with signs and wonders following. He is an author of powerful deliverance books such as Seven Years in Hell and Soul Merchants. I'm not sure Nick and Marcus have ever had such an intriguing, nearly unbelievable conversation as they did on this episode.  Email the show: nick@miraclesandatheists.com Twitter: @miraclesatheist Instagram: @miraclesandatheists Facebook: facebook.com/miraclesatheists/

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 ColorTM facility by providing new technology to use colorization settings to further enhance photographs. The MyHeritage Yearbook collection now allows you to toggle between black-and-white and color on yearbook pages. MyHeritage' Theory of Family RelativityTM facility in its DNA matches has grown tremendously. In the next few weeks, a banner will appear at the top of your DNA Matches page. Click on “View Theories” to see all theories found, old and new. Ancestry offers 450K yearbooks and more than 62 million pages in its huge searchable collection. Findmypast launched a photographic collection of more than 10,000 images in celebration of VE Day. Findmypast added additions and new records to the collections: Scotland, Edinburgh & Lothian Death and Burial Index; Scotland, Aberdeenshire Poll Tax 1696; Yorkshire Memorial Inscriptions; and Cambridgeshire Burials. The Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference registration is now open. It will be held 2-5 September 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. Drew recaps new record additions, updates, and indexes at FamilySearch. Cyndi Says Cyndi Ingle reminds us to remember the beginners. Our Listeners Talk to Us Vic thanks us for discussing LibraryThing and tagging on Episode #377. Legacy Libraries is another facility at the site to look at famous people's libraries at https://www.librarything.com/index_catalog.php?search=legacy&page=legacy. Mary posted at our FB page that she listened to Drew's interview with Libby Copeland (Genealogy Connection #68) four times! Tell us about how your society is meeting virtually/online, the tools you're using, the positive things, and any negative things. This will help other societies connect their members. The Genealogy Squad The Genealogy Squad just celebrated its one-year anniversary with more than 33.5K members! Welcome Cari Taplin, CG, as a new Administrator of The Genealogy Squad, along with George G. Morgan, Drew Smith, and Cyndi Ingle. We have moderators in England and Australia to help answer your questions and direct you to resources. And our members help one another in a friendly environment. Thank you again to our Patreon supporters! You can support us at https://patreon.com/genealogyguys. You can also tell your friends or your society about our free podcasts, our blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website. Send us email at genealogyguys@gmail.com.

The Guys ask that you visit iTunes and leave a review for The Genealogy Guys Podcast. This will help support our efforts that have been going on for nearly 13 years, making us the longest-running genealogy podcast. The news includes: The In-Depth Genealogist (http://theindepthgenealogist.com/) announces that George G. Morgan has joined its writing team. MyHeritage will host MyHeritage Live, an international conference in Oslo, Norway, on 2-4 November 2018. Full details about the event are at https://live2018.myheritage.com/. FamilySearch has released an expanded, indexed collection of the Ellis Island Immigrant Records 1820-1957. The records are accessible at their website and at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation site. Listener email includes: Two of our listeners named Jim shared news that a new genealogical mystery by Steve Robinson in the Jefferson Tayte series, Letters from the Dead, has been published. Andrew asks about when to trust other people's family trees. Kelly asks how reliable the mega-trees are on Ancestry. One listener shared a link to the NARA publication, Prologue, and an article about “The WPA Census Soundexing Projects” at https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2002/spring/soundex-projects.html#.W3M8iKEKBg0.email. Pat had questions about the prefix numbers on US naturalization certificates. George provided a referral to the USCIS website and their page titled Certificate Number Series at https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/certificate-series-numbers. Kathleen shared that Texas residents can obtain a free library card from the Houston Public Library that will provide remote access to many online databases, including genealogical ones.

George G. Morgan is well-known for his speaking, his books and articles, and his podcasting. To learn more about George, visit ahaseminars.com.

The Genealogy Guys would like to welcome its new sponsor, MyHeritage.com! Genealogical Publishing Company has released a new Genealogy at a Glance (GAAG) laminated resource document written by George G. Morgan titled FamilySearch.org Research. This joins George's recent Ancestry.com Research (GAAG) and 23 other titles in the series. They are available from the publisher and at Amazon.com. Drew reports on the status of the Dozier School project which is researching the remains of students who died and were buried at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, during the 20th century. The genealogy news includes: FamilySearch has added more than 1.2 million images of Italian civil registration records. RootsMagic has its own YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/RootsMagicTV. They have just added a new video called “Using Charting Companion with RootsMagic The Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) has announced 2015 plans for two institute weeks of its popular courses. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) has announced its calls for Award Nominations, with a nomination deadline of June 15, 2014. Details can be found at http://www.fgs.org/cpage.php?pt=56awards Professional genealogist and house historian Marian Pierre-Louis has developed a new genealogy show in audio (podcast) format called The Genealogy Professional. The show shares the experiences of genealogy professionals in developing and running their businesses. Members of AARP can obtain a 30% discount on an annual subscription to the Ancestry.com World Explorer package. Please see the details and terms of the discount at http://discounts.aarp.org/offer/ancestry-com/deal/707823/uSource/MTFP The National Archives in the UK announced that Operation War Diary, a key project in their First World War 100 program, won a Best of the Web Award at the Museums and the Web Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The “Family Names of the United Kingdom Project” has completed the first phase of a project to create a database with surnames researched and explained. The project is being conducted by a team from the University of the West of England, Bristol. Details are available at http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/research/bristolcentreforlinguistics/fanuk.aspx. Drew reviews Families of Southeastern Georgia by Jack N. Averitt. The book is a reprint of a 1964 book and is published by Genealogical Publishing Company using its Clearfield Publishing imprint. The news includes: Doug asks about some available books about land records. The Guys make some suggestions, including one titled Digging for Ancestors: An In-Depth Guide to Land Records by Michelle Goodrum. Richard responded to Beverly's inquiry (in episode #264) with suggestions about software to use to create a genealogy website and free hosting possibilities. Richard uses Serif's WebPlus X7 software and uses Filezilla to upload the data. He suggests several hosting options. He included links to three of his sites: FreePages at RootsWeb at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~yehle/; Comcast at http://home.comcast.net/~ryehle/; and GoDaddy at http://yehlegenealogy.info/ Debbie responded to our call for suggestions (in episode #264) for the researcher whose 82-year-old mother discovered through DNA testing that her legal father was not her biological father. Debbie also asked about the book reviewed in episode #263, Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City by Joseph Buggy, and whether it also included information about immigrants from Northern Ireland. Caroleen expands on The Guys' answer in episode #260 about LDS temple work done for individuals entered into the FamilySearch Family Tree. Chris/Jenny responded to Sue's question (in episode #260) about locating a diary of the ship Shannon sold to a museum in the U.S. Chad asks about the DNA testing he had done with DNA Tribes into his South American Ancestry and the results he received. Barbara suggests checking out the GenealogyInTime Magazine at www.genealogyintime.com Brett asks about becoming a credentialed genealogist and a professional researcher, and The Guys offer some suggestions.

This week on Fieldstone Common our featured guests are George G. Morgan and Drew Smith, authors of the book Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques. Bio George G. Morgan, an internationally recognized genealogy expert, is president of Aha! Seminars, Inc., and vice … Continue reading →

The Guys have several announcements: Genealogical Publishing Company has just published a new Genealogy at a Glance laminated reference guide. This one is titled “Ancestry.com Research” and is written by George G. Morgan. You can order it from GPC or at the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website. All of George and Drew's publications can be ordered at the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website, and the links there take you to the best pricing available. The company that purchased Ancestry Publishing's business several years ago has published the second edition of The Official Guide to Ancestry.com in Kindle format and Nook format. That book was published in 2008 and is extremely outdated. In addition, the current publisher has not paid any royalties to this author for more than two years. Therefore, George strongly recommends that you do not purchase either ebook version of this book. Drew will be an Official Blogger at RootsTech 2014. The news includes: Ancestry.com announced the Fold3 Honor Wall at Fold3.com. They also announced the addition of man new record additions to the Ancestry.com site. DC Thomson, owner of findmypast.com and Genes Reunited, and formerly known as brightsolid online publishing, has announced a deal with FamilySearch.org to make billions of records available online. MyHeritage has announced a strategic partnership with FamilySearch.org to make billions of records available online. Drew covers major additions from mid-October to mid-November by FamilySearch.org to its collections of records available online. MyHeritage announced a partnership with BillionGraves to add 5.5 million gravestone records and with Tributes.com to add 3.5 million obituaries to their site. MyHeritage announced an enhancement to their site that allows users to extract information form historical records into multiple profiles on your family tree. Listener email includes: Lee asks about Family Tree Maker 2014. He also provides information about the Ohio Genealogical Society's important library holdings. Matt Miller discusses genealogical proof in the attempt to demolish a brick wall in his blog at http://matthewkmiller.blogspot.com/2013/10/what-constitutes-proof.html. Maria Northcote, producer of the Genies Down Under podcast in Australia, wrote to thank us for our review of Betty Kreisel Shubert's book, Out of Style, in our March 2013 podcast. The Guys shared information from an article from the New York Public Library about “Why Your Family Name Was Not Changed at Ellis Island (and One That Was).” Ben wrote about name changes at Ellis Island as well. Mike asked if there is an equivalent of the SSDI in other countries, specifically Italy. Mac writes that she believes that the suggestion that silhouettes and clip art in family trees was made by genealogist Lisa Louise Cooke in her Genealogy Gems podcasts. The Guys reviewed a number of books in this episode: Applications for Enrollment of Chickasaw Newborn Act of 1905, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, transcribed by Jeff Bowen. Printed for Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Company. Without Indentures: Index to White Slave Children in Colonial Court Records [Maryland and Virginia], by Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company. Sustainable Genealogy: Separating Fact from Fiction in Family Legends, by Richard Hite. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company. 19th Century Photos Kwik Guide: A Step-by-Step Guide to Identifying and Dating Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards, by Gary W. Clark. Published by PhotoTree.com.

The news includes: RootsMagic announces the release of a new minor update to RootsMagic 5. They also remind listeners that they have more than 40 free online classes available at their website. Ancestry.com announces that they will not be releasing a 2013 version of their Family Tree Maker software, but will, instead, release free bonus features to Family Tree Maker 2012. The Federation of Genealogical Societies 2012 Conference will be held August 29 through September 1, 2012, in Birmingham, Alabama. Online registration is closed but walk-ins are welcome for single- or multiple-day registration. Aha! Seminars, Inc., announces a partnership with LearnSurge to provide live and recorded genealogy webinars by George G. Morgan. George just received the results of a Y-DNA test from Family Tree DNA. The Guys discuss how Drew (and George) pursued researching all the descendants of one of George's great-great-grandfather's sons. The Guys located records for almost 200 new people (descendants, spouses, and their parents) in just a few hours.