The Genealogy Guys Podcast #228 - 2011 December 4 - a podcast by George G. Morgan & Drew Smith

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The Genealogy Guys announce that there have been over 1,000,000 downloads of the podcast since it began on 5 September 2005!


Thanks to all our listeners!!!



The news includes:



  • The British Library has announced the launch of the British Newspaper Archive website. It initially hosts more than 4 million pages from more than 200 British and Irish newspapers, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries.

  • RootsMagic has announced the official release of RootsMagic Version 5, the latest version of its award-winning software.

  • The Guild of One-Name Studies has introduced flexible membership joining rates in six currencies.

  • A new grassroots group called Saving Ours, concerned with preserving our archived materials, has launched a new website at SavingOurs.com.

  • FamilySearch has added 18 million new records from 12 countries to its site, including 21 new U.S. collections.

  • Ancestry.com has announced a newly upgraded app at the iTunes store.

  • Ancestry.com has announced the release of Family Tree Maker software for the Macintosh.


The Guys review the following new print resources:



  • Applications for Enrollment of Creek Newborn Act of 1905, Volume I, transcribed by Jeff Bowen. (Clearfield Publishing, 2011.)

  • Seminole of Florida, Indian Census 1930-1940 With Birth and Death Records 1930-1938, transcribed by Jeff Bowen. (Clearfield Publishing, 2011.)

  • The Guide to FamilySearch Online by James L. Tanner. (Bookmark Graphics, 2011.) Available at Amazon.com.

  • English Genealogy Research by Paul Milner, a new QuickSheet publication from Genealogical Publishing Company.


The listener email includes:



  • Richard is looking for clues to locating his grandmother's cousin Robert George Jones.

  • Vickie is researching her great-great-grandfather, Francis Edward Johnson, a longtime brick wall.

  • Susan describes how she copies PDF files between desktop, iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

  • Rich adds to the PDF discussion and uses O'Reilly's free Bookworm services at bookworm.oreilly.com.

  • Maria is researching her great-great-grandfather after his arrival in Australia, circa 1866.

  • Michael would like to contact Judy to help chart her family tree. [Judy: Please email us again]

  • Laura asks if there is a new edition of Professional Genealogy being published.

  • Patti is researching the marriage of her great-aunt, who served with the Women's Army Corps, in 1945 in Italy while still in service. She is seeking Italian civil registration records.

  • Brad is seeking a professional researcher to help with work in Georgia and Tennessee. The Guys suggested directories at the websites of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

  • Jason has questions about notations on ships' passenger lists and about the College of Arms and coats-of-arms.

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