The Guys are celebrating the 150th episode of the podcast which
began on 4 September 2005. Thank you for listening and sharing with
all of us!
This week's news includes: The Generations Network, Inc., announced
that Ancestry.com has launched the World Archives Project, "a
global public indexing initiative to give everyone the opportunity
to help preserve historical records" at
http://www.ancestry.com/worldarchivesproject/;
Geni.com (
http://www.geni.com) announced that the firm has
exceeded 1 million unique visitors to the site; the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA), working through the
General Services Administration (GSA), has announced plans to lease
a new facility in St. Louis, Missouri, to house the Military
Personnel records Center, with occupancy scheduled for March 2010;
Ancestry.co.uk (
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) has been chosen to host
the most comprehensive historical collection of London records --
77 million names -- covering 500 years (ca. 1500-2006) online,
beginning in early 2009. The Pew Internet & American Life
Project has released new results about podcasting, reflecting
significant increases in downloading podcasts. (See the PDF report
at
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Podcast_2008_Memo.pdf.)
Links that were omitted from the show notes in Episode #149
include:
- Scottish genealogy records :
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
- Indexes to Scotland's censuses:
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
- The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS):
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
Listener email this week includes: Randy bought a Sansa Fuse MP3
player to listen to the podcast; Amelia shared a podcast from BBC4
in England, at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/tracingyourroots.shtml;
Barb shared another reason for the changing of names -- scandal
(see
http://www.rood.net/Gen1-2.pdf); Kay shares
information about testing for Indian ancestry, and a genetic
testing company called DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (
http://www.ancestrybydna.com); Sharon discovered a
wonderful genealogist through a mailing list who shared huge
amounts of genealogical data with her; and Barb discusses a
"possible paternity event" in her husband's family.
George reviews an excellent new book by Kevan M. Hansen, the new
second edition of
Map Guide to
German Parish Records: Grandduchy of Baden, published by
Family Roots Publishing Company.