Mon, 24 April 2006
George returns from a visit to the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society and announces Family Historian (version 3), talks about special promotions at 1837online.com, and covers important information from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and a list of U.S. ports with published records. Drew corrects some information regarding the online version of NUCMC, points out when it is safe (copyright-wise) to use old photos, and discusses the importance of using the Social Security Death Index.
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Mon, 17 April 2006
George and Drew begin this podcast at the Largo Library in Largo, Florida, in front of an audience of the Pinellas Genealogy Society (plus some guests from the Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa and the Brandon Area Genealogical and Historical Society). George shares news regarding Missouri death certificates, as well as genealogical librarianship courses at the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (University of Toronto). After answering some questions from the Largo audience, George and Drew return to the usual Genealogy Guys home studio to talk about various kinds of death records.
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Mon, 10 April 2006
A passle of announcements, including the deadline for early-bird registrations for NGS (www.ngsgenealogy.org), new online registration for FGS and a deadline for FGS award nominations (www.fgs.org), and George's newest book on researching in London respositories (www.lulu.com/content/253150). George talks about his recent visit from a first cousin and the use of upcoming holidays to learn more about family history. Drew uses the opportunity of a visit from an old roommate to do some U.S. census research, and develops some new search tricks.
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Mon, 3 April 2006
George announces new databases at ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), the new Ancestry Weekly Journal, the new 24/7 Family History Circle blog (blogs.ancestry.com/circle), the early bird deadline for the upcoming NGS conference in Chicago (www.ngsgenealogy.org), and George's new blog that will continue his "Along Those Lines..." column (ahaseminars.com). Drew discusses how to choose the right genealogy database software. George shares his recent experiences in using Lulu (www.lulu.com) to publish his latest book on doing research in London repositories.
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