The news includes:

• The Guys announce the death of their cat, Fletcher, on 8 December 2011. Fletcher was a vocal contributor to the Podcast over the years and received email and inquiries from the show's listeners. She is very much missed.
• Three leading genealogy organizations, Archives.com, FamilySearch International, and findmypast.com, have announced that they are joining forces to launch a project to index and make available the 1940 U.S. federal census images.
• MyHeritage unveiled an innovative mobile family tree app for iPad, iPhone, and Android.
• MyHeritage has also released the new Family Tree Builder 6.0
• FamilySearch added new records for the U.S., Canada, Estonia, Jamaica, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, and Sweden.
• A new effort called the Genealogists for Families Kiva Project that will make small loans to help those less fortunate.
• Ancestry.com has released two million North Carolina World War II Draft Cards at its site.
• Moorshead Magazines Ltd. is releasing on 1 January 2012 a new publication, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors. They are also carrying Maureen Taylor's newest book, Bonnets and Hats. Visit http://www.familychronicle.com/books.htm for more information.
• 1000Memories provides an excellent place on the Internet to organize, share, and discover the old photos and memories of your family and friends.

George discusses two exciting finds in his genealogy from this month.

Listener email includes:

• Peter asks for ideas about how to share his research with family members.
• Barb discusses how much she likes Family Tree Maker 2012's new sync facility. She also talks about Memeo Autosync (at http://www.memeo.com/autosync.php) and its ability to sync folders on different computers.
• Dave discusses his research on St. Croix and the different family perspective it gives.
• Maria discusses her problematic Northcote ancestor who emigrated from Exeter, Devon, England, to Australia.
• Connie has suggestions for Richard and his North Dakota research, including newspapers from across the state. Visit http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatnewspapers.html for many details.
• Eric wrote that Ancestry.com is requiring the purchase of a copy of Family Tree Maker 2012 to demonstrate the program to others.
• Judy asks for suggestions about how to lay out complicated intermarriage families so that they can be more easily conceptualized and understood.

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.