George reports on the partnering of
Diversity Restoration
Solutions,
Slave
Descendants Freedom Society, and
Family Tree DNA to offer
African Americans the opportunity to research their DNA.
Archive CD
Books USA announces the availability of a new CD, the
Digested Summary and Alphabetical
List of Private Claims Which Have Been Presented to the House of
Representatives, representing more than 100,000 names and
claims from 1789 to 1882. The collection is on sale for $19.97 at
the link above. A new start-up company,
MemoryPress, is offering a
start-to-finish solution to publishing your personal or family
history in a beautiful hardbound book.
A new organization, Keeping Genealogical Records Open Workgroup
(KGROW) has been formed to fight the closing of public records as a
guise for a war against identify theft and terrorism. KGROW is a
project of the
Florida Chapter
of the Association of Professional Genealogists.
Listeners' email included: one of the better places to learn more
about Mexican resources --
http://hispanicgenealogy.blogspot.com;
a recommended Web site to learn about a wide array of data backup
options --
http://www.BackupReview.info;
and The Guys discussed organizational options for digitized
materials, file naming options, and storage systems.
George discussed an article published in
Ancestors, the magazine of
The National Archives in
the U.K., concerning "The Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island. The
settlement by Sir Walter Raleigh disappeared between August 1587
and 1590. Now, there is a project under way to use DNA to possibly
trace any descendants of any settlers who may have survived.
Drew and George reminisced about some highlights of the first 100
episodes of the podcast, and discussed some plans for the next
hundred. They thank their thousands of listeners worldwide, and
express gratitude to their loyal sponsors.