Jan 17, 2008
This week's news includes
many announcements. Memeria (http://www.memeria.com) launches the
first house-call photo-scanning service; another genealogy podcast
is available -- Genealogy Gems at http://www.genealogygemspodcast.com;
WorldVitalRecords.com has changed its name to FamilyLink.com
(http://www.familylink.com) and has
formed partnerships with other companies in recent months;
RootsMagic announces its 2008 Genealogy Cruise to the Mexican
Riviera on Sept. 28 to Oct. 5, and details can be found at
http://www.RootsMagicCruise.com.
There are also many seminars coming up this year: San Luis Obispo
County Genealogical Society (Feb. 2) (http://www.kcbx.net/~slogen/);
St. George family History Expo 2008 (Feb. 8-9) (http://www.myancestorsfound.com/events/upcoming.php?event_id=1);
Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International Symposium (April
11-12) (http://www.cgsi.org/news.asp?intNewsID=129);
North Carolina Genealogical Society’s 3rd Annual Speakers Forum
(April 11) (http://www.ncgenealogy.org);
Federation of East European Family History Societies Conference
(August 1-3) (http://feefhs.org/).
The Guys respond to a load of listener e-mail this week! Danny, as
a Mac user, can’t use Clooz and so has made use of a free version
of software program called Mac Journal; Drew discussed software
options for Scott’s family which just celebrated its 101st
consecutive family reunion; Michael loves U.S. Federal Agricultural
Census records, but hates the microfilm – and he and George urge
Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest to bite the bullet and digitize
these and the remaining U.S. census records; several users
commented on the need for the GEDCOM facility to be updated to also
include graphics, while The Guys agree that software packages and
online sites should be able to synchronize the data between
both!