This week's news includes:
Aster Software has released a
new version 2.0 of its FamViewer software application (app) for the
iPhone, and
LeisterPro has released its version
1.0.2 of Reunion for the iPhone. Famview is used to download GEDCOM
files to an iPhone, while Reunion is specifically used to download
genealogy data from the Reunion desktop program. dynastree
(
http://www.dynastree.com) is
celebrating its second anniversary, and has launched Turkish
support on its site.
Ancestry.com has launched a new "My
Story" advertising campaign.
This week's listener email includes: a response to Rollin
concerning a photo of a child holding a ball; Joel Weintraub
responds to a listener's query for a photo tagging program, and he
gives us Photo Express (
http://www.passageexpress.com);
Judy asks for advice about locating Social Security information for
her great-grandfather who may have stretched the truth about his
year of birth; Rich suggests two websites for locating obituaries
in the New York City area - Legacy.com at
http://www.legacy.com/NS/ and The
Journal News at
http://www.nyjnews.com/obituary/search.php3;
Tom shares a great story about kids getting interested in
genealogy; Art is compiling an Excel spreadsheet with information
about people he plans to research in the 1940 census when it is
released to the public in 2012; Michelle did her podcasting
presentation for the Glendale Chapter of the Family History Society
of Arizona; Michael discusses his DNA testing and encourages people
to especially have their older relatives tested; Jim asks about
NewpaperARCHIVE.com, and
shares with us the Washington State Digital Archives at
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov,
where recent additions include the King County, WA, marriage
Records and World War I Veterans' Records. Roger (Marathon Man) is
once again caught up on the podcasts, and reminds people that The
Guys will be at the Western Michigan Genealogical Society
Conference on November 7th -- details are at
http://gotancestors.com. He also
talks about:
- how to enter multiple names, such as Stanislav and Stanley
- His use of TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Site Building)
and offers several examples, including
http://roger.lisaandroger.com/getperson.php?personID=I16&tree=Roger,
Clan
Moffat, and http://trees.wmgs.org.
- Photo tagging software, including Apple's iPhoto that includes
face recognition.
Drew interviews Bruce Buzbee, president of
RootsMagic, at the Southern
California Genealogical Society Jamboree.
And The Guys thank everyone at the Southern California Genealogical
Society for a wonderful time at Jamboree!