FamilySearch.org has
contributed $250,000 to the Federation of Genealogical Societies'
War of 1812 Pensions Digitization Project.
RootsMagic has just
released Version 6 of its family tree software program. A new video
is available at their site, and the software is on sale through
December 20, 2012.
Ancestry.com agrees to a
$1.6 billion buyout by Permira Advisors LLP.
The governor and secretary of state of Georgia have announced
that funding for the Georgia State Archives has been reinstated for
the remainder of this fiscal year.
FamilySearch
continues to digitize and index millions of records...
The Guys are very pleased to welcome a new sponsor for the
Podcast, findmypast.com
The news includes:
WikiTree announces the
re-opening of member registration.
Mocavo has acquired
ReadyMicro in a move to
help the company and other organizations holding genealogical
information digitize more content for genealogists.
FamilySearch announces
that the 1940 U.S. Federal Census indexing project is wrapped up,
and that indexing is beginning on the new U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Community Project. Visit http://familysearch.org/immigration
for more information and to volunteer. Another indexing
project...
RootsMagic announces
the release of a new minor update to RootsMagic 5. They also remind
listeners that they have more than 40 free online classes available
at their website.
Ancestry.com announces
that they will not be releasing a 2013 version of their Family Tree
Maker software, but will, instead,...
George G. Morgan and Drew Smith discuss genealogy on The Genealogy Guys Podcast
Drew Smith interviews leaders of the genealogy community on Genealogy Connection