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.
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.
George G. Morgan and Drew Smith discuss genealogy on The Genealogy Guys Podcast
Drew Smith interviews leaders of the genealogy community on Genealogy Connection