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The Genealogy Guys Podcast

"The Genealogy Guys" are two avid genealogists who host a weekly chat. The podcast includes news of the genealogy community, book and software reviews, guest interviews, and a lot of fun chat.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #421 from 2023-11-05T15:31

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #420 from 2023-10-03T22:40

In the previous episode, The Genealogy Guys Podcast announced that, in partnership with MyHeritage.com, we were giving away a FREE MyHeritage DNA Kit. The winner is Shontè Anthony from ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #419 from 2023-08-10T18:23

The Genealogy Guys Podcast, in partnership with MyHeritage.com, is giving away a FREE MyHeritage DNA Kit. Please send an email to genealogyguys@gmail.co...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #418 from 2023-07-18T16:40

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  • The International African American Museum (IAAM) has officially opened in Charleston, South Carolina, and is partnering with Vivid-Pix w...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #417 from 2023-06-20T16:33

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  • SUMMER SALE CONTINUES! The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription website is on sale for $64.00 per year – ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #416 from 2023-05-30T17:02

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #415 from 2023-04-27T16:40

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  • Drew's new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, has been published by Genealogical Pub...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #414 from 2023-03-21T13:55

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  • Drew Smith’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, has been published by Genealogic...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #413 from 2023-02-23T15:25

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  • Drew Smith's new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, has been published by Genealogica...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #412 from 2023-01-29T21:06

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  • MyHeritage announces a new, free, searchable collection, Israel Immigration Lists, consisting of 1.7 million records from 1919 onwards, ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #411 from 2022-12-31T17:41

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  • MyHeritage announces Global Name TranslationTM for DNA Matches. (See our Genealogy Guys Blog posting at Listen
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #410 from 2022-11-22T14:43

Watch the Genealogy Guys Blog (blog.genealogyguys.com) or our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/gene...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #409 from 2022-10-30T17:50

We apologize for the delay in the publication of this episode. Hurricane Ian and some severe computer problems have presented production challenges.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #408 from 2022-09-14T18:28:32

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  • MyHeritage has added 74 collections with 130 million new historical records. Read our blog to learn more.
  • Unlock the Past has a...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #407 from 2022-08-14T16:16:50

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  • The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription website has added several new written and video courses, with more coming regularly. You can subsc...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #406 from 2022-07-20T18:12:40

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  • The Guys want to thank everyone in the genealogical community for supporting their decision to terminate sponsorship by Find a Grave and ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #405 from 2022-06-30T20:15:01

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  • Family Tree Magazine announced their 101 Best Genealogy Websites for Genealogy for 2022, and the Genealogy Guys Podcast was aga...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #404 from 2022-05-29T19:12:19

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Genealogy Connection #083 - Jenny Ashcraft, Ancestry.com Senior Content Copywriter for Newspapers.com from 2022-04-27T18:04:52

Drew's guest is Jenny Ashcraft, Senior Content Copywriter at Ancestry.com for Newspapers.com. In this episode, Drew and Jenny discuss Newspapers.com, including search strategies, sharing what you f...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #403 from 2022-04-06T23:54:39

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  • The 1950 U.S. Federal Census has been released and The Guys discuss several aspects:
    • The images are available at: the National Archive...

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Genealogy Connection #082 - Katrina Madsen, Ancestry.com Community Manager for Find a Grave from 2022-03-22T18:41:40

Drew's guest is Katrina Madsen, Community Manager at Ancestry.com for Find a Grave. In this episode, Drew and Katrina discuss the history of Find a Grave, some of the recent changes in memorial man...

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Genealogy Connection #081 - Crista Cowan, Corporate Genealogist at Ancestry.com from 2022-03-14T10:00:45

Drew's guest is Crista Cowan, Corporate Genealogist at Ancestry.com and also known as the Barefoot Genealogist. In this episode, Drew and Crista discuss the upcoming release of the 1950 U.S. cen...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #402 from 2022-02-28T15:00

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #401 from 2022-02-19T18:35:15

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  • The National Institute for Dementia Education recognizes the value of Photo Recognition Therapy for dementia patients. Our sponsor Vivid-Pix is...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #400 from 2022-02-02T13:38:07

Welcome to our 400th episode of the Genealogy Guys Podcast! We’re celebrating this milestone – in addition to our 80 episodes of Genealogy Connection!

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #399 from 2022-01-03T11:00

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  • The Guys welcome two new sponsors to our family: Newpapers.com and Find a Grave.
  • Researchers studying the Clotilda, the last k...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #398 from 2021-12-21T18:04:34

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the Irish quicksheets by Donna M. Moughty as Richard A. Yehle of Sacramento. Look for the next drawing in the coming year.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #397 from 2021-11-28T20:58:04

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the “Basics of Birth Certificates” quicksheet as Karen Webster of Queensland. Look for the next drawing later in the program.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #396 from 2021-11-03T23:30:46

The Guys announce the winner of drawing for the “Brick Wall Strategies” quicksheet as Dana from Salem, Oregon. Look for the next drawing later in the program.

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Genealogy Connection #080 - Bruce Buzbee, Technologist and RootsMagic CEO from 2021-10-16T20:15:21

Drew's guest is Bruce Buzbee, the RootsMagician himself. In this episode, Drew and Bruce discuss the recent release of RootsMagic 8.

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Genealogy Connection #079 - Lynn Turner, Assistant Director of the Family History Library from 2021-09-27T10:00

Drew's guest is Lynn Turner, Assistant Director of the Family History Library. 

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #395 from 2021-09-20T17:29:43

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the “Basic Birth Certificates” quicksheet as Francis from Cumming, Georgia. The next drawing is announced later in the program.

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Genealogy Connection #078 - Nicka Sewell-Smith and the Freedmen's Bureau Records from 2021-08-30T10:00

Nicka Sewell-Smith returns to Genealogy Connection, and the discussion focuses on the newly released Freedmen's Bureau records freely available on Ancestry. 

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #394 from 2021-08-24T14:00

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  • Ancestry announces the release of a massive collection of Freedman’s Bureau records with every-name indexing and images. The records are...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #394 from 2021-08-24T14:00

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  • Ancestry announces the release of a massive collection of Freedman’s Bureau records with every-name indexing and images. The records are...

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Genealogy Connection #077 - Pat Richley-Erickson aka DearMYRTLE from 2021-08-15T20:06:16

Drew's guest is genealogy speaker and writer Pat Richley-Erickson, known to her many fans as DearMYRTLE.

Learn more about Pat at blog.dearmyrtle.co...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #393 from 2021-07-25T15:25:30

New subscriptions to the Genealogy Guys Learn video and written lessons are on sale through July 31st. Save 25% off your first year’s subscription. Visit Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #392 from 2021-06-25T12:33:44

We gave away two copies of Genealogical Publishing Company’s Russia Genealogy Research at a glance reference guide and announced the winners.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #391 from 2021-05-27T16:32:29

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  • MyHeritage announced a new filtering option for the DNA Matches page. You can filter based on any of their 2,114 Genetic Groups.
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Genealogy Connection #076 - Rick Voight, Vivid-Pix and Edith Wagner, Reunions Magazine from 2021-05-17T10:00

Drew's guests are Rick Voight, CEO of Vivid-Pix, and Edith Wagner, Publisher and Editor of Reunions Magazine.

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Genealogy Connection #75 - Drew Smith, Speaker, Author, Librarian from 2021-05-04T20:58:59

Drew's guest is...Drew Smith! After receiving a number of requests from listeners, George interviews Drew as the Genealogy Connection guest.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #390 from 2021-04-26T10:00

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #389 from 2021-03-31T15:10:04

The Genealogy Guys Podcast is back after a 3-month hiatus!

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #388 from 2020-12-16T20:05:32

The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education site is on sale through December 31, 2020 for $69 for your first year's subscription (new subscriber...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #387 from 2020-11-23T20:25:40

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The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education site, is on sale through December 31, 2020, for $69 for your fi...

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Genealogy Connection #74 - Michael Cassara, Speaker from 2020-11-09T11:00

Drew's guest is Michael Cassara, a New York City-based genealogy speaker specializing in Italian and Sicilian research topics, as well as topics about research in NYC and New Jersey. In addition...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #386 from 2020-11-03T21:37:28

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  • MyHeritage has just released a major collection of Historical Norwegian Church Records (1815-1938) including millions of digitized and s...

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Genealogy Connection #73 - Nicka Sewell-Smith, Speaker and YouTuber from 2020-10-26T10:00

Drew's guest is Nicka Sewell-Smith, host of BlackProGen LIVE, an online show focused on people of color genealogy and family history. In addition to being a popular speaker at genealogy conferen...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #385 from 2020-10-12T10:00

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  • The National Genealogical Society and the Federation of Genealogical Societies officially merged on 1 October 2020.
  • Vivid-Pix l...

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Genealogy Connection #72 - Else Churchill, SoG Genealogist from 2020-09-21T10:00

Drew's guest is Else Churchill, the Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists (SoG) in London, UK. 

Learn more about Else and the SoG by visiting sog.or...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #384 from 2020-09-07T20:18:22

We are happy to celebrate our podcast’s 15th anniversary this week!

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #383 from 2020-08-16T17:22:43

There have been numerous genealogical institutes over the last several weeks. As a result, we were unable to schedule a Genealogy Connection podcast recently. However, it will be back soon!

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #382 from 2020-08-01T18:22:47

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  • The Upper Midwest Jewish Archives at the University of Minnesota is working to digitize its Jewish World archives, its collec...

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Genealogy Connection #071 - LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, BCG President from 2020-07-20T10:00

Drew's guest is LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, the President of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, and a specialist in African Ancestored Families in the South. Learn more about LaBrenda at ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #381 from 2020-07-08T18:17:42

The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix announce two exciting programs:

  • The Unsung Heroes Societies Grant Program will award grants to two societies each year to facilitat...

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Genealogy Connection #070 - John Boeren, Dutch Genealogist from 2020-06-20T20:34:23

Drew's guest is John Boeren, a former archivist and an expert in Dutch Genealogy. Learn more about John at his website, Antecedentia.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #380 from 2020-06-09T20:49:50

Family Tree Magazine announced the 101 Best Genealogy Websites of 2020 and The Genealogy Guys Podcast...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #379 from 2020-05-25T18:55:41

MyHeritage is offering our podcast listeners and blog readers a discount on their Complete collection through 29 May 2020. (New subscribers only.) Regularly $300.00, the price is $213.87, a grea...

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Genealogy Connection #069 - Margot Note, Author of Creating Family Archives from 2020-05-18T10:00

Drew's guest is Margot Note, an archives and records management consultant. We talk about Margot’s new book, Creating Family Archives: A Step-by-Step Guide to Saving Your Memories for Future...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #378 from 2020-05-12T15:00:29

The Genealogy Guys have invested in new microphones and cables to improve the sound quality of the podcast. They discuss the new equipment and thank our Patreon supporters for supporting us in t...

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Genealogy Connection #068 - Libby Copeland, Freelance Journalist from 2020-05-04T10:00

Drew's guest is Libby Copeland, a freelance journalist who has written over the last twenty years for numerous well-known newspapers and magazines. They talk about Libby’s new book, The Lost...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #377 from 2020-04-27T10:00

The Genealogy Guys Learn site (https://genealogyguyslearn.com/) April sale ends at midnight Eastern U.S. Time on 30 April. Look for details and ins...

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Genealogy Connection #067 - Diahan Southard, DNA Expert from 2020-04-13T10:00

Drew brings back Diahan Southard to Genealogy Connection in order to discuss Diahan's new book, Your DNA Guide: the Book. Diahan explains how the book is structured and outlines the 4 b...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #376 from 2020-04-07T18:58:42

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Genealogy Connection #066 - Michael Scozzari, Researcher from 2020-03-30T10:00

Drew speaks with Mike Scozzari, a New Jersey-based researcher who has spent years working on his New Jersey and Italian ancestry. Mike also happens to be a long-time Genealogy Guys Podcast liste...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #375 from 2020-03-23T10:00

The Genealogy Guys Learn site (https://genealogyguyslearn.com/) will be on sale for the entire month of April. Look for details and instructions on...

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Genealogy Connection #065 - Cari Taplin, Blogger, Writer, and Speaker from 2020-02-28T20:00:04

Drew speaks with Cari Taplin, a Texas-based genealogist who blogs, writes courses and quick guides, and speaks at national and state genealogy conferences. 

To learn more about Cari, visi...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #374 from 2020-02-10T08:00

One last reminder of the deadline to respond to the proposed price increases by the USCIS. Details are here: Listen

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Genealogy Connection #064 - Randy Fredlund, Co-Founder of Vivid-Pix from 2020-02-03T08:00

Drew speaks with Randy Fredlund, co-founder of Vivid-Pix, the makers of RESTORE. Randy explains how an electrical engineer who once worked for Eastman Kodak became interested in how to improve p...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #373 from 2020-01-19T18:41:01

We hope you are enjoying Drew’s “31 Days of Getting Organized” series at The Genealogy Guys Blog. Day 0 begins at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #372 from 2019-12-22T20:42:50

On 14 November 2019, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed a sudden and unprecedented 492% increase in fees required to access historical records held by ...

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Genealogy Connection #063 - Jennifer Mendelsohn, Researcher, Writer, and Speaker from 2019-12-10T23:01:14

Jennifer Mendelsohn is an expert on Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish genealogical research and the use of DNA.  She and Drew discuss how she applies her journalistic skills to her research, h...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #371 from 2019-12-04T00:25:26

The Genealogy Guys enjoyed Thanksgiving with friends and Drew's dessert (a key lime pound cake). Listeners can email for the recipe. George reminded everyone that new content is being added ever...

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Genealogy Connection #062 - Michael J. Leclerc, Author of Benjamin Franklin's Family from 2019-11-21T12:06:49

Michael J. Leclerc returns to Genealogy Connection to talk to Drew about Michael's new book, Benjamin Franklin's Family (Volume I: English Ancestors). More information about th...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #370 from 2019-11-08T10:54:37

The Genealogy Guys Learn educational subscription site launched on October 1st and is a great success. New content has been added at the beginning of November and more is scheduled so...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #369 from 2019-10-12T14:50:43

The Genealogy Guys Learn educational subscription site launched on October 1st. Podcast listeners receive a 10% discount. Listen to Episode #368 for the details.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #368 from 2019-10-01T04:01

In this special episode of The Genealogy Guys Podcast, the Guys announce their newest business offering, Genealogy Guys Learn (genealogyguyslearn.com), a sub...

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Genealogy Connection #061 - Julianna Szucs, Researcher and Speaker from 2019-09-28T16:45:15

Julianna Szucs speaks at many national genealogy conferences and is part of the Research Team at Ancestry.com that uncovers the stories behind some of the genealogy-themed videos we see. Learn m...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #367 from 2019-09-19T00:57:55

 

Listen for a major announcement from The Guys on October 1, 2019!

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  • MyHeritage acquires Promethease and SNPedia.
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Genealogy Connection #060 - Elissa Scalise Powell, Speaker and Instructor from 2019-09-03T20:18:51

Elissa Powell is a popular Pittsburgh-area genealogy speaker and instructor. She has been heavily involved with the Board for Certification of Genealogists, and she is the co-director of the Gen...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #366 from 2019-08-24T16:54:02

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  • Unsung Heroes Awards for 3Q2019 will be announced at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Washington, DC, this coming w...

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Genealogy Connection #059 - Patricia Walls Stamm, Researcher, Speaker, Educator from 2019-08-11T18:47:49

Pat Stamm is a popular genealogy speaker and long-time genealogy educator, who specializes in research in the St. Louis, Missouri area. 

You can find out more about Pat and her available ...

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Genealogy Connection #058 - Shannon Combs-Bennett, Researcher, Speaker, Author from 2019-07-22T21:28:21

Shannon Combs-Bennett is a popular genealogy speaker and writer. Her new book, co-authored with Brianne Kirkpatrick, is entitled The DNA Guide for Adoptees: How to Use Genealogy and Genetics...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #365 from 2019-07-07T18:05:54

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The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix announce that nominations for the Unsung Heroes Awards for the 3rd quarter of 2019 are being accepted until mi...

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Genealogy Connection #057 - Janet Hovorka, Speaker, Writer, Entrepreneur from 2019-06-24T10:00

Janet Hovorka, the "Chart Chick", is the co-owner with her husband Kim of Family Chartmasters, a company that produces beautiful printed family trees. She is a popular speaker at genealogy confe...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #364 from 2019-06-17T22:53:49

Our podcast hosting service, Libsyn, has partnered with Entercom to distribute podcasts on Radio.com. That means that this podcast will be available there.<...

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Genealogy Connection #056 - Sunny Morton, Writer and Speaker from 2019-06-03T10:00

Sunny Morton is an internationally known and award-winning writer and speaker. In this episode, Sunny shares her thoughts about writing, and discusses her upcoming book about using U.S. church r...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #363 from 2019-05-28T11:11:14

The Guys have resolved the high-pitched sound problem and have replaced the six affected episodes (GGP 359, 360, 351 & GC 52, 53, 54) with clean ones. Read more at our blog at Listen

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Genealogy Connection #055 - Russ Worthington, Technology Educator from 2019-05-22T00:32:22

Russ Worthington may be best known to genealogists as "Cousin Russ," an actual cousin of and friend to DearMyrtle.  Russ blogs and speaks online and at conferences about genealogy database softw...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #362 from 2019-05-14T00:31:22

The Genealogy Guys announced the launch of The Genealogy Squad Facebook Page on May 6, 2019, at https://www.facebook.co...

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Genealogy Connection #054 - Crista Cowan, The Barefoot Genealogist from 2019-04-29T10:00

Crista Cowan is Corporate Genealogist at Ancestry.com and known widely as "The Barefoot Genealogist". Crista and Drew discuss the widespread use of video to educate genealogists, and what other ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #361 from 2019-04-23T11:47:28

The Genealogy Guys welcome Cyndi Ingle, founder of Cyndi’s List, to the podcast for a regular feature called Cyndi Says, beginn...

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Genealogy Connection #053 - Sue Kaufman, Manager of the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research from 2019-04-16T01:02:48

Sue Kaufman is the Manager of the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in Houston, Texas, and has previously worked at the Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Center in Fort Wayn...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #360 from 2019-04-08T23:10:09

The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix announce that nominations are being accepted for the next round of the Unsung Heroes Awards. Nominations are due by May 15, 2019, and winners wi...

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Genealogy Connection #052 - Margaret Cheney, Ohio Genealogical Society President from 2019-04-01T10:42:40

Margaret Cheney is the current president of the Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS), and has served in many roles at the state organization level and as part of her local OGS chapter. She talks abou...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #359 from 2019-03-20T06:31:07

The Genealogy Guys are using their new sound mixer beginning with this episode. Visit our blog for details about the new equipment. Sincere thanks go out to our sponsors and generous Patreon sup...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #358 from 2019-03-06T01:41:44

The Genealogy Guys Podcast and Vivid-Pix announced the first winners of the Unsung Heroes Awards at RootsTech 2019. Visit the blog for details about the winners.

Blaine T...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #357 from 2019-02-12T14:18:42

The Genealogy Guys have returned from their working cruise in the Caribbean on the Norwegian Epic. They want to thank Pat Adams, Annette Burke Lyttle, and Dale Heins of The Villages and...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #356 from 2019-01-15T12:49:37

George and Drew welcome their newest podcast sponsor, Vivid-Pix, with an interview with its CEO, Rick Voight.  Rick shares his background in the photo industry, and describes his company's Listen

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Genealogy Connection #051 - Kenyatta Berry, Author of The Family Tree Toolkit from 2019-01-13T16:07

Kenyatta Berry returns to Genealogy Connection to discuss her new book, The Family Tree Toolkit.  To learn even more about Kenyatta, also listen to Genealogy Connection #010.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #355 from 2019-01-06T21:06:21

The Genealogy Guys take a look back at 2018 and a look ahead at 2019.  

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #354 from 2018-12-25T15:02:38

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announced that its Family Tree Webinars are now closed-captioned.
  • The book There is Something About Edgefield is an Award Finalist in...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #353 from 2018-12-03T23:40:45

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announced Shared Ancestral Places, a new facility in its MyHeritage DNA.
  • MyHeritage announced that artifact testing is on its way.
  • My...

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Genealogy Connection #050 - Ari Wilkins, Speaker, Researcher, and Library Associate from 2018-11-19T11:00

Ari Wilkins is a popular speaker at genealogy conferences and a faculty member at IGHR.  She is on the genealogy staff of the Dallas Public Library, and has an expertise in African-American rese...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #352 from 2018-11-11T00:11:01

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage recently held a very successful conference, MyHeritage LIVE, in Oslo, Norway. There were a number of announcements about their DNA testing, including a...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #351 from 2018-10-23T22:02:42

The Guys celebrate the publication of their 400th episode (of the two podcasts taken together)!

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Genealogy Connection #049 - Angela Walton-Raji, Speaker, Writer, and Podcaster from 2018-10-08T10:00

Angela Walton-Raji is a popular genealogy speaker, writer, blogger, and podcaster, with a focus on African-American and Native American research. You can learn more about Angela and her podcast ...

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Genealogy Connection #048 - Lisa Alzo, Writer and Speaker from 2018-10-01T10:00

Lisa Alzo is a popular genealogy writer and speaker, and the author of the book The Family Tree Polish, Czech and Slovak Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Family Tree in Eastern Europe...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #350 from 2018-09-22T13:54:44

The news includes:

  • AncestryDNA released new ethnicity estimates for all its DNA users.
  • MyHeritage now supports uploads of 23andMe v5 and Living DNA data files.
  • MyH...

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Genealogy Connection #047 - Diahan Southard, DNA Expert, Speaker, and Writer from 2018-09-08T14:38:54

Diahan Southard is a very popular speaker and writer on the topic of DNA testing. Learn more about Diahan at her website Your DNA Guide.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #349 from 2018-08-24T10:42:43

The Guys ask that you visit iTunes and leave a review for The Genealogy Guys Podcast. This will help support our efforts that have been going on for nearly 13 years, making us the longest-runnin...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #348 from 2018-08-13T13:51:47

The Genealogy Guys Blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com has published many new articles since the last podcast. Expand your experiences with our pos...

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Genealogy Connection #046 - Amy Johnson Crow, Speaker and Blogger from 2018-07-30T10:00

Amy Johnson Crow is a popular speaker and blogger on a wide variety of genealogical topics. Learn more about Amy at her website amyjohnsoncrow.com

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Genealogy Connection #045 - Randy Whited, Speaker and Volunteer from 2018-07-23T10:00

Randy Whited is a popular genealogy speaker on such topics as DNA and technology, as well as genealogy society management. He is the current president of the Texas State Genealogical Society.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #347 from 2018-07-16T10:00

The Genealogy Guys Blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com has published many new articles since the last podcast.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #346 from 2018-07-04T00:44:20

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage has launched a new filtering system for DNA matches, making it easy to view subsets that match the criteria you enter.
  • MyHeritage has opened a...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #345 from 2018-06-14T15:42

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announced the addition in May of another 1 billion records, bringing the total to over 9 billion records. They just added 11 new collections with anoth...

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Genealogy Connection #044 - Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, Speaker from 2018-06-05T01:06:58

Peggy Clemens Lauritzen is a popular speaker at national and state conferences and in webinars.  Her numerous speaking topics include those about Southern U.S. research.  You can find out more a...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #344 from 2018-05-29T22:43:24

The news includes:

  • The New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Ontario [Canada] Genealogical Society have announced a collaboration of membership and other services.
  • ...

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Genealogy Connection #043 - Timothy Pinnick, Speaker, Writer, and Bookseller from 2018-05-21T10:00

Timothy Pinnick is a popular speaker at genealogy conferences as well as a noted author.  His company History and Genealogy Spotlight speciali...

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The Genealogy Guys #343 from 2018-05-14T10:00

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announced release of a Pedigree View mode for MyHeritage family trees.
  • MyHeritage added 27 million new historical records in March. They also ...

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Genealogy Connection #042 - Brooke Schreier Ganz, Founder and President of Reclaim the Records from 2018-04-30T10:00

Brooke Schreier Ganz is the founder and president of Reclaim the Records, a not-for-profit group dedicated to obtaining access to important genealogical records held by state and local governmen...

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The Genealogy Guys #342 from 2018-04-23T10:00

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announced the expansion of DNA Quest, its pro bono initiative to help adoptees and their birth families through genetic testing. DNA Quest is ...

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Genealogy Connection #041 - James M. Beidler, Speaker and Writer from 2018-04-09T10:00

James M. Beidler speaks and writes on a number of genealogy topics, with a focus on German and Pennsylvania research.  He is the author of several genealogy books, including his newest book abou...

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The Genealogy Guys #341 from 2018-04-02T10:00

The news includes:

  • RootsMagic releases Personal Historian 3.
  • MyHeritage added 27.1 million historical records to SuperSearch in March, bringing the total to 8.96 billion. Listen
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Genealogy Connection #040 - Stacey Adger, OGS Officer from 2018-03-25T22:33:55

Stacey Adger is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Genealogical Society, and the OGS Publicity Chair.  You can follow Stacey on Twitter at ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #340 - 2018 March 16 from 2018-03-19T10:00

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announced a new pro bono initiative to reunite adoptees with their birth families. Learn more, see eligibility requirements, and apply at Listen
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Genealogy Connection #039 - Polly FitzGerald Kimmitt, Researcher from 2018-03-13T11:44:48

Polly FitzGerald Kimmitt is a nationally recognized researcher with special expertise in New England and a focus on helping clients with membership in lineage societies. She is also known for he...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #339 - 2018 February 22 from 2018-02-24T01:17:16

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage has recently released a new component of its DNA section: Ethnicities Around the World.
  • MyHeritage announces an exclusive offer to Family Tree...

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Genealogy Connection #038 - Eric Wells, Education Coordinator for The NextGen Genealogy Network from 2018-02-12T05:30

Eric Wells is the Education Coordinator for The NextGen Genealogy Network, and regularly does live interviews with noted genealogists.  You can find out more about Eric Listen

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Genealogy Connection #037 - Michael J. Leclerc, Speaker, Writer, and Researcher from 2018-02-06T01:47:09

Michael J. Leclerc is an internationally known genealogy speaker, writer, and researcher, with specialties in New England and French Canadian research. To learn more about Michael, visit Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #338 - 2018 January 28 from 2018-01-30T02:19:32

The Guys announce an incentive for listener support at Patreon at www.patreon.com/genealogyguys.

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Genealogy Connection #036 - Angie Bush, Genetic Genealogist from 2018-01-22T12:05:05

Angie Bush is a Utah-based genetic genealogist and a popular speaker at national genealogy conferences on DNA topics. Learn more about Angie at her Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #337 - 2018 January 15 from 2018-01-18T01:23:19

The news includes:

  • The Guys are pleased to welcome Legacy Tree Genealogists (www.legacytree.com) as a new sponsor for both The Genealogy Guys Podcast and the Genealogy Connection po...

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Genealogy Connection #035 - Ed Thompson, Creator of Evidentia Software from 2018-01-09T11:39:28

Ed Thompson is the technologist behind Evidentia Software. Learn more about Ed and his software at evidentiasoftware.com.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #336 - 2017 December 27 from 2017-12-29T19:05:10

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage has added 90 million new New York Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists (1820-1954).
  • MyHeritage has added a new feature, Do-It-Yours...

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Genealogy Connection #034 - Henrietta Martinez Christmas, New Mexican researcher, writer, and speaker from 2017-12-20T18:16:48

Henrietta Martinez Christmas is a native New Mexican who has been doing research in her part of the country for decades. Read what she's written about New Mexican research at Listen

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Genealogy Connection #033 - Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage Genealogy Expert from 2017-12-05T12:06:02

Daniel Horowitz is a Genealogy Expert for MyHeritage. To learn more about Daniel, visit searchingformyroots.com.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #335 - 2017 November 26 from 2017-11-29T01:58:53

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage adds a collection of New York newspapers (1806-2007) to its SuperSearch facility, and New York City Marriage License Index (1908-1929).
  • Ancest...

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Genealogy Connection #032 - Kathy Meade, Researcher from 2017-11-15T11:56:19

Kathy Meade is an expert in Swedish genealogical research, and North American representative for online subscription service ArkivDigital. Read more about Kathy and the company she represents at...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #334 - 2017 November 5 from 2017-11-07T12:26:19

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage adds a significant collection of New York immigration records (1820-1957) with unique content and using its SuperSearch technology to search t...

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Genealogy Connection #031 - Denise Levenick, Speaker and Writer from 2017-10-16T04:30

Denise Levenick, the Family Curator, is a speaker and writer known for her expertise in preserving family artifacts. Learn more about Denise at http://the...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #333 - 2017 October 3 from 2017-10-05T11:09:19

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage introduces its new DNA Match Review Page.
  • MyHeritage has recently released more than 14 million Australian birth, baptismal, marriage, burial,...

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Genealogy Connection #030 - Michelle Chubenko, Researcher from 2017-09-18T04:30

Michelle Chubenko is a professional researcher specializing in Central and Eastern Europe, but who also has experience with Southern and New Jersey research. Learn more about Michelle at  Listen

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Genealogy Connection #029 - Mindy Jacox, Award/Scholarship Winner from 2017-09-11T04:30

Mindy Jacox is a recent graduate of the BYU family history degree program, and the winner of this year's Suzanne Winsor Freeman
Student Genealogy Grant. Learn more about Mindy at  Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #332 - 2017 September 4 from 2017-09-06T00:40:37

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announces its newest DNA feature: the DNA Match Review Page.
  • RootsMagic announces a new software updates. Apps for iOS and Android have also b...

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Genealogy Connection #028 - Caroline Gurney, Research and Speaker from 2017-08-28T04:30

Caroline Gurney is a professional researcher who specializes in British research, as well as research into house histories. She is also known for her work in researching the descendants of the c...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #331 - 2017 August 19 from 2017-08-20T20:21:45

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage has surpassed 8 Billion Records on its Supersearch,
  • My Heritage has acquired Millennia Corporation, producers of Legacy Family Tree desktop ge...

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Genealogy Connection #027 - Bruce Buzbee, Technologist and RootsMagic CEO from 2017-08-07T04:30

Bruce Buzbee is the programmer behind RootsMagic, the popular genealogy database software. Learn more about Bruce and the history behind the development of RootsMagic at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #330 - 2017 July 30 from 2017-08-02T23:19:30

The news includes:

  • The International African American Museum (IAAM) announced the launch of its Center for Family History in Charleston, South Carolina – an innovative national gene...

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Genealogy Connection #026 - Carolyn Tolman, Research Project Manager from 2017-07-24T04:30

Carolyn Tolman is a Project Manager for Legacy Tree Genealogists. Learn more about Carolyn at htt...

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Genealogy Connection #025 - Laura Prescott, Educator from 2017-07-10T04:30

Laura Prescott has a long career in genealogical researching, speaking, and education, and has previously served as the president of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG). Learn mor...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #329 - 2017 July 4 from 2017-07-07T11:08:41

The news includes:

  • FamilySearch announces the discontinuation of its microfilm distribution program effective 1 September 2017. The Guys discuss this in greater detail later in the ...

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Genealogy Connection #024 - David Rencher, Speaker, Instructor, and FamilySearch CGO from 2017-06-26T04:30

David Rencher is a well-known genealogy speaker and instructor with specialties in Ireland and England.  Learn more about David by visiting his APG entry at Listen
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Genealogy Connection #023 - Judy G. Russell, Researcher, Speaker, and Writer from 2017-06-17T20:44:50

Judy G. Russell is a well-known genealogy researcher, speaker, and writer with a law degree who specializes in the ways in which genealogy and the law interact.  Learn more about Judy by visit...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #328 - 2017 June 5 from 2017-06-07T00:07:31

The Guys ask Thomas Loftus, author of A Loftus-Marshall Family History, to email them with contact information. Several listeners are interested in obtaining his book.

The news i...

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Genealogy Connection #022 - Maureen Taylor, Speaker, Writer, and Photography Expert from 2017-05-29T14:08:51

Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is a popular speaker, writer, and consultant on the subject of analyzing photographs for historical and genealogical purposes. Learn more about Maureen by vi...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #327 - 2017 May 11 from 2017-05-13T01:05:12

The news includes:

  • Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage.com has been making a speaking tour of the North American East Coast. Check the dates for the remaining sessions.
  • Registrat...

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Genealogy Connection #021 - Nathan Dylan Goodwin, Mystery Writer from 2017-05-02T01:45:55

Nathan Dylan Goodwin is the author of the Morton Farrier series of genealogy-themed mystery crime novels and novellas. Learn more about Nathan at nathand...

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Genealogy Connection #020 - Deborah Abbott, Researcher and Speaker from 2017-04-22T16:08:18

Dr. Deborah Abbott is a well-known genealogy researcher and speaker who specializes in African-American research and court records.  Learn more about Deborah by visiting her entry at the Assoc...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #326 - 2017 April 9 from 2017-04-12T10:41:28

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Genealogy Connection #019 - J. Mark Lowe, Researcher, Speaker, and Writer from 2017-04-02T14:53:29

J. Mark Lowe is a well-known genealogy researcher, speaker, and writer who specializes in Kentucky and Tennessee research, as well as African-American research, land records, and church records....

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #325 - 2017 March 19 from 2017-03-21T01:20:47

We are pleased to announce that we have passed the 2,000,000th download of our podcasts on 5 March 2017. Thank you to our listeners and our sponsors for making us a success!

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Genealogy Connection #018 - Audrey Collins, Researcher, Speaker, and Writer from 2017-03-07T02:54:46

Audrey Collins is a Family History Specialist at The National Archives, UK.  Learn more from Audrey by visiting her blog at thefamilyrecorder.bl...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #324 - 2017 February 26 from 2017-02-28T01:34:25

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage appoints prominent DNA expert Dr. Yaniv Erlich as Chief Science Officer.
  • MyHeritage announces the new Consistency Checker for online family tr...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #323 - 2017 February 5 from 2017-02-06T01:13:04

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announces their new Discoveries page, which combines Matches by People and Matches by Source onto the same page. You can work through one or the other ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #322 - 2017 January 30 from 2017-02-01T02:00:01

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Genealogy Connection #017 - Paul Woodbury, Researcher, Speaker, and Genetic Genealogy Expert from 2017-01-23T05:30

Paul Woodbury is well-known for his work combining traditional genealogical research with DNA testing. To learn more about Paul, visit legacytree.com.

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Genealogy Connection #016 - George G. Morgan, Speaker, Author, and Volunteer from 2017-01-16T05:30

George G. Morgan is well-known for his speaking, his books and articles, and his podcasting. To learn more about George, visit ahaseminars.com.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #321 - 2017 January 8 from 2017-01-10T02:56:55

The Guys welcome their new sponsor, Genealogists.com.

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  • Our podcasts are now available through Google Play Music.
  • Evidentia has launched a new, easi...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #320 - 2017 January 1 from 2017-01-02T02:36:20

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!

The Guys welcome their new sponsor, Genealogists.com.

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  • Findmypast releases new records about Glo...

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Genealogy Connection #015 - Mary Tedesco, Researcher, Speaker, Author, and TV Show Host from 2016-12-28T21:43:40

Mary Tedesco is best known for her appearances as one of the hosts on Genealogy Roadshow.  She specializes in Italian and immigration research. To learn more about Mary, visit Listen

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Genealogy Connection #014 - Katherine Willson, Researcher, Educator, Speaker, Author, and Society Volunteer from 2016-12-27T15:53:32

Katherine Willson is a long-time genealogy educator who specializes in Midwestern U.S. research. To learn more about Katherine, visit socialmediageneal...

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Genealogy Connection #013 - David McDonald, Researcher, Educator, Speaker, Author, and Society Volunteer from 2016-12-12T05:30

Dave McDonald is a long-time genealogy researcher and educator who specializes in a number of research topics, including church records. To learn more about Dave, visit Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #319 - 2016 December 9 from 2016-12-11T03:04:39

The Guys congratulate Pam Cooper of Vero Beach, Florida, head of the Genealogy Collection at the Main Library of the Indian River County Library System, on her retirement. Pam has had a spectacu...

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Genealogy Connection #012 - Helen Smith, Researcher, Author, and Speaker from 2016-11-28T05:30

Helen Smith is a Queensland, Australia-based genealogical researcher and a molecular epidemiologist. To learn more about Helen, visit her website at  Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #318 - 2016 November 23 from 2016-11-24T16:15:46

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage launches MyHeritage DNA, their new global integrated testing service.
  • MyHeritage has also released a major update to its mobile app.
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Genealogy Connection #011 - Colleen Greene, Speaker, Blogger, and Academic Librarian from 2016-11-14T05:30

Colleen Greene is an academic librarian at CSU-Fullerton who specializes in both technology and Mexican research. To learn more about Colleen, visit her website at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #317 - 2016 November 6 from 2016-11-09T02:33:37

The news includes:

  • The Library of Virginia has slashed its hours and cut its staff. Genealogists need to communicate their displeasure with the governor.
  • The Federation of ...

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Genealogy Connection #010 - Kenyatta Berry, Speaker, Researcher, and TV Show Host from 2016-10-31T04:30

Kenyatta Berry is best known as one of the hosts of the Genealogy Roadshow TV show, and she specializes in African-American research, Slave Ancestral research, and DNA. To learn more about Kenya...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #316 - 2016 October 23 from 2016-10-25T00:15:55

If you have an Amazon Echo, you can use it to listen to the podcasts on both iHeartRadio and TuneIn. You can also visit their respective websites at http://www.i...

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Genealogy Connection #009 - Paula Stuart-Warren, Researcher, Speaker, and Writer from 2016-10-17T04:30

Paula Stuart-Warren is a noted researcher, speaker, and writer who specializes in such topics as Native American research and railroad records. To learn more about Paula, visit her website at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #315 - 2016 October 4 from 2016-10-06T00:27:08

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Genealogy Connection #008 - Blaine Bettinger, Author and Speaker from 2016-10-03T04:30

Blaine Bettinger is an author and speaker who specializes in the use of DNA testing for genealogical research. To learn more about Blaine, visit his website at thegeneticgenealogist.com. 

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Genealogy Connection #007 - Rich Venezia, Researcher and Speaker from 2016-09-19T04:30

Rich Venezia is a professional researcher and speaker who specializes in using record repositories in and around Pittsburgh, as well as the New Jersey State Archives and the New York City Muni...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #314 - 2016 September 16 from 2016-09-17T21:05:16

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Genealogy Connection #006 - Bernice Bennett, Speaker, Writer, Researcher, Citizen Archivist, and Internet Radio Show Host from 2016-09-05T04:30

Bernice Bennett is a popular speaker and one of the authors of the book Our Ancestors, Our Stories. In addition to being a professional genealogical researcher, Bernice volunteers as ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #313 - 2016 August 27 from 2016-08-28T16:31:56

The news includes:

  • The Federation of Genealogical Societies announces the locations of its conferences through 2020.
  • The Federation of Genealogical Societies announces a pa...

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Genealogy Connection #005 - Michael Lacopo, Speaker, Researcher, and Blogger from 2016-08-22T00:44:56

Michael Lacopo is an expert in German-American research, and in this episode, discusses how he became a speaker and researcher, why reading journals for examples is so important, why research pl...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #312 - 2016 August 14 from 2016-08-16T23:52:16

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announces a number of new things:
    • PedigreeMap plots births, marriages, deaths, photos, and other data from your family tree to an interactive ...

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Genealogy Connection #004 - Cyndi Ingle, Speaker and Creator of Cyndi's List from 2016-08-08T04:30

Cyndi Ingle, probably best known for creating the amazing Cyndi’s List directory of genealogy websites, talks about technology and methodology.  She discusses...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #311 - 2016 August 2 from 2016-08-04T00:46:02

Drew gives George the week off, and begins with the following news:

  • Evidentia Software has a special deal for purchases made between August 31 and September 14, 2016, such that 10% ...

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Genealogy Connection #003 - Jen Baldwin, Social Media Expert from 2016-07-25T04:30

Jen Baldwin, North America Data Licensing Manager at Findmypast, shares her experiences in being both a producer and consumer of genealogical social media.  She shares tips in using Facebook, Tw...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #310 - 2016 July 18 from 2016-07-20T02:37:52

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announces a new feature, SuperSearch Alerts, that repeats previous searches and seeks new results in new and updated collections.
  • Jay Verkler ...

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Genealogy Connection #002 - Donna Moughty, Professional Researcher/Presenter from 2016-07-11T04:30

Donna Moughty, an expert on Irish research, shares her experiences in leading research trips to Ireland, as well as tips on how to prepare before you go. Learn even more about Donna at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #309 - 2016 July 4 from 2016-07-06T01:56:23

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage announced the addition of the 1911 Canada Census records to MyHeritage SuperSearch.
  • MyHeritage also unveiled PedigreeMap, an online family his...

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Genealogy Connection #001 - Jessica Taylor, President of Legacy Tree Genealogists from 2016-06-30T00:30:09

Jessica Taylor, President of Legacy Tree Genealogists (a worldwide provider of professional genealogy and family tree research services) tal...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #308 - 2016 June 19 from 2016-06-21T01:42:06

The news includes:

  • MyHeritage unveiled an exciting new way to display your family tree with its Sun Chart.
  • MyHeritage announced that it now allows the upload of DNA data to...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #307 - 2016 May 30 from 2016-05-30T21:05:28

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  • MyHeritage unveiled an exciting new global initiative called Tribal Quest that seeks to preserve the histories of remote tribes. The first two Tribal Quest expedi...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #306 - 2016 May 9 from 2016-05-12T01:24:15

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  • Congratulations to Drew Smith on his receipt of the 2016 Filby Award for Genealogical Librarianship! He received the prestigious award on 3 May 2016 at Librarians...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #305 - 2016 April 17 from 2016-04-18T15:57:12

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  • MyHeritage has released an exclusive book matching technology that matches 450,000 books with 91 million pages to match against your family tree and provide new h...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #304 - 2016 March 27 from 2016-03-29T01:38:14

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  • MyHeritage has released Family Tree Builder 8.0, a new version of its genealogy software program. There is also a new Audio Recordings feature in the MyHeritage m...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #303 - 2016 March 6 from 2016-03-08T03:10:12

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  • MyHeritage introduces Record Detective II, a new technology that expands record matching capabilities to more than 2.2 billion new record matches.
  • TLC ha...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #302 - 2016 February 21 from 2016-02-24T02:35:14

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  • Aha! Seminars, Inc., celebrates its 20th anniversary.
  • Findmypast announces a number of partnerships as part of its U.S. growth strategy.
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #301 - 2016 January 31 from 2016-02-02T01:49:49

The news includes:

· MyHeritage has added Audio Recordings to its mobile app.

· Evidentia has filled all the preorders for The Evidentia Companion and has produced a suppl...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #300 - 2016 January 18 from 2016-01-20T02:53:47

The Guys are pleased to announce their 300th episode of the podcast.

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· Evidentia has been reviewed by the Federation of Genealogical Societies <...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #299 - 2015 December 31 from 2016-01-01T14:23:17

The Guys announce that Drew’s new book, Organize Your Genealogy, to be published by Family Tree Books, will be released on 1 July 2016. It is available for pre-order at Amazon.com and B...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #298 - 2015 December 14 from 2015-12-15T16:01:20

In this themed episode, George and Drew discuss desktop genealogy software. The episode begins with Drew's quoting from the Ancestry.com announcement about retiring Family Tree Maker. George and...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #297 - 2015 November 29 from 2015-12-01T03:14:15

Listen to the ads for RootsMagic and Evidentia for great holiday savings for a limited time!

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· RootsMagic announces the availability of Personal Historian for th...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #296 - 2015 November 1 from 2015-11-03T01:53:52

The news includes:

· MyHeritage.com has released 46 million Swedish Household Records (1880-1920) with images indexed. George describes how easy it was to find a specific family.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #295 - 2015 October 4 from 2015-10-06T02:11:24

The news includes:

· RootsMagic announces the availability of updates for the iOS and Android apps.

· The city of St. Augustine, Florida, celebrated the 450th anniversary of its se...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #294 - 2015 September 7 from 2015-09-08T00:01:46

George and Drew celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Genealogy Guys Podcast by sharing their thoughts on the genealogy research process. 

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #293 - 2015 August 31 from 2015-09-03T02:09:57

The news includes:

  • Leister Productions has released a new version of its genealogy software, Reunion 11.
  • The New England Hist...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #292 - 2015 August 13 from 2015-08-15T15:50:52

Drew goes solo this episode, hinting at an upcoming book and announcing Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #291 - 2015 July 8 from 2015-07-11T11:37:45

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· MyHeritage has launched a new technology called Global Name Translation to power its Family History Discoveries. The technology automatically translates names found i...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #290 - 2015 June 22 from 2015-06-24T00:58:05

The news includes:

· FamilySearch has announced an important project to digitize and index the Freedmen’s Bureau Records. Learn more at http://discov...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #289 - 2015 May 28 from 2015-05-30T00:19:50

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #288 - 2015 May 11 from 2015-05-12T03:05:51

Drew shares two interviews that the Guys conducted while they were at the 2015 Conference of the Ohio Genealogical Society:

  • Kris Rzepczynski, Senior Archivist at the Archives of Mic...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #287 - 2015 May 3 from 2015-05-05T00:34:31

This episode focuses on death records.

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MyHeritage CEO Gilad Japhet has been involved with research about a fascinating story from World War II. A Jewish tailor n...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #286 - 2015 April 5 from 2015-04-07T02:40:27

The news includes:

· The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant Committee has announced that applications are being accepted for the 2015 Student Genealogy award. Student...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #285 - 2015 March 15 from 2015-03-17T00:12:56

This episode focuses on Newspaper Research.

· Google Newspaper Archive – free, 1700s-2009, worldwide coverage, OCR. https://n...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #284 - 2015 March 4 from 2015-03-06T02:02:19

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· RootsMagic has more than 40 free online classes in the form of recorded webinars at its website.

  • MyHeritage announces:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #283 - 2015 February 24 from 2015-02-25T18:58:54

Drew and George have returned from RootsTech 2015 (a combined conference with the Federation of Genealogical Societies), and they share their interviews with:

  • Jill Crandell of Resea...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #282 - 2015 February 1 from 2015-02-08T16:46:50

The Guys will be at the RootsTech/FGS 2015 Conference in Salt Lake City on 11-14 February. Visit with them at the Moorshead Magazines booth where they will be signing books on multiple occasions...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #281 - 2015 January 11 from 2015-01-14T02:12:59

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· The early registration discount for the 2015 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference ends on January 23, 2015. The conference, in conjunction with RootsTech 2...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #280 - 2015 January 1 from 2015-01-01T23:24:13

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· MyHeritage has announced that they have entered into an agreement with the Danish National Archives to index census and parish records from 1646 to 1930 in their Supe...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #279 - 2014 December 20 from 2014-12-21T19:57:42

There are date-sensitive announcements in this podcast ep...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #278 - 2014 November 29 from 2014-12-01T01:56:57

The news includes:

· RootsMagic has released new Version 7 of its award-winning software.

· MyHeritage has announced two strategic partnerships with Dutch genealogy services Alfaer...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #277 - 2014 November 11 from 2014-11-12T17:45:29

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· The Guys have been named RootsTech 2015 Ambassadors for the upcoming conference on February 11-14, 2015, in Salt Lake City.

· RootsTech 2015 has announced two ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #276 - 2014 October 19 from 2014-10-22T23:32:44

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· ICAPGen Conference will be held on Saturday, 1 November 2014, on the Brigham Young University campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. Details and the link to the conference r...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #275 - 2014 September 30 from 2014-10-03T00:12:18

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· The Association of Professional Genealogists announced a Young Professional Discount for its 2015 Professional Management Conference.

· Geni.com, a division of...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #274 - 2014 September 7 from 2014-09-09T01:55:40

The Genealogy Guys are celebrating their 9th podcast anniversary. We began on 5 September 2005 and are still going strong!

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· MyHeritage Founder and CEO, Gilad Ja...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #273 - 2014 August 18 from 2014-08-21T00:42:43

The news includes:

· Whollly Genes has announced the discontinuation of The Master Genealogist (TMG) genealogy database program.

· RootsMagic’s Weekly Tips are on their blog and ar...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #272 - 2014 July 20 from 2014-07-21T23:42:28

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  • The new season of Who You Think You Are? begins on 23 July on the TLC Network.
  • Ancestry.com has recovered from the Distributed Denial of Service...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #271 - 2014 July 4 from 2014-07-04T23:31:33

Drew shares his last 2 interviews from the recent SCGS Genealogy Jamboree:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #270 - 2014 June 22 from 2014-06-22T20:32:02

Drew shares 3 more interviews from the recent SCGS Genealogy Jamboree:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #269 - 2014 June 15 from 2014-06-17T01:53:51

In addition to the latest news, Drew and George share interviews from the recent Southern California Genealogical Society's annual Genealogy Jamboree, with guests:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #268 - 2014 June 2 from 2014-06-04T02:39:04

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #267 - 2014 May 25 from 2014-05-26T15:20:36

Drew continues to share interviews from the recent Ohio Genealogical Society annual conference, including:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #266 - 2014 May 14 from 2014-05-17T02:03:41

The Guys begin with a recap of the Ohio Genealogical Society's 2014 conference in Sandusky, Ohio. The conference was a great success and kudos to the society and the organizers. The Guys will be...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #265 - 2014 April 27 from 2014-04-29T00:49:15

The Genealogy Guys would like to welcome its new sponsor, MyHeritage.com!

Genealogical Publishing Company has released a new Genealogy at a Glan...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #264 - 2014 April 6 from 2014-04-09T03:12:14

The Guys will be at the Ohio Genealogical Society Conference on May 1-3, 2014, at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #263 - 2014 March 16 from 2014-03-19T00:32:55


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  • Halvor Moorshead, founder of Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, and History Magazine, passed away on March 7, 2014.
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Drew was interviewed at RootsTech by Lisa Louise Cooke from 2014-03-12T17:33:34

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #262 - 2014 March 9 from 2014-03-09T23:09:12

Drew shares his second and final set of interviews that he conducted at RootsTech 2014, including:

  • Anneliese Van Den Belt, CEO of DC Thomson Family History, whose best known genealo...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #261 - 2014 February 23 from 2014-02-25T00:36:02

Drew shares the first set of interviews that he conducted at RootsTech 2014, including:

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RootsTech Conference Announces Free Online Broadcast Schedule from 2014-01-29T20:26:39

SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, the world’s largest family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 6-8, 2014, announced today that 15 of its popular sessions will be b...

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Ancestry.com feedback and RootsTech sessions from 2014-01-29T15:59

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The Genealogy Guys #260 - 2014 January 26 from 2014-01-28T02:26:29

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #259 - 2014 January 2 from 2014-01-04T00:57:39

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #258 - 2013 December 2 from 2013-12-04T03:22:52

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #256 - 2013 October 8 from 2013-10-10T01:04:45

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #255 - 2013 September 2 from 2013-09-04T14:29

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  • The Guys’ new book, Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques, is now available in softcover and Kindle formats.
  • George received an award on 23 Augus...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #254 - 2013 July 28 from 2013-07-30T00:46

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  • Information about the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference and the Illinois State Genealogical Society Fall Conference.
  • WikiTree has added a D...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #253 - 2013 June 26 from 2013-06-28T01:08

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #252 - 2013 June 5 from 2013-06-08T00:08:13

Drew shares his three remaining interviews from RootsTech 2013:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #251 - 2013 May 21 from 2013-05-22T02:14

Drew shares three more interviews from RootsTech 2013:

  • Alec Tritton and Else Churchill describe an upcoming genealogy conference in the UK: Ex...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #250 - 2013 May 12 from 2013-05-13T10:52

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #249 - 2013 April 7 from 2013-04-07T16:25

George is out of town speaking for the North Carolina Genealogical Society, so Drew hosts this episode, beginning with the following news items:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #248 - 2013 March 3 from 2013-03-05T03:12

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #247 - 2013 February 10 from 2013-02-13T02:14

Drew, an official RootsTech 2013 blogger, reminds listeners that Early Bird Registration for RootsTech 2013 ends on February 15th. Drew invites our listeners t...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #246 - 2013 January 21 from 2013-01-24T01:29

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #245 - 2013 January 1 from 2013-01-04T00:36:29

The news includes:

  • Ancestry.com's sale to Permira Advisors, LLP, was concluded on December 31, 2012.
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #244 - 2012 December 9 from 2012-12-11T03:31

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  • FamilySearch.org has contributed $250,000 to the Federation of Genealogical Societies' War of 1812 Pensions Digitization Pr...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #243 - 2012 November 4 from 2012-11-05T18:43

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  • Ancestry.com agrees to a $1.6 billion buyout by Permira Advisors LLP.
  • The governor and secretary of state of Georgi...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #242 - 2012 October 7 from 2012-10-11T00:13

The Guys are very pleased to welcome a new sponsor for the Podcast, findmypast.com

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #241 - 2012 September 16 from 2012-09-19T00:16

The news includes:

  • FamilySearch announces that the 1940 U.S. Federal Census indexing project is wrapped up, and that indexing is beginning on t...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #240 - 2012 August 19 from 2012-08-21T00:26:41

The news includes:

  • RootsMagic announces the release of a new minor update to RootsMagic 5. They also remind listeners that they have more tha...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #239 - 2012 August 5 from 2012-08-07T00:35:09

The news includes:

  • Ancestry.com has announced their completion of the indexing of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census.
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #238 - 2012 July 8 from 2012-07-09T17:10

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  • FamilySearch.org has completed many states in the 1940 U.S. Federal Census and other projects including South American, ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #237 - 2012 May 26 from 2012-05-27T18:44

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #236 - 2012 April 29 from 2012-04-30T23:02

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #235 - 2012 April 8 from 2012-04-10T21:03

The news includes:

  • FamilySearch continues to add millions of new records online each month. They also state the 10 new digital records ar...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #234 - 2012 March 24 from 2012-03-24T19:44

Drew shares his third and final set of interviews from RootsTech 2012.  This set features Janet Hovorka of Family ChartMasters and her three children; D. Joshua Taylor of brightsolid; Michael Le...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #233 - 2012 March 11 from 2012-03-12T01:17:25

Drew shares the second set of interviews that he conducted at RootsTech 2012.  This set includes FamilySearch Senior VP of Product Engineering David Burggraaf, Instructure CEO Josh Coates, Famil...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #232 - 2012 February 29 from 2012-03-01T04:50:22

Drew shares the first set of interviews that he conducted at RootsTech 2012.  This set includes FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer David Rencher, author and speaker Lisa Alzo (an expert on ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #231 - 2012 January 31 from 2012-02-01T15:58

The news includes:

  • Who Do You Thing You Are? debuts for its third season on NBC on Friday, February 2, 2012.
  • Fold3 announced that...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #230 - 2012 January 15 from 2012-01-16T15:47

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #229 - 2011 December 28 from 2011-12-29T21:32

The news includes:

  • 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 inqu...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #228 - 2011 December 4 from 2011-12-06T20:17

The Genealogy Guys announce that there have been over 1,000,000 downloads of the podcast since it began on 5 ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #227 - 2011 November 27 from 2011-11-29T16:05

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  • FamilySearch has announced a new CEO, Dennis C. Brimhall, who will succeed Jay L. Verkler on 2 January 2...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #226 - 2011 October 22 from 2011-10-23T17:30

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #225 - 2011 August 14 from 2011-08-15T20:53

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #224 - 2011 July 16 from 2011-07-30T14:45:50

The Genealogy Guys record this episode in front of a live audience at the annual Summer Institute of the Dallas Genealogical Society, in the Auditorium of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #223 - 2011 June 21 from 2011-06-22T12:09

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #222 - 2011 June 5 from 2011-06-08T20:29

The news includes:

  • The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy opened registration on June 4th for its annual institu...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #221 - 2011 April 30 from 2011-05-06T00:34

The Genealogy Guys travel to Boston, Massachusetts, to the headquarters of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, where they record this episode in front of a live audience.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #220 - 2011 April 26 from 2011-04-27T20:17

News stories discussed on this episode:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #219 - 2011 April 9 from 2011-04-10T13:04

The news includes:

  • The New England Historic Genealogical Society, together with the Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts and the American Jewish Historical Society of New En...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #218 - 2011 March 21 from 2011-03-23T01:31:51

Drew gives George one more week off by making this another all-interview episode (the remaining 3 interviews that Drew conducted while attending RootsTech 2011 in Salt Lake City in February). ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #217 - 2011 February 27 from 2011-02-27T21:45

Drew gives George the week off by making this an all-interview episode (3 of the interviews that Drew conducted while attending RootsTech 2011 in Salt Lake City earlier in the month).  The inter...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #216 - 2011 February 19 from 2011-02-21T01:25

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  • Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, nationally known author, editor, instructor, lecturer, researcher and much loved friend in the genealogy community, died on 17 Februar...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #215 - 2011 January 25 from 2011-01-26T23:12

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  • The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant has been established and will be awarded to a student attending the 2011 Listen
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #214 - 2011 January 17 from 2011-01-18T20:06

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #213 - 2011 January 5 from 2011-01-07T21:47

This week's news includes:

  • NBC announces that season two of "Who Do You Think You Are?" premieres on Friday, F...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #212 - 2010 November 28 from 2010-11-29T23:14

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #211 - 2010 November 12 from 2010-11-14T21:15

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the annual conference of the Florida State Genealogical Society, held at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota.  (Note: At one point during the epis...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #210 - 2010 October 18 from 2010-10-19T20:36

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #209 - 2010 September 20 from 2010-09-22T20:24

The news includes:

  • Ancestry.com has added to its website more than 1,700 recorded oral history interviews from immigrants who a...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #208 - 2010 August 19 from 2010-08-29T21:11

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the 2010 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #207 - 2010 August 1 from 2010-08-02T17:06

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  • Announcements about the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Knoxville, Tenne...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #206 - 2010 July 20 from 2010-07-21T23:59

The news includes:

  • Ancestry.com completes its acquisition of Sweden's Genline.se.
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #205 - 2010 July 1 from 2010-07-02T18:18

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #204 - 2010 June 8 from 2010-06-09T15:21

Our listener email includes:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #203 - 2010 June 1 from 2010-06-02T19:12

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #202 - 2010 May 9 from 2010-05-10T17:30

The Guys discuss their recent trips, including a great visit to Salt Lake City for the NGS Conference.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #201 - 2010 April 15 from 2010-04-20T00:15

This week's news includes:

  • The Governor of Maine has signed a bill limiting access to Maine's vital records un...

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Podcast problems? from 2010-03-30T00:41

Our hosting service, Libsyn, may be experiencing some server issues, which is causing a problem with episode #200.  We'll update you as soon as we know that it has been resolved. 

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #200 - 2010 March 26 from 2010-03-30T00:36

The 200th Episode!

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #199 - 2010 March 6 from 2010-03-20T19:43

George and Drew in front of a live audience on March 6, 2010 at the annual conference of the Santa Barbara County (California) Genealogical Society.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #198 - 2010 March 9 from 2010-03-11T01:22

This episode features three interviews:

  • an interview with Josh Taylor of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (yes, the same Josh Taylor who appeared with Sarah Jessica Par...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #197 - 2010 February 16 from 2010-03-01T02:04

George and Drew set sail on the second-largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas, and record a podcast episode in front of a live audience participating in the Root...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #196 - 2010 February 4 from 2010-02-07T16:36

In this episode:

  • George notes that it is Black History Month, and points out that the New England Historic Genealogical Society has a website called Listen
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #195 - 2010 January 27 from 2010-01-28T22:56

This week's news includes:

  • Ancestry.com has announced Ancestry.com Tree to Go, a new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that all...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #194 - 2010 January 20 from 2010-01-21T12:04

The Guys have been traveling the last two weeks, but here's a new episode for everyone!

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  1. Ancestry.com announced that it is discontinuing publication o...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #193 - 2010 January 3 from 2010-01-04T04:55

This week's news includes:

  1. GenSoftReviews.com presents one of its Listen
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #192 - 2009 December 21 from 2009-12-22T13:01

This week's news includes:

  1. Ancestry.com has released enhanced digital images of the U.S. federal censuses.
  2. The Library of M...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #191 - 2009 December 7 UPDATE from 2009-12-11T06:06

The Guys published a new podcast dated December 7, 2009. However, one of our listeners reported a problem with the repetition of material following the first commercial break. This is the second ti...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #191 - 2009 December 7 from 2009-12-08T23:27

This week's news includes:

  1. Footnote.com has made available the first-ever interactive collection of World War II documents, including the memorial...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #190 - 2009 November 21 from 2009-11-25T02:08

News from Ancestry.com includes more records, such as U.S. Navy records, improved 1850 U.S. census images, Atlanta federal penitentiary records, more historical postcards, Bavaria muster rolls, and...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #189 - 2009 November 07 from 2009-11-19T20:30

This podcast episode was recorded "live" at the Western Michigan Genealogical Society's conference in Grand Rapids on Saturday, November 7, 2009. W...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #188 - 2009 November 4 from 2009-11-05T17:35

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com expects to raise $100 million in its IPO; the Kansa...

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New Genealogy Guys Videocasts from 2009-11-05T17:20

The Genealogy Guys have published three new videocasts at http://genealogyguys.blip.tv this week. They include interviews with:

  1. Suzanne R...

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The Genealogy Guys Videocast #005 - 2009 October 21 from 2009-10-21T20:53

Join Drew as he interviews Lisa Louise Cooke, host of The Genealogy Gems Podcast, in a new episode of The Genealogy Guys Videocast at <...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #187 - 2009 October 14 from 2009-10-15T16:41

This week's news includes: The National Army Museum (UK) has launched an exhibition called First Shots: Early War Photography 1848-1860. It includes some of...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #186 - 2009 October 8 from 2009-10-09T17:31

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The Genealogy Guys Videocast #004 - 2009 September 23 from 2009-09-23T05:09

Join us for a terrific interview with Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, one of the co-hosts of the great PBS series, The History Detectives. The videocast can be accessed ...

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A little glitch in the most recent podcast episode from 2009-09-19T23:31

Drew here: When I was inserting the commercials into the most recent podcast episode (#184) this morning, I made an error with the second one.  Fortunately, one of our listeners caught it and let u...

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The Genealogy Guys Videocast #003 - 2009 September 19 from 2009-09-19T17:55

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #184 - 2009 September 18 from 2009-09-19T17:49

We apologize for the delay between podcasts, but we're back on schedule again!

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com and the Drouin...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #183 - 2009 September 3 from 2009-09-11T01:36

George and Drew record this episode in front of a live audience at the 2009 annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Drew interviews members of the a...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #182 - 2009 August 24 from 2009-08-25T16:32

This week's news includes: Hamburg, Germany-based dynastree (http://www.dynastree.com) announces an automatic search for potential relatives o...

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The Genealogy Guys Videocast #001 - 2009 August 20 from 2009-08-21T00:41

We are very excited to announce that we've just published our first video episode at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #181 - 2009 August 15 from 2009-08-15T23:48

This week's news includes: GenealogyWise (http://www.genealogywise.com), the recently launched genealogy social network, has added indexin...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #180 - 2009 August 7 from 2009-08-08T22:08

This week's news includes: the Library of Michigan and its historical and genealogical collections are in jeopardy; Ancestry.com has filed with...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #179 - 2009 July 31 from 2009-08-01T23:24

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com launches a new feature called Member Connect to make connecting with others easier; and the Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #178 - 2009 July 23 from 2009-07-24T17:14

This week's news includes:

  1. Ancestry.com has added the Canadian Censuses, 1851-1916, and one of the most comprehensive collections ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #177 - 2009 July 15 from 2009-07-16T17:23

This week's news includes: The Generations Network has changed its name to Ancestry.com; The National Archives (TNA) (http://www.nationa...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #176 - 2009 July 5 from 2009-07-06T19:51

This week's news includes: Aster Software has released a new version 2.0 of its FamViewer software application (app) for the iPhone, and <...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #175 - 2009 June 20 from 2009-06-21T13:51

The Guys remember John Fuller who passed away recently. John maintained a masterful site of all of the genealogy mailing lists in the world.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #174 - 2009 June 10 from 2009-06-11T15:11

This week's news includes: the newly released Welsh 1911 census reveals that singer Tom Jones is actually three-quarters English; MyHeritage.com ( Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #173 - 2009 June 1 from 2009-06-02T12:38

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #172 - 2009 May 18 from 2009-05-19T23:28

This week's news includes: The Generations Network, Inc., parent of Ancestry.com, and Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #171 - 2009 May 6 from 2009-05-07T23:05

The Guys welcome a new sponsor: NewspaperARCHIVE.com.

This week's news includes: Ancestors Magazine, the...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #170 - 2009 April 26 from 2009-04-27T17:17

This week's news includes: NBC has temporarily shelved the U.S. edition of the popular show, "Who Do You Think You Are?"; and Ancestry.ca, the C...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #169 - 2009 April 12 from 2009-04-14T01:45

Topics this week include:

  1. Loretto "Lou" Dennis Szucs receives the Silver Tray Award from the Utah Genealogical Association.
  2. Ancestry.com includes new London-related content, inc...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #168 - 2009 March 31 from 2009-04-01T14:15

This week's news includes: The Generations Network announced the launching at its Ancestry UK site (http://www.ancestry.co.uk) of more than 4...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #167 - 2009 March 25 from 2009-03-26T21:36

This week's news includes: RootsMagic releases Version 4 of its great genealogical database software; NBC will begin broadcasting the America...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #166 - 2009 March 17 EXTRA from 2009-03-24T12:58

We published episode #166 from 17 March 2009, but our podcast hosting service experienced an outage of its primary server. As a result, this episode was published through all of its various feeds <...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #166 - 2009 March 17 from 2009-03-18T23:02

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com has added new content; MyHeritage.com has ad...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #165 - 2009 March 4 from 2009-03-06T01:06

This week's news includes: RootsMagic releases the public beta of Version 4 of the RootsMagic software; Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #164 - 2009 February 15 from 2009-02-18T17:50

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com adds Abraham Lincoln Papers, New Orleans Slave manifests (1807-1860), Confederate Pension Applications ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #163 - 2009 January 24 from 2009-02-05T01:38

The Genealogy Guys broadcast "LIVE" from the Volusia-Flagler County Genealogical Society Conference in Daytona Beach, Florida. They take and respond to questions from the audience.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #162 - 2009 January 21 from 2009-01-22T19:28

The podcast begins with The Guys talking about upcoming speaking engagements.

Drew discusses his recent trip to Salt Lake City, and describes Blogger's Day at Ancestry.com. Eight bloggers ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #161 - 2009 January 5 from 2009-01-07T01:13

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com launches a new Florida State Census Collection (1867, 1875, 1935, and 1945); the Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #160 - 2008 December 25 from 2008-12-26T19:17

The Guys wish all their listeners a wonderful holiday season!

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #159 - 2008 December 15 from 2008-12-16T13:34

This week's news includes: Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, submitted his resignation to the President, effective 19 December 2008, citing health reasons for his decision; and Famil...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #158 - 2008 December 7 from 2008-12-09T00:49

We have a new microphone cable for the mixer this week, and we hope that alleviates the stereo cut out problems. We are also sending out our logo as album art.


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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #157 - 2008 November 28 from 2008-11-30T15:28

We apologize for the few cut-outs of stereo in this week's episode. We have replaced a damaged cable and should be fine in the future.Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #156 - 2008 November 12 from 2008-11-13T15:30

This week's news includes: Sirius Innovations introduces a new genealogy website at http://www.siriusgenealogy.com/ "with a focus on us...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #155 - 2008 November 4 from 2008-11-06T23:27

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com launches the world's largest collection of Jewish documents; they also have added French collections at...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #154 - 2008 October 25 from 2008-10-26T21:23

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com has renamed its self-publishing tool from AncestryPress to MyCanvas, and has also doubled its yearbook ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #153 - 2008 October 12 from 2008-10-14T01:01

This week's news includes:Art Lassagne, founder of The Gold Bug (producer of AniMap software), died on 29 September 2008 at his home after a long battle with lung cancer; Listen

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iTunes users may need to refresh their subscription from 2008-10-02T17:14

Because I had to delete episode #152 and then re-upload it (to fix the missing interview), it's possible that some users who automatically download episodes using iTunes may not immediately see the...

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Fixed! from 2008-09-30T23:35

It looks like I was able to fix the problem with the missing interview.  If you had already downloaded the bad version of episode #152, you should now be able to re-download it to get the corrected...

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Problem with the last episode (#152) from 2008-09-30T15:10

It appears that the interview with Ann Mitchell didn't properly get included in the podcast episode, so I've deleted the episode and will re-upload it with a corrected version.  Sorry for the probl...

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Interview problem from 2008-09-30T15:08

Oops...I'm getting reports that there is a problem with the Ann Mitchell interview.  I'll try to figure out the problem. 

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #152 - 2008 September 28 from 2008-09-30T02:27

While George relaxes on a cruise ship off the Pacific coast of Mexico (ok, so he's doing some genealogy lecturing on the RootsMagic 2008 cruise), Drew handles the entire podcast himself (not eve...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #151 - 2008 September 16 from 2008-09-17T17:41

This week's news includes: The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) recognized genealogists with achievement awards at the FGS Conference in Philadelphia; FGS also recognized two outstand...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #150 - 2008 September 8 from 2008-09-09T20:22

CELEBRATING OUR 150TH EPISODE!

The Guys are celebrating the ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #149 - 2008 August 31 from 2008-09-01T01:45

A correction to last week's story about the death of a Confederate widow can be found in last week's show notes.

The news this week includes: an update about the collapsed project to digit...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #148 - 2008 August 22 from 2008-08-23T10:46

This week's news includes: Alberta Martin [Oops, correction, this should have been Maudie Hopkins], 93, the last widow of a Civil War veteran, died Monday, 18 August 2008, in a nursing home in Ente...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #147 - 2008 August 14 from 2008-08-15T15:43


This episode is dedicated to our dear friend, Tom Ryder, who passed away today in Port Charlotte, Florida.

This wee...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #146 - 2008 August 4 from 2008-08-06T00:49

This week's news includes: archaeologists are actively working to locate the identities of everyone interred at Fairview Cemetery, an African American cemetery in Staunton, Virginia; DNA Heritage (...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #145 - 2008 July 25 from 2008-07-26T19:53

This week's news includes: FamilySearch and Ancestry.com team up to publish new image...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #144 - 2008 July 16 from 2008-07-19T21:43

This week's news includes: Abraham Lincoln's ancestry is questioned; Ancestry.com announces new databases, including WI Death Index (1959-1997)...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #143 - 2008 July 7 from 2008-07-09T14:48

This week's news includes: George Washington's boyhood home is found; and new features are unveiled at MyHeritage (http://www.myheritage.com)...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #142 - 2008 June 21 from 2008-06-22T23:13

This week's news includes: the new Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence, Missouri, opened on 21 June; Footnote.com has announced a new, pop...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #141 - 2008 June 13 from 2008-06-15T23:20

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com announces the doubling of its digitized newspaper collection; and Genealogy Online, Inc., announces tha...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #140 - 2008 June 4 from 2008-06-05T12:51

This week's news includes: Genclass.com (http://genclass.com/) partners with Familylink.com (...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #139 - 2008 May 28 from 2008-05-30T18:32

The news this week includes: a new series at RootsTelevision.com titled Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #138 - 2008 May 20 from 2008-05-22T14:27

News this week includes: FamilySearch teams with FamilyLink.com to bring online  th...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #137 - 2008 May 14 from 2008-05-15T17:45

This week's news includes: Geni, Inc. (geni.com) announces the new functional availability for users to upload GEDCOM files; FamilyLink.com ( Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #136 - 2008 May 7 from 2008-05-09T23:26

This week's news includes: the Vatican has issued a letter instructing all dioceses not to give any information to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, due to concerns about the Mormons...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #135 - 2008 April 29 from 2008-05-01T14:51

News this week includees: Geni.com (http://www.geni.com/) announces new features, including a family timeline, posted links, send gifts, and the f...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #134 - 2008 April 22 from 2008-04-23T22:55

In the News, The Guys review two new publications: Hookers, Crooks, and Kooks by Jana Sloan Broglin, and Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #133 - 2008 April 15 from 2008-04-16T17:13

This week's news includes the following: Ancestry.com launches the Drouin Collection of 29 million French-Canadian names from, ultimately to in...

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On vacation! from 2008-04-03T14:50

The Genealogy Guys Podcast will take a short break while the Guys enjoy a Caribbean cruise with family and friends.  We'll be back the week of April 14!

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #132 - 2008 April 1 from 2008-04-02T04:15

Drew addresses proving relationships using mitochondrial DNA. He then discusses two genealogical books on the subject of DNA. They are: DNA & Genealogy by Colleen Fitzpa...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #131 - 2008 March 25 from 2008-03-28T14:57

This week’s news includes: NBC has purchased rights to create an American version of the popular BBC reality series, Who Do You Think You Are?; Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #130 - 2008 March 17 from 2008-03-19T00:34

In this week’s news: NARA (http://www.archives.gov) posts free passenger lists online, including Russian, Italian, and Ge...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #129 - 2008 March 10 from 2008-03-12T01:04

George delivers a lot of news this week: the New England Historic and Genealogical Society (http://www.newenglandancestors..org Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #128 - 2008 March 3 from 2008-03-05T01:08

This week's news includes: condolences to the family of Chuck Knuthson, a great genealogical speaker, researcher, and former board member of FGS, GSG, and other organizations; Halvor Moorshead, hea...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #127 - 2008 February 25 from 2008-02-26T13:56

This week's news includes: Congratulations to Matt Wright who becomes editorial director at FamilyLink.com; a recap of a USA Today report of 18 February about states unsealing adoption records and ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #126 - 2008 February 18 from 2008-02-20T11:23

George reports on the genealogy news this week: Julia M. Case, beloved genealogist and author at RootsWeb has died; Moorshead Magazines has begun a new magazine called Disco...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #125 - 2008 February 11 from 2008-02-11T05:00

This week's news includes: Ancestry.com has added a huge collection of African-American records with the Freedmen's Marriage Records and the Southern Claims Commission Collection at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #124 - 2008 February 3 from 2008-02-05T01:37

This week's news includes: the funeral for Gordon B. Hinckley, 97, in Salt Lake City on 2 Feb. Mr. Hinckley was the president of the LDS church since 1995; FamilyLink.com, Inc. (Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #123 - 2008 January 26 from 2008-01-27T23:27

This week’s news items include: James LeVoy Sorenson, renowned medical device inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist died on 20 January 2008 at 86 – his companies list incl...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #122 - 2008 January 16 from 2008-01-17T16:54

This week's news includes many announcements. Memeria (http://www.memeria.c...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #121 - 2008 January 6 from 2008-01-09T05:50

Welcome to The Genealogy GuysTM Podcast for 2008!

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #120 - 2007 December 29 from 2007-12-31T02:21

George begins with two pieces of news: he will be appearing at the Mississippi Genealogical Society's Conference on January 19th. For more information, call 601.924.9346. He also announced that he ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #119 - 2007 December 22 from 2007-12-23T18:25

George begins with the genealogical news:

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #118 - 2007 December 14 from 2007-12-17T04:52

The Guys go straight to listener e-mail this week: the value of contacting genealogical societies for obit & funeral notice lookups and copies; Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps that have been made avail...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #117 - 2007 December 5 from 2007-12-06T23:02

The week's news includes: NARA partners with TOPICS Entertainment to produce two filmed...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #116 - 2007 November 28 from 2007-11-29T16:32

The "News You Can Use" this week includes: Announcement of the National Genealogical Society's awards and competitions, details about which are can be found at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #115 - 2007 November 19 from 2007-11-20T18:37

George reports news items concerning: a new home for the Welsh West Glamorgan Archives (see www.swansea.gov.uk/westglamorga...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #114 - 2007 November 10 from 2007-11-13T05:03

This week's show was recorded LIVE at the Texas State Genealogical Society Conference held on 9-10 November 2007 in Tyler, Texas, and hosted by the East Texas Genealogical Society. This was a great...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #113 - 2007 November 2 from 2007-11-03T23:37

News this week includes: the first ten years (1908-1917) of issues of Chicago's historic Polish newspaper, Dziennik Zwiazkowy (translated, Alliance Daily) h...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #112 - 2007 October 27 from 2007-10-28T01:22

News stories for the week include: The Generations Network, parent of Ancestry.com, is to be acquired by Spectrum Equity Investors; the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) (Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #111 - 2007 October 16 from 2007-10-19T15:22

Ancestry.com's new DNA facility came online at their Web site this week, allowing people to order paternal or maternal DNA tests and getting their results online to compare against other testers. Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #110 - 2007 October 10 from 2007-10-14T00:01

This week's news includes details about the public outcry against the planned early closure date for the General Records Office (GRO) in the U.K., and Ancestry.com announces a digital scrapbooking ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #109 - 2007 October 5 from 2007-10-06T22:47

We apologize for the delay in the release of this week's podcast. George suffered from laryngitis this week and was unable to record until Friday evening.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #108 - 2007 September 25 from 2007-09-27T19:48

The news includes announcements of new content at WorldVitalRecords.com and information about the Florida S...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #107 - 2007 September 18 from 2007-09-20T18:07

News this week includes: a $10M donation by Norman B. Leventhal to the Boston Public Library's map collection; publication of new fees for ordering copies of documents from the Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #106 - 2007 September 12 from 2007-09-13T03:23

The News includes: the launch of a new 9th The Generations Network, Inc., Web site at Ancestry Web site for Sweden (at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #105 - 2007 September 4 from 2007-09-06T03:26

The Guys share some listener e-mail, including a recommendation for a Web site that reviews and ranks online computer back-up services at http://www.BackupRev...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #104 - 2007 August 28 from 2007-08-30T15:39

George delivers this week's significant news items, and the Guys follow with listener e-mail items, including a definition of the cemetery inscription, "DoP."

This is followed by a discus...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #103 - 2007 August 21 from 2007-08-25T20:30

The distribution of this week's podcast was delayed due to problems with the U.S. Domain Name Server (DNS) and our podcast network. We apologize for the delay.
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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #102 - 2007 August 12 from 2007-08-13T02:13

George's news report this week includes: the announcement of the non-exclusive agreement between NARA and CustomFlix Labs Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #101 - 2007 August 6 from 2007-08-08T01:44

George reports on stories about: Footnote.com's new partnership with ACPL; new content at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast #100 - 2007 July 29 from 2007-07-30T17:38

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 21 July 2007 from 2007-07-22T12:37

George announces the new version of Heredis (v. X.2), available at  the MyHeredis Web site (http://www.myheredis.com/index.html), and a host of new...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 15 July 2007 from 2007-07-18T03:12

George announces the availability of the Beta version of Family Tree Maker 2008 and the opportunity to pre-order for mid-August delivery at the introductory...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 9 July 2007 from 2007-07-11T16:55

George announces a new version of Pocket Genealogist software and a list of upcoming conferences. George and Drew discuss listeners' email about: "The Portal to Texas History" at Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 4 July 2007 from 2007-07-06T00:10

George announces some British genealogical news and Web sites, including the medieval fine rolls of Henry III at www.finerollshenry3.org.uk. Drew rev...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 27 June 2007 from 2007-06-29T11:41

George announces the new French and Italian services from Ancestry.com.  Drew researches the early days of musician Nellie Lutcher by checking census records.  And George and Drew discuss some book...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 16 June 2007 from 2007-06-17T12:33

News includes the digitization of Canadian passenger lists (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy), an interactive online map of Chicago (chicagoancestors.org), and Diane Rapaport's soon-to-be-rele...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 14 June 2007 from 2007-06-14T15:35

News about new records at Ancestry.com, and the use of DNA to attempt to solve the mystery of the Lost Colony.  Drew returns from the Southern California Genealogical Society's Genealogy Jamboree a...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 4 June 2007 from 2007-06-06T02:25

News of the upcoming Polish Genealogical Society of America (www.pgsa.org) conference in Schaumberg, Illinois on September 28-30, and listener mailbag with several items about military records, and...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 28 May 2007 from 2007-05-30T01:58

Drew clarifies the item from last week concerning using photo folders as screen savers, and updates the latest regarding finding the descendants of opera singer Henri Scott.  George and Drew discus...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 21 May 2007 from 2007-05-23T00:49

News and announcements include Lisa Louise Cooke's new weekly Genealogy Gems Podcast (available online at genealogygemspodcast.com), the latest version of Reunion software for the Macintosh (www.le...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 14 May 2007 from 2007-05-16T00:37

Listener mailbag includes an item from the editor of the Swedish American Genealogist (www.etgenealogy.se/sag.htm) about displaying photos as screen savers.  Drew discusses Argali (argali.com), PC ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 6 May 2007 from 2007-05-08T01:00

Announcements include Footnote.com's Revolutionary War documents, the WeRelate.org wiki social networking site, the June 8-10 Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree in Burbank (www.scgsg...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 1 May 2007 from 2007-05-02T03:07

News includes the disastrous fire at the Georgetown (DC) Public Library and the new US/Mexican border crossing records collection at Ancestry.com.  Mailbag includes lessons learned from crashed ext...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 23 April 2007 from 2007-04-25T02:21

George announces the website FamilyLink.com (a product of World Vital Records Inc.).  George and Drew discuss uploading GEDCOM files, the use of the FindaGrave.com website, and where to begin genea...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 18 April 2007 from 2007-04-19T14:46

Announcements include the new Ancestry Press product (ancestrypress.com), free access to Ellis Island records thru April 30 (www.ellisislandexperience.com), and the annual Spring Seminar of the Ala...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 9 April 2007 from 2007-04-10T05:06

Topics include: reminders about upcoming large conferences/seminars (NGS at ngsgenealogy.org, FGS at fgs.org, and the 2nd Annual Genealogy Seminar at Sea (www.genealogycruises.com); followups on tr...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 2 April 2007 from 2007-04-03T04:00

George and Drew discuss the transliteration of documents (such as those in Latin), and tips for translating from one language to another.  Drew also leads a discussion about using WorldCat to locat...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 26 March 2007 from 2007-03-27T12:03

Drew reminds listeners to nominate individuals and genealogy societies for the awards offered by the Federation of Genealogical Societies (www.fgs.org/fgs-awards.htm); shares the British government...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 19 March 2007 from 2007-03-20T04:06

George and Drew discuss the recent announcement regarding Ancestry.com databases no longer being available at Family History Centers, and George also announces the new Iowa database.  George mentio...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 12 March 2007 from 2007-03-13T01:31

George reviews several news books, including the multivolume set of Revolutionary War Period Bible, Family, & Marriage Records (www.revwar.patriotpublishers.com), a new book about colonial ancestor...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 4 March 2007 from 2007-03-05T05:34

George and Drew share news (including a reminder of the planned research trip to London), and listener e-mail (ancestors who had pottery factories, and the U.K. National Archives podcasts).  George...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 27 February 2007 from 2007-02-28T05:31

After a few news items about the NGS Hall of Fame (www.ngsgenealogy.org/comhall.cfm), German postcards at Ancestry.com, preservation information for family treasures from the Library of Congress (w...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 19 February 2007 from 2007-02-20T05:05

Topics include new sorting features of WorldCat (worldcat.org), and a discussion of folksonomies, tagging, and metadata, especially as it applies to photographs on such sites as Flickr (www.flickr....

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 11 February 2007 from 2007-02-12T05:38

News includes the Nevada marriage and divorce data now available on Ancestry.com.  Listener mailbag brings in items about the French-Canadian Drouin Collection coming to Ancestry.com (from the Amer...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 5 February 2007 from 2007-02-06T23:13

George announces a genealogy conference in Tallahassee, Florida (www.talgen.org), a computerized genealogy conference in Provo (ce.byu.edu/cw/cwcompu), and three different genealogy cruises between...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 29 January 2007 from 2007-01-31T15:18

George and Drew again share news and listener mailbag, including a way to store files using Gmail (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1593/), a question about how to handle conflicting information,...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 20 January 2007 from 2007-01-21T20:32

George and Drew announce the new ProQuest offerings (two African-American newspapers, and a Civil War-era collection of pamphlets and newspapers).  George points out the renovated British Library w...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 16 January 2007 from 2007-01-17T05:17

Drew returns from visiting Salt Lake City, where he attended board meetings of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and did some research in the Family History Library.  George announces the ne...

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Next Genealogy Guys Podcast on Tuesday from 2007-01-14T20:47

The next episode of The Genealogy Guys Podcast will be published late Tuesday.  We were originally hoping to do a podcast today (Sunday), but the quality of the wireless connectivity in the hotel r...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 7 January 2007 from 2007-01-08T05:45

George shares the URL for the UK postcards site (www.oldukphotos.com), talks about the Genealogy Blog Finder (blogfinder.genealogue.com), and discusses the latest issues of Digital Genealogist maga...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 1 January 2007 from 2007-01-02T14:11

George and Drew take a look back at 2006, a look ahead to 2007, and discuss a variety of ideas for doing genealogy during the winter months.  Among the items discussed during news, announcements, a...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 25 December 2006 from 2006-12-26T04:40

George shares press releases about the renaming of MyFamily.com, Inc. as The Generations Network and about the new features of the Ancestry.com personal family trees.  The mailbag brings mail from ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 18 December 2006 from 2006-12-19T03:44

Announcements include the relaunch of Ancestry Magazine, the purchase of ProQuest Information and Learning (the division of ProQuest that includes HeritageQuest Online) by Cambridge Information Gro...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 11 December 2006 from 2006-12-12T21:19

A podcast listener writes in about free census worksheets and tutorials at www.censusmate.com.  In response to another listener question, George and Drew discuss their computer hardware: desktop co...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 4 December 2006 from 2006-12-05T03:58

As December begins, George suggests a place to shop for genealogy gifts: The Ancestry Store (theancestrystore.com), and he announces the new 1851 and 1861 Scotland census databases.  George also me...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 27 November 2006 from 2006-11-28T06:17

After some brief items from genealogy news and listener mailbag, George and Drew discuss the recent Thanksgiving visit of George's relatives (including their photos and other family materials), and...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 19 November 2006 from 2006-11-20T03:11

George announces the new Ancestry.com store (theancestrystore.com), and reminds listeners of Ancestry's new German genealogical site (ancestry.de).   George shares listener e-mail about Canadian pa...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 13 November 2006 from 2006-11-14T05:42

George returns from speaking at the Florida State Genealogical Society conference in Melbourne, and spreads the news about the new passenger lists at Ancestry.com.  Drew talks about two new service...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 6 November 2006 from 2006-11-07T22:36

George and Drew return from the genealogy cruise and give listeners an idea of what it is like.  Drew also shares his visit to a cemetery on St. Maarten.  The first issue of Listen

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 27 October 2006 from 2006-10-28T03:47

George announces Ancestorsonboard.com, a new database for passenger lists for those leaving the British Isles between 1890 and 1960.  Other topics include the new online magazine, Digital Genealogi...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 23 October 2006 from 2006-10-24T04:10

George and Drew mention the new Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 browsers.  Ancestry.com has added German content.  George and Drew have taken their first look at the new NewsBank geneal...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 16 October 2006 from 2006-10-17T03:46

George announces RootsMagic's new software product, Family Atlas, and its introductory price (www.familyatlas.com/introspecial.htm).  Drew interviews professional genealogist Linda Woodward Geiger,...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 9 October 2006 from 2006-10-10T03:55

News includes the new RootsTelevision site (www.rootstelevision.com).  Drew shares his interview with Paul Milner, where they discuss Paul's career and Paul offers advice on conducting British rese...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 2 October 2006 from 2006-10-02T23:41

News items include the tragic death of genealogy librarian Ryan Taylor, an update to last week's naturalization topic including the Italian Genealogical Group's database project (www.italiangen.org...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 21 September 2006 from 2006-09-25T03:43

George and Drew take the Genealogy Guys Podcast on the road to a monthly meeting of the Lee County Genealogical Society in Ft. Myers, Florida, where they discuss naturalization and take questions f...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 17 September 2006 from 2006-09-18T04:36

Drew interviews Audrey Collins, a reader advisor from The National Archives' Family Records Centre in London (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/visit/planfrc.htm).  George and Drew discuss the past Satur...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 10 September 2006 from 2006-09-11T04:01

George and Drew discuss how to find out about our ancestors' occupations.  [Note: The correct URL for the USGenWeb page giving explanations of old occupation names is http://www.usgenweb.org/resear...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 4 September 2006 from 2006-09-05T03:23

George and Drew return from Boston with a report of highlights from the 2006 Federation of Genealogical Societies conference.  George also talks about the urgent petition regarding a proposed reduc...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 27 August 2006 from 2006-08-28T01:40

Just before the Genealogy Guys head off for the FGS Conference in Boston, Drew announces the Ebenezer, GA Heritage Day Festival on Labor Day for Salzburgers (www.georgiasalzburgers.com) and the Uni...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 20 August 2006 from 2006-08-21T03:18

George talks about two January 2007 events in Salt Lake City: the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (www.infouga.org) and the NGS Research Trip (www.ngsgenealogy.org/edutripsaltlake.cfm).  George an...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 13 August 2006 from 2006-08-14T02:43

As the days count down toward the Federation of Genealogical Society's upcoming Boston conference, Drew and George announce that Paul Milner is a new co-leader for the National Genealogical Society...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 6 August 2006 from 2006-08-07T02:30

Back in Tampa, Drew and George try out their new podcasting equipment, two new microphones and a mixer, and listeners are encouraged to give feedback regarding the sound.  Drew reminds listeners of...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 31 July 2006 from 2006-08-01T03:24

Drew shares his interviews with Matt Helm regarding Matt's new HistoryKat.com subscription web service, and with Bill Forsyth of ProQuest regarding their many genealogy-related databases.  Drew als...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 23 July 2006 from 2006-07-24T02:53

George announces the upcoming annual conference of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (www.bifhsgo.ca) and makes a correction about a date for Canadian censuses in a previou...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 16 July 2006 from 2006-07-17T02:29

Drew shares his interview with Amy Johnson Crow, where they discuss the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors, as well as Amy's fascinating new website devoted to Deaf America...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 10 July 2006 from 2006-07-11T02:07

Drew interviews Tom Kemp of NewsBank (www.newsbank.com) about their new product America's GenealogyBank, offering genealogists information from American newspapers dating back as far as 1690.  Drew...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 3 July 2006 from 2006-07-04T05:09

Drew shares the announcement from the National Archives (UK) regarding what the plans are for the Family Records Centre in Islington.  George reminds listeners of the upcoming Italian genealogy con...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 25 June 2006 from 2006-06-26T04:48

After the usual announcements, George and Drew share items from the listener mailbag.  The Frappr map of Genealogy Guys Podcast listeners now shows a pin in South Dakota (only two more states to go...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 18 June 2006 from 2006-06-19T04:15

George and Drew notify listeners about the deadline for early FGS conference registration (www.fgs.org), the new Canadian and Scottish resources at Ancestry.com, and the July 15-22, 2007 research t...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 12 June 2006 from 2006-06-13T16:00

George and Drew return from the annual conference of the National Genealogical Society.  Roots in the Boot (an upcoming mid-July Italian Genealogy and Heritage Conference in Pittsburgh) is announce...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 1 June 2006 from 2006-06-02T02:23

Just prior to their trip to Chicago for the National Genalogical Society conference (www.ngsgenealogy.org), George tells Drew about the great time he had at the Ontario (Canada) Genealogical Societ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 29 May 2006 from 2006-05-30T04:37

While George rests up from his recent trip to Ontario, Canada, Drew handles the hosting duties.  Drew begins with an explanation of all of the menu choices on the righthand side of the Genealogy Gu...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 21 May 2006 from 2006-05-22T04:00

George announces that Ancestor Detective has released Clooz 2.0, a genealogy-oriented electronic filing cabinet program (www.clooz.com).  And RootsMagic will be having a free class at the NGS Confe...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 15 May 2006 from 2006-05-16T00:57

Drew addresses listener comments and questions regarding brute-force searching of census districts and how to specify the repository when citing sources.  George brings up the idea of using a combi...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 8 May 2006 from 2006-05-08T20:59

George and Drew share a number of announcements, including the roommate service being offered for the August 2006 FGS Conference (contact Bobbi King at rking24600@comcast.net), the upcoming new mes...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 1 May 2006 from 2006-05-02T04:39

George returns from the Ohio Genealogical Society just held in Toledo, and shares announcements about the 1841 English/Welsh census at Ancestry.com, the newly designed Society of Genealogists (UK) ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 23 April 2006 from 2006-04-24T00:41

George returns from a visit to the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society and announces Family Historian (version 3), talks about special promotions at ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 15 April 2006 from 2006-04-17T02:07

George and Drew begin this podcast at the Largo Library in Largo, Florida, in front of an audience of the Pinellas Genealogy Society (plus some guests from the Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 9 April 2006 from 2006-04-10T05:57

A passle of announcements, including the deadline for early-bird registrations for NGS (www.ngsgenealogy.org), new online registration for FGS and a deadli...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 2 April 2006 from 2006-04-03T03:41

George announces new databases at ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), the new Ancestry Weekly Journal, the new 24/7 Family History Circle blog (blogs.ancestry.com/circle), the early bird ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 27 March 2006 from 2006-03-28T02:06

George returns from his trip to Muskogee, Oklahoma (which is why the podcast is a day late). Drew talks about using PERSI, an index to genealogy periodicals produced by the Allen County (Indiana) ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 19 March 2006 from 2006-03-20T05:28

Drew completes his discussion of locating family history books by suggesting the use of metasearch sites Addall (www.addall.com) and Bookfinder (www.bookfinder.com) for finding new and used books t...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 12 March 2006 from 2006-03-13T06:19

George returns from his all-day seminar in Tallahassee to talk about upcoming conferences: the National Genealogical Society (www.ngsgenealogy.org), the International Assocation of Jewish Genealogi...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 5 March 2006 from 2006-03-06T00:14

Drew and George discover a new resource for biographical information about U.S. federal lawmakers (www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/). Then Drew continues a discussion of using sou...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 25 February 2006 from 2006-02-26T03:05

George recommends the new magazine "Internet Genealogy" (www.internet-genealogy.com). George and Drew discuss using deeds as a resource. Finally, Drew and George talk about using the Library of C...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 19 February 2006 from 2006-02-20T05:07

George identifies a handy Australian site (www.coraweb.com.au), reminds listeners of the annual ISFHWE writing contest (www.rootsweb.com/~cgc), announces an upcoming Scandinavian seminar (www.scand...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 12 February 2006 from 2006-02-12T23:26

George recommends an online tutorial that teaches beginning Latin for reading pre-1733 documents (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/). Then Drew and George begin a detailed discussion re...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 5 February 2006 from 2006-02-06T00:02

George announces the annual ISFHWE writing contest (www.rootsweb.com/~cgc/writing_contest_home.htm), and mentions that he'll be speaking at the Palm Beach County (FL) Genealogical Society (www.pbcg...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 29 January 2006 from 2006-01-30T00:50

George talks about educational opportunities for genealogists, and Drew shares some of the insights he gained in using microfilmed records at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 22 January 2006 from 2006-01-23T02:44

George and Drew discuss finding genealogy-related materials on eBay and sites for used books; and Drew interviews Paula Stuart-Warren on the subjects of Native American research, using professional...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 12 January 2006 from 2006-01-12T18:37

As Drew gets ready to head off to Salt Lake City for a board meeting of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, he talks about Lulu (www.lulu.com), a service for printing books on demand. George...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 8 January 2006 from 2006-01-09T01:27

Drew catches up on the wide variety of topics found in the Genealogy Guys Podcast listener e-mailbag, and George starts a discussion of ecclesiastical records.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 2 January 2006 from 2006-01-03T06:34

George is a bit under the weather, so Drew turns this podcast into a rare all-Smith program when he is joined by his special guests: husband-and-wife genealogy writers/speakers Gary and Diana Crism...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 27 December 2005 from 2005-12-28T00:09

George shares his delight in receiving a very special Christmas gift from a cousin, and Drew encourages genealogists to use blogs for the purpose of an online research log. [Note: Ralph Brandi's w...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 18 December 2005 from 2005-12-19T03:34

Drew enthuses over the results obtained from using GenSmarts (www.gensmarts.com) with his genealogy database to suggest future research, and George shares 5 good ideas about using libraries.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 11 December 2005 from 2005-12-12T01:12

George and Drew discuss some of the generous responses of volunteer time to George's announcement concerning his brick wall, and later they compile a long list of great gift ideas for the genealogi...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 4 December 2005 from 2005-12-05T00:27

Drew points out two more ways to get past brick walls (talking to others and making a picture), while George gives a broad view of working with English genealogical research.

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 28 November 2005 from 2005-11-28T21:21

George and Drew recount their Thanksgiving holiday experiences, including some highlights of the cemetery in St. Mary's, Georgia, and the sharing of family information among George's cousins. Drew...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 20 November 2005 from 2005-11-20T21:25

In response to listener questioners, Drew suggests some ways to get past brick walls, and both Drew and George discuss ways in which to use maps for genealogical research, from historical maps to t...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 13 November 2005 from 2005-11-14T01:42

George shares his success in locating a great-uncle in the World War I Draft Registration records, and both Drew and George talk about the World War II Enlistment records. Drew also explains the b...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 6 November 2005 from 2005-11-07T01:25

George reminds listeners of a good Scottish resource, and where he'll be the next few weeks. Drew brings listeners up-to-date on the LDS digitization project, as well as the new Google Print datab...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 30 October 2005 from 2005-10-31T05:08

After the usual announcements, George talks about cemetery iconography, and Drew makes plain the nature of "RSS feeds". In the middle of this there's also a surprise visit from a creature usually ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 23 October 2005 from 2005-10-23T21:55

George reviews some recent issues of popular genealogy-related magazines, while Drew gives tips on getting the most out of electronic mailing lists. George points out the advantages of using onlin...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 17 October 2005 from 2005-10-17T18:00

George shares his knowledge of professional genealogical organizations. Drew points out the advantages of using straight-cut folders and labelmakers for organizing research files. George says tha...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 9 October 2005 from 2005-10-10T00:49

George reminds listeners of next year's genealogy cruise (www.genealogycruise2006.com). Then Drew discusses genealogy software for PDAs that run the Palm OS, including GedWise (www.batteryparksoftw...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 2 October 2005 from 2005-10-03T15:08

George reviews two books that may help to provide historical, geographical, and social context to our ancestors: "1776" by David McCullough, and "The Widow of the South" by Robert Hicks. Drew inte...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 25 September 2005 from 2005-09-25T23:32

George and Drew discuss the range of technology options available to genealogists (desktop PCs, notebooks, and PDAs); updates to the NARA and Ancestry.com web sites; a new laminated citation guide ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 18 September 2005 from 2005-09-19T02:03

George and Drew talk about their day at the Fall Genealogy Seminar of the Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa); how to find and download podcasts; a few tips about keeping track of papers, e-mail, ...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 11 September 2005 from 2005-09-12T02:34

In this podcast, George and Drew discuss their recent trip to Salt Lake City, where they attended the annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, and got to do research in the wo...

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The Genealogy Guys Podcast - 4 September 2005 from 2005-09-04T21:58

George and Drew discuss podcasts, preparing for genealogy conferences and what to do when you get there, plans to attend the annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies in Salt La...

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Welcome to the Genealogy Guys Podcast! from 2005-09-03T04:00

The Genealogy Guys are two avid and enthusiastic genealogists who want to discuss all facets of genealogical research. The Genealogy Guys are:

George G. Morgan, internation...

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