Wed, 9 December 2009
To listen to the Podcast: Click the Play button on the media player in the column on the right. Click the >| button to scroll through the episodes in the media player. NEWS: Sign up for the Genealogy Gems Free e-Newsletter Footnote.com - In honor of Pearl Harbor Day they are making their interactive WWII collection available for free for the month of Dec 2009.
MAILBOX: Michael in Irvine, CA writes in about The Genealogy Gems Toolbar Download the free Genealogy Gems Toolbar Listener Gordon Churchill writes in to ask about using compiled genealogical records in his research. Podcast: Canada's History Magazine: The Beaver Listener Phil Haye's blog post about the new ABC show "Find My Familyâ which aires on Monday nights at 9:00 pm GEM: Interview with Maureen Taylor about Hairstyles book
Above: Get Maureen's book at Amazon You can sign up for Maureenâs free e-newsletter at her Photo Detective Web Site
GEM: Family Storytelling During The Holidays Hollyâs podcast episode 50 of the Family History Expos Podcast |
Mon, 30 November 2009
Are you ready for Christmas yet? If you would like to help out the podcast while you shop, just click this box... ...to access the Amazon site and look for your first item. When you do that Genealogy Gems will get credit for anything you buy while you're on the Amazon site - and you don"t pay anything extra! Thank you! NEWS: RootsMagic, Inc. announced the immediate availability of RootsMagic Essentials, free desktop genealogy software based on their award-winning RootsMagic 4 system. RootsMagic Essentials contains many core features found in its namesake that allow the public to easily start tracing their family trees. FAMILYSEARCH: The folks at familysearch have added some new record collections which can be searched for free at the FamilySearch.org Record Search pilot (click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot). The new records include: Footnote.com recently released "the Native American Collection" of historical records. You are a Genealogy Gem - tell the world with the Genealogy Gem Rhinestone Pin. Approx. 2" wide by 1" high, pin back. Limited Quantities! (click image to enlarge) Price: $11.95 + $1.50 first class shipping continental U.S.
MAILBOX: AC Ivory has been diving into his family history and wrote in with a neat story of what it can mean to an older relative when we spend time with them and ask about family history. www.generationivory.com Read his article about podcasts. Susan Freer shared a fun free website that features the music of yesteryear Upchucky Radio Hits of the 1940s Jukebox page
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Tue, 10 November 2009
New to the Podcast? Click the media player on the right to begin listening or subscribe to the podcast for free in iTunes. (Click here to learn more about how to download and subscribe to podcasts in iTunes. Click here to watch a video tutorial) News: Attend one of Lisa's classes: New lower shipping for Lisa's book at Lulu.com: Also at the store you'll find archived Premium episodes now available for automatic download (including PDF show notes) NEW! Download the free Genealogy Gems Toolbar Itâs free, fun, and can help you access the information fast that you need to meet your research goals. MAILBOX: Listener Megan Kyser asks if the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast might have a DNA episode someday? âand she adds, "My whole family listens in the car on trips- yes; even the 5 and under crowd! She will also be interviewing a DNA specialist for the November episode of The Family Tree Magazine Podcast which will be out later this month. And Lisa recommends a fun website for her under 5 fans! Listener Rhonda Schneringer of South Dakota and saysââin this podcast, you mention a class you teach called "Sharing the Joy". You describe it as projects anyone can do to share your genealogical information with family members who aren't "into" genealogy yet. Can you tell me where I can find information about these projects?â The details of the projects Lisa covers in the presentation can be found in her book Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies. The projects featured in the class included: Decoupage Plate - Chapter 11 A four part video series is available at the Genealogy Gems TV Channel at YouTube for the Family History Christmas Wreath project:
GEM: Interview with David Rencher, Head Genealogist at Family Search David discusses the digitization for FamilySearch, how research has changed, the future of the Family History Library online catalog, and the opportunities that technology offers the genealogy world. Itâs a rare opportunity to hear from the decision maker himself about the records that impact your research. |
Fri, 30 October 2009
Sit back and enjoy this episode about a Gem of a web site: www.DeadFred.com Founder Joe Bott tells us what drove him to create the site and some amazing and inspiring stories of Ancestors found! Here's a link to the photograph of Gustavo Hammel that Karen Hammel found on the DeadFred web site. Our Dog Howie was featured in BARK! magazine (below) |
Fri, 9 October 2009
NEWS: Lisa covers digitized newspaper records recently posted at the Library of America's Chronicling America web site As well as news from Ancestry.com including new records, the new social networking with records feature, and updated to their Member Connect Feature. Watch Lisa's 2 part video series on Member Connect with David Graham of Ancestry. Go to the Genealogy Gems TV Channel at YouTube and Click on the Videos section. Become a fan of The Genealogy Gems Podcast at Facebook. Add Lisa as a friend on Facebook
Then Lisa shares some advice from German Genealogist Baerbel Johnson of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City on German research in response to listener Teri Chaffinâs question about her Matzdorff family. Danny from Baltimore wrote in to comment on Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 69 and the story about the man who found his family history book digitized on Google Books. "Copyright infringement and plagiarism is always a topic near and dear to every genealogist. A discussion on âfair useâ typically results in a heated debate but to assume that since a library has a copy of a book and that an arrangement between the library, a company (Google) and various literary organizations permitting the digitalization of the libraryâs collection automatically implies the granting of digital rights to that collection is flabbergasting.â Danny from Baltimore Web sites mentioned: Original article (9/3/09) about Google books from the BBC Tina Kelly writes to say how excited she was to be able to get some of the archived Premium Episodes from the Genealogy Gems store at Lulu
And Russ Karr writes to share the highs and lows of his research, and his curiousity about an ancestor that died in an Insane Asylum in San Jose in 1920. Resources mentioned by Lisa: Diane Haddadâs post on The Genealogy Insider Blog Attend Lisaâs classes: Listener and Premium member Pat Dalpiaz shares how she proudly wears her new Genealogy Gem Rhinestone Pin whenever she has a new discovery, and shares two of her most recent discoveries generated by working on her family history blog. $11.95 + $1.50 shipping to the Continental U.S. Designed personally by Lisa Louise Cooke and made with high quality Czechoslovakian and Austrian crystals, this custom rhinestone pin is bound to generate genealogical conversation when worn. Measures approximately 2" x 1", secured with pin back. Limited quantities!
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Thu, 8 October 2009
Something new this week...I'm trying out a videocast of the Genealogy News segment of The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 73. Click the video file attached to these show notes (which ends with the "mp4" extension) to play on your computer or download to your Video iPod from iTunes (should be available in iTunes Oct. 8 mid day)
I want to hear from you! Did you watch the videocast? Do you enjoy getting your genealogy news this way? Did you download it to a Video iPod? Email your comments to genealogygemspodcast at gmail dot com or leave a recorded message on the voicemail line: 925-272-4021.
Thanks for watching this special addition of The Genealogy Gems Podcast!
Lisa
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Thu, 24 September 2009
News: Read Lisa's Blog post âGoogle Books Revolutionary Next Stepâ How to Order Key Civil War Records by Tamie Dehler, Tribune-Star Mailbox: A listener writes in to share her experience with Genealogy Wise Check out the free program Transcript 2.0 that listeners are raving about. GEM: Probate Records with Jana Broglin, CG How to Find Probate Records:
Jana's Tips:
Visit Jana's Web Site GEM: Sorting your bookmarks alphabetically in Safari (Mac) How to Sort Bookmarks: 1. On the top of your screen click on Bookmarks |
Sun, 6 September 2009
And at this conference I am debuting a brand new item that I've been working on for months and it"s ready, and it will be available for the first time at the Expo. Itâs actually inspired by you - you know you are all such gems to listen in to the show, and I was thinking about that, and it just seemed to me that there ought to be something wonderful to wear that shows off what a real genealogy gem you are. So this weekend Iâm making available for the first time the Genealogy Gem rhinestone jewelry pin My grandmother always wore sparkling costume jewelry and I was fortunate enough to inherit it, and this pin fits right in with all the wonderful vintage pieces. So if you would like your very own pin to declare to the world that you are someone you care about is a genealogy gem, be sure and stop by the Genealogy Gems booth in the exhibit hall. MAILBOX: Russ from Tucson, AZ wrote in to ask about how to locate some Californians in his family tree, and a very happy outcome followed: Well the "little angels" were in my court because the same day I emailed you I was listening to your old archives in the premium member section when I heard you mention the "acts of random kindness" which I emailed the same day, well someone who lived near the cemetery was able to get a hold of a record of my great grandfather's burial date but said there was no date of death. Using that date, I manually went into the Oakland Tribune obituary archives and went back a few days before the burial date and there was his obituary! Kay wrote in to share her experiences with Member Connect on Ancestry. Email your comments to Lisa GEM: Member Connect with Ancestry Part 2 In this episode, we wrap our personal tour of Ancestryâs new Member Connect feature. GEM: Family History Thoughts with Lee Drew In this gem I am happy to feature another wonderful blog post from genealogy blogger Lee Drew called "Choices and Consequences.â Iâm going in for some surgery in early September and I know that recovery may take around 4 weeks, so you may not be hearing from me as regularly as usual, but I hope that you stay in touch and be patient until Iâm up on my feet again. Iâm going to try to get some things wrapped up before hand, so hopefully you Genealogy Gems Premium members wonât notice any difference in the regularity of premium shows and videos. And actually Iâm having a blast with this new video series coming up and I know youâll love it. I appreciate your understanding and patience and really canât wait until I can get back to the microphone with more genealogy gems. Thanks so much for listening friend, Iâll talk to you soon! |
Wed, 19 August 2009
Family Tree University
Google announced last week that it has quadrupled its searchable archive of historical news articles, many of which are free to access.
The National Archives just announced that it has launched what it calls a Narations blog. The new blog is going to focus on online public access to records of the U.S. National Archives
The Salt Lake City Family History Expo is almost here
MyHeritage.com, has announced the release of Family Tree Builder 4.0. The Family Tree Builder software is available for free download
Read the article about Googleâs new improved search BBC News
GEM: IPUMS USA website
The site is described as âCensus microdata for social and economic researchâ. Itâs an excellent and little known web site that is dedicated to collecting and distributing US census data. Its goals are to:
1850 â 1950 Enumerator Instructions But as the column implies, the census taker was instructed not to write in column 26D so in this case the instructions canât help much. Column 26D was filled in by the staff at the census bureau after the census taker completed the task. The codes written in the column were to assist them in tabulating statistical information which they reported to Congress.
Unfortunately these numbers really donât provide additional information because they just reflect what was written in the Occupation columns by the census taker
You can learn what the occupation codes in Column 26D mean by visiting this page: âDeciphering Occupation Codes Appended to the 1930 Census in One Step.â
GEM: Agricultural Census (Non-Population Census) Non-population census at the National Archives
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Sun, 2 August 2009
NEWS: For the month of August 2009 Footnote.com is providing free access to the 1930 census images. To get the free access just go to www.footnote.com/1930census/ and register with your email address. Genealogy Insider Blog by Diane Haddad at Family Tree Magazine. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMUC) is celebrating it's 50th year. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections is a free Library of Congress program. Information about the manuscript collections of participating US libraries is being entered into the WorldCat library catalog search engine. Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Randy Seaver"s article on the Genea-musings blog Footnote Mavenâs post about the episode Episode 39 of the Family History podcast features the very gifted writer Denise Levenick who write the Family Curator blog, and also has an alyer ego known as Penny Dreadful who writes occasionally for the Footnote Mavenâs Shades of the Departed blog. And you get two bloggers in this episode because it also features my interview with Schelly Talalay Dardashti who writes the Tracing the Tribe blog on Jewish genealogy. Both these ladies are very experienced bloggers and will give you great tips on blogging, including dispelling the myth that you have to be technically inclined to blog! Google Books: So what do you think about this? Have you published your family history? Does it matter to you who owns the digital rights to your work? Iâd like to hear your thoughts on this. Email Lisa or call the voice mail line at 925 272-4021 to have your thoughts included on the show. GEM: Profile America GEM: Tony Burroughs
He is the author of the book Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree published by the Fireside Division of Simon & Schuster and I recently had a chance to sit down and talk with Tony about his work and his approach to the research process. Tony was so much fun to talk to and has so much knowledge about such a variety of subjects. If youâd like to see my interview with Tony that was filmed at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree you can view it in itâs entirety at the Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel. GEM: My Mother Was A Quilter by Lee Drew GEM: Profile America Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems e-Newsletter: See Lisa in person: Email Lisa with your questions and comments |
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