NEWS:

Findmypast.com
www.Findmypast.co.uk
has expanded its collection of British military records with the release of the Royal Marine Medal Roll 1914-1920.

They have also announced their take over of www.worldvitalrecords.com.au
It will be relaunched as www.findmypast.com.au

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Ancestry has launched a new wiki that includes two books - The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy and Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.  The wiki can be found at the Ancestry Wiki.

The Family Search Wiki
Ancestry also has announced that it plans on releasing Family Tree Maker for the Mac later this year.

FamilySearch
Over 300 Million new names have been added online at the FamilySearch Record Search Pilot
1. Go to www.familysearch.org 
2. Click Search Records
3. Click Record Search Pilot


Genealogy Gems
My article Undercover Genealogy appears in the July 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine
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Upcoming Classes:
I'm also teaching classes for Family Tree University
Next class:   Reverse Genealogy
Starts:  May 10, 2010
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I'm also now a contributing blogger for the Visit Salt Lake City website. Read my first post on Newspaper Research.

My book Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies is now available for download to your iPad from the iBookstore!

iPhone / iTouch / iPad users be sure and download the Genealogy Gems Podcast App


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New Listener Blogs:

Maria Northcote, Australia.  Wishful Linking
Try out the free Shapes tool for creating collages like Marie did
www.shapecollage.com

Connie Williams, Califonia.  Constance Comment

Challe Talbot wrote in asking about how to approach incorrect data in online family trees.  I have some thoughts on that.

 


GEM: A Criminal Past
Interview with author Ron Arons about his book Wanted! U.S. Criminal Records




GEM: Google Look Alikes
Check out the new features of Google Search
Be sure and scroll all the way to the bottom of your search results page.

Watch my video on the Google News Timeline
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Related Search - in the search box type related:keyword




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