In this episode Lisa chats with Josh Taylor of NEHGS about genealogy, technology and the future.

Tips for Getting the Most from a Conference

1. Sit up front

2. Introduce themselves to the people sitting next to them

3. Attend classes that wouldn’t normally attend.  Try new topics, and let the presenters really lay out the topic and see how it might apply to their own research.

  

The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox

 

Genealogy’s Star Blog article:  Live from the Family History Expo in Arizona

The Illinois State Genealogical Society Unveiled their new website which features Illinois Resources for Genealogy Researchers

 

The U.S. National Archives Records Administration new Online Public Access prototype

video demo   

 

So try it out at http://www.archives.gov/research/search 

send your comments and feedback to search@nara.gov.

 

video introducing you to NARA’s new search. 

 

NARA’s first mobile app: “Today’s Document.”  http://tiny.cc/TodayDoc1

Tutorial video on how to use the new Today’s Document application:

 The Today’s Document is absolutely free and you can get it at the Android marketplace and the Apple iTunes Store.

 The Library and Archives Canada recently announced that within the next seven years, they will put most of its services online. 

Ancestry.com has decided to disconnect their Expert Connect Service as of March 18, 2011

Jenna Mills wrote in saying that the recent episodes of the Genealogy Gems podcast weren’t showing up on her Genealogy Gems Android App.  If this happens to you it may be because a more current version of the app has been released.  Simply check for the app update on your mobile device, download it and you’ll be up and running again as Jenna did. 

Get the Genealogy Gems Android app at the Android Marketplace, or the iPhone app in the iTunes store.

 

 

Rootsmagic now offers FREE online webinar classes.  Go to www.rootsmagic.ocm/webinars and click on a webinar title from the list for more information or to register. And don’t worry if you missed one or the timing isn’t quite right for your schedule, because you can watch or download past webinars right from their website like:

Getting Started with RootsMagic

Publishing a Family History with RootsMagic

FamilySearch Made Easy with RootsMagic

RootsMagic To-Go: Running RootsMagic on a Flash Drive

And Sources, Citations and Documentation with RootsMagic – oh that’s one you’re gonna want to watch.   

 

MAILBOX: 

Bill Buchanan and Kim Fillmore wrote in about some great genealogy gems they found on Google Books 

My Georgia Roots

Sheryl’s Skeletons in the Cupboard

 

Download the free Genealogy Gems Toolbar
It turns out that the company who develops and maintains the toolbar for us has signed a new contract with Microsoft and has now made Bing the default for the search box.  I have set Google as an option:

On the far left end of the toolbar Click on the down arrow to the right of just to the right of the Genealogy Gems family button and select Refresh Toolbar

Click on the small black down arrow to the right of the search box and select Google from the top of the list

The search box will now search with Google. 

Just keep in mind that if you open a new browser window, you may need to select Google again, but after doing so all searches will be Google rather than Bing. 

 

GEM: Interview with Josh Taylor

Roots Tech 2011

Sarah Jessica Parker episode of the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? 

 

New Blog Series

Check out Lisa’s guests post Tech Tips series on the Genealogy Insider blog