The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #218 with Lisa Louise Cooke

In this episode, Lisa answers your questions and shares your comments. Hot topics on your minds that are covered in this episode:

• discovering new records online,
• working with other people's online trees,
• hard-to-locate military records;
• and getting lost in Pennsylvania research

NEWS: GOOGLE EARTH STORIES COMING

"Google Earth to let users post stories, photos in coming years" at DNAIndia.com

Lisa's FREE Google Earth video class: How to Use Google Earth for Genealogy

The Genealogist's Google Toolbox, 2nd edition and Google Earth for Genealogy Video Series

Try Google Earth for Chrome (you must use the Chrome browser to access)

Download the free Google Earth Pro software.

NEWS: FAMILYSEARCH REACHES 2 BILLION IMAGES

Why you should have a free FamilySearch account—and use it!

How to use the FamilySearch Catalog (it's free! Everyone should use it!)

Best strategies for accessing content at FamilySearch.org (special podcast episode on the end of microfilm lending)

GEMS NEWS: LISA'S NEW COLUMN IN FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE

Purchase the May/June issue in print or digital download format

Subscribe to Family Tree Magazine: print format, digital download format or get a great price for both!

StoryWorth for Father's Day: Invite your dad to share stories with loved ones every week, and then get them all bound in a beautiful hardcover book at the end of the year. Go to http://www.storyworth.com/lisa for $20 off when you subscribe. This Father's Day is actually a gift for you, too!

BONUS CONTENT for Genealogy Gems App Users

If you're listening through the Genealogy Gems app, don't forget to check out your bonus content for this episode! The Genealogy Gems app is FREE in Google Play and is only $2.99 for Windows, iPhone and iPad users.

MAILBOX: SARA'S FRIDAY RECORD POST DISCOVERY

Click here to subscribe to the free Genealogy Gems newsletter to receive the weekly Friday records update by email.

Click here to view several recent Friday records posts—see what new records have appeared online lately!

Tell Lisa Louise Cooke about your "Friday records post" discoveries—or anything else—at genealogygemspodcast @ gmail.com or call her voicemail at 925-272-4021.

MAILBOX: ONLINE FAMILY TREE MATCHES

Reviewing tree hints at Ancestry.com

MAILBOX: BACK TO RESEARCH AFTER 10 YEARS!

Lisa's recommendations to a new Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning member for getting back into the swing of research:

Subscribe to the free Genealogy Gems newsletter.

Watch the Premium video, "Take Control of Your Family Tree" (Premium eLearning membership required)

Listen to the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast by Lisa Louise Cooke. It's a great series for learning the research ropes and well as refreshing your skills.

Lisa Louise Cooke uses and recommends RootsMagic family history software. From within RootsMagic, you can search historical records on FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com.

Keep your family history research, photos, tree software files, videos and all other computer files safely backed up with Backblaze, the official cloud-based computer backup system for Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems. Learn more at https://www.backblaze.com/Lisa.

MAILBOX: MILITARY DRAFT REGISTRATIONS

Click here to read about finding military draft registrations

INTERVIEW: JIM BEIDLER ON PENNSYLVANIA RESEARCH QUESTION

James M. Beidler is the author of The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide and Trace Your German Roots Online. Learn more Pennsylvania research techniques in his on-demand webinar download, Best Pennsylvania Genealogy Research Strategies.

Click here to read a summary of some of Jim's tips AND find a collection of links we curated to help you find more Pennsylvania birth records online.

MyHeritage.com is the place to make connections with relatives overseas, particularly with those who may still live in your ancestral homeland. Click here to see what MyHeritage can do for you: it's free to get started.

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Lisa Louise Cooke, Host and Producer

Sunny Morton, Editor

Hannah Fullerton, Audio Editor

Lacey Cooke, Service Manager

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