The Genealogy Guys Podcast  Genealogy Connection

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #436


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The Guys are celebrating 20 YEARS of the podcast!

News You Can Use and Share

  • RootsMagic has released RootsMagic 11, with a cleaner interface, better searching, the ability to create and save AI prompts with the AI Prompt Builder, and more powerful reporting.
  • MyHeritage added 94 million historical records in July and 135 million records in August!
  • MyHeritage has added 11 new creative effects to its LiveMemoryTM image navigator.
  • The Jewish Board at http://JewishBoard.org announced the launch of two free genealogy databases: National Desertion Bureau Card Catalog (1911-1935) at https://150yearsofcare.org/ndb-database/, and the United Hebrew Charities of New York Recipients & Donors (1869-1877) at https://150yearsofcare.org/uhc-recipients/.
  • The Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center and Vivid-Pix have partnered to host an all-day conference on 3 October 2025 from 9 AM to 4 PM in the ACPL Main Library Theater. Its focus is on working with elder care organizations to enrich the lives of dementia patients and their caregivers.
  • FamilySearch added 5 million new records from twelve (12) countries.

Listener Email

  • Laura writes to share a very successful newspaper research story.
  • Tom writes to tell us about The Stories Behind the Stars project for which he volunteers. It documents the stories of the military personnel who served and sacrificed their lives during WWII.
  • Christine wrote about Drew's discussion of County Laois in Ireland.

The Guys discuss the use of FamilySearch's Full Text Search facility and how it can open new, previously unindexed document collections at the site. Both George and Drew share examples of great finds using the Full Text Search.

Drew shares where he will be presenting in September and October of 2025. These include:

  • A webinar for the Puget Sound Chapter of the APG on 22 September.
  • Live at the Cleveland Public Library Genealogy Day on 4 October.
  • Live at the Lakeland (FL) Public Library on 11 October.

Check these organizations' websites for details.

Please let us hear from you at [email protected] with your questions and comments.

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