The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the "Basics of Birth Certificates" quicksheet as Karen Webster of Queensland. Look for the next drawing later in the program.

News You Can Use and Share!

• MyHeritage has introduced labels for DNA matches.
• News by way of the Society of Genealogists (https://www.sog.org.uk/)
  • A new database of Ireland's World War I dead has been launched at https://irelandsgreatwardead.ie.
  • The National Library of Scotland has added Ordnance Survey maps for more than 400 English and Welsh towns (1840s to 1890s) at https://maps.nls.uk/os/townplans-england/towns.html. More will be added later.
  • The Society of Genealogists has launched its Forum, an online place at its website (https://www.sog.org.uk/) for members to connect and share with others with common interests.
• Findmypast has added to its United States Obituaries Notices collection. It has also added the United States Freedmen's Bureau Marriages. Indian Army Records of Service 1900-1947 have also been added. The 1939 Register has been updated to make available a number of previously redacted records.
• Drew provides an overview of the latest vast updates from FamilySearch.

DNA Segment with Diahan Southard

Drew discusses how to get your DNA out there in as many places as possible with Diahan. Diahan provides directions here: https://www.yourdnaguide.com/transferring?rq=transfer

Listener Email

• Kathleen talks about Facebook and finding our podcast.
• Dana discusses searching for records of a great-grandfather from Poland who relocated first to Canada and then to the United States, and what challenges citizenship records presented. Dana also shares that creating a spreadsheet comparing the timelines of the great-grandfather and others can be very useful.
• Natalie thanks The Guys for suggestions about how to join a FamilySearch indexing group for Eau Clair County, Wisconsin.
• Matt discusses his ancestors' frequent movements between Germany and France before emigrating to the U.S.
• Tom discusses DNA matches, and the fact that some people upload a tree that may not be a biological family tree. The difference between a 'genealogical family tree' and a 'biological family tree' can confuse matters when adopted people are researching DNA matches.
• Donna M. Moughty, who leads excellent research trips to Ireland, has two planned trips in 2022: one in May and another in October. The trips will go to both Dublin and Belfast. Please visit her website at https://www.irishfamilyroots.com/ for details about the 2022 trips.

The Guys discuss using fan charts to represent your family tree and to help maintain focus on your linear research.

Quicksheet Drawing

Our next quicksheet giveaway is a trifecta! Donna M. Moughty has donated her three excellent guides in her Irish Research Series. Guide #1 is "Preparing for Success in Irish Research"; Guide #2 is "Irish Civil Registration and Church Records"; and Guide #3 is "Land, Tax and Estate Records in Ireland". Send an email to [email protected] by midnight Eastern Time on 15 December 2021. Put IRELAND in the subject line and your name and postal address in the body. Winner will be announced on the next podcast.

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The Guys announce the winner of drawing for the "Brick Wall Strategies" quicksheet as Dana from Salem, Oregon. Look for the next drawing later in the program.

News You Can Use and Share!

• RootsMagic 8 has been released.
• MyHeritage has updated its Theory of Family RelativityTM facility and massively increased the number of theories being produced.
• MyHeritage has added 462 million exclusive new French historical records.
• Nathan Dylan Goodwin's latest forensic genealogical mystery book, The Foundlings, has just been released.
• Findmypast has added new U. S. marriage records and has released new marriage and banns records for Essex, England, 1537-1935.
• Findmypast has announced that the 1921 Census of England and Wales will be released on 6 January 2022.
• Drew recaps the vast new and expanded collections at FamilySearch.

DNA Segment with Diahan Southard

Drew discusses MyHeritage's Theory of Family Relativity with Diahan.

Listener Email

• Steve writes about locating his biological grandfather through DNA research.
• Stuart shares the usefulness of records in the "British Royal Navy Allotment Declarations 1795-1852" collection at Findmypast.
• Carol and Ed both wrote to express how much they enjoyed the interview with Bruce Buzbee of RootsMagic on the Genealogy Connection podcast (episode #080).
• Ed wrote about our discussion concerning pedigree collapse.
• Jean wrote to provide listeners with additional online resources for New York marriages.
• Tom asks about how valid are low cM levels in DNA matches and asks what level of grandparents should he be searching for.
• Cathy writes about Civil War records for homes for disabled veterans.
• Natalie asks how she can get involved with indexing at FamilySearch for a specific area of Wisconsin and specific church records.
• David wants advice about locating records of a great-great-grandfather who died at sea while emigrating from Ireland to the U. S. in the 1850s-1860s.

Quicksheet Drawing

The Guys will give away a quicksheet reference guide for "Basics of Birth Certificates". Send an email to [email protected] by midnight Eastern Time on 15 November 2021. Put BIRTH in the subject line and your name and postal address in the body. The winner will be announced on the next podcast.

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Drew's guest is Bruce Buzbee, the RootsMagician himself. In this episode, Drew and Bruce discuss the recent release of RootsMagic 8. To learn of Bruce's background, see GC episode #027

Drew's guest is Lynn Turner, Assistant Director of the Family History Library.

Learn more about the Family History Library at familysearch.org/family-history-library/

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the "Basic Birth Certificates" quicksheet as Francis from Cumming, Georgia. The next drawing is announced later in the program.

News You Can Use and Share

• MyHeritage announces its new and improved colorization model for MyHeritage in ColorTM.
• MyHeritage has added two significant new collections. They are the Newspaper Name Index, USA and Canada, and the Scotland Census, 1841-1901. MyHeritage will be adding an index to the other half of the newspaper collection soon.
• The Society of Genealogists in London announced that its library catalog has been made available on the Library Hub Discover service.
• Findmypast has added the largest collection of historical local photographs, the Francis Frith Collection, to its searchable collections.
• Findmypast has added a new feature to the 1891, 1901, and 1911 censuses. It is a link for every search result to the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895 and a detailed map is displayed on which you can see where your ancestors lived.
• Findmypast has added new parish records for Warwickshire, the Warwickshire, Coventry, Midwife's Birth Register 1845-1875, and Turks & Caicos Life Events.
• Ancestry has released its new DNA ethnic estimates and includes 8 new regions.
• Drew recaps the vast new and expanded collections at FamilySearch.

DNA Segment with Diahan Southard

Drew discusses endogamy vs. pedigree collapse with Diahan.

Listener Email

• Judy writes to discuss challenges with New York State marriage records.
• Pam asks about records included in the updates from FamilySearch. George responds with suggestions, including a detailed discussion about how to use the search records facilities at FamilySearch for the following categories of records: indexed collections; image-only collections; and the catalog. He also recommends the use of the FamilySearch Research Wiki to access records online.
• Stacy Cole shares keen insights into the idea that the enslaved, once emancipated, took the surname of their last enslaver.
• Ryan wrote to provide an update on his research from six years ago about records relating to his great-grandmother's suicide. He has had success finding elusive records and shares his experience.

Update on the Zion Cemetery Project

Drew provides an update on the fascinating Zion Cemetery Project in Tampa. He and volunteers are working to identify descendants and family members, gather information about the interred's lives and historical context, and create a lasting memorial. They are collaborating with University of South Florida faculty and alumni, members of local genealogy societies, community members, and nationally known professional genealogists. More updates will be shared in future podcast episodes.

Quicksheet Drawing

The Guys will give away a quicksheet reference guide for "Brick Wall Research Strategies". Send an email to [email protected] no later than 12 midnight Eastern Time on October 1, 2021. Put BRICK WALL in the subject line and your name and postal address in the body. The winner will be announced on the next Genealogy Guys Podcast.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you'd like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

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George and Drew are available for virtual presentations for your local society. Contact us at [email protected].

Nicka Sewell-Smith returns to Genealogy Connection, and the discussion focuses on the newly released Freedmen's Bureau records freely available on Ancestry.

To learn more about Nicka, listen to episode #073 of Genealogy Connection, and visit her website at Who Is Nicka Smith?

News You Can Use and Share!

• Ancestry announces the release of a massive collection of Freedman's Bureau records with every-name indexing and images. The records are free to use with your free Ancestry guest membership.
• Ancestry announced a change in its Terms of Service concerning their rights to use content that members upload.
• MyHeritage announced that it is acquiring Filae, the French genealogical company.
• MyHeritage has released 9.7 million new and updated records for Pernambuco, Brazil, and 4.7 million birth, marriage, and death records from New Zealand.
• MyHeritage has made major improvements to its Online Family Tree, and these improve navigation and access to records links.
• The Society of Genealogists in London, England, has appointed Dr. Wanda Wyporska as its new CEO, effective 1 October 2021.
• Findmypast has released new and updated collection records: Scotland, Parish Births (1564-1929), Marriages and Banns (1561-1893), and Deaths (1564-2017); British Army, Royal Engineers (1900-1949); British Army tracer cards; Essex Parish Records; Royal Engineers Casualty Cards; an expanded Greater London Burial Index, and more.
• Findmypast is making over 1 million pages of 158 historical British newspapers available for free.
• Drew recaps the vast new and expanded collections at FamilySearch.

DNA Segment with Diahan Southard

Drew discusses the importance of descendancy research with Diahan.

Listener Email

• Stuart reported on his recent success with Drew's Key Lime Pound Cake recipe. (Drew originally discussed this recipe in a December 2019 episode, and emailed copies to anyone who requested it.)
• Jane asks for suggestions about what to do with her mother's 60+ years of genealogical research files.

Quicksheet Drawing

The Guys will give away a quicksheet reference guide for "Basics of Birth Certificates" in the U.S. Send an email to [email protected] by midnight U.S. Eastern Time September 1, 2021. Put BIRTH in the email subject line and your name and postal address in the body. The winner will be announced on the next podcast.

Drew's WikiTree Challenge

Drew's genealogy was the focus on a one-week genealogy challenge at WikiTree. Volunteer researchers delved into his genealogy to break through brick walls and to expand his knowledge. Watch the two YouTube videos – the Challenge and the Results – to share the excitement. Here are the links:

The Challenge (the first 5 minutes and then again starting at minute 31): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDAtp16w5pU&t=5s

The Results!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lmu1Lc-fVM&t=4s

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you'd like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

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George and Drew are available for virtual presentations for your local society. Contact us at [email protected].

Drew's guest is genealogy speaker and writer Pat Richley-Erickson, known to her many fans as DearMYRTLE.

Learn more about Pat at blog.dearmyrtle.com

New subscriptions to the Genealogy Guys Learn video and written lessons are on sale through July 31st. Save 25% off your first year's subscription. Visit http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2021/07/genealogy-guys-learn-summer-sale.html for details and the special coupon code.

News You Can Use and Share

• MyHeritage has released 10.7 million records for the Austria-Hungary Roman Catholic Indexes. 1612-1966, and Austria, Vienna Catholic Church Records Index, 1585-1918.
• MyHeritage has upgraded their Theory of Family Relativity facility for DNA matches to allow you to confirm or reject a theory.
• American Ancestors has introduced a new database for the only surviving copy of the 1810 U.S. Federal Census for Salem, Massachusetts.
• ScotlandsPeople has announced a delay of the release of the images of the 1921 Scottish Census until the latter half of 2022. Thanks to the Society of Genealogists for providing us with that news!
• Findmypast has published new or expanded collections: Ireland, Court of Chancery Bill Books (1627-1884); Ireland, Court of Exchequer Bill Books (1627-1884); Ireland, Petty Sessions Court Registers; Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway Census & Population Lists (1792-1821); Manitoba Vital Records; U.S. Census of Revolutionary War Pensioners (1840); U.S., Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment, 1776; additional England Roman Catholic Parish Registers; Pembrokeshire Parish Registers; Scotland, Modern and Civil Deaths & Burials (1855-2021); Australia, Inward, Outward & Coastal Passenger Lists (1826-1972); and Canada, Black Nova Scotians (1784-1837).
• FamilySearch has announced dates and details about RootsTech 2022.
• Drew recaps the vast new and expanded collections at FamilySearch.

DNA Segment with Diahan Southard

Drew discusses with Diahan the new Ancestry DNA feature that allows you to identify how you are related to your matches, if you know.

Listener Email

• Alan wrote to discuss questions about reducing his library's holdings.
• Kristina shared details about how she solved a brick wall using Geni.com, newspapers, and DNA.
• Pam wrote about the dilemmas faced when trying to sort through donations to her local historical society. Drew and George discuss the need for library and archive policies to guide both libraries and donors. Drew shares insights from the GENEALIB mailing list. Note that the following link will work only for GENEALIB subscribers: http://listserv.usf.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A1=ind2107&L=GENEALIB&X=O6A5CAB430DB224809C#4

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you'd like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your society about our free podcasts, our free blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

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George and Drew are available for virtual presentations for your local society. Contact us at [email protected].

We gave away two copies of Genealogical Publishing Company's Russia Genealogy Research at a glance reference guide and announced the winners.

News You Can Use and Share

• The Genealogy Guys Podcast is one of Family Tree Magazine's 101 Best Websites 2021. See full list at https://www.familytreemagazine.com/best-genealogy-websites/.
• MyHeritage announced its new Photo Repair tool.
• The FamilySearch Family History Library is reopening 6 July 2021.
• The Society of Genealogists announces that negotiations for a new home are underway.
• 1871 Irish Census transcriptions for the Roman Catholic parish of Drumconrath are now online at http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000635150#page/5/mode/1up.
• The Early British Census project is now online at http://ebc.byu.edu.
• A new webpage has been launched for the Maps for Local History at the National Library of Scotland at https://maps.nls.uk/communities/local-history/.
• NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has a backlog of 500,000 outstanding records inquiries. It is estimated that it will take 18-24 months to resolve the backlog.
• The British Library and Findmypast have announced the renewal of their long-term partnership to digitize the British Newspaper Archive and make it available online.
• Findmypast has added new collections or new records to: Middlesex Baptisms; Carmarthenshire, Wales, Parish Records; Scotland Roman Catholic Parish Registers; Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions; England Roman Catholic Parish Registers; and Crime, Prisons & Punishment records and mugshots.
• More than 400,000 naturalization records for the Bronx and Queens, New York, will become available online as part of a new federally-funded project.
• FamilySearch International announced the release of the FamilySearch GEDCOM 7.0 standard. The new data standard will accommodate media and other data in addition to text. Developers will certainly be busy programming to implement the new GEDCOM standard.
• Drew recaps the vast new and expanded collections at FamilySearch.

DNA Segment with Diahan Southard

Drew discusses working with distant matches with Diahan.

Listener Email

• Jean congratulated us on our inclusion in Family Tree Magazine's 101 Best Genealogy Websites. She also shared that she had success with using the old Ancestry message boards to locate a grandfather's cousin.
• Donna Moughty won one of the Russia Genealogy Research guides and it gave her the incentive to restart her research into her grandfather who was born in what now is Ukraine. She also has a few openings for her Ireland research trips this October. Learn more at https://www.irishfamilyroots.com/ or email her at [email protected].
• Graeme wrote about the discovery of 215 unmarked graves on the property of a residential school in Canada for indigenous children. He asked Drew for what processes of investigating and repatriating the children's remains can be used.
• Tom wrote about his DNA research for his wife's biological grandfather.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you'd like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

You should also tell your friends or your society about our free podcasts, our free blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

Let us hear from you at [email protected].

George and Drew are available for virtual presentations for your local society. Contact us at [email protected].