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DearLISTENERS & READERS,
DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 9 Dec 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to any .mp3 player if you choose to download the file. An alternative would be to download the file automatically via iTunes. You don’t need an iPod to listen. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com. You may play, pause, rewind and listen to podcasts as many times as you wish. 

GUESTS THIS WEEK 

Joe Everett, International Content Manager for Ancestry.com. Before joining Ancestry, Joe was the head of the International Reference staff at the Family History Library, where he also worked as a Slavic and Germanic records librarian.  Joe earned a B.A. in Russian Language and in Family History/Genealogy (Germanic emphasis) from Brigham Young University and a Master of Library Science degree from Emporia State University (Kansas).  He has served as an officer in the Federation of East European Family History Societies and the Genealogy & Local History Committees of the American Library Association and Utah Library Association.  He has also given lectures and published articles on Slavic and Germanic family history and Central & East European historical geography and migration. This segment begins 7 minutes into the podcast.

Thus far, Ancestry has created seven sister web sites to Ancestry.com: United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, and China. International record collections thus far primarily focused on these countries.  That’s not to say we aren’t publishing records from any other countries.  (Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia and more.) All of the international record collections are available to Ancestry members subscribed to World Deluxe.  (Some databases are available for free.)

• Search Directories (including German city directories mentioned during the podcast.)

• Search UK Incoming Passenger Lists 1878-1960 "This database is an index to the Board of Trade’s passenger lists of ships arriving in the United Kingdom from foreign ports outside of Europe and the Mediterranean from 1878-1888 and 1890-1960. Information listed on the passenger lists may include: name of passenger, their birth date or age, port of departure, port of arrival, date of arrival, and vessel name. For more information about this database, click here."

• Canada Passenger Records 1865-1935 "This database contains passenger lists of ships arriving in various Canadian ports, as well as a few eastern U.S. ports, from 1865-1935. Information listed in these records includes: name of passenger, age, gender, marital status, birth country, nationality, occupation, and religious affiliation. For more information about this database, click here."

Elizabeth Powell Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition. Libbi joins Myrt to discuss ideas for sharing family history gifts during the upcoming holiday season. This segment begins 27 minutes into the podcast.

• Heirlooms and Holidays

• An idea: Create a Christmas gift from your genealogy data

• AncestryPrinting.com
• Putnam County Genealogy - commemorative Christmas ornaments.

LINKS WE MENTION

Second Life (Once you've joined (it's free), search for Clarise Beaumont or DearMYRTLE Writer.)

FamilySearch.org's weekly reports of new or updated items in at pilot.FamilySearch.org. See sample blog entry FamilySearch: 1870 US, Cook Co. Illinois Marriages, etc.

Milseán Chocolate Shoppe
(Myrt's nephew's in-laws have created a wonderful chocolate bark of either white or dark chocolate with almonds and/or cranberries.) Milseán (meel-shawn), in Gaelic (Ireland's ancestral language) means "Sweet Things".  Visit the retail shoppe at the renovated Aldergrove Fire Hall, at 2900 272nd Street, in Aldergrove, BC or order online.

Brite Music has great kids' music, songs & activity books. The music is also available in .mp3 format for your iPod. During the podcast you'll hear "I know my number". Ol' Myrt taught her young children to memorize the family telephone number using this song, and now her daughters are teaching Myrt's grandchildren using the same song. It's from the Safety Kids CD.

 

LINKS TO SOME OF DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOGS ENTRIES

Recording family histories

Cork Genealogical Society 2009 meeting plans

First Parish Cemetery of York, Maine

Thoughts on Christmas

National Archivist Allen Weinstein Resigns

Update on the Caird Library opening hours

Legacy Genealogy Cruise 2009 - Mediterranean/Greec...

NARA: Slaves who built the White House, etc.

FamilySearch: 1870 US, Cook Co. Illinois Marriages...

Update from the Original Record

Myrt's Podcasts at FHExpos.com

FamilySearch Certified affiliates

Footnote & NARA: Pearl Harbor commemoration

Role of patent witnesses

READER'S FEEDBACK: Google Patent Search

Thoughts at Thanksgiving 2008

NARA: Awards for Excellence in Genealogy

LINKS TO RECENT TEACH GENEALOGY BLOG ENTRIES

Google Patent Search unearths a new ancestral location

Family History Lesson Series from FamilySearch.org

24th January Field Trip to Myrt's house

REMINDER: Saturday's FHL field trip RSVP

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt      
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com

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http://blog.TeachGenealogy.com
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© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

This and previous blog entries are fully searchable by going to http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/. Myrt welcomes queries and research challenges, but regrets she is unable to answer each personally.

 

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DearLISTENERS & READERS,
DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 30 Sept 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to any .mp3 player if you choose to download the file. An alternative would be to download the file automatically via iTunes. You don’t need an iPod to listen. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com. You may play, pause, rewind and listen to podcasts as many times as you wish.

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GUEST THIS WEEK

Elizabeth Powell Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition joins Myrt to discuss www.FamilySearchIndexing.org. Millions of names are being indexed by volunteers who participate in this double blind data entry indexing system. Join and do your part, even if it is only 30 minutes a week, if enough volunteers do this, the work will progress faster. Be sure to check out Libbi's blog at www.epcrowe.com.

MightyMouse TOUR Be sure to pause, rewind or play your .mp3 player if you'd like to follow along while Myrt is speaking.

Myrt takes her listeners on a personal step-by step tour of http://pilot.FamilySearch.org. We used to think of Labs.FamilySearch is the "test area" for indexes and databases. Well, now Pilot.FamilySearch.org is an "advanced" test area, meaning the contents are nearly ready to be released.

Myrt also spotlights this last week's Best of the Internet for Genealogists award winning sites & content:

• War Orphans from Poland (via Siberia and Africa) in Canada
• The National Archives (UK) website quick reference chart
• Earlham College's American Friend (Quaker) Obituary Index (1894-1960) compiled by Thomas D. Hamm.
• Kilbirnie-Lyall Bay Community Centre Oral History Project
• Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 51 hosted by Lisa Louise Cooke
• Denise Olson's "Create Your Own YouTube Channel"
• "Send documents as PDF rather than fax" by Adam Pash
• APG Mailing List - series on keeping societies healthy
• Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, created, 1988 - 1989, documenting the period 1942 - 1946 - Record Group 210 NARA.
• "National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Recognizes Carnegie Library of
  Pittsburgh For Outstanding Service"

LINKS WE MENTION

Milseán Chocolate Shoppe Myrt's nephew's in-laws have created a wonderful chocolate bark of either white or dark chocolate with almonds and/or cranberries. Milseán (meel-shawn, in Gaelic (Ireland's ancestral language) means "Sweet Things".  Visit the retail shoppe at the renovated Aldergrove Fire Hall, at 2900 272nd Street, in Aldergrove, BC or order online.

Brite Music has great kids' music, songs & activity books. The music is also available in .mp3 format for your iPod. During the podcast you'll hear "I know my number". Ol' Myrt taught her young children to memorize the family telephone number using this song, and now her daughters are teaching Myrt's grandchildren using the same song. It's from the Safety Kids CD.

Heritage Books Midnight Madness use the promotion code MIDMAD08 on your order to receive 30% off before shipping on your order at Heritage Books. The sale expires at midnight Friday, 3 October 2008.

LINKS TO SOME OF DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOGS ENTRIES

Correcting Mistakes

·  RIP Art Lassagne

·  How's your family tree?

·  Blogging tips

·  BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 28 Sept 2008

·  I *Heart* Your Blog Award

·  FamilyInsight now in open beta

·  FHExpos Genealogy Podcast debuts

·  Heritage Books Midnight Madness

·  MyAncestorsFound becomes FamilyHistoryExpos.com

·  Homestead Records at Footnote.com

·  READER'S FEEDBACK: Chrome & Opera web browsers

·  American Archives, the Manuscript and Book Collection

·  My Ancestors Found Call for Papers 2009

LINKS TO RECENT TEACH GENEALOGY BLOG ENTRIES

• OREM: Utah Valley PAF Users Group 11 Oct 2008

• Sept 2008 Field Trip: DUP Historian's Office

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt     
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com

http://blog.DearMYRTLE.com
http://blog.TeachGenealogy.com
http://podcasts.DearMYRTLE.com

DearMYRTLE's Facebook® Group Message Board
http://www.new.facebook.com/board.php?uid=2960625373
© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

This and previous blog entries are fully searchable by going to http://blog.dearmyrtle.com. Myrt welcomes queries and research challenges, but regrets she is unable to answer each personally.

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DearLISTENERS & READERS,
DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 23 Sept 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to any .mp3 player if you choose to download the file. An alternative would be to download the file automatically via iTunes. You don’t need an iPod to listen. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: podcasts.dearmyrtle.com.  You may play, pause, rewind and listen to podcasts as many times as you wish.

GUESTS THIS WEEK

Holly Hansen from FamilyHistoryExpos.com (formerly MyAncestorsFound.com) joins Myrt to discuss the name change (seems all the big genealogy websites are doing this!)

• www.FamilyHistoryExpos.com

• 2008 Oct 27th-Nov 1st Family History Library Retreat

• Family History Expos Podcast series

• 2008 Mesa Arizona Family History Expo

Elizabeth Powell Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition joins Myrt to review recent entries at her blog, www.epcrowe.com.

• Hurricane Ike uncovers a mystery ship

• Lincoln Legacy - display of the Homestead Act

• TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

LINKS WE MENTION

• Google's Chrome
• DearMYRTLE: READER'S FEEDBACK: Chrome & Opera web browsers
• DearMYRTLE: BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 14 Sept 2008 (mentioning Chrome)
• www.FamilySearchIndexing.org
• http://labs.FamilySearch.org
• http://pilot.FamilySearch.org

Concerning anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam& firewall protection software

• Norton Internet Security (from Symantec)
• McAfee
• Panda Software
• AVG by Grisoft
• Dick Eastman

Milseán Chocolate Shoppe Myrt's nephew's in-laws have created a wonderful chocolate bark of either white or dark chocolate with almonds and/or cranberries. Milseán (meel-shawn), in Gaelic (Ireland's ancestral language) means "Sweet Things".  Visit the retail shoppe at the renovated Aldergrove Fire Hall, at 2900 272nd Street, in Aldergrove, BC or order online.

Brite Music has great kids' music, songs & activity books. The music is also available in .mp3 format for your iPod. During the podcast you'll hear "I know my number". Ol' Myrt taught her young children to memorize the family telephone number using this song, and now her daughters are teaching Myrt's grandchildren using the same song. It's from the Safety Kids CD.

Heritage Books Midnight Madness use the promotion code MIDMAD08 on your order to receive 30% off before shipping on your order at www.HeritageBooks.com&Affiliate=om. Salt expires at midnight Friday, 3 October 2008.

LINKS TO SOME OF DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOGS ENTRIES

MyAncestorsFound becomes FamilyHistoryExpos.com

Homestead Records at Footnote.com

READER'S FEEDBACK: Chrome & Opera web browsers

American Archives, the Manuscript and Book Collection

My Ancestors Found Call for Papers 2009

BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 14 Sept 2008

Mary Ann (Brockerman) Wright 1816-1913

FamilySearch: 12 Sept Update

Are conference CDs worth it?

UGA Conference: website room assignments are incorrect

LINKS TO SOME OF DearMYRTLE's RECENT PODCAST ENTRIES

• DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour
• Family History Expos Intro - Holly Hansen
• Family History Expos #1 - Sue Clark (Ellis Island)
• Family History Expos #2 - Barry Ewell (Photography for the genealogist)
• Family History Expos #3 - Gordon Booth (Intro to English Family History)
• Family History Expos #4 - Gaylon Findlay (Ancestral Quest software)
• Family History Expos #5 - Betsy Gottsponer (Beginning & recognizing errors)

LINKS TO RECENT TEACH GENEALOGY BLOG ENTRIES

• OREM: Utah Valley PAF Users Group 11 Oct 2008 
• Sept 2008 Field Trip: DUP Historian's Office

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt     
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com

blog.DearMYRTLE.com
http://blog.TeachGenealogy.com
http://podcasts.DearMYRTLE.com

DearMYRTLE's Facebook® Group Message Board
http://www.new.facebook.com/board.php?uid=2960625373
© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

This and previous blog entries are fully searchable by going to http://blog.dearmyrtle.com. Myrt welcomes queries and research challenges, but regrets she is unable to answer each personally.

 

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DearLISTENERS & READERS,
DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 11 Sept 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to any .mp3 player if you choose to download the file. An alternative would be to download the file automatically via iTunes. You don’t need an iPod to listen. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com. You may play, pause, rewind and listen to podcasts as many times as you wish.

GUESTS THIS WEEK

Justin Schroepfer from www.Footnote.com discusses the newly released Footnote Pages. Based initially on the 80 million+ names from the US Social Security Death Index, you'll find that all sorts of events, photos and comments can easily be added to an individual's page. One doesn't need to be an accomplished web page designer to create a tribute to that individual family member. Access is free. The pages exist in a format that makes it Google searchable. During this interview, Ol' Myrt actually created a page honoring her father. It was a snap. (This segment begins 4 minutes into the podcast.)

• DearMYRTLE's cross-post of the official announcement & follow-up email from Justin Footnote Pages debut at TechCrunch50

• Footnote Pages (beta)

• Here the link to the page Ol' Myrt has begun for her Dad, Glen Shirl Player

Forensic genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick, author of Forensic Genealogy (the book) visits with Myrt to discuss how DNA research recently helped identify the remains of some 30 merchant marines whose plane went down in the late 1940s. The more Colleen talks about yDNA and mtDNA, the more it seems to make sense to Ol' Myrt here. Colleen also explains the research process and compliments the genealogists in Limerick, Ireland who assisted in the gathering of tombstone inscriptions and evidence of christening, marriage and burial information from local parish church records. (This segment begins 17:30 minutes into the podcast.)

• Find out more about the Alaska wreckage and identification of remains at Colleen's website www.ForensicGenealogy.info.

• Colleen's book Forensic Genealogy

• Colleen's book DNA & Genealogy

• Colleen's book The Dead Horse Investigation: Forensic Photo Analysis for Everyone

• Listen to the interview - National Public Radio features Forensic Genealogy on its Talk of the Nation broadcast July 26, 2005 

Tim Sullivan, CEO of The Generation Network (Ancestry.com), joins the podcast to discuss the World Archives Project a new volunteer indexing project endorsed by the Federation of Genealogical Societies. Tim explains the mechanism and goals of this project. The indexes will remain free, though membership will be required to view the linked scanned images. (This segment begins 37:34 minutes into the podcast.) Here's a note about system requirements from Ancestry's World Archives Project we read:

Operating System: Windows XP Home or Professional, Windows Vista
Minimum Computer Speed: Pentium® IV or better
Minimum Internal Memory (RAM): 512MB or greater
Display: 1024 x 768 or higher
Connection Speed: Broadband high-speed internet recommended (DSL, cable, satellite)

Related links:

• Watch the tutorial

• Ancestry's blog announcement of World Archives Project

Let's honor the current indexers for top scores:

• SherylPorter81 31727 entries

• jjuntunen1 31013 entries

• DorisFisher32 20348 entries

• juliemac60 18303 entries

• VMW435 12547 entries

Elizabeth Powell Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition joins Myrt as we review the free (US) Military Records online class we took through Brigham Young University's Independent Study program. The 28-page class has several multiple choice tests (with feedback about right and wrong answers) to guide the student through the fundamentals of records that may mention an ancestors military service. (This segment begins 47:50 minutes into the podcast.) Be sure to read Libbi's blog at www.epcrowe.com .

LINKS WE MENTION

• Second Life (Once you've joined, and it's free, search for Clarise Beaumont or DearMYRTLE Writer.)
• www.FamilySearchIndexing.org

Milseán Chocolate Shoppe
(Myrt's nephew's in-laws have created a wonderful chocolate bark of either white or dark chocolate with almonds and/or cranberries.) Milseán (meel-shawn), in Gaelic (Ireland's ancestral language) means "Sweet Things".  Visit the retail shoppe at the renovated Aldergrove Fire Hall, at 2900 272nd Street, in Aldergrove, BC or order online.

Brite Music has great kids' music, songs & activity books. The music is also available in .mp3 format for your iPod. During the podcast you'll hear "I know my number". Ol' Myrt taught her young children to memorize the family telephone number using this song, and now her daughters are teaching Myrt's grandchildren using the same song. It's from the Safety Kids CD.

LINKS TO SOME OF DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOGS ENTRIES

• Ancestry clarifies indexing project

• Giving our all

• 10 essential books in my genealogy library

• Footnote Pages debut at TechCrunch50

• FamilySearch Re: Ancestry's World Archives indexing

• Online British genealogy courses

• Open access to enhanced SSDI at GenealogyBank.com

• Footnote.com goes to TechCrunch50

• Genealogical Speakers Guild

• READER'S FEEDBACK: Geni & GoToMeeting

• 1901 Surrey & overseas marriages at FindMypast.com

• Status of user-created indexes at Ancestry.com

• Geni.com exceeded 1 million unique visitors - Aug 2008

• Virtual genealogy speakers at local societies

• Capturing Memories: Your Family History in Photographs

• Ancestry & FGS: World Archives project

LINKS TO RECENT TEACH GENEALOGY BLOG ENTRIES

• DearMYRTLE's Study Group: Update 19 Aug 2008

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt     
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com

http://blog.DearMYRTLE.com
http://blog.TeachGenealogy.com
http://podcasts.DearMYRTLE.com

DearMYRTLE's Facebook® Group Message Board
http://www.new.facebook.com/board.php?uid=2960625373
© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

This and previous blog entries are fully searchable by going to http://blog.dearmyrtle.com. Myrt welcomes queries and research challenges, but regrets she is unable to answer each personally.

 

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DearLISTENERS & READERS,
DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 2 Sept 2008 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to any .mp3 player if you choose to download the file. An alternative would be to download the file automatically via iTunes. You don’t need an iPod to listen. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com. You may play, pause, rewind and listen to podcasts as many times as you wish.

GUESTS THIS WEEK 

Elizabeth Powell Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition. Several Projects by Megan Smolenyak. Libbi writes "Many of you know Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak as the lead researcher for the PBS Ancestors series where she delved into over 5,000 genealogical stories and developed much of the content for the companion website (http://www.ancestors.com/) She has subsequently consulted for other television programs, including They Came to America and African American Lives for PBS, and BBC’s Timewatch (regarding the identification of sailors’ remains recovered from the USS Monitor). Megan currently serves as Chief Family Historian and North American spokesperson for Ancestry.com and is also co-founder of Roots Television http://www.rootstelevision.com/ just to name a few of her accomplishments. Megan is also host of the series Unclaimed Persons on Roots Tevelevision. Unclaimed Persons features cases–one involving a man who was found in his jeep in the desert and had been lost to his family for more than 50 years — from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania and San Bernardino County, California. Unclaimed Persons can be viewed here  and more information is available at RootsTelevision. (This segment begins 8:32 minutes into the podcast.) 

Libbi also talk about the difficult task of going through her mother's compiled genealogy files, particularly on her Powell line in the days before computers and photocopies. Letters from Libbi's great-aunts and uncles provide eyewitness recollections of even earlier generations.

Libbi quotes ideas from Genealogy Online about the necessity of looking at so-called secondary resources such as the society page in the newspaper, using www.Ancestry.com  and www.GenealogyBank.com newspaper collections. Looking at land records to see if the tract of land has been divided among heirs. Mentioned were the original deeds at the Bureau of Land Management land records.

• Genealogy Online 8th Edition on Kindle

• Land Records: One way past the brick wall

Duff Wilson, the product manager for Family Tree Maker 2009. He has 15 years of software design and development experience creating user-friendly products and has earned national awards for his work. He holds a master's degree from Utah State University in instructional technology with an emphasis in computer-based instruction. He is an avid genealogist. In the process of designing Family Tree Maker, Duff works closely with countless genealogists, ranging from novice to expert.  (This segment begins 35 minutes into the podcast.)

• wners/">Message to Family Tree Maker 2008 Owners (Free upgrade!)

• Family Tree Maker 2009 - See an Ancestor’s Life Migration Path

LINKS WE MENTION

• Second Life (Once you've joined, and it's free, search for Clarise Beaumont or DearMYRTLE Writer.)
• 2008 FGS Conference in Philadelphia "Footprints in History" 3-6 Sept 2008. The deadline for early registration has been extended to 1 July 2008. See also the FGS Conference Blog.

Milseán Chocolate Shoppe
(Myrt's nephew's in-laws have created a wonderful chocolate bark of either white or dark chocolate with almonds and/or cranberries.) Milseán (meel-shawn), in Gaelic (Ireland's ancestral language) means "Sweet Things".  Visit the retail shoppe at the renovated Aldergrove Fire Hall, at 2900 272nd Street, in Aldergrove, BC or order online.

Brite Music has great kids' music, songs & activity books. The music is also available in .mp3 format for your iPod. During the podcast you'll hear "I know my number". Ol' Myrt taught her young children to memorize the family telephone number using this song, and now her daughters are teaching Myrt's grandchildren using the same song. It's from the Safety Kids CD.

LINKS TO SOME OF DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOGS ENTRIES

• Generation Maps: wide carriage plotter printing of large wall charts

• MESA: 14-15 Nov 2008

• Utah Genealogical Association events

• New look to FamilyTreeMagazine.com

• Family Tree Maker 2009 released

• Woman Reunited with 85-Year-Old Heirloom Photo of mother and grandmother

• Schelly: reports of conference on Jewish Genealogy

• FamilySearch Update: 25 Aug 2008

• NBC Today Show: family history of Meredith Vieira

• REPORT: Write, write, write

• NYC: Irish long distance research seminar

• REPORT: Reach out & perform genealogical acts of kindness

• SLC: 8th Annual British Institute 6-10 Oct 2008

• GeneTree Adds Y-Chromosome DNA Testing Option

• ACROSS MY DESK: 20 Aug 2008

• Early Settlers of Spanish and Mexican Land Grants

• Ancestry.com & JewishGen

• FamilySearch adds 2 million items (FL, WV, WWII, Mexico, etc.)

• Indexes are not transcripts

• TNG v7.0.1

LINKS TO RECENT TEACH GENEALOGY BLOG ENTRIES

• DearMYRTLE's Study Group: Update 19 Aug 2008

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt     
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com

http://blog.DearMYRTLE.com
http://blog.TeachGenealogy.com
http://podcasts.DearMYRTLE.com

DearMYRTLE's Facebook® Group Message Board
http://www.new.facebook.com/board.php?uid=2960625373
© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

This and previous blog entries are fully searchable by going to http://blog.dearmyrtle.com. Myrt welcomes queries and research challenges, but regrets she is unable to answer each personally.

 

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Myrt visits with Dusty Rhodes from Genetree.com, Elizabeth Powel Crowe author of Genealogy Line about genealogy classes and with Whitney Ransom from WorldVitalRecords.com to discuss We're Related (#22 most popular application on Facebook )and the new version of the Family History Library Catalog to debut in Feb 2009.<< MORE >>

Myrt discusses the place of tombstones as a genealogy source, interviews Justin Schropher about FBI Case Files at Footnote.com, and discusses access challenges facing handicapped online genealogists with Elizabeth Powell Crowe.<< MORE >>

Myrt's guests discuss US military records, becoming a professional genealogist, and useful Ancestry.com indices and scanned image collections.<< MORE >>

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The text of this podcast appears in the August 2008 archives of DearMYRTLE's genealogy blog located at: http://blog.DearMYRTLE.com

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Note the original DearMYRTLE blog entry for this podcast is Films in Salt Lake's Family History Library

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The original blog entry is located at:
http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2008/08/genealogy-courses-cruises.html

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The original text of this podcast appears in the July 2008 archives of DearMYRTLE's genealogy blog:
http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2008_07_01_archive.html

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The text for these FamilySearch.org announcements was received from Paul Nauta and appear in the July 2008 archives of DearMYRTLE's genealogy blog:

http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2008_07_01_archive.html

Join Myrt with her guests Photo Detective Maureen Taylor and genealogists Elizabeth Powell Crowe.<< MORE >>

DearLISTENERS & READERS,

DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 10 June 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to any .mp3 player if you choose to download the file. An alternative would be to download the file automatically via iTunes. You don’t need an iPod to listen. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com.  

MightyMouse TOUR This segment begins 57 seconds into the podcast and includes entries from DearMYRTLE's Best of the Internet for Genealogists 29 June 2008 as follows:

• BLOG: Schelly Talalay Dardashti's "The Future is now: encouraging younger genealogists"

• INSTRUCTION: footnoteMAVEN's"Labeling and Labeling Systems"

• DATABASE SITE: Online Ortsfamilienbücher database, or Online town heritage books
  
• SCANNED IMAGE SITE: OriginsNetwork.com's Boyd’s Marriage Index - London and Middlesex Supplement on British Origins
  
• PODCAST: Episode #6: Family History Minute - "Countries and Cultures (Where am I from?)"
  
• VIDEO: S&N Genealogy's Neigel Baily interview
  
• COMMENTARY: Mark Tucker's FamilyLink.com Gives Employees 10% of Work Time to Do Their Family History
  
• INNOVATION: Midwest Genealogy Center
  
• MOST INTERESTING THREAD: Randy Seaver's Does Any Genealogy Software Do This?
  
• ETHNIC STUDIES: Craig Manson's "Your Albanian Aunt, er. uh Uncle?"
  
• PLUS ONE: Family Tree Magazine's "Search Tips for Online Genealogy Databases"

GUESTS THIS WEEK 

Kendall Hulet from Ancestry.com to discuss the New Ancestry.com Search options. During the interview, we used WebEx, so Myrt could view Kendall's computer screen as he described some of his favorite features. Notice in the screen shot below, Ol' Myrt has only typed in the name William, but Ancestry's computers are already working hard by comparing this with other known men by the name of William on my family tree. In this example, I was planning to research William Gist Froman (A) but if I wished to work on a client's family, I could change the tree Ancestry will search by clicking the down arrow button at ( below. The "Advanced" button Kendall explains during this interview is shown at (C) below. If I wish to save data entry time, I can merely click the William Gist From on the list, and his birth and death info will be inserted in the new Ancestry.com search screen automatically. This certainly speeds up research time. For more info about Ancestry's new search capabilities, take the tour. (This segment begins 12 minutes into the podcast.)

Elizabeth Powel Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition. Her Crowe's Nest blog is at www.epcrowe.com. Libbi discusses placing your genealogy on a web page, using the National Genealogical Society "Guidelines For Publishing Web Pages On The Internet". Be sure to subscribe to Elizabeth's blog, the Crowe's Nest. Following these guidelines, you are sure to create a space on the web to honor your ancestors and attract here-to-fore unknown distant cousins who are working on the same ancestral lines. (This segment begins 47 minutes into the podcast.)

Guidelines For Publishing Web Pages On The Internet Recommended by the National Genealogical Society Appreciating that publishing information through Internet Web sites and Web pages shares many similarities with print publishing, considerate family historians— apply a title identifying both the entire Web site and the particular group of related pages, similar to a book-and-chapter designation, placing it both at the top of each Web browser window using the <TITLE> HTML tag, and in the body of the document, on the opening home or title page and on any index pages. explain the purposes and objectives of their Web sites, placing the explanation near the top of the title page or including a link from that page to a special page about the reason for the site. display a footer at the bottom of each Web page which contains the Web site title, page title, author's name, author's contact information, date of last revision and a copyright statement. provide complete contact information, including at a minimum a name and e-mail address, and preferably some means for long-term contact, like a postal address. assist visitors by providing on each page navigational links that lead visitors to other important pages on the Web site, or return them to the home page. adhere to the NGS “Standards for Sharing Information with Others” regarding copyright, attribution, privacy, and the sharing of sensitive information. include unambiguous source citations for the research data provided on the site, and if not complete descriptions, offering full citations upon request. label photographic and scanned images within the graphic itself, with fuller explanation if required in text adjacent to the graphic. identify transcribed, extracted or abstracted data as such, and provide appropriate source citations. include identifying dates and locations when providing information about specific surnames or individuals. respect the rights of others who do not wish information about themselves to be published, referenced or linked on a Web site. provide Web site access to all potential visitors by avoiding enhanced technical capabilities that may not be available to all users, remembering that not all computers are created equal. avoid using features that distract from the productive use of the Web site, like ones that reduce legibility, strain the eyes, dazzle the vision, or otherwise detract from the visitor's ability to easily read, study, comprehend or print the online publication. maintain their online publications at frequent intervals, changing the content to keep the information current, the links valid, and the Web site in good working order. preserve and archive for future researchers their online publications and communications that have lasting value, using both electronic and paper duplication. ©2000, 2001 by National Genealogical Society. Permission is granted to copy or publish this material provided it is reproduced in its entirety, including this notice.

 

LINKS WE MENTION

• Second Life (Once you've joined, and it's free, search for Clarise Beaumont or DearMYRTLE Writer.)
• 2008 FGS Conference in Philadelphia "Footprints in History" 3-6 Sept 2008. The deadline for early registration has been extended to 1 July 2008. See also the FGS Conference Blog.

 

Milseán Chocolate Shoppe
(Myrt's nephew's in-laws have created a wonderful chocolate bark of either white or dark chocolate with almonds and/or cranberries.)

Milseán (meel-shawn), in Gaelic (Ireland's ancestral language) means "Sweet Things".  Visit the retail shoppe at the renovated Aldergrove Fire Hall, at 2900 272nd Street, in Aldergrove, BC or order online.

 

 

 

I Have A Song For You Set from BriteMusic.com. Brite Music has great kids' music, songs & activity books. The music is also available in .mp3 format for your iPod. During the podcast you'll hear "I love my Grandpa-pa". Ol' Myrt here particularly likes "I know my number, my telephone number" from the Safety Kids CD.

LINKS TO SOME OF DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOGS ENTRIES:

• FamilyLink Acquires MyFamily Ap on Facebook

• FamilyLink & WebTree.com publishing

• Pizza & root beer: virtual 'how-to' resources for genealogists  This one lists the upcoming genealogy VOICE chats in Second Life.

• SL Study Group, the Gentleman's Magazine & UGG You can join DearMYRTLE's Salt Lake Study Group if you live in the area. We're finalizing the details for the rest of the 2008 schedule of meetings and field trips. If you are visiting Salt Lake, perhaps you can drop in. Participation is free.

• The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 22 Jun 2008

• READERS’ FEEDBACK: Cemeteries

• Grave Markers: Roslyn WA

• NARA: Emergency Grant to Indiana

• Time/CNN list GENI.com among top 50 websites

• Ancestry.com newspaper collection doubled in size

• RootsTelevision: Looking for a few good sleuths

• Alabama: June 26th - 28th, 2008 Conference

• GenealogyBank adds newspapers from 13 States

• Cemetery visit & gift prompts renewed Cemetery Research

• FamilySearch: ME, NJ, OH, PA & Czech records added

• DearMYRTLE update

• Everton’s Genealogical Helper adds online edition

LINKS TO RECENT TEACH GENEALOGY BLOG ENTRIES:

• Welcome Kim: a new DM Study Group member
• Gentleman's Magazine
• DearMYRTLE's Study Group: Update 24 June 2008
• Joining DearMYRTLE's Salt Lake Study Group
• Get a SECOND LIFE, genealogists

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt     
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com
http://blog.DearMYRTLE.com
http://blog.TeachGenealogy.com

© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

 

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