DearLISTENERS & READERS,

DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 12 Aug 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or after transfer 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.

Myrt spends a little time discussing the advisability of using tombstones as a "source" to document an ancestors life. Since tombstone pictures are often one of the first things we "collect" about an ancestor, it's important to put the information carved on to the stone as a springboard for finding documents that document the ancestor's life.

GUESTS THIS WEEK 

Elizabeth Powel Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition. This week we discuss accessibility issues for genealogists. Be sure to subscribe to Elizabeth's blog, the Crowe's Nest.   (This segment begins 29 minutes into the podcast.) Links to groups discussed during the interview include:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accessibility Wikipedia definition

• http://www.w3.org/WAI/: the main accessibility page.

• http://www.w3.org/WAI/quicktips/Overview.php The ten tips

• http://blog.epcrowe.com/2008/08/11/web-accessibility-help-others-use-your-web-site/ includes the ten tips with Libbi's additional comments.

• Opera is just one browser with some accessibility features: http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/access/index.dml

• Firefox is another: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/mozilla-2005-11-29.html

Justin Scroepher from Footnote.com reports his website has opened the FBI Case files for free access through the end of August 2008 in honor of the 100th anniversary if FBI. Ol' Myrt hadn't thought of this record group as a resources for family historians. I don't have any known criminals in my family tree, but Justin brings some good research ideas to mind during this interview. Cluster groups, neighbors, listing of parents, and towns of birth are just the sort of resources family historians use to find out more about an ancestor.  (This segment begins 9 minutes into the podcast.)

• FBI Case Files Title Page - http://www.footnote.com/documents/169098/fbi_case_files

• Image of a German Alien file (with picture of individual) - http://www.footnote.com/image/5562319

• Spotlight page of an investigation into conspirators in the assassination of President McKinley - http://www.footnote.com/spotlight/1914/president_mckinleys_assassination

• See also the Application for change in alien enemy status, which is part of the this collection.

• 1860 US Federal Census

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

• 2009 FamilySearch Software Awards

• Doing as I say (Beginning of Myrt's participation in the Genea-Blogger's 2008 Summer Games.)

• READERS’ Feedback: Finding Family in Argentina & Brazil

LINKS TO RECENT TEACH GENEALOGY BLOG ENTRIES

• Helpful links for Family History Consultants

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt     
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