TOPICS & GUESTS THIS WEEK 

Gaylon Findlay, developer of Ancestral Quest genealogy management software available for Windows compatible computers. Gaylon Findlay is the president of Incline Software. He is the primary developer of Ancestral Quest, and by extension, of the current version of Personal Ancestral File. He has been involved in developing genealogy software since 1994. Prior to that, Gaylon worked as a computer consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area for 13 years. He currently lives in South Jordan, Utah with his wife, Gale, and their 5 children.

• Create your Family Tree!

• Document your Sources with CitePro™ Technology

• Create Stunning Multimedia Scrapbooks

• Research your family on the Internet

• Share your family on the Web

• Create Beautiful, Functional Charts and Reports

• Publish a Family Book

• Search, Filter and Focus your data using FilterPro™ Technology

• Record unlimited events for each individual and marriage

• Collaborate with others using AQ's exclusive NetFam™ capability (Ol' Myrt here is particularly taken with this option!)

• Compare and Merge Databases

• Organize your research with the Research Manager and Log

• Examine Relationships

• Translate AQ into any language

Elizabeth Powel Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition, hot of the presses! You'll find her blog at www.epcrowe.com. This week Elizabeth spotlights documenting inherited health issues.

• US Surgeon General's My Family Health Portrait
• View a sample report (PDF).

MightyMouse TOUR 
From  DearMYRTLE's The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 27 April 2008 awards

• BLOG: Dick Eastman's The Dark Side: Genealogy Rip-Offs Listed

• INSTRUCTION: Arlene Eakle's Virginia Tax and Rent Rolls: A Checklist of Evidence.
• DATABASE SITE:  The AMA Deceased Physician Research Database
• SCANNED IMAGE SITE: Footnote.com's Brady Civil War Photos.
• PODCAST: The National Archives Podcast Series Sex, Lies & Civil Registration podcast
• VIDEO: Arlington Heights Memorial Library tour.
• COMMENTARY:  Tribute to Paul B Hendrickson
• INNOVATION: eBay
• MOST INTERESTING THREAD: Carnival of Genealogy #46 topic: inherited traits
• ETHNIC STUDIES: Norwegian Baptisms, Burials and Marriages 1700-1900 collection in Records Search at http://labs.FamilySearch.org.
• Be sure to see the original award announcement for details on each of these winning websites.

LINKS WE MENTION

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

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.)	I Have A Song For You Set from BriteMusic.com
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 gerat 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:

• Second Life genealogy events

• Get a SECOND LIFE, genealogists

• Seattle: Jewish Gen Soc 12 May 2008

• News from Myrt's neck of the woods

• BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 27 April 2008

• 1880 US Federal Census Index on CD

• Professional genealogy groups

• Open records access: APG roundtable discussion

• NARA: National History Day Exhibit

• NARA: WWI June 2008

• NARA: Public Service Recognition Week

• Hit the ground running: report from Myrt's Desk

• Oregon: 19 July 2008 conference

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

© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 15 April 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 . 

TOPICS & GUESTS THIS WEEK 

Laurie Hyer, from www.StoriesbyMe.com is a crafty lady who has combined her decoupage talents with her love of family history. Find out about her "story blocks" and candle holders with an ancestral flair. Give her a call or visit her website to order. If you use the word "myrt" (without quote marks) you will receive free shipping to US addresses.

Elizabeth Powell Crowe, blogger at www.epcrowe.com and author of Genealogy Online 8th edition. Discussions include Second Life genealogy events & social networking, including Family Builder at Facebook.com.

LINKS WE MENTION:

• Facebook
• When is official not official? When re: PAF
• Alternatives to PAF must be found if…
• Second Life (when you get online search for Clarise Beaumont or DearMYRTLE Writer.)

REMEMBER, while I am away to attend my nephew's wedding in British Columbia, there will be no blog entries and we will skip next week's podcast.

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

DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 8 April 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 . 

TOPICS & GUEST THIS WEEK 

Jay Speyer, author of Cat Got Your Thumb? provides ideas to get us off the pot when it comes to writing our personal histories the anecdotal stories about our ancestors. Contact Jay through his website www.LegacyRoad.net

Elizabeth Powel Crowe, author of the brand-spanking new Genealogy Online 8th edition, hot of the presses! Elizabeth walks Ol' Myrt here through the steps of setting up a "genealogy tab" on my personal iGoogle page. You'll find her blog at www.epcrowe.com

MightyMouse TOUR 
From  DearMYRTLE's The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists - 6 April 2008

• BLOG: Birmingham Genealogical Society Blog
• INSTRUCTION: USGenWeb’s Help for Genealogy Researchers
• DATABASE SITE: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System at the National Parks Service
• SCANNED IMAGE SITE: USGenWeb’s Penny Postcard Project
• PODCAST: Old English in Context lectures, Hilary Term 2008, by Dr Stuart Lee of Oxford University.
• VIDEO: Robert Ragan’s Genealogy Search Variants (using Google)
• COMMENTARY: Cheryl Daly’s If Miss Manners did genealogy
• INNOVATION: The Virtual Jamestown Archive
• MOST INTERESTING THREAD: “Top 3 Genealogical Regrets” found in the March 2008 archive of APG-L
• ETHNIC STUDIES: The Library of Congress' American Memory Project Chinese in California 1850-1925

LINKS WE MENTION

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

LINKS TO SOME OF DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOGS:

• Cokie Roberts: Ladies of Liberty
• New “Records Search” interface at Labs
• When is official not official? When re: PAF
• Alternatives to PAF must be found if you wish to use the new FamilySearch.org (not yet available in all areas of the world.)

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

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

© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

1. BLOG: Jaisa’s “Here's Where I'm at With Analyzing My mtDNA Results

2. INSTRUCTION: Women's History page posted at the Library of Congress website.

3. DATABASE SITE: Sally Routledge’s “Victorian Place Name Abbreviations

4. SCANNED IMAGE SITE: A History of the County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia

5: PODCAST: Anna-Karin's Genealogical Podcast Series, posted at http://annakarin.libsyn.com

6. VIDEO: War Letters posted at RootsTelevision.com.

7. COMMENTARY: Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 posted at the Library of Congress website.

8. INNOVATION: Picasa Web Albums by Google.com.

9. MOST INTERESTING THREAD: “FTM 2008 Crashes (a lot!)” posted at the RootsWeb Message Board for Family Tree Maker Software beginning 5 Jan 2008.

10. ETHNIC STUDIES: Lithuania Global Genealogical Society posted at www.lithuaniangenealogy.org

LINKS WE MENTION

• Jonathan Walker's www.mexicanfhr.com which lists links for most Spanish speaking countries and regions of the world, not just Mexico.

• Mimi Lozano's www.SomosPrimos.com

• Debut of GenealogyBank.com's Hispanic Newspaper Collection.

DearMYRTLE's BLOG ENTRIES SINCE THE LAST PODCAST

• Ancestry's "Bad Baby Names" book

• Godfrey: showing up on WVR

• Printing & citing blog entries

• 2008 Logan Family History EXPO (Myrt has 2 presentations)

• The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 9 Marc 2008

• BYU Workshop on Family History Technology - NEXT WEEK (Myrt has 5 presentations)

• Challenge: 4 March 2008 podcast episode (it is now working!)

• Hispanic newspapers at GenealogyBank.com

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

© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

DearLISTENERS & READERS,
The newest genealogy podcast, DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 4 Mar 2008 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, just search for "DearMYRTLE" and click to subscribe for free.

You don’t need an iPod to listen, any .mp3 player or your computer (with the speakers turned on!) will do. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com. Please note the new "play button" for those who wish to listen to the podcast via the internet.

TOPICS & GUESTS THIS WEEK
Mark Tucker, the compiler of the Genealogical Research Map . Mark is a software architect by day and a family historian on as many nights and weekends as possible. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. degree in Management Information Systems and has been developing software professionally for more than fourteen years. He is a member of NGS and the author of the ThinkGenealogy blog that discusses innovation in genealogy software. Mark will be presenting at the March 2008 Brigham Young University Computerized Genealogy Conference, and is anticipating an in-home visit from Dick Eastman and the Footnote.com team. (Gosh, how Ol’ Myrt here would like to sit in on that experience!)

MIGHTY MOUSE TOUR See DearMYRTLE’s BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 2 March 2008 for specifics on the following award-winning websites:

1. BLOG: Karen E. Livsey’s "Holland Land Company Records: Land Research in Western New York State"
 

2. INSTRUCTION: GenClass.com

3. DATABASE SITE: Legacy.com’s Memorial Websites

4. SCANNED IMAGE SITE: Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920

5. PODCAST: Biography Podcast 0018: Liliʻuokalani, Queen of Hawaii

6. VIDEO: Family Survival Kit (hilarious, you MUST see this!)

7. COMMENTARY: Chris Dunham’s "Top ten worst ways to begin a Family History (Find the literary reference to Dick Eastman’s newsletter.)

8. INNOVATION: Wikipedia the free online encyclopedia

9. MOST INTERESTING THREAD: Editor ‘Jasia" pulls together 18 genealogy blog entries from all over the internet for the "Carnival of Genealogy, 23rd Edition " about "school days".

10. ETHNIC STUDIES: Robert Ellis’ "Looking for an Ancestor in the Panama Canal Zone, 1904–1914

Board for Certification of Genealogists. BCG Genealogical Standards Manual. Orem: Ancestry.com. 2000.

· Legacy Charting free pre-release edition download

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· Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence! Citation & Analysis for Family Historians. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. 1997, reprinted 2006.

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· Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. 2007.

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· Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Analysis - A Research Process Map. Board for Certification of Genealogists. 2006.

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· Mills, Elizabeth Shown, editor. Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. 2001.

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· Mills, Elizabeth Shown. QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Resources Evidence! Style. First Revised Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. 2007.

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· Evidence: A special issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. National Genealogical Society Quarterly 86 (Sept 1999) no. 3.

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· Christine Rose’s Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case from Amazon.com

LINKS TO DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOG ENTRIES

· Cyndi’s List will be up again soon (it is!)

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· Geni.com wins top PC Magazine Award

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· Genealogical Publishing partners with FamilyLink

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· LostCousins changes

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· Holocaust fraud solved by source documents

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· Archive CD Books Australia & Gould Genealogy: Partner

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· Halvor Moorshead retires tomorrow (This gives him more time to do research and present at seminars.)

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· Across My Desk: 27 Feb 2008

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· Syllabus materials for MAF Family History Expos

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

© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 19 Feb 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. I’ve added a new “play button” for those who wish to listen to the podcast via the internet.

TOPICS & GUESTS THIS WEEK 

Geoff Rasmussen from the Millennia Corporation to discuss the soon-to-be released Version 7 of Legacy Family Tree, and the upcoming 2008 European Cruise. This interview starts 18 min. 15 seconds into the podcast.

Craig Manson, best known for his outstanding GeneaBlogie found on the web at: http://blog.geneablogie.net joins Myrt to talk about his new project HARP HISTORICAL APPELLATE REVIEW PROJECT “Setting the record straight, sponsored by GeneaBlogie, MansonMEdia & the Law Offices of Craig Manson. You've heard the story that Great-Uncle Festus was a no-good horse thief. But was he really? Did he get a fair trial? Did he have a good lawyer or even a lawyer at all? Can his name be cleared all these decades later?” This interview starts 43 min. 24 seconds into the podcast.

LINKS WE MENTION

·         Family History Library. www.FamilySearch.org

·         Humphery-Smith, Cecil R. The Phillimore atlas and index of parish registers 2^nd Revised Edition. Chichester, England: Phillimore C1995. 306 p. ISBN/ISSN 0850339502.

·         Church of England (author) Parish Church of Bisham [Berkshire, England] General register (baptisms, burials, marriages) 1560-1812; Marriage banns 1754-1900. Microfilm of original bound manuscript, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980-1995. Family History Library British Floor Film # 1040719 Items 5-8.

LINKS TO DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOG ENTRIES

• Video from St. George Expo
• Castro has resigned from power
• BEST of the Internet for Genealogists Award 17 Feb 2008
• READER'S FEEDBACK: Software suggestions for Newbies
• US suggestions for Newbies
• News sources for Newbies
• Software suggestions for Newbies
• Julie M. Case – RIP
• Pic from St. George Feb 2008
• New Beginners Genealogy Magazine
• SD: WPA Graves Registration Project online
• FindMyPast.com adds >1 million to burial index
• NARA marks WWI Veteran's 107th birthday
• Revolutionary War - Hessian deserters

Happy family tree climbing!

Myrt      J

DearMYRTLE,

Your friend in genealogy.

Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com

http://blog.DearMYRTLE.com  

© 2008 Pat Richley All Rights Reserved.

DearLISTENERS & READERS,
DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 12 Feb 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 . 

TOPICS & GUESTS THIS WEEK 

Lisa L. Cooke to discuss customizing iGoogle as your own genealogical “cockpit” control of the internet, and her Heritage Crafts and Displays Video series. Lisa is the producer and host of the Genealogy Gems Podcast, a weekly audio and video genealogy show available through www.GenealogyGems.TV and iTunes, and the author of Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies. Lisa has been featured in Ancestry, Family Tree and True West Magazines, and The New York Times.  She also is the creator of the popular "Socks to America" and other family history videos on RootsTelevision. Congrats to Lisa, as your podcast is coming up on its first birthday later this month. Contact Lisa or subscribe to her free email through her website. This interview starts 13 min. 10 seconds into the podcast.

John Hamrock, about how US researchers should get started on their Irish Family History. National Library of Ireland, Roman Catholic Church records, before 1858 Church of Ireland (Episcopal) Dublin and the many public records lost in fire of 1922 except for locally held documents. Also Tithe Applotment Books, Griffith’s Valuation and the Hearth Tax (Eastern Counties).  John specializes in Irish family research. He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and holds a Diploma and a Certificate in Genealogy/Family History (First Class Honours) from the National University of Ireland, UCD Dublin. John’s book Tracing Roscommon Ancestors is a comprehensive guide for those tracing families in County Roscommon, where common family names include Kelly, McDermot, Beirne, Regan, Flanagan, O'Connor, McDonagh, and Quinn. It is filled with information on what the records contain, and how and where they can be accessed.  It is well-illustrated with maps and with examples of the types of records to be found.  It also has an extensive listing of references to estate records and also to family histories.  Contact John at through his website. This interview starts 27 min. 33 seconds into the podcast.

MightyMouse TOUR

• The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists Award - 3 Feb 2008
• The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists Award - 10 Feb 2008

LINKS WE MENTION

• Teen publishes Irish family history novel
• Last living US WWI Vet
• 1-Step Improvement - 1920 Federal Census
• Give it your all

 FROM THE BOOKSHELF

• Schaefer, Christina K. The Great War: A Guide to the Service Records of All the World's Fighting Men and Volunteers. Find out more at Genealogical Publishing Company www.Genealogical.com

• Herber, Mark D. Ancestral Trails. The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History, Second Edition. New & used through Amazon.com.

 Links to some of DearMYRTLE’s recent blogs:  

• Footnote.com Opens Records to the Public in Honor African Americans
• NARA: Guides to the American West
• African American Lives 2: Feb 6th
• NARA: 22nd Annual Preservation Conference March 10, 2008
• APG Youth Scholarship deadline 28 Feb 2008
• Seattle: New Jewish FH Resources with Jerry Watt
• WVR to add World Collection 4 Feb 2008
• Nat'l Archives restores evening & weekend research hours
• 1871 Census - 10 new counties added

Happy family tree climbing!

Myrt     

DearMYRTLE,

Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com

http://blog.DearMYRTLE.com

TOPICS & GUESTS THIS WEEK 

Schelly Talalay Dardashti, blogging at Tracing the Tribe joins Myrt  to discuss Jewish genealogy, including pilot projects are being undertaken to reconstruct genealogically entire villages decimated in the Holocaust. Schelly, a Native New Yorker who has also lived in such places as Teheran, Iran (for 8 years, pre-Revolution) and now lives in Tel Aviv.  

A journalist, Schelly has focused on genealogy since 1999, and wrote the "It's All Relative" Jewish genealogy column for the Jerusalem Post 1999-2005. She has written for the JTA, The Forward, Reform Judaism, Outlook, Avotaynu and other genealogy newsletters, journals and US newspapers. She also speaks internationally for Jewish genealogy societies and general and Jewish genealogy conferences. 

Tracing the Tribe, under the JTA umbrella, went live in time for the (July 2006, NY) 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy and she blogged from there for the first time. Blogging has been an interesting learning curve for her as far as technology goes as she is NOT a techie, but is slowly learning about widgets and such. As the only focused Jewish genealogy blog, Tracing the Tribe provides information on specialized new resources, technology, publications, conferences and personalities and readers come from around the world. Schelly is a member of the American Jewish Press Association and the Association of Professional Genealogists. 

MightyMouse Tour
Find out why Google Books has real research possibilities for genealogists, without infringing on copyrights.  http://books.google.com .

LINKS WE MENTION

• Finding Our Fathers A Guidebook to Jewish by Dan Rottenberg  

• www.JewishGen.org  

• Avotaynu.com – edited by Gary Mokotoff 

• International Society of Jewish Genealogy 

• FamilyTreeDNA 

• Hidden children (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) 

• Swedish language Ancestry.com site  

• Mississippi State and Territorial Census Collection

• Patient genealogists #1  

Titles of DearMYRTLE’s blogs since the previous podcast, which were not discussed in this podcast,  

§  National Archives Oct 2007 events schedule  

§  Feedback about radio interview  

§  NARA seeks feedback for digitizing plan 2007-2016  

§  Dumelle's suggestions: Illinois prisoner records  

§   Northern Utah Jamboree 15 Sept 2007  

§  Confucius' Family Tree Being Compiled  

§  Famillion announces Gedcom Files Importing  

§  ABC KGO 810am Radio San Francisco to Seattle - Dea...  

§  Olden days of computers  

§  The Value of State and Local Histories  

§  Alabama preservation efforts remain unclear  

§  Jamboree, naturalizations in newspapers & RootsTV  

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