Genealogy Connection #002 - Donna Moughty, Professional Researcher/Presenter

07/11/16 • 54 min

The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

Donna Moughty, an expert on Irish research, shares her experiences in leading research trips to Ireland, as well as tips on how to prepare before you go. Learn even more about Donna at irishfamilyroots.com.

Previous Episode

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #309 - 2016 July 4

The news includes:

MyHeritage announced the addition of the 1911 Canada Census records to MyHeritage SuperSearch.
MyHeritage also unveiled PedigreeMap, an online family history map that provides new geographical and historical insights into your family history.
Leading presenters at the 36th International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies’ International Conference on Jewish Genealogy have agreed to make their lectures available through live streaming, and then available on demand until 11 November 2016. Visit www.iajgs.org for details.

Listener email includes:

The Guys have received lots of good feedback about the new podcast, Genealogy Connection, which now alternates with this one.
Connie asks about how to record a place of death for an individual: the place of residence at the time of death or the actual physical place of death.
Will wrote concerning Gus’ search for sources related to the Beekman Patent in New York.
Barbara provided insights into searching for South Carolina marriage records.
Judy wrote to tell us about locating Irish Quaker records for her ancestors, including a surprising piece of content in a marriage record.
Debi wrote about her quest for information about a Kentucky land record for Andrew Yandell.

The Guys discuss their upcoming research trip to South Carolina and share some tips for preparing for the trip and maximizing time onsite.

Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.

Next Episode

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #310 - 2016 July 18

The news includes:

MyHeritage announces a new feature, SuperSearch Alerts, that repeats previous searches and seeks new results in new and updated collections.
Jay Verkler has been appointed as Interim CEO at Findmypast.
APG has named Annette Burke Lyttle as the coordinator for the 2017 APG Professional Management Conference.
A new website called Open Archives (https://www.openarch.nl/?lang=en) provides access to records (information and scans) of civil registry, church registry, military and personnel administrations kept by Dutch archives.
Findmypast has added U.S. Naturalization Petitions and U.S. Passport Applications and Indexes to their site, as well as additions to their English monumental inscriptions collection.

Listener email includes:

Jean King shares information about her blog for the West Hempstead [NY] Public Library at http://genealogy.whplibrary.org.
Jenny wrote concerning Gus’ search for sources related to the Settlers of Beekman Patent in New York and advises that the books are available online at the NEHGS website at AmericanAncestors.org (http://www.americanancestors.org).
Carolyn asks about moving a GEDCOM-format file from Family Tree Maker to RootsMagic.
Ron is researching his Massachusetts ancestors Jeduthan Taber and Mary Pope, and welcomes help from listeners.
Arnon Herskowitz advised us that that the Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, an international, peer-reviewed academic journal, has just published a Special Issue on Genealogy & Family History. “This is a huge step in the long journey towards academization of genealogy, and I'm very proud to be part of it as the SI Guest-Editor.” You can read the journal online at http://www.jmrpublication.org (Volume 8, Number 1, via the left menu).

The Guys discuss their recent research trip to South Carolina, in particular their visits to five (5) cemeteries and the different goals for visiting each one. They visited the Hal Kohn Memorial Library and its genealogical holdings in Newberry, South Carolina, got together with family and friends, and visited the Carter and Holmes Orchids greenhouses (and bought a couple orchids, too).

Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.