The Genealogy Guys Podcast #347

07/16/18 • 62 min

The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection

The Genealogy Guys Blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com has published many new articles since the last podcast.

The news includes:

The Society of Genealogists in London (http://www.sog.org.uk) has accorded to Cyndi Ingle the prestigious Prince Michael Of Kent Award for services to genealogy for many years of dedication with Cyndi’s List (https://www.cyndislist.com).
Blaine Bettinger has announced that DNA Central (www.DNA-Central.com), the world’s first and largest membership website dedicated entirely to DNA and genetic genealogy education, has issued a request for webinar proposals for its 2018-2019 webinar schedule.
Findmypast has released new Berkshire registers and records, Scotland Jacobite Histories, and 109K additions to the Greater London Burial Index.
Drew shares highlights of new and expanded FamilySearch collections.

Listener email includes:

In response to the topic of the slave bill of sale discussed in Episode #346, we obtained permission to post the document images. We received several listener and reader comments almost immediately:
- Sharon advises us that the images are actually two separate documents: the bill of sale for the slave named Jack, and one page from the estate inventory of Major Joseph Ryan.
- Jerry suggested using ArchiveGrid and its Beta site at https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid.
- Laura suggested checking the North Carolina State Library, beginning with its LibGuide at http://statelibrary.ncdcr.libguides.com/c.php?g=151276.
Laura asks for advice about how to enter data on transgender family members since their gender and name changes.
Nick discussed the Family Historian program and alternatives.
Linda is a longtime genealogist and is feeling overwhelmed with many new areas and features of genealogy. Drew provides some methods for becoming savvier over time and setting goals for yourself.
Steve writes about locating World War II Draft Cards for the younger men’s draft at FamilySearch.
Debra Dudek has written a book, World War I Genealogy Research Guide, and is sending a copy for The Guys to review. Stay tuned for this and other reviews!

The Guys discuss the importance of setting research goals to avoid getting distracted by the BSOs (Bright Shiny Objects) or going down the genealogy rabbit hole. There are some great ideas for you, and Drew has posted about Goals at The Genealogy Guys Blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com. Let us hear your best ways to set goals and focus your research.

The Genealogy Guys Blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com has published many new articles since the last podcast.

The news includes:

The Society of Genealogists in London (http://www.sog.org.uk) has accorded to Cyndi Ingle the prestigious Prince Michael Of Kent Award for services to genealogy for many years of dedication with Cyndi’s List (https://www.cyndislist.com).
Blaine Bettinger has announced that DNA Central (www.DNA-Central.com), the world’s first and largest membership website dedicated entirely to DNA and genetic genealogy education, has issued a request for webinar proposals for its 2018-2019 webinar schedule.
Findmypast has released new Berkshire registers and records, Scotland Jacobite Histories, and 109K additions to the Greater London Burial Index.
Drew shares highlights of new and expanded FamilySearch collections.

Listener email includes:

In response to the topic of the slave bill of sale discussed in Episode #346, we obtained permission to post the document images. We received several listener and reader comments almost immediately:
- Sharon advises us that the images are actually two separate documents: the bill of sale for the slave named Jack, and one page from the estate inventory of Major Joseph Ryan.
- Jerry suggested using ArchiveGrid and its Beta site at https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid.
- Laura suggested checking the North Carolina State Library, beginning with its LibGuide at http://statelibrary.ncdcr.libguides.com/c.php?g=151276.
Laura asks for advice about how to enter data on transgender family members since their gender and name changes.
Nick discussed the Family Historian program and alternatives.
Linda is a longtime genealogist and is feeling overwhelmed with many new areas and features of genealogy. Drew provides some methods for becoming savvier over time and setting goals for yourself.
Steve writes about locating World War II Draft Cards for the younger men’s draft at FamilySearch.
Debra Dudek has written a book, World War I Genealogy Research Guide, and is sending a copy for The Guys to review. Stay tuned for this and other reviews!

Previous Episode

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #346

The news includes:

MyHeritage has launched a new filtering system for DNA matches, making it easy to view subsets that match the criteria you enter.
MyHeritage has opened a European distribution center for DNA kits to meet the high demand in the region, and it will expedite both delivery of kits to users and will aggregate and accelerate shipments to the processing lab in the U.S.
MyHeritage has expanded its pro bono DNA Quest to include an additional 5,000 kits to help reunite separated migrant children in the U.S. with their parents.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society announced the release of its new database, Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880, at their AmericanAncestrors.com website.
Findmypast has released new Canada Obituaries, and Wiltshire Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials collections.
Drew shares highlights of new and expanded FamilySearch collections.

Listener email includes:

Bill tells Drew that his book Organize Your Genealogy has shot down all his excuses for not making great progress.
Lawrence asks for suggestions about tracing his 2X great-grandfather, John William Jeffery, who is a brick wall. The Guys provide a number of suggestions.
George has a new article in the July/August issued of Your Genealogy Today Magazine titled “Circular Genealogy” that might also give Lawrence and other researchers some help with brick walls.
Kathy applauds Drew’s response in Episode #344 to Mike’s email about Resistance Genealogy.
Kathy sent a slave bill of sale and estate inventory that a friend found and asks about where the documents might be donated.

The Guys discuss the launch of their new Genealogy Guys Blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/. They talk about the reasons for publishing the blog and the kinds of information that are being included there. George highlights some topics recently posted, and The Guys talk about how their own research strategies will be published as examples of methods.

Drew then discusses how to access and subscribe to the Genealogy Guys Blog and others using Feedly. Feedly (https://feedly.com/) is a news aggregator application for various web browsers and mobile devices running iOS and Android, also available as a cloud-based service. It allows you to subscribe to blogs and then to easily access and read them.

The Guys remind everyone that The Villages Genealogical Society is hosting a genealogy cruise in the Caribbean from February 2nd to 9th, and there are details at https://vgsfl.org/cpage.php?pt=167. The Guys will be speakers along with Blaine Bettinger and Ann Staley. It promises to be a great time combining a winter getaway and genealogy on the beautiful Norwegian Cruise Line Epic. Join us for a fabulous getaway!

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Genealogy Connection #045 - Randy Whited, Speaker and Volunteer

Randy Whited is a popular genealogy speaker on such topics as DNA and technology, as well as genealogy society management. He is the current president of the Texas State Genealogical Society.