Episode 105 - Interview with Josh Taylor of NEGHS, Genealogy News and More

Published Feb 8, 2011  In this episode Lisa chats with Josh Taylor of NEHGS about genealogy, technology and the future. Tips for Getting the Most from a Conference 1. Sit up front 2. Introduce themselves to the people sitting next to them 3. Attend classes that wouldn’t normally attend.  Try new topics, and let the presenters really lay out the topic and see how it might apply to their own research. Genealogy’s Star Blog article:   Unveiled their new website which features Illinois Resources for Genealogy Researchers The U.S. National Archives Records Administration new Online Public Access prototype    So try it out at   send your comments and feedback to . NARA’s first mobile app: “Today’s Document.”   Tutorial video on how to use the new Today’s Document application: The Today’s Document is absolutely free and you can get it at the Android marketplace and the Apple iTunes Store.  The Library and Archives Canada recently announced that within the next seven years, they will put most of its services online.  Ancestry.com has decided to disconnect their Expert Connect Service as of March 18, 2011 Jenna wrote in saying that the recent episodes of the Genealogy Gems podcast weren’t showing up on her Genealogy Gems .  If this happens to you it may be because a more current version of the app has been released.  Simply check for the app update on your mobile device, download it and you’ll be up and running again as Jenna did.  Get the Genealogy Gems Android app at the Android Marketplace, or the in the iTunes store.     MAILBOX:  Bill Buchanan and Kim Fillmore wrote in about some great genealogy gems they found on   Update: The toolbar has been discontinued.   GEM: Interview with Josh Taylor of the TV series Who Do You Think You Are?    New Blog Series Check out Lisa’s guests post on the Genealogy Insider blog