The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke - Your Family History Show

Published Dec 23, 2010 NEWS: Lisa's Upcoming Speaking Engagements: Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE Conference in London Lisa will be speaking on Sunday Feb. 27, 2011 at noon. Use the Promotional code SOG2425 to purchase discounted tickets. , January 21 & 22, Mesa Convention Center The Whittier Area Genealogical Society , January 29, 2011 in Columbus, OH, March 31 - April 2, 2011 in Edmonton, Canada, April 16 & 17, 2011 Southern California Genealogical Society in Burbank, CA, June 10 - 12, 2011 featuring a LIVE podcast! Coming Soon! Lisa's brand new book The Genealogist's Google Toolbox Stay Tuned for the release date! Book Lisa for your next society seminar or conference Click here for a list of available presentations, and Lisa's bio For more information or to request a booking email Launch of Podcast Android App The Genealogy Gems Podcast Companion App for Android is now available in the Android marketplace and at iPhone, iPod iTouch .  Give the App as a gift from the app page in iTunes. Click the down arrow next to the price. The new podcast media player on the for each episode. Just released: Premium Episode 60 Features Rootsmagic and Ancestry answers, and Rethinking Journals with 10 Questions You Need to Answer.   MAILBOX: Lee Van Bergen wrote in asking about the Genealogy Gems Podcast iGoogle Gadget. (Update: iGoogle has been discontinued) Amber Creix Prat wrote to share a resource: "Thanks for keeping up your podcast and I can't wait to listen to the next episodes of both the free and premium versions!" Check out Amber's genealogy blog called Tackling Brick Walls One Brick At A Time Research Question: Shelly Johnson wrote in for some advice on how to locate a death record for an ancestor who likely died in the early 20th century in Marylnad. Links and suggestions from Lisa According to their list state census records aren't available. Turn your attention to state and county death records in Maryland.  FamilySearch Wiki gives a good overview of what might be available.  Maryland State Archives website who died jan. 30, 1908 in Talbot Co., MD Archives of Maryland Online at New Blogger Premium Member Kevin Boyles started a new genealogy blog called ell them you heard about Rootsmagic on The Genealogy Gems Podcast! GEM: Interview with Kendall Wilcox, Do your own Generations Project: 1. What is your motivation for doing this?  What is your "why"? 2. Laser focus on your motivation 3. Populate the tree following the lines that will help you find answers to your why 4. Mix the chart with your family and social history 5. Walk in your ancestor's shoes 6. Share your experience and watch it ripple and impact others. (write, tell, blog, photo essay, etc.) The resources will be on the new blog website.  All future seasons will have an episode devoted to doing your own generations project. APP USERS: Check out the exclusive photo montage video!

Published Nov 20, 2010 T   Mesa Family History Expo January 21 & 22, 2011Mesa Arizona Convention Center.   - Effective Use of Technology Thursday, January 27th  -  Saturday January 29th  9:00AM- 5:00PM New England Historic Genealogical Society 99 Newbury St. Boston MA, 02116 Ancestry  Thegenealogist.co.uk reached an agreement with The National Archives, UK to acquire and publish online the 1911 England and Wales Census. The complete set of 1911 Census records go live on Ancestry.com by county, starting in late 2010 and completing in 2011.    NARA announced New Options Now Available for Reproductions of National Archives Holdings If you’re looking to order copies of NARA’s holdings – including copies now available in digital form – you can use one of the following methods: m from frpom the NARA website For microfilm orders, researchers can use the o   or FamilySearch recently published its first digital Chinese collection, along with additional digital image collections from Belgium, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Twenty million additional indexed records were also published for Civil War and Revolutionary War collections and the 1851 Census for England and Wales. Library of Congress  - 1100 finding aids will now lead remote and onsite researchers to more than 32 million archival items. Australian Newspapers The National Library of Australia has launched a new version of their and a user forum  Google Earth UpdatesThe Google Earth and Maps Imagery team has just released another extensive batch of aeriel and satellite images. Check out: The Baltimore Maritime Museum in Baltimore, Maryland U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Get the complete picture of the updated imagery KML download and view in Google Earth for viewing in Google Earth.     “Who Do You Think You Are?” is coming back for a second season in January 2011, and is already doing some at the State Archives in Trenton NJ.  Read about.   MAILBOX: From Pat:  “I just listened to your 100th episode with great nostalgia.  Can something so "young" in years still create nostalgia for breaking a milestone such as this?  YES!…I did notice how many callers mentioned blogging thanks to your encouragement and lessons.  I wonder if that might be an interesting survey--how many people started blogs directly thanks to your influence in Genealogy Gems?  I know I did!”  Michael wrote in about Google Earth for Genealogy: “I have very much enjoyed learning about GLO Records and Google Earth.  I went back to the site yesterday and discovered that they have enhanced their website. At …Thank you again for a great program, I have been plotting my families birth, marriage, death, burial, land patents, etc.  It has been very revealing and helpful in suggesting new places to go look for more info.” Robert wrote: “I am a relatively new listener to your Genealogy Gems podcasts…Being in the over 50 crowd and not very "techy savy", I had my daughter help me and now I am busy catching up on all the episodes.  I routinely listen to them when I go on my daily runs through my iPhone.  What a wonderful and I cannot begin to thank you enough.” See Lisa at: April 16 & 17, of 2011Edmonton, Alberta GEM: Professional Genealogist Interview with Alvie Davidson, of

Published Nov 7, 2010 In this episode we take a sentimental journey back over the first 100 episodes of The Genealogy Gems Podcast including some of Lisa's favorite gems and interviews, show milestones, and listener messages. Fave Gems: Google Site Search - Vehicular Forensics - The Band Venice - Lisa's story and Heritage quilts - Handwriting Analysis and Leatherheads - Irene Johnson, Genealogist and star of the Ancestors series on PBS - and Lisa Kudrow, Who Do You Think You Are? - Kendall Wilcox, the Generations Project - Forensic Linguistics for Genealogy with Dr. Robert Leonard - &   Thanks to the following folks for the messages of congratulations: The Staff at Lisa Alzo, Genealogist, Author and Speaker Holly Hansen, President of Sean Lamb, and A.C. Ivory, Denise Levenick, "Penelope Dreadful" of the Paula Hinkel, Chair of the Bruce Buzbee, President, Amy Coffin, Elizabeth O'Neal, Roger Grua Brandt Gibson Teri Chaffin Maureen Taylor  Dot Elder   Emails from Connie, Teresa, Simona, Chris and Crystal Blogs mentioned: and   Milestones: Newsletter ( and get the free Google Search Strategies e-book) Premium Membership Launched () The Genealogy Gems Toolbar - UPDATE The toolbar has been discontinued.   The first podcast in front of a live audience -   Sharing Gems: Christmas in July (Sweet Memories Candy Bars) Family History Dislay - Mother's Day Plate -   Video Gems: Subscribe free to the l at YouTube Socks to America - Sweet Land with Ali Selim - Heritage Quilts - Video:   by shopping online through the and website links on the Genealogy Gems website.   Thank you to our sponsor:   Listen to Crystal Bell's story in of the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast

Published Oct 21, 2010 Join us as we highlight and explore the beautiful online magazine   be sure to check out the Bonus Content Video!!  LINKS to websites mentioned in this episode: Craig Manson's Shades Contributor Blogs: Denise Levenick - r Sheri Fenley - Maureen Taylor - Denise Olson -   Thanks to our wonderful prize donors! Bruce Buzbee of Rootsmagic.com maker's of: Rootsmagic 4 Family Atlas Personal Historian Family Reunion Organizer     Genealogy Gems :

Published Oct 7, 2010 Episode 98 - The Journey Takers NEWS: Thank you to the Genealogy Bloggers who blogged about the new Google Earth for Genealogy Volume II DVD: Dick Eastman - Randy Seaver - Thomas MacEntee -   Diane Haddad      Jenna posted on Facebook about the recent Google Earth for Genealogy edition of the Premium Podcast: "Premium Episode 55...two thumbs up!"     on interview with Susan Kitchens     MAILBOX:   Simona MacAngus wrote in to say she loves the “You have a fantastic podcast!  And I have to say, you have such a clear pleasant speaking style that is a pleasure to listen to.  You keep a "smile" in your voice throughout the podcast.  Wonderfully refreshing and one can catch every word you speak.”   “We have been spending a lot of time together lately Lisa Louise.  You have been going with me on walks with my dog, on drives into the town and even talking me to sleep at night! Finally I went to your   site today to subscribe to your newsletter.  Its like I can't get enough of what you have to teach.”    “Hi Lisa, I've only recently started my genealogy and listening to your various podcasts has been a huge help with my research. You're so warm and friendly that it makes it a pleasure to listen.” Kirsty Martin on Genealogy Wise    Brandt asked about Buffered Paper: Go to the and do a search on: Buffer paper is not always called "Buffered" - in fact you tend to get a lot of other types of results.  What you're looking for is Paper buffered with calcium carbonate 2-3% alkaline reserve, pH 9 ±0.5, acid-free    Ann and Barbara were wondering the same thing: do you have to have a Paypal account to sign up for   Answer: No,You can pay with a credit card through paypal without having to have a paypal account.  You will see in the bottom left corner of the check out page (where it also asks you to log in to Paypal) "Don't have a Paypal account?" and you just click the CONTINUE link to pay with a major credit card.  It's the same as swiping it at any store.  I've been using Paypal for 4 years now and have never ever had a problem.  It's is very safe and secure!   GEM: Interview with

Sept 23, 2010 Lisa share her latest research breakthrough with Google Earth, and Susan Kitchens joins her on the show to talk about recording family history interviews.     NEWS: The Genealogy Gems Podcast is featured in Elyse Doerflinger's article called Podcasts: Download Your Genealogy! which appears in the of Internet Genealogy magazine. at the Library of Congress just announced they have added 380,000+ historic newspaper pages including 3 new states: Louisiana, Montana, and South Carolina. The next episode will feature Lisa's interview with genealogist and author Lisa Alzo about tracing immigrant ancestors. is celebrating its 20th year this month. Disney is adding a bit of history to its TV lineup.  The Marblehead Patch News out of   The series is going to launch in November 2010 although no specific date has been announced.   MAILBOX: Belinda Slocumb's asks about records for military families. Brats : Our Journey Home  DVD with your suggestions for Belinda.   RE: Scanners From listener Ermadene Tilly: on-line and on phone class "Joy of Organizing Photos. Mentioned: Canon CanoScan 200, (not for slides) Note: not available through Amazon. Grace Dobush the preservation expert at Family Tree Magazine covers scanners in the September 2010 episode of The Listener Bruce Horn also chimed in on Scanners: "Hi Lisa, Thank you so much for your wonderful podcasts.  I have really found them useful as a beginner in the world of genealogy.  If you only want to scan prints, I would recommend the Canon Lide 100 mainly because it is small and cheap."   Pat Kirkwood wanted Lisa's previous podcasts on Organizing Your Hard Drive, "P.S. Love the podcasts.  I recently discovered them and Love, Love, Love, listening to them." Listen to the by Lisa on Organizing Your Hard Drive. There are 2 premium videos on the subject as part of Genealogy Gems Premium .   GEM: Recording Relative Interviews with Susan Kitchens   Lisa's Upcoming Speaking Engagements: , Oct 8 - 9, 2010 (Attend the on Friday night!) , Oct. 23, 2010 California Genealogical Society , Oct. 30, 2010

Published Sept 8, 2010 Upcoming MilestoneGenealogy Gems Podcast Listener Denise Coughlin posted on Lisa's Facebook wall the other day and said "I realized as I was filling up my mp3 player for the rest of the work week is about to hit 100!!  Congrats and keep 'em coming!!"  To celebrate, call the voice mail line - 925-272-4021 - or record and email an mp3 file with a message for the 100th episode.  We can have a sort of virtual birthday party for the podcast! Coming Soon!Google Earth for Genealogy Volume II DVD is coming October 1, 2010.  Kick off Family History Month by rockin' your ancestors world with Google Earth!  Grab Volume I today at     NEWSPodcast Interview with Lisa:Listen to Marion Vermanzen's on the Marion Vermazen Podcast. Records Website News:Ancestry recently announced that 10,000 yearbooks are now in the U.S. School Yearbook collection from almost every state in the U.S. spanning 1875-1988. FamilySearch announced the addition of over 200 million new searchable historic records online representing 18 countries.  Read at the Genealogy Insider blog. Listen to the September episode of the Lisa's upcoming classes at MAILBOX Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems Email Newsletter and receive the free e-book 5 Fabulous Google Search Strategies for the Family Historian.  "It's very good information!  This is a terrific tool to have up my sleeve."  - Karen   GEM: Why a Podcast Listener Turned Genealogy Blogger Premium Podcast Member Mary Lohr recently took the plunge and began her own genealogy blog. http://www.maryjlohr.wordpress.com Mary writes: "Thank you for encouraging your listeners to blog!"   Mark Your Calendar for Lisa's Upcoming Speaking Engagements: Oct. 8 & 9, 2010 Pleasanton, CA  Oct. 23, 2010 9am to 3:30pm at the Hemet Library in Hemet, CA Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society Seminar Pre-register at by Oct. 13 Oct. 30, 2010 California Genealogical Society   Book Lisa for a presentation, webinar or seminar at your Genealogy Society or event.       null

Published August 24, 2010 NEWS: Genealogy Gems Podcast has been selected for inclusion in the brand new podcast director for the Blackberry launched by Research in Motion known as RIM.   Listener Rick Rissmiller wrote in:"GREAT news about the Blackberry app. Right now I download from i-tunes each week and save on my laptop then connect the blackberry and transfer so I can listen as I do thing around the house. I am a new lsitenere and have downloaded all of your previous podcasts and each week as I sit on my tractor mowing and triming 3 acres I listen to 3+ hours of great information and entertainment from you. Thanks for all the great work." Thanks for the Shout Outs from the following genealogy bloggers: Susan Peterson -   Tonia Kendrick -    A. C. Ivory -   Upcoming Genealogical Events: New RootsTech ConferenceFebruary 10 – 12, 2010Salt Lake City Utah   Alberta Family Histories Society Saturday, October 16, 20108:00M - 4:00 PMDeerfoot Inn HotelCalgary, AB, Canada  New England Historic Genealogical Society and Ancestry.comFamily History DaySaturday, October 16, 2010Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center Boston.      Lisa’s upcoming appearances:Family History Expo October 8 & 9, 2010  Pleasanton, California   The Hemet San Jacinto Genealogical Society SeminarSaturday, October 23, 2010Classes include Solving Family History Mysteries with Google EarthWhat You Must Know To Save  Your Research From Destruction.       California Genealogical Society SeminarSaturday Oct. 30, 2010.  This is going to be a Google DayOakland, CA The TV show Who Do You Think You Are? has been renewed for a second season, which it looks like will probably air after the first of the year.    New Family Tree Magazine Podcast Episode August 2010 episodeYou can subscribe to the for free in iTunes   MAILBOX: How to Fix Relationship Mistakes in Your Online Family TreeJennifer Hodnett, Product Manager for Ancestry.com "In your Personal Member Tree you may find later that a spouse you previously entered really was married to a different person or that a child really belonged to a different set of parents. You can now easily fix relationship mistakes in your tree by detaching and reattaching individuals in your tree." First, bring up the profile page for the child you want to detach from the mother.   On that Profile page, click on the brown Edit this person button, located just below the name of the person at the top of the page. On the next screen, there will be 5 tabs at the top.  Click on the Relationships tab, which will be the second one from the right.  This will display the individual's current relationships. Now, to dissolve or break this relationship, find the name of the individual you want to detach from this person and click the Remove link to the far right of their name.  In the case described at the beginning, you’ll want to look for the incorrect mother and click the Remove link next to her name. A pop up will appear that will ask you if you are sure you want to remove this relationship. Assuming you’ve selected the correct person, click the OK button to finish detaching this person from the selected mother. o   Be reassured that doing this will not remove this person from your tree; it only detaches them. You can still find this person from the List of All People in your tree. 5 .After selecting OK, you’ll return to the Relationships tab for the detached child.  You now want to return to the child’s profile page and you can do this by clicking the Return to [name of person] button at the top left corner of the page. 6.     6. Once you’re back on the profile page, click on the Add Mother link under the name of the father in the “Family Members” module on the page  7.     7. A box will appear that will allow you to add the mother.  In the Add Mother box, at the top of the page, look for the link to “select someone already in your tree” and click it.   8.     8. You will then be directed to a list of all people in your tree.  Find the name of the correct mother and  click the orange Select button next to her name.  9.     You will end up back on the child’s profile page and will be able to see under the “family Members” module that the correct mother is now assigned to that child.  You can now repeat the process for each child that needs to be changed. My thanks to Heather Erickson at Ancestry for connecting me with Jennifer, and Jean I hope this helps you out.   I will also have a short video including graphics that demonstrated this answer to the question of how to correct mistakes in your Ancestry online family tree. Will wrote in recently to follow up to Will Clifton’s email  which I read on Episode 94 of the podcast.    “Your podcasts continue to be informative and fun to listen to. Keep up the great work! regarding Will Clifton's question on where to access the the nonpopulation schedules - some of them are available on Ancestry.com.” Selected U.S. Federal Census According to Ancestry, the Non-population schedules contained in this database include agriculture, industry/manufacturers, social statistics, and supplemental schedules. For , look for the . Lucy writes:  "I listen to your podcast every morning on the way to work hoping that by the time I get home, I can remember one tidbit that I can use. I am needing some help.  I need to find a good scanner. I want to locate a good quality scanner that I can scan both color and black and white.  Article by Rhonda in the January 2005 issue of the magazine.  "The Skinny on Scanners."  on the 2005 compilation CD and as a Plus article on the website.                                  If you’ve purchased a scanner recently that you think is really good drop me a line at genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com or leave a voice mail at 925 272 4021 and I’ll share it on the next episode and see if we can help Lucy out. Lucy also sent me a message from her iPhone asking for more information on the Genealogy Gems iPhone app.     The advantage to having the Genealogy Gems Podcast app  is that you can:  - stream and listen to the show without having to download it and take up storage space - It includes Bonus content on most episodes: extra audio, video, images, documents. - You can visit the website, email me, or call the show right from the app. - You can listen to the show in the background and be able to do continue doing other functions on your device.   GEM:  Paper Preservation with Scott Haskins There’s one common challenge that every single genealogist must content with – and that’s how to deal with all the paper.  An more specifically, how to care for most precious papers amongst our collection.  The old, perhaps damaged one of a kind documents that we can’t afford to loose.  Scott M. Haskins is the author of the book  "How To Save Your Stuff From A Disaster." null

Published August 5, 2010 NEWS:   Canadian Census    at the Vancouver Sun online about why genealogists are up in arms about the new restrictions on Canadian census information.       National Archives UK Take a listen to the National Archives UK podcast episode  that explores the creation of the census, with the mass organisation of enumerators, temporary clerks, permanent civil service clerks and registrars, and according to the podcast webpage, it includes fascinating stories that lie behind each census, to help us better understand the records we think we know so well.   U.S. census training films online  The US censuses are released when they are 72 years old so the 1940 Census is due out in 2012.  for U. S. Census enumerators.   Family Tree Magazine  Listen to the new of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast featuring my interview with David Fryxell who’s article Fancy Free features the brand new 101 Best websites for genealogy research which just came out in the September 2010 issue of the magazine.   Online Classes  Free Webinar   Family Tree Magazine Answers Your Questions   Recorded Webinar How to Find Living Relatives: Unleash Your Inner Private Eye. Get the full hour video recorded webinar as part of your . There’s a TON of information there for you including some little known websites providing online access to information.      FamilySearch Over 12 million digital images from thousands of microfilm, representing 8 countries, were published online for free viewing this month at (FamilySearch.org, click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot) and coming soon to .     New Google Images Tip: for faster scrolling through many pages, taking advantage of standard web keyboard shortcuts such as Page Up / Page Down. It’s all about getting to the info you need quickly   MAILBOX: "I recieved my copy of "Internet Genealogy" magazine today. One of the articles is called Genealogy Podcasts.... Where to download your favoriite shows! I am happy to report that the very first Podcast listed in the articel is none other than my favorite "The Genealogy Gems Podcast"! Congratulations Lisa! You're the BEST!!!"   Cherie Bonebright Baxter on Facebook     July 24th is ""   Listener Tim thinks that would be a great day for a family reunion.“I really enjoy the podcast ... keep up the great work!”    Lacey comes up with gems too! Family History calendars for Christmas presents.   Thanks to Listener Belinda for bringing a neat film project to our attention.   A Documentary   Will of Louisiana writes: “I must say I have really enjoyed the extremely useful information! I started by downloading your first podcast and have "listening" my way toward the most current.”    Is there a way to access these Agricultural and/ or Manufacturing Census records online?   Nonpopulation Schedules at NARA including Agriculture and Manufacturing Episode 9 & 10     GEM: Interview with Project Genealogist for Who Do You Think You Are? Canada Specialist in early Ontario (Upper Canada) records.    Who Do You Think You Are? at the The including Email for the Canadian Broadcasting CentreCall toll-free phone (Canada only): 866-306-4646

Published July 21, 2010 NEWS:   By Schelly Talalay Dardashti   Film:  Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldbert .  The Goldbergs came to radio in 1929 and didn’t finish it’s TV run until 1955.       “Gertrude Berg who created the character Molly Goldberg was shown in polls to be the second most respected woman in America, after Eleanor Roosevelt.”   at The Museum of Broadcast Communications     Genealogy Bank.com has added millions of family history records. The records included obituaries, birth and marriage announcements and other helpful information from 186 newspapers in 40 states.     Ancestry.com  On July 14th, they released the new Australian Birth, Marriage and Death collections, which contains 14 million names between 1788 and 1985.  Angela Garner from talks about the details in her recent or search the collection directly at .    Ancestry.com has announced the official closing of the acquisition of the Genline.se, the leading Swedish family history website. The specifics of the acquisition are available in the full . Ancestry recently released a new version of the Ancestry.com Tree-to-Go iPhone application in the iTunes App Store. Check it out at .  Also available: App users: You will find a pdf article by Lisa and Wallpaper included on the app for this episode.      MAILBOX:   Barry Helfand asked if there is an equivelant to the Bureau of Land Management in Canada for homestead records.   to the web page at the Archives Canada about the land patents which includes a link to the Western Land Grants Database   Here's a to the database which includes information for locating land grants for other provinces not included.     GEM: Interview with Genealogy Bogger Craig Manson Visit Craig's