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

MAILBOX:   for the Genealogy Gems Podcast e-Newsletter You’ll get Lisa's 20 page e-book called 5 Fabulous Research Strategies for the Family Historian free in your welcome email.  Follow the techniques in the e-book and you’ll better results with your Google Searches when you’re online doing your research!   And if by chance you have already signed up you haven’t been receiving the newsletter be sure and add genealogygemspodcast at gmail dot com to your email contact list so that your email provider won’t think they are spam.    Thank you to genealogy blogger Joan Miller for her wonderful review of the Genealogy Gems Podcast iPhone App on .     Teri wrote in asking for suggestions for genealogist training and certification.  Lisa recommends the article Shaping Up by Sunny Morton in the March 2010 issue of   at the Seattle campus of the University of Washington   program at Boston University. You can take that program online.   Genealogical certification is offered by:     BCG does offer   Listen to Lisa’s interview with Sunny about the article in the February 2010 episode of   or subscribe for free in   Michelle writes in about her new blog and how much she enjoyed Lisa’s Google Earth presentation on at the recent Family History Expo in Mesa.  “I was so excited about it I went home and shared your tips with my husband who likes Google Earth but had NO IDEA what it could do.  The next time I go hunting for a homestead, I'm going to do it this way.  It's much easier than getting the old state highway maps that also show the township, range, info!  Plus like my hubby pointed out, it would be much more comforting when we are out in the backcountry after riding down 20 miles of dirt roads to have that visual to tell us that yes, we ARE on the right track.”   “As always, I'm looking forward to what wonderful new adventures you will be taking us listeners on in your upcoming podcasts.  You are a treasure chest of information!”   Stay tuned for the release of Lisa’s new Google Earth for Genealogy DVD.       GEM: Interview with Lisa Kudrow   Lisa talks with Lisa Kudrow about her new television series Who Do You Think You Are? premiering March 5, 2010 at 8:00 pm on NBC   Spread the Word!  Email your friends and family and share this episode with them to generate excitement and viewership for this new genealogy themed show.   The Genealogy Gems Podcast is sponsored by Rootsmagic         Lisa will be teaching for Family Tree Magazine called Search Engine Tips & Tricks: Google Techniques to Boost Your Research  on Tuesday February 23, 2010 at 4pm Pacific and 7 pm Eastern.  For more information go to the .   podcast will wrap up with one more episode.

THANK YOU to all the genealogy bloggers who got the word out about the new Genealogy Gems iPhone app which is now available in the :   Kimberly Powell of the     Miriam Robbins Midkiff of     Schelly Dardashti of the   Amy Coffin of the   Lisa has gotten great feedback from those of you who have already downloaded the .      Apple Announces the iPad   at the BBC       Thank You:        Ancestry Magazine Closes It’s Doors Ancestry Magazine will be publishing it’s last issue in March of 2010. Go to and just type Ancestry in the search box to see past issues online.      MAILBOX:   Question from member Teri : Are there 3 ring binder dividers large enough to use with sheet protectors? Lisa suggests: , 5-Tab Set   Judy in Ocala requested photos of Lisa’s family history wall display describe in   Rebecca Pittman of Chicago asks for leads on researching ancestors who served as U.S. census enumerators.     “Do you have any recommendations for locating records about his role as a Census Enumerator? I’m sure there would’ve been an application form, payroll information, etc. for Census Enumerators. I searched Worldcat for any books on the subject and the National Archives for records and have not had any luck.”   Bill Maury, Chief of History at the U.S. Census Bureau says that   All of the records that are available are at the National Archives in Record Group 29…the records are partial at best but some are both extensive and informative.   features my interview with Bill Maury   Histories of Enumeration Procedures for Each Census: â   in 1930   Records of the Bureau of the Census   (Tip:  Search the page for “Personnel”)    Mary Bowden wrote in to say she has started her own genealogy blog. “Thanks, I loved the live podcast!”     Podcast listener Marie has also    Gordon Churchill asks for recommendations for a way to publish a “book of stories and events that I have been able to find, together with the dates and places, so that grandchildren and others who come to it will find something that has some life in it, not just historical records.”   Lisa suggests Kodak Gallery  for more on publishing a family history book with Kodak Gallery   This Podcast is sponsored by: Tell them you heard about Rootsmagic on the Genealogy Gems Podcast!   GEM: Interview with Irene Johnson     Irene’s Tip:  Do your homework before you visit the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.    Do Your Homework Before You Come: - Scour the online catalog - Decide what you need - Ask for help when you visit   Lisa’s Tip – print out the items you want from the catalogue and prioritize them.  Determine which items are available only in Salt Lake City.   Watch Irene in the   The Library is divided up into sections: B2 - The British Collection B1 - The International Floor – “the only place where you will find all the Swedish records under one roof!”  (they are scattered amongst the various archives across Sweden)    The Vault – There are many films that are not located in the library but rather in the granite vault.   Request ahead of time, or as soon as you arrive.    to Index   The Main/ 1st Floor – Computers and Family Histories

This episode is a LIVE presentation of The Genealogy Gems Podcast presented at the in Mesa, Arizona on Friday, January 22, 2010. Lisa introduces her Stage Manager (and daughter!) Lacey Cooke. 2013 Update: the Genealogy Gems Toolbar has been discontinued. GUEST: Gena Philibert Ortega, Worldvitalrecords - www.worldvital.com Genealogywise - www.genealogywise.com   GUEST: Thomas MacEntee, Geneablogger The Top 10 Genealogy Blog Myths   This LIVE show is sponsored by Lisa chats with Bruce Buzbee about Rootsmagic 4 Download the FREE Rootsmagic Essentials to give it a test drive! GUEST: Anastasia Tyler, Ancestry Anastasia was recently featured on The Martha Stewart Show Anastasia discusses the new NBC TV show Who Do You Think You Are? that premieres on March 5 at 8:00 pm. Jerry Springer Videos Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 She also talks about what's coming up at Ancestry in 2010. The Ancestry Blog: Become a

Happy New Year!! Contest Winners Announced: The winner of the FTM Organize Your Genealogy Life CD: Carroll Berryman The winner of the 2 day admission ticket to the Mesa, AZ Family History Expo: A.C. Ivory of UT 2nd winner: Patty Mitchell of AZ. Lisa will be speaking at the in Toronto, Canada May 14 through the 16th of 2010 at the Doubletree Hilton at the Toronto Airport The Armchair Genealogist: By Lynn Palermo  can now be automatically downloaded to iTunes. For more information sign in and go to the main Podcast page. and receive the downloadable e-book 5 Fabulous Google Research Strategies for the Family Historian. BRAND NEW: The Genealogy Gems Podcast iPhone app is now available for the iPhone and ipod iTouch.   NEWS: ANCESTRY Ancestry's new online family trees website,   Also at ancestry they've announced the release of new and improved images for U.S. Federal Censuses. They’ve got clearer images for 1790-1900, and are working on 1910 through 1930. They’ve also posted better indexes for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1900 FAMILYSEARCH They have some New Projects you may want to know about. Canada, British Columbia—Deaths, 1872-1986 [Part 3] U.S., Indiana, Clark County—Marriages, 1811–1959 U.S., Minnesota—1875 State Census U.S., Rhode Island—1905 State Census [Part 2] U.S., South Dakota—1935 State Census [Part 2] Added newspaper pages online from 117 newspapers and 32 states including: Augusta Chronicle (GA) Seattle Daily Times (WA) City Gazette (SC) New York Herald (NY) New York Herald-Tribune (NY) North Philly Free Press (PA) Political Digest (PA) MAILBOX: Premium Member Patti Wilcox writes in: "Thank you thank you! I'm so happy with the iTunes feed for Premium members. I love being able to easily add to iTunes and now maybe I'll be the first to listen to new episodes!” and recommends Mac users use Safari rather Firefox to initially subscribe to the feed. Genealogy Questions: Long time listeners Richard Yehle has a question about adoption research He writes: "An ex-brother–in-law’s father had two brothers born in 1914 and 1916 who were placed in an orphanage in Stockton CA in an unknown year (I’d guess between 1920 and 1930). The family is looking for information on these two brothers but don’t know where to start. I can’t find either of them in the 1920 or 1930 census, nor their parents for that matter. They moved from New Mexico to Bakersfield CA by 1910 and apparently to Stockton CA at some point later, again my guess is after the death of the mother – but we don’t have that date. The location of the two orphans are not known. I suppose it’s possible that they took the name of their adoptive parents which could be a problem. The original surname is Torres which is also reasonably common. Any suggestions on where to start looking for these two?" Do a - here's one on San Joaquin County orphanages Here's a from 1910. Full text of "" is currently under construction but it looks like they plan on providing information about adoptions in the county. If you have strategies for Richard  Toolbar Emails: The Genealogy Gems toolbar has been discontinued.   GEM: Mona Golabek Listener Belinda recommended a to Lisa featuring pianist Mona Golabek and her unique presentation of her family history. Listen to: CLOSING: Lisa bids goodbye to the origins of her given name – the world’s longest-running daytime soap opera “As the World Turns” starring Eileen Fulton as Lisa Grimaldi (below).  The name "Lisa" was one of the top girl names in the 1960s.

NEWS: for the Genealogy Gems Free e-Newsletter Footnote.com - In honor of Pearl Harbor Day  they are making their interactive available for free for the month of Dec 2009.   MAILBOX:  Michael in Irvine, CA writes in about The Genealogy Gems Toolbar.  2013 Update: The Genealogy Gems Toolbar has been discontinued. Listener Gordon Churchill writes in to ask about using compiled genealogical records in his research. Podcast: Listener about the new ABC show "Find My Family" which aires on Monday nights at 9:00 pm GEM: Interview with Maureen Taylor about Hairstyles book Above: GEM:  Family Storytelling During The Holidays Holly's podcast of the Family History Expos Podcast has been discontinued. This podcast is sponsored by:

Are you ready for Christmas yet? If you would like to help out the podcast while you shop, just click the box below... ...to access the and look for your first item.  When you do that Genealogy Gems will get credit for anything you buy while you're on the Amazon site - and you don't pay anything extra!  Thank you! NEWS: RootsMagic, Inc. announced the immediate availability of , free desktop genealogy software based on their award-winning RootsMagic 4 system. RootsMagic Essentials contains many core features found in its namesake that allow the public to easily start tracing their family trees.   The folks at familysearch have added some new record collections which can be searched for free at the FamilySearch.org Record Search pilot (click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot). The new records include: - Brazil Catholic Church Records 1805-1979 update - Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1842â1915 - Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records Spain Municipal Records, 1837â1870 - United States 1920 Federal Census for Texas, Ohio, and Iowa Footnote.com recently released "" of historical records. Genealogy Gem Rhinestone Pin.  is no longer available   MAILBOX: Crystal writes in with an update on her family search Liz Pidgeon wrote in about Genealogy Gems Podcast featuring Joe Bott of the website. "There is an Australian equivalent called Photo Rescue though no way as big at: and I know that people also post "unknown" photos to Flickr groups.â AC has been diving into his family history and wrote in with a neat story of what it can mean to an older relative when we spend time with them and ask about family history.   about podcasts. Susan shared a fun free website that features the music of yesteryear Upchucky Radio Hits of the Profile America: 1810 census  about the 1810 census  GEM: Part 2 - David Rencher on David Rencher is the Head Genealogist at familysearch and in today's episode you"ll be hearing part 2 of my interview with him on the past, present and future of familysearch.org. Profile America: Automobile Update: The Genealogy Gems Toolbar has been discontinued.

New to the Podcast?  Click the media player on the right to begin listening or .  ( to learn more about how to download and subscribe to podcasts in iTunes.  to watch a video tutorial) News: Attend one of Lisa's classes: Lisa will be speaking at the , Arizona on January 22 & 23, 2010 Archived Premium episodes are now included in   2013 Update: The Genealogy Gems Toolbar has been discontinued. MAILBOX:  Listener Megan Kyser asks if  the podcast might have a DNA episode someday?  and  she adds, "My whole family listens in the car on trips- yes; even the 5 and under crowd! Lisa covered DNA in of The Genealogy Gems Podcast   She will also be interviewing a DNA specialist for the November episode of which will be out later this month. And Lisa recommends a for her under 5 fans! Listener Rhonda Schneringer of South Dakota and says-"in this podcast, you mention a class you teach called "Sharing the Joy".  You describe it as projects anyone can do to share your genealogical information with family members who aren't "into" genealogy yet.   Can you tell me where I can find information about these projects?" The details of the projects Lisa covers in the presentation can be found in her video Sharing the Joy.  The projects featured in the class included: Decoupage Plate - Chapter 11 Sweet Memories Candy Bars - Chapter 20 (this is a big favorite!) Family History Wall Displays - Chapter 3 Publishing Your Own Family History Book - Chapter 13 A four part video series is available at the at YouTube for the Family History Christmas Wreath project:   GEM:  Interview with David Rencher, Head Genealogist at Family Search David discusses the digitization for FamilySearch, how research has changed, the future of the Family History Library online catalog, and the opportunities that technology offers the genealogy world.  It's a rare opportunity to hear from the decision maker himself about the records that impact your research.   This podcast is sponsored by:

Sit back and enjoy this episode about a Gem of a web site:    Founder Joe Bott tells us what drove him to create the site and some amazing and inspiring stories of Ancestors found! Here's a link to the photograph of that Karen Hammel found on the DeadFred web site. Our Dog Howie was featured in BARK! magazine (below)

NEWS: Lisa covers digitized newspaper records recently posted at the Library of America's web site As well as news from including new records, the new social networking with records feature, and updated to their Member Connect Feature. Watch Lisa's 2 part video series on Member Connect with David Graham of Ancestry.  Go to the at YouTube and Click on the Videos section. of The Genealogy Gems Podcast at Facebook.    MAILBOX:Lisa stops by Mike O'Laughlin's to ask the Irish research expert for some advice for listener Maria Romano about her Hickson and Carey ancestors from Clanmorris, County Kerry, Ireland.    Mike has some great leads for Maria and anyone with Irish ancestors. Then Lisa shares some advice from German Genealogist Baerbel Johnson of the in Salt Lake City on German research in response to listener Teri Chaffin's question about her Matzdorff family. Danny from Baltimore wrote in to comment on Genealogy Gems Podcast and the story about the man who found his family history book digitized on . "Copyright infringement and plagiarism is always a topic near and dear to every genealogist.  A discussion on "fair use" typically results in a heated debate but to assume that since a library has a copy of a book and that an arrangement between the library, a company (Google) and various literary organizations permitting the digitalization of the library's collection automatically implies the granting of digital rights to that collection is flabbergasting.â  Danny from Baltimore Web sites mentioned:   (9/3/09) about Google books from the BBC  Tina Kelly writes to say how excited she was to be able to get some of the archived Premium Episodes from the   Premium Episodes now on Lulu:And more episodes are coming soon! Limited Time Savings:  Save 14.92% on your order (up to $25) with coupon code PINTA  Sale Ends Oct. 12, 2009. And Russ Karr writes to share the highs and lows of his research, and his curiousity about an ancestor that died in an Insane Asylum in San Jose in 1920. Resources mentioned by Lisa: on The Genealogy Insider Blog Attend Lisaâs classes:Redding, CaliforniaOctober 16 & 17, 2009 Listener and Premium member Pat Dalpiaz shares how she proudly wears her new Genealogy Gem Rhinestone Pin whenever she has a new discovery, and shares two of her most recent discoveries generated by working on her family history blog. $11.95 + $1.50 shipping to the Continental U.S. Designed personally by Lisa Louise Cooke and made with high quality Czechoslovakian and Austrian crystals, this custom rhinestone pin is bound to generate genealogical conversation when worn. Measures approximately 2" x 1", secured with pin back.  Limited quantities!

News: Read Lisa's Blog post "" by Tamie Dehler, Tribune-Star  Mailbox: A listener writes in to share her experience with Genealogy Wise Join the at Genealogy Wise. Check out the free program that listeners are raving about.  GEM: Probate Records with Jana Broglin, CG How to Find Probate Records: Research the local jurisdiction Find where wills are filed Look in Index of Testators or General Index to Wills Request the packet Jana's Tips: Don't overlook Vouchers / Receipts Ask for numerous short pages to be photocopied onto one page Just because you find a guardianship record, don't assume both parents are deceased. Visit GEM: Sorting your bookmarks alphabetically in Safari (Mac) Thanks to listener Eiya Loki How to Sort Bookmarks: 1.  On the top of your screen click on Bookmarks 2.  In Bookmarks drop down menu click on Show All Bookmarks3.  In the left pane under Collections click on Bookmarks Menu 4.  click on any bookmark in the right pane 5.  Go directly up to Edit at the top of your screen and click on it 6.  Click on Select All from the drop down menu 7.  Open up Finder and make a folder on your desktop called "bookmarks" 8.  Double click on the folder to open it up. 9.  Then on your keyboard press Command-J. This will open a little window.10. About in the middle of this window you will see the words Arrange By: with a drop down menu right next to it, click the drop down menu option Name.11. Now go back to Safari and drag a third of Safari's window out of screen 12. Position the finder in the empty half of the screen. 13. Go back to the Bookmarks Menu 14. Click and drag all of your bookmarks in the Finder window. 15. There the will be automatically sorted even the bookmarks inside folders! 16. Go back to Safari and re Select All to your bookmarks just as you did before but this time after you have all you bookmarks highlighted 17. Go back up to Edit & click Delete in the drop down window. 18. Go back to the Finder window and Select All just as you did before 19. Drag the bookmarks back into Bookmarks Menu in Safari.