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

NEWS: Lisa covers digitized newspaper records recently posted at the Library of America's Chronicling America web site As well as news from Ancestry.com 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 Genealogy Gems TV Channel at YouTube and Click on the Videos section. Become a fan of The Genealogy Gems Podcast at Facebook. Add Lisa as a friend on Facebook MAILBOX:Lisa stops by Mike O'Laughlin's Irish Roots Cafe 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 Family History Library 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 episode 69 and the story about the man who found his family history book digitized on Google Books. "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:Authors Guild Original article (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 Genealogy Gems store at Lulu Premium Episodes now on Lulu:Premium Episodes 2 through 7 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:The Suitcase Exhibit Online Diane Haddadâs post on The Genealogy Insider Blog Attend Lisaâs classes:Family History ExpoRedding, 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 "Google Books Revolutionary Next Step" How to Order Key Civil War Records by Tamie Dehler, Tribune-Star Mailbox: A listener writes in to share her experience with Genealogy Wise Join the Genealogy Gems Podcast Group at Genealogy Wise. Check out the free program Transcript 2.0 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 Jana's Web Site 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.

And at this conference I am debuting a brand new item that I've been working on for months and it's ready, and it will be available for the first time at the Expo. It's actually inspired by you - you know you are all such gems to listen in to the show, and I was thinking about that, and it just seemed to me that there ought to be something wonderful to wear that shows off what a real genealogy gem you are. So this weekend I'm making available for the first time the Genealogy Gem rhinestone jewelry pin My grandmother always wore sparkling costume jewelry and I was fortunate enough to inherit it, and this pin fits right in with all the wonderful vintage pieces. So if you would like your very own pin to declare to the world that you are someone you care about is a genealogy gem, be sure and stop by the Genealogy Gems booth in the exhibit hall. Pin is sold out and no longer available. MAILBOX: Russ from Tucson, AZ wrote in to ask about how to locate some Californians in his family tree, and a very happy outcome followed: Well the "little angels" were in my court because the same day I emailed you I was listening to your old archives in the premium member section when I heard you mention the "acts of random kindness" which I emailed the same day, well someone who lived near the cemetery was able to get a hold of a record of my great grandfather's burial date but said there was no date of death. Using that date, I manually went into the Oakland Tribune obituary archives and went back a few days before the burial date and there was his obituary! Kay wrote in to share her experiences with Member Connect on Ancestry. Email your comments to Lisa GEM: Member Connect with Ancestry Part 2Interview with David Graham, Director of Product Management In this episode, we wrap our personal tour of Ancestry's new Member Connect feature. GEM: Family History Thoughts with Lee Drew In this gem I am happy to feature another wonderful blog post from genealogy blogger Lee Drew called "Choices and Consequences." LineageKeeper blog Fam Hist Blog I'm going in for some surgery in early September and I know that recovery may take around 4 weeks, so you may not be hearing from me as regularly as usual, but I hope that you stay in touch and be patient until I'm up on my feet again. I'm going to try to get some things wrapped up before hand, so hopefully you Genealogy Gems Premium members won't notice any difference in the regularity of premium shows and videos. And actually I'm having a blast with this new video series coming up and I know you'll love it. I appreciate your understanding and patience and really canât wait until I can get back to the microphone with more genealogy gems. Thanks so much for listening friend, I'll talk to you soon!

Family Tree University Google announced last week that it has quadrupled its searchable archive of historical news articles, many of which are free to access.From the Genealogy Insider Blog The National Archives just announced that it has launched what it calls a Narations blog. The new blog is going to focus on online public access to records of the U.S. National Archives MyHeritage.com, has announced the release of Family Tree Builder 4.0. The Family Tree Builder software is available for free download Read the article about Google's new improved search BBC News MAILBOX:Sean shared his recent discoveries and then had some questions about the 1930 census and the Office Use Only columns. GEM: IPUMS USA website The site is described as "Census microdata for social and economic research". It's an excellent and little known web site that is dedicated to collecting and distributing US census data. Its goals are to: Collect and preserve data and documentation Harmonize data Disseminate the data absolutely free 1850 - 1950 Enumerator Instructions 1930 Enumerator Instructions But as the column implies, the census taker was instructed not to write in column 26D so in this case the instructions can't help much. Column 26D was filled in by the staff at the census bureau after the census taker completed the task. The codes written in the column were to assist them in tabulating statistical information which they reported to Congress. Unfortunately these numbers really don't provide additional information because they just reflect what was written in the Occupation columns by the census taker GEM: Tools for Occupation CodesBut if you have a curious streak and would like to see exactly what the codes meant I've got a gem for you. Steve Morse the author of the One Step Tools shares your curiosity and he created a page on his website called "Deciphering Language and Nativity Codes Appended to the 1930 Census in One Step." You can learn what the occupation codes in Column 26D mean by visiting this page: "Deciphering Occupation Codes Appended to the 1930 Census in One Step." GEM: Agricultural Census (Non-Population Census)Farm # - It refers to the Special census called the Farm ScheduleListen to Family Tree Magazine podcast #12 Census secrets with Curt Witcher for more information. Non-population census at the National ArchivesAgricultural censusWhere to find the records at the National Archives GEM: Member Connect with AncestryDavid Graham. Director of Product Management at Ancestry.com gives us a tour of the new Member Connect feature. This episode is sponsored by Rootsmagic

NEWS: For the month of August 2009 Footnote.com is providing free access to the 1930 census images. To get the free access just go to www.footnote.com/1930census/ and register with your email address. Genealogy Insider Blog by Diane Haddad at Family Tree Magazine. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMUC) is celebrating it's 50th year. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections is a free Library of Congress program. Information about the manuscript collections of participating US libraries is being entered into the WorldCat library catalog search engine. Family History: Genealogy Made EasyEpisode 38 - Features the Footnote Maven Randy Seaver's article on the Genea-musings blog Footnote Maven's post about the episode Episode 39 of the Family History podcast features the very gifted writer Denise Levenick who write the Family Curator blog, and also has an alter ego known as Penny Dreadful who writes occasionally for the Footnote Maven's Shades of the Departed blog. And you get two bloggers in this episode because it also features my interview with Schelly Talalay Dardashti who writes the Tracing the Tribe blog on Jewish genealogy. Both these ladies are very experienced bloggers and will give you great tips on blogging, including dispelling the myth that you have to be technically inclined to blog! Google Books: Read Lisa's blog post on the subject Books Rights Registry So what do you think about this? Have you published your family history? Does it matter to you who owns the digital rights to your work? I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Email Lisa or call the voice mail line at 925 272-4021 to have your thoughts included on the show. GEM: Profile AmericaAugust 1 - First US Census GEM: Tony BurroughsTony Burroughs is an internationally known genealogist, author, and former adjunct genealogy professor at Chicago State University. He lectures throughout the United States and Canada on all aspects of genealogy. He is the author of the book Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree published by the Fireside Division of Simon & Schuster and I recently had a chance to sit down and talk with Tony about his work and his approach to the research process. Tony was so much fun to talk to and has so much knowledge about such a variety of subjects. If you'd like to see my interview with Tony that was filmed at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree you can view it in it's entirety at the Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel. GEM: My Mother Was A Quilter by Lee Drew Lee's Website his FamHist Blog and his Lineagekeeper blog GEM: Profile AmericaAugust 2 - The First News Reel Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems e-Newsletter: To stay up on everything going on at Genealogy Gems be sure and sign up for the free e-newsletter. Just go to the website and click the Sign up button in the column on the left and when you do that youâll get the 20 page e-book on Google Research strategies as a thank you gift. See Lisa in person: Family History Expo Sandy, Utah just outside Salt Lake City August 28 & 29, 2009 Email Lisa with your questions and comments

NEWS: The Genealogy Guys are going to be at the Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in Little Rock, AR Sept 2-5 2009 recording their show before a live audience on Sept 3 at 3:30 pm. Listen to Drew Smith interview Lisa on the Genealogy Guys Podcast Episode 177 The Library of Congress has launched "The Library of Congress on iTunes U, featuring historic video and sound recordings. Download iTunes Lisa discusses the start up and rocky road of the new social networking website for genealogists called Genealogy Wise by familylink.com Paul Allen's Apology to Terry Thornton So where do we go from here? Well, I still wholeheartedly encourage genealogists to network Friend Lisa on Facebook Join the Genealogy Gems Podcast facebook group Where Are Paper of Record's Records?It"s all still pretty murky. But it seems to be a pretty unanimous decision that Paper of Record was really a terrific newspaper website and though Google and WVR so far are not offering the same kind of search capabilities, they both seem to have some of the content. So my recommendation is to check Google News Archive first - which is free, and then check to see if WVR has the newspaper you're looking for. Lisa's Video on the Google News Timeline (Update: The Timeline has been discontinued.) Become a Premium Member Today. If you have information about the progress being made with the paper of records content I'd love to hear from you so I can update everyone here on the show. Email me or call the voice mail line at 925-272-4021 to leave a message that I can play on the show. GEM: Profile America40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing - July 20 Visit NASA's website's Apollo 40th Anniversary pages Watch the Launch- as you would have seen it on July 16, 1969, at 9:26 AM EDT T-minus 00:5:59 and counting GEM: Interview with Geneablogger Thomas MacEnteeThomas talks about how to do genealogy blogging, his own numerous blogs, and some tips for you to get started blogging about your own family history. Watch the video version of this interview at the Genealogy Gems TV Channel at YouTube Thomas MacEnteeâs Blogroll: Geneabloggers Grandma Austin's Diaries Bootcamp for Genea-Bloggers Destination: Austin Family And I Helped! Lowville Obituaries Lowville Long Ago The Graveyard Rabbit of New York Rural Cemeteries A Catskill Christmas GEM: The July 2009 Family Tree Magazine Podcast EpisodeSnippet of my interview with Eric Grundset, Library Director at the DAR Library Eric's fave collection: GRC National Index 2 Volume - Vital Records of Americans in China and Korea Mark your calendars: Join Lisa at the Family History Expo in Sandy, Utah just outside Salt Lake City August 28 & 29, 2009.

For more info on next year's Jamboree: Southern California Genealogical Society Read Lisa's Blog Posts about this year's Jamboree: Tukufu Zuberi Wows Researchers at Jamboree Listen to Lisa's one on one interview with Tukufu in Episode 63 Top 10 Things I Noticed At The Geneablogger Dinner NEWS: Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning Members can watch the webinar Finding Your Family In Old Newspapers in the members-only area. Lisa's article called Grave Transformations appears in the September 2009 issue of Family Tree Magazine on news stands now. Watch the Grave Transformations video for step-by-step instructions. GEM: Interview with Randy Seaver, Genealogy Blogger Randy's Blogs: The Geneaholic Blog The Genea-Musings Blog

Published June 7, 2009 GEM: 65th Anniversary of D-Day I've written a blog post about the D-Day anniversary that includes an article that appeared in the Yorkshire Post about how the memory of WWII is slipping through the cracks of time. In my own family my grandfather's brother Elzie Cecil Moore who we called Uncle Elzie participated in the invasion of Normandy and received the bronze star and a purple heart for a shot he took to his shoulder during the invasion. Shortly after that he received a second purple hear for a shot he received through his face. Growing up I always noticed that scar on his chin and thought it was a cute dimple, not realizing until I started asking questions about family history that it was from a bullet. Above: Elzie in Boot Camp My Grandmother Pauline Moore worked at the Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California building the Navy ships that sailed the Pacific. She was the secretary to the Dock Yard Manager for Yard #2 and that meant that she helped hire and process all the Rosies. In fact, when the Yard was finally closed down at the end of the war, Grandma was the last women through the gates. Like so many women she sacrified time with my dad was born in 1939 and was not yet in school. But she often told me it was one of the happiest times in her life because everyone was pulling together. Above: Grandma Pauline during WWII Check out the post D Day Anniversary on the Genealogy Gems Blog where you will find a link to the Yorkshire Post as well as a video of the events of D Day. NEWS: On the genealogy conference front there are several great events coming up: The Family History Expo in Loveland, Colorado June 12 - 13, 2009. The Southern California Genealogical Jamboree in Burbank, CA on June 26 - 28, 2009 which I'll be attending. I'll be teaching two classes on Google, a beginning and Advanced, and I'll also be on the panel for the Son of a Blogger Summitt with Dick Eastman, Steve Danko, DearMyrtle, George Morgan and others. And when I'm not doing that I'll be at the Family Tree Magazine booth in exhibit hall. I'll also be at the Family History Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah August 28 & 29, 2009 Genealogy Records Update: In May of 2009 FamilySearch announced that it has published millions of records from Southern states to its free online collection. The most recent additions to the Indexing Project: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908 to 1974 (Index) Arkansas County Marriages: 1837 to 1957 Civil War Pension Index Cards (Digital Images) Florida Deaths 1877 to 1939 (Index) Florida State Censuses: 1855, 1935, 1945 (Digital Images) Georgia Deaths 1914 to 1927 Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists (Images) North Carolina, Davidson County Marriages and Deaths, 1867-1984 (Digital Images) Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 (Index) Texas Deaths 1890 to 1976 West Virginia Births 1853 to 1990 (Index) West Virginia Marriages 1853 to 1970 (Index) West Virginia Deaths 1853 to 1970 (Index) Thank you for supporting this free podcast by clicking the Amazon and other sponsor links to do your online shopping! GEM: Interview with Kathy Meade of Genline.com Lisa talks with Kathy about Genline's new Transcription Service Also check out Lisa's other interview with Kathy Meade in the June 2009 episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast Swedish Parish Look Up You need to be registered, but no credit card is required to register. Visit with Kathy in person at the upcoming Family History Expo in Loveland, Colorado on June 12 - 13, 2009. She will also be at the Southern California Genealogical Jamboree in Burbank, CA June 26 - 28, 2009. Become a Genealogy Gems Premium Member GEM: Paper of Record / Google News Archive Here's a comprehensive list of what is currently online in the Google News Archive, as well as content that will be added in the next three months, and the records that at this point in time will not be added due to lack of display rights.

This special Memorial Day episode is dedicated to the men and women who lost their lives defending our country. (This podcast episode is an Enhanced Version which will include images that will appear on your Video iPod screen or in iTunes artwork area. Download the mp4 file to your hard drive or download in iTunes)

This special Memorial Day episode is dedicated to the men and women of the armed forces who lost their lives defending our country.(This podcast episode is audio only)