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New Genealogy TV Show Debuts This Weekend: Relative Race
Relative Race debuts tomorrow: a new reality genealogy TV series that sends 4 couples chasing their genetic roots. 
Tomorrow evening, you’ve got a new genealogy TV option! The new reality series from BYUtv, Relative Race, “features four married couples as they travel across the US in search of long lost relatives, armed with only paper maps, a rental car, a $25 per diem and a flip phone.”
The show sounds like one part Amazing Race, one part Who Do You Think You Are? With autosomal DNA test matches provided by AncestryDNA, four “couples embark on a journey that starts in San Francisco, ends in New York City and leads them to unknown relatives along the way. Cameras follow all four teams as they drive across the country–more than 4500 miles–in just ten days, stopping each day to complete a challenge and find (and stay with) their newly discovered relatives in a different city.”
“At the end of each day, the team that finishes last receives a strike. After three strikes, teams are eliminated. The remaining teams travel to NYC for the grand finale where there is a $25k grand prize for the winning couple.” Here’s a preview–and something to curl up in front of tomorrow evening.
The show airs on Sunday, February 28 at 8pm ET/6pm MT/5pm PT on BYUtv, the television station of Brigham Young University. Watch Relative Race for free or on your preferred cable network:
- Stream live or watch on demand on BYUtv.org
- Download the free mobile app for iPhone/iPad, Android, Amazon and more
- Cable options: Dish (Ch. 9403), DirecTV (Ch. 374), and carried by nearly 600 cable television providers nationwide
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Free Video: Powerful Google for Genealogy Search Strategies
Boost your Google search skills with this free video class on Google for genealogy, presented at RootsTech 2016 by Google expert Lisa Louise Cooke.
“Everyone should be using Google to search for their family history!” That’s Lisa Louise Cooke’s mantra. Google reaches deep into so many different kinds of content on the internet. Google search tools help us discover ancestors’ names mentioned online; locate records we need; and discover historical details, images and maps that help us better understand their lives. And Google is FREE.
But Google works best when you follow a well-executed search methodology, just like in other aspects of genealogy research. At RootsTech 2016, Lisa taught a powerful and popular Google search for genealogy methodology class to a packed audience in a session that live-streamed around the world. Watch her dynamic, informative class below for free. Kim wrote in to say that the class “was the best one I’ve seen thru the free streaming [RootsTech]….Thanks for sharing free content with those of us who can’t afford to spend any money on genealogy.”
This class content comes from Lisa’s book, The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox (2nd edition). In it you’ll find all you need to know to take your hit-and-miss online searches to a powerful, proven search methodology for finding your ancestors online–and everything else you’re looking for! There are step-by-step instructions, screenshots and powerful examples for topics such as basic and advanced Google searching, Google Books, Google Earth, Google Scholar, Google Alerts, Google Translate and even YouTube.
More Google for Genealogy Gems
Keep learning from Lisa! Click below to read more proven Google search methodologies for genealogy.
7 Google Search Features You Should be Using
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Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 132 Published
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast episode 132 is ready for Genealogy Gems Premium members. There’s something for everyone, from how family history can make families happier to how to use mtDNA tests for genealogy.
The new Genealogy Gems Premium podcast episode 132 has been published and is ready for Premium website members to enjoy. Premium members can sign in and then click here to enjoy the show.
Here’s a list of highlights for this episode:
- The latest on RootsMagic: syncing with Ancestry.com
- 3 more “Where I’m From” poems from listeners
- Who should be looking at U.S. special census schedules–and a detailed handout for finding and using them
- A conversation with New York Times columnist Bruce Feiler, author of The Secrets of Happy Families
- An excerpt from Genealogy Gems Book Club title Orchard House by Tara Austen Weaver
- 3 scenarios for mtDNA testing from Your DNA Guide Diahan Southard
- The first naturalized citizen in the U.S.
One of my favorite gems in this episode is Diahan Southard’s spotlight on mtDNA for genealogy. It’s the least-used type of DNA testing, in part because it’s expensive and because its uses are limited. However, mtDNA can be extremely useful in specific situations–and Diahan tells us about those.
Are you getting the most out of your Genealogy Gems Premium website membership? Remember, membership gives you access to the entire archive of back episodes of the Premium podcast. You can also watch all of Lisa’s online video classes on-demand, including her Ultimate Evernote Education for genealogists, with tutorials for beginners to advanced users. (Not a member? Click here for more info!)
