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Premium Episode 42 – FamilySearch with Bryce Roper
Date Published: March 12, 2010
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Recent Genealogy TV Shows:
Faces of America on PBS
The Generations Project on BYU TV
Who Do You Think You Are? on NBC
You can watch full episodes from all three websites!
Free Records – Limited Time
Footnote.com, is opening all of their U.S. census documents for free to the public for a limited time. To learn how to get started with the Interactive Census, visit: http://go.footnote.com/discover
Download the FREE Genealogy Gems Toolbar to get alerts of free records first!
Listen to the March episode of The Family Tree Magazine Podcast available the week of March 15, 2010 to hear Lisa’s interview with Footnote about the census collection.
Recently Completed Projects at FamilySearch
(Note: Recently completed projects have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication.)
België, Mechelen—Overlijdens Registers, 1851–1900
Deutschland, Brandenburg—Kirchenbücher, 1789–1875
Italia, Napoli, Castellammare di Stabia – Atti di Morte, 1809–1936 [Parte A]
Perú, Lima—Registros Civiles, 1910–1930 [Parte 4]
U.K., Warwickshire—Parish Registers, 1754-1900 [Part 1A]
U.S., Guam and Samoa—1920 Federal Census
U.S., Indiana—1910 Federal Census
U.S., Iowa—1910 Federal Census
U.S., Kentucky—1910 Federal Census
U.S., Louisiana—1910 Federal Census
U.S., Virgin Islands—1920 Federal Census
These projects will be searchable online at pilot.familysearch.org in the near future.
Site Search Alert and PDFmyurl.com Update:
These free tools do not work on subscription (password protected) webpages.
GEM: Inside FamilySearch with Bryce Roper
Bryce’s Top Tips for Getting the Most Out of FamilySearch:
1. Try putting in less information in your search
2. Search the appropriate record group
3. Start with the most recent record
4. Try searching a name without dates
5. Try different spellings
6. Use the filters on Record Search up at the top in the blue bar
7. Keep in mind that many records have been digitized but not yet indexed. Try browsing 8. them. (They do however include meta data)
9. Look at the list of collections and see if it says “Images Only”
Premium Episode 43 – Visual Genealogy
Date Published: March 30, 2010
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Welcome new Premium Members!
Watch the new and improved Google Earth for Genealogy Premium videos.
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Changes to Google Earth:
Places of Worship and Cemeteries are now under the “More” folder in the Layers Panel.
New at Google: The Google Books Help Forum
Google Books
http://books.google.com/books
Google Books Help Forum
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Ancestry Magazine at Google Books
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Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 81 featuring Lisa Kudrow
http://www.genealogygemspodcast.com/episode_81_lisa_kudrow_is_on_the_podcast_who_do_you_think_you_are_
Genealogy Gems Premium episode 41 features part 1 of an interview with Lisa and co-producer Dan Bucatinsky.
GEM: Profile America
The Pony Express
GEM: Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky Interview Part 2
Behind the scenes of Who Do You Think You Are?
Airs Friday nights at 8:00 p.m. on NBC in the U.S.
Who Do You Think You Are? Official Web Site:
http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/
GEM: Visual Genealogy
Jeff Guin of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Podcast from the National Parks Service interviews Bernard Frischer on Rome Reborn and Virtual Ancient Worlds on Google Earth.
Websites mentioned in this segment:
The Rome Reborn Web Site: http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/project_news.php
S.A.V.E.: http://vwhl.clas.virginia.edu/save.html Serving and archiving Virtual Environments
Download Google Earth (free) http://earth.google.com/
Contact Bernard Frischer Frischer@virginia.edu
Listen to the Voices of the Past Podcast http://www.voicesofthepast.org/
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Leave a voicemail at (925) 272-4021
GEM: Profile America
April 6 is the anniversary of the U.S. entering World War I
Premium Episode 44 – Generations Project, Part 2 of Kendall Wilcox Interview
Date Published: April 19, 2010
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NEWS:
Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 86 features part 1 of Lisa’s interview with Kendall Wilcox, Executive Producer of The Generations Project
“Beta Buck” Webinar Registration for Premium Members
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Date: Wed. April 21, 2010 at 4:00 pm PDT
MAILBOX:
Premium member idea put into action:
From Deidre Dagner, Editor, Genealogical Society of Vermont Newsletter
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Membership Improvements:
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Sign in to your account and click Your Profile link in the upper right corner of the homepage.
GEM: Profile America
The 75th Hit Parade
Your Hit Parade on TV at the Museum of Broadcast Communications
Below: Clip from “Your Hit Parade” on April 16, 1955. Dorothy Collins performing “Tweedlee Dee.”
GEM: Kendall Wilcox of the Generations Project – Interview Part 2
Behind the scenes of The Generations Project
Apply to be on the show
GEM: Profile America
License Plates
Read more about the first license plates
