Can You Believe Google Earth is 10 Years Old?? Are You Using Google Earth for Genealogy Yet?
Ten years ago in June, Google Earth was born. The world put it right to work. Within months, recalls a Google Earth employee, "Hurricane Katrina showed us how useful mapping tools like Earth could be for crisis response efforts. Rescue workers compared before and...
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online
Every Friday, we blog about new genealogy records online. Do any of the collections below relate to your family history? Please share this post with any genealogy buddies or societies that might be interested. At the end of this post is a search tip for researching...
Language Translation Tool for Genealogy: MyHeritage’s New Global Name Translation
At some point in the past, many of our relatives--overseas or in the same land--spoke a different language. They used different versions of names we know. Records about their lives were created in a language we don't know, whether their home tongue or the language of...
WDYTYA 2015: Summer Episodes Begin July 26
On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 9pm EST, Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA 2015) returns to TLC in the United States for more great episodes: TLC will air the U.S. premiere of J.K. Rowling’s episode, where the best-selling author sets off to uncover her maternal French...
Irish Catholic Parish Registers from National Library of Ireland
As of today, the National Library of Ireland expects to launch a free, digitized collection of ALL its Catholic parish registers on its website (this link takes you to the English version; it's also available in Irish). Nearly 400,000 digital images of microfilmed...
Findmypast Library Edition: Request it At Your Public Library!
findmypast now has a Library Edition available within the United States. Patrons of subscribing libraries can now have access to their billions of records from England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. Highlights of what...
How to Unsend Gmail email message
Have you ever clicked the Send button on an email message only to seconds later have a wave of regret fall over you? At a moment like that it would be very helpful to know how to unsend Gmail email messages. At one time or another we have all left out vital...
Family Photo Charm Bracelet: Heritage Jewelry Idea
Recently we received this picture of a photo charm bracelet made by Genealogy Gems Premium member Mary Ann. We loved it so much we thought we'd share it with everyone (with her permission, of course). "I got the idea from one of the vendors you had spoken about on one...
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online
Every Friday, we blog about new genealogy records online. Do any of the collections below relate to your family history? Look below for early Australian settlers, Canadian military and vital records, the 1925 Iowa State Census and a fascinating collection of old New...
Using Evernote for Genealogy: The New Web Clipper
Do you use Evernote for Genealogy? Genealogists everywhere are singing its praises and it's a regular feature here on Genealogy Gems. Well, Evernote just got a little better today. Evernote has just released a new web clipper and it oozes with awesomeness. It works...
Free Records at Ancestry Now through Sunday
Free Records at Ancestry are available now through Sunday July 5, 2015. (Use our convenient social media buttons at the top of this post to get the word out to your genealogy friends!) Ancestry is inviting you to "Discover your American story this 4th of July" by...
Search for Early New England Ancestors FREE this Coming Week
In honor of Independence Day in the United States, AmericanAncestors.org is offering free access to databases on early New England ancestors starting TODAY through July 8. If you have Mayflower, Pilgrim or Puritan ancestors (or want to confirm the rumor that you do!),...
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 124: Ancestry, Book Club Interview and More
If there's a theme for Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 124, it's travel! (Which works for us here in the U.S., where we are enjoying summer vacations.) Our ancestors sure traveled, and sometimes a paper trail followed them. In this episode you’ll hear...
Interview with Nathan Dylan Goodwin: Genealogy Gems Book Club
As part of our Genealogy Gems Book Club, author Nathan Dylan Goodwin joined us on the Genealogy Gems podcast to talk about the newest book in The Forensic Genealogist series: The Lost Ancestor (The Forensic Genealogist series Book 2). In our interview, Nathan talks...
Google Alert to Remember Your Wallet? Yep, It’s Coming
If you've read my book The Genealogist's Google Toolbox, then you know that Google Alerts is an incredibly powerful tool for automating your online genealogy searches and finding things. But l admit it, there are days when I just want to find my reading glasses...
3 Things This Gems Follower Loves About the New Ancestry Site
Recently we reported changes in the Ancestry.com site, now available to all U.S. customers. Genealogy Gems follower Nora then emailed us with three things she loves about the new Ancestry experience, and her instructions for merging facts related to the same life...
A Family History Photo Display with Mementos: What Would Yours Look Like?
Recently, Genealogy Gems Premium member Mary Ann shared some beautiful family history crafts with us. One is this exquisite family history photo display she made for a cousins' gift exchange. It's a collage concept that incorporates pictures with mementos and...
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online
Every Friday, we blog about new genealogy records online. Do any of the collections below relate to your family history? This week seems to be all about U.S. records: newspapers, military and railroad employees. U.S. NAVY SURVIVORS. A new collection with nearly 2...
