News You Can Use and Share! The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription website has added several new written and video courses, with more coming regularly. You can subscribe at https://genealogyguyslearn.com/. MyHeritage released 22 new collections in June. Findmypast has added new records to its Middlesex Baptisms, Surrey Baptisms, and Greater London Burial Index collections. Drew highlights new and updated collections added at FamilySearch this week. DNA Segment Drew and DNA expert Diahan...

New You Can Use and Share! The Guys want to thank everyone in the genealogical community for supporting their decision to terminate sponsorship by Find a Grave and Newspapers.com (subsidiaries of Ancestry.com). MyHeritage announces the release of the addition of two significant record collections: Norway Emigration Registers, 1867-1973, and the Vienna, Austria, Jewish Emigrant Applications, 1938-1939. MyHeritage announces a new update to its Theory of Family Relativity. The Genealogist has...

News You Can Use and Share! Family Tree Magazine announced their 101 Best Genealogy Websites for Genealogy for 2022, and the Genealogy Guys Podcast was again included. MyHeritage published 11 million new German historical records (Germany, Hesse, Deaths) MyHeritage added 1.3 billion historical records in 37 collections in April and May. The Genealogist is a tiered subscription website for English genealogical research at https://www.thegenealogist.com/. They have announced the addition of...

News You Can Use and Share! George recommends listening to MyHeritage’s podcast, “Blast From My Past”, which can be found at https://shows.acast.com/blast-from-my-past. Ancestry introduces its Ethnicity Inheritance powered by SideViewTM Findmypast has added new records to its UK collection Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors. Lynn Turner has been named the new Director of the FamilySearch Family History Library. Drew shares an overview of new and expanded record collections...

Drew's guest is Jenny Ashcraft, Senior Content Copywriter at Ancestry.com for Newspapers.com. In this episode, Drew and Jenny discuss Newspapers.com, including search strategies, sharing what you find with others, and the Marriage and Obituary Indexes.

News You Can Use and Share! The 1950 U.S. Federal Census has been released and The Guys discuss several aspects: The images are available at: the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at https://1950census.archives.gov/; MyHeritage.com at https://www.myheritage.com/; Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/. There are a number of important census tools available to you at: NARA Census Resources at https://1950census.archives.gov/howto/; the MyHeritage Content Hub at...

Drew's guest is Katrina Madsen, Community Manager at Ancestry.com for Find a Grave. In this episode, Drew and Katrina discuss the history of Find a Grave, some of the recent changes in memorial management, and tips on how to search Find a Grave for your ancestors and relatives.

Drew's guest is Crista Cowan, Corporate Genealogist at Ancestry.com and also known as the Barefoot Genealogist. In this episode, Drew and Crista discuss the upcoming release of the 1950 U.S. census, RootsTech 2022, and some recent announcements from Ancestry. To learn of Crista's background, see GC episode #054.

News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage has published 5.8 million records from 28 collections from JewishGen (https://www.jewishgen.org/) made possible through a collaboration with the Museum of Jewish Heritage (https://mjhnyc.org/) and JewishGen. Ancestry announces the new Ancestry Stories on the Ancestry mobile app to combine photographs, shared historical records, and text to craft a story about an ancestor in your family tree. George shares an excellent online resource, Immigration...

News You Can Use and Share! The National Institute for Dementia Education recognizes the value of Photo Recognition Therapy for dementia patients. Our sponsor Vivid-Pix is an integral participant in this effort. Read the full press release at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2022/02/national-institute-for-dementia.html. MyHeritage has added a new Table View for search results. The Association of Professional Genealogists announced their new elected leadership. The Salt Lake Institute of...

Welcome to our 400th episode of the Genealogy Guys Podcast! We’re celebrating this milestone – in addition to our 80 episodes of Genealogy Connection! The Guys congratulate the Johnson County Genealogical Society in Overland Park, Kansas, and the Pinellas Genealogy Society in Largo, Florida, on their 50th Anniversary Year! News You Can Use and Share Newspapers.com celebrates its accomplishments in 2021, including 25 million clippings by users, and shares some plans for 2022. Findmypast has...

News You Can Use and Share The Guys welcome two new sponsors to our family: Newpapers.com and Find a Grave. Researchers studying the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to reach America, have discovered much of the ship is still intact. They anticipate that there may be surviving DNA and other artifacts. FamilySearch has published a Year in Review for 2021. Drew provides an overview of the latest updates from FamilySearch. Listener Email Tom asks questions about the reMarkable tablet and...

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the Irish quicksheets by Donna M. Moughty as Richard A. Yehle of Sacramento. Look for the next drawing in the coming year. The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription educational site is on sale through 11:59 PM EST on 1 January 2022. Get an annual subscription for $69.00 – 30% off the regular price of $99.00 by using coupon code HOLIDAY2021. We have more than 40 videos and 20 written courses, with new content added each month! Enroll at Genealogy...

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the “Basics of Birth Certificates” quicksheet as Karen Webster of Queensland. Look for the next drawing later in the program. News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage has introduced labels for DNA matches. News by way of the Society of Genealogists (https://www.sog.org.uk/) A new database of Ireland’s World War I dead has been launched at https://irelandsgreatwardead.ie. The National Library of Scotland has added Ordnance Survey maps for more...

The Guys announce the winner of drawing for the “Brick Wall Strategies” quicksheet as Dana from Salem, Oregon. Look for the next drawing later in the program. News You Can Use and Share! RootsMagic 8 has been released. MyHeritage has updated its Theory of Family RelativityTM facility and massively increased the number of theories being produced. MyHeritage has added 462 million exclusive new French historical records. Nathan Dylan Goodwin’s latest forensic genealogical mystery book, The...

Drew's guest is Bruce Buzbee, the RootsMagician himself. In this episode, Drew and Bruce discuss the recent release of RootsMagic 8. To learn of Bruce's background, see GC episode #027

Drew's guest is Lynn Turner, Assistant Director of the Family History Library.  Learn more about the Family History Library at familysearch.org/family-history-library/

The Guys announce the winner of the drawing for the “Basic Birth Certificates” quicksheet as Francis from Cumming, Georgia. The next drawing is announced later in the program. News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage announces its new and improved colorization model for MyHeritage in ColorTM. MyHeritage has added two significant new collections. They are the Newspaper Name Index, USA and Canada, and the Scotland Census, 1841-1901. MyHeritage will be adding an index to the other half of the...

Nicka Sewell-Smith returns to Genealogy Connection, and the discussion focuses on the newly released Freedmen's Bureau records freely available on Ancestry.  To learn more about Nicka, listen to episode #073 of Genealogy Connection, and visit her website at Who Is Nicka Smith?

News You Can Use and Share! Ancestry announces the release of a massive collection of Freedman’s Bureau records with every-name indexing and images. The records are free to use with your free Ancestry guest membership. Ancestry announced a change in its Terms of Service concerning their rights to use content that members upload. MyHeritage announced that it is acquiring Filae, the French genealogical company. MyHeritage has released 9.7 million new and updated records for Pernambuco,...

Drew's guest is genealogy speaker and writer Pat Richley-Erickson, known to her many fans as DearMYRTLE. Learn more about Pat at blog.dearmyrtle.com

New subscriptions to the Genealogy Guys Learn video and written lessons are on sale through July 31st. Save 25% off your first year’s subscription. Visit http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2021/07/genealogy-guys-learn-summer-sale.html for details and the special coupon code. News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage has released 10.7 million records for the Austria-Hungary Roman Catholic Indexes. 1612-1966, and Austria, Vienna Catholic Church Records Index, 1585-1918. MyHeritage has upgraded their...

We gave away two copies of Genealogical Publishing Company’s Russia Genealogy Research at a glance reference guide and announced the winners. News You Can Use and Share The Genealogy Guys Podcast is one of Family Tree Magazine's 101 Best Websites 2021. See full list at https://www.familytreemagazine.com/best-genealogy-websites/. MyHeritage announced its new Photo Repair tool. The FamilySearch Family History Library is reopening 6 July 2021. The Society of Genealogists announces that...

News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage announced a new filtering option for the DNA Matches page. You can filter based on any of their 2,114 Genetic Groups. Ancestry announced that it now has more than 1,400 regions offered between communities and ethnic regions in its DNA matches. The Society of Genealogists in London, the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, and The National Archives in Kew, Richmond (London) have all reopened with limited capacity and required...

Drew's guests are Rick Voight, CEO of Vivid-Pix, and Edith Wagner, Publisher and Editor of Reunions Magazine. Learn more about Rick and Vivid-Pix at the Vivid-Pix News Blog. Learn more about Edith at her LinkedIn page and about Reunions Magazine at reunionsmag.com.