News You Can Use and Share!

• MyHeritage added 168 million historical records in February.
• MyHeritage launched OldNews.com, a new website for exploring historical newspapers.
• MyHeritage introduced all-new profile pages with hints.
• Vivid-Pix announced the roll-out of Memory Stations, integrating scanning, its correction software, tagging, and more.
• Findmypast has begun digitizing, indexing, and publishing British Home Children records.
• The National Archives (TNA) announced that it will digitize the 1941 National Farm Survey records thanks to a generous grant from Lund Trust.

DNA Segment with Diahan Southard

In our DNA Segment, DNA expert Diahan Southard discusses Family Tree DNA and Y-DNA haplogroups with Drew Smith.

Listener Email

• Laura writes about backup GEDCOM files and MyHeritage, and Daniel Horowitz responds.
• Jenna writes to respond to Sheila’s quest to digitize and tag a 30” long x 6” high-resolution photograph. She shares FamilySearch’s ability to tag people in a Memory at https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/tagging-people-in-a-memory.
• Anne writes in response to Jean Daniels' email about researching an ancestor. Anne cites Anabaptists in New York State.
• Kristen is seeking more advice for locating records for a missing family member, Arthur Tozer.
• Ashley wrote about changes that people make to FamilySearch records without sources.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you’d like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

And don’t forget to order Drew’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Please let us hear from you at [email protected].

David from Addison, Texas, is the winner of our drawing for a MyHeritage DNA kit. More drawings will be announced later this year.

News You Can Use and Share!

• RootsTech, the world’s largest genealogy conference, takes place in Salt Lake City, Utah, and online next week, 29 February through 2 March 2024.
• FamilySearch International and American Ancestors announced a collaboration on the 10 Million Names Project. The project “seeks to recover the names and restore information to families of the estimated 10 million men, women, and children of African descent who were enslaved in pre- and post-colonial America, including the area that would become the United States.”

DNA Segment

In our DNA Segment, DNA expert Diahan Southard discusses Ancestry DNA with Drew Smith.

Listener Email

• Douglas responds regarding our discussion of slide and negative scanners. He reminds people to check with their local library for the availability of a scanner for checkout. He was able to use a Wolverine slide and negative scanner. (It and the Kodak model discussed on the last podcast are available through Amazon.)
• Jeannie discusses FamilySearch’s computer indexing problems.
• Mike writes again to provide additional information about the Old Fulton Postcards website and the New York local government historians’ (LGH) roles.
• Ryan asks about two different marriage records dated the same date in adjoining states for the same couple.
• Laura writes in response to Dennis’ questions about writing a family history, and uses the “52 ancestors in 52 weeks” approach presented by Amy Johnson Crow.
• Matt is seeking a missing Pennsylvania death record from 1914. He has conducted extensive research and is looking for more suggestions.
• Kristen is seeking advice for locating records for a missing family member, Arthur Tozer.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you’d like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, blog, and the Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

And don’t forget to order Drew’s book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Please let us hear from you at [email protected].

Drew's guest is Donna Moughty, who led the research trip to Dublin that Drew joined in October 2023. In this episode, Drew and Donna discuss her experiences over many years in leading research trips to Ireland, and how researchers need to prepare before going on a research trip (no matter where their ancestors were from). To learn of Donna's background, see GC episode #002. 

News You Can Use and Share!

• Don’t miss the opportunity to win a free MyHeritage DNA Kit. Listen to the MyHeritage ad later in this episode for details on submitting your entry to our raffle.
• MyHeritage recapped their activities in 2023:
  • 4M DNA kits in their database
  • 9M faces tagged with Photo Tagger
  • 700M historical records added in 366 new collections
  • 320M new Family Tree profiles added
  • 4M MyHeritage and Reimagine mobile app downloaded
  • 19M new Theories of Family Relativity™
  • New AI tools added: PhotoDater™, AI Record Finder™, and AI Biographer™
  • 3M photo dates estimated with PhotoDater
  • 26M photos uploaded
  • 2,112 webinars on Legacy Family Tree Webinars
  • 605 articles added to the MyHeritage Wiki
• George recaps MyHeritage’s Historical Record Collections added in December 2023.
• Drew recaps FamilySearch’s 2023 highlights.
• FamilySearch announced the historic release of the 1931 Census of Canada.
• Drew shares what to expect from FamilySearch in 2024.

DNA Segment

Our popular DNA Segment returns with expert Diahan Southard and Drew Smith in conversation about 23andMe.

Listener Email

• Mike writes about genealogy podcasts and the lack of references made to the newspaper research site, Old Fulton New York Postcards website at https://www.fultonhistory.com/ for a collection of New York newspapers and postcard images, and Advantage Archives at https://www.advantagearchives.com/.
• Sheila writes concerning how to get a “long photo” (30” long x 6” high) scanned and then how to locate software to tag each person’s face with their name. The Guys suggest obtaining advice from archivists at university archives and special collections, and state/provincial/national archives, to find out who offer large scanning jobs services.
• Julie writes to discuss her and her daughter’s interesting DNA matches (and non-matches) with another individual on different websites.
• Dennis’s 40 years of collecting data in Germany and Ireland was entered into Family Tree Maker and uploaded to Ancestry. The data seems to have disappeared and he asks for suggestions. He also seeks suggestions about how he and his sisters can/should format the family history they are planning to compile.
• Laurie writes to ask about the possibility of a researcher being able to bulk-download data from databases such as Ancestry for a specific county.
• Diana writes to advise us that there is a law in New York state requiring that each county have a county historian to help preserve and promote the history of that county. They can guide you to resources and other organizations. There is a website at https://www.aphnys.gov where you can identify and contact these people.
• Judy asks for advice and recommendations about sorting potential ancestors who share the same name in a specific area at the same time.
• Tom has inherited family photos, slides, and negatives from his mother. He is seeking information about scanners to effectively digitize these things. George suggests the Kodak Slide N Scan with a 5” color LCD screen which scans to an SD or SDHS card.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you’d like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, blog, and the Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

And don’t forget to order Drew’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Please let us hear from you at [email protected].

News You Can Use and Share

• The Genealogy Guys Learn site is still on sale through January 1, 2024!
• MyHeritage announces the release of a new exclusive collection: marriage certificates for North Rhine and Westphalia from 1874 through 1899.
• MyHeritage announces the release of AI Record Finder™, an interactive, free text chat to help locate historical records about an ancestor among MH’s 20 billion records.
• MyHeritage announces the release of AI Biographer™, which compiles a Wikipedia-like article about a person’s life. It uses details from matching historical records and family tree profiles.
• The Society of Genealogists has officially reopened at its new address on Wharf Road in London, England.
• The Society of Genealogists has launched a brand-new search tool called SoG Explore.
• The Guys give a shout-out to Graham Walter, who has been named Chairman of the Society of Genealogists’ Trustees.
• Scottish Indexes reached a new milestone with the addition of 180,000 prison record entries among over half a million records from 38 Scottish Prisons. Visit https://www.scottishindexes.com/ScotlandsCriminalDatabase.aspx.
• Drew recaps the highlights of the newest record releases at FamilySearch from October and November 2023.

Listener Email

• Ashley asks about uploading Ancestry DNA results to MyHeritage as compared with taking a test there.
• Ashley also asks about searching probate court books for records of the institutionalization of a great-grand-uncle in Dayton, Ohio, and needs suggestions to help find his records.
• Jean Daniel from Metz, France, asks for suggestions about locating records for a 4x grandfather who spent some years in the U.S.
• Kelly is looking for ideas to help locate records about her great aunt, Wilhemine Mae Rauch (b. 1909 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA), and twice married to Floyd Stevens. Listener suggestions are also requested.

The Guys give a shout-out to Scott Fisher for his years of work on the Extreme Genes Podcast, which is ending this month.

The Guys recommend a new podcast by Mike Scozzari called “Roots: Everyone Has a Story,” which can be found at https://www.michaelscozzari.com/podcast.

Drew and George talk about some of the topics most likely to dominate in 2024, including AI, DNA, and conferences.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you’d like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

And don’t forget to order Drew’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Please let us hear from you at [email protected].

News You Can Use and Share

• We just added a new video to the subscription Genealogy Guys Learn site. It is "Archives and Special Collections: An Introduction" by associate librarian emeritus Drew Smith.
• MyHeritage memorializes two of its employees, Ron Shemer and Ilay Nachman, who were killed on 7 October 2023 at the onset of the Hamas-Israel War.
• My Heritage announced the addition of 43 million historical records in September 2023.
• MyHeritage released the 1931 Canada Census with a new index.
• Drew recaps the highlights of the newest record releases at FamilySearch on 10, 17, and 24 September 2023.

Listener Email

• Gavin reminds everyone to check multiple websites for record collections that may have been indexed differently. He was researching his great-grandfather's family's immigrant arrival at Ellis Island, NY. He searched at MyHeritage and found his wife's brother and family indexed with his great-grandfather's name as the individual they were traveling to meet. He found a great match. He performed a similar search at Ancestry.com, and the result did not show up because Ancestry doesn't index the name of the individual the immigrants were traveling to meet. Therefore, different sites' collections are often indexed differently and may yield different matches and clues.
• Kayla wrote about her exhaustive efforts to trace her great-uncle, James Edward Farden. The family story is that he went AWOL and disappeared from subsequent records.
• Judi writes again about her Irish Bannon ancestry and asks Drew and his brother about possible DNA matches with her line.
• Julie wrote about her great-great-grandmother Ann Marie Delaney, who was born in County Laois in Ireland and immigrated to the U.S. She asked Drew about a possible connection to his ancestors.

Drew discusses his 10-day research trip to Ireland with his brother that began on 4 October 2023, with a week in Dublin led by expert Donna Moughty. He shares some places he visited, some of the things he learned, and the vital importance of advance preparations that he recommends for all research trips.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you'd like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, our blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

And don't forget to order Drew's new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Please let us hear from you at [email protected].

In the previous episode, The Genealogy Guys Podcast announced that, in partnership with MyHeritage.com, we were giving away a FREE MyHeritage DNA Kit. The winner is Shontè Anthony from Maryland. An email with the code to redeem the kit is in the mail!

News You Can Use and Share!

• The Black Cemetery Network (BCN) at https://blackcemeterynetwork.org is hosting an event in Tampa, Florida on 14 October 2023 from 10 AM to Noon to commemorate Black History and the Memorial Park Cemetery. It will begin with presentations at the C. Blythe Andrews Library, 2607 E. Dr. MLK Jr. Boulevard, followed by an on-site walk in the Memorial Park Cemetery next door. You are cordially invited to join us for this exciting event and to help spread the word.
  • Drew Smith and I, along with volunteers from across the country, have been deeply involved with the Zion Cemetery Project in Tampa for several years. It seeks to document all of the people interred in the "erased African-American cemetery" and bring their stories to life. All of the tombstones were removed, and portions of the property were "developed," leaving this sacred ground partially covered by buildings and the cemetery erased.
  • The University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa has been supporting and promoting this work. The Black Cemetery Network was established and strives to support and publicize efforts across the U.S. to trace the "erased" cemeteries and promote projects like the Zion Project to un-erase them and to honor those buried in these cemeteries.
  • As the Zion Project work is approaching its end, Drew and I, USF, and the Black Cemetery Network are about to begin work on three (3) "erased" cemeteries in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, and beyond in that county.
  • We are very proud to be part of these projects and to recognize and celebrate the lives of those early residents who built and shaped our communities.
• Registration for RootsTech 2024, the premier global family history conference, is now open. The event will be held from 29 February through 2 March 2024 in both in-person and virtual formats, from the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Learn more and register at https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/home.
• MyHeritage has announced the release of PhotoDater™, a groundbreaking, free new feature that estimates the year a photo was taken using AI technology.
• MyHeritage added 89 million historical records to its site in August 2023. George summarizes these collections.
• Drew recaps the highlights of the newest record releases at FamilySearch in August 2023.

Interview

Drew talks with Rick Voight, CEO of Vivid-Pix, and Sue Kaufman, manager of the Genealogy Collection at the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in Houston, Texas. They discuss the initiative of the National Genealogical Society and Vivid-Pix and the cross-country tour that Rick is making to share the information.

Listener Email

• In a follow-up to our discussion in episode #418 about the U.S. Patent and Trademark Database (USPTO at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/search, Kim writes about a patent filed and approved by great-grandfather James D. Nairne (#1,088,443), and wants to know more, including whether it was used and/or whether it was transferred.
• Carol Ansel, Director of the Godfrey Memorial Library (https://www.godfrey.org/scholar/godfrey-home.html), wrote to expand on Drew’s description of their collection and services.
• Jean wrote about a recent search in the deed records in Suffolk County [New York] for an entry for her great-grandfather, Adolph J. Mueller. The deed concerned the sale of paint to the Charles H. Brown Paint Company for the sum of $1. She is looking for the reason why this transaction was recorded in a deed book.
• Nicole is researching her Dulaney ancestral line from Virginia, supposedly back to Ireland. Drew shared some insights during our last episode. Nicole describes her research and asks for recommendations for more records of Samuel Delany.
• Ashley wrote about her Irish research into Andrew Dickey triggered by a small Bible, inscribed to him in 1847. He was a teacher in Ireland. She is also looking into his sisters in the U.S.

Drew begins his 10-day research trip to Ireland on 4 October 2023 with his brother, led by expert Donna Moughty. He shares some preparations he has made and will tell us about his adventures in upcoming podcasts!

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you’d like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

And don’t forget to order Drew’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Please let us hear from you at [email protected].

The Genealogy Guys Podcast, in partnership with MyHeritage.com, is giving away a FREE MyHeritage DNA Kit. Please send an email to [email protected] with your name and mailing address by no later than midnight U.S. Eastern Time on 31 August 2023 for your chance to win!

News You Can Use and Share

• American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society has announced the 10 Million Names Project. The Project is a collaborative effort dedicated to recovering the names of the estimated 10 million men, women, and children of African descent who were enslaved in pre- and post-colonial America (specifically, the territory that would become the United States) between the 1500s and 1865. Learn more at https://10millionnames.org/.
• A great new book written by African-American and Native American expert Angela Walton-Raji has been published by Arcadia Publishing, Inc., titled Oklahoma Freedmen of the Five Tribes. It is now available at Amazon.com.
• Drew recaps the highlights of the newest records releases at FamilySearch.

Listener Email

• Lisa sent a follow-up about her census mystery searching for her ancestor Felice Giuseppe Maturo and his brother, Liberato Maturo, in the 1910 U.S. Federal Census in New Haven, Connecticut.
• Mell wrote to ask for suggestions to research her ancestor Felix White in the area around Columbus, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
• Lisa wrote about the Ancestry Hints, what they are and aren’t. This includes the “Family Data Collection” and “Geneanet Community Trees”.
• Nicole is researching her Dulaney ancestral line from Virginia, supposedly back to Ireland. Drew shares some insights.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you’d like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, our blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

And don’t forget to order Drew’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Please let us hear from you at [email protected].

News You Can Use and Share!

• The International African American Museum (IAAM) has officially opened in Charleston, South Carolina, and is partnering with Vivid-Pix with the installation of Vivid-Pix Memory Stations that allow visitors to scan, restore, save, and share their precious photos, documents, and stories.
• The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has been gifted a new index containing 3.2 million searchable names to mark the centenary of PRONI. These are related to Valuation records between 1864 and 1933.
• The General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO) now allows you to order instant-access images of birth records from 1837 to 1922 and death records from 1837 to 1887. The digital images cost £2.50 each and can be downloaded, and then printed. (The records are images of the details from the certificate but not the certificate itself.)
• Drew recaps the newest records releases at FamilySearch.

Listener Email

• Lisa wrote about her census mystery searching for her ancestor Felice Giuseppe Maturo and his brother, Liberato Maturo, in the 1910 U.S. Federal Census in New Haven, Connecticut. The Guys researched and Drew shares our findings.
• Tom wrote about his ancestor who served in the Revolutionary War and who he just discovered was a enslaver in Kentucky.

The Guys discuss U.S. patents. For both of them, one of their great-grandfathers filed two patents for inventions. The Guys were able to search the USPTO (United States Patents and Trademarks Office) patent database at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/search or Google's Patent database, and quickly located the patent files. Each file contained a schematic diagram of the invention and text pages with detailed descriptions. (Trademarks can be searched in the trademarks database at https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search.) Please listen to the podcast for details about disconnects and reloading pages in the databases.

Drew recommended acquiring a small glass desktop whiteboard that can sit between the keyboard and display and provide additional storage. An example (the one that Drew bought) can be found on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PBK52W5, but many companies sell them in a variety of colors.

Don’t forget to order Drew’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you’d like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

Let us hear from you at [email protected].

News You Can Use and Share!

• SUMMER SALE CONTINUES! The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription website is on sale for $64.00 per year – a 35% saving! We have scores of videos and written courses, and new content is added each month. Visit https://genealogyguyslearn.com/, click the Enroll Now button, and complete the subscription form. Be sure to click on the Add Coupon link and use coupon code Summer2023. This deal is for new subscriptions only and is in effect until midnight ET on 30 June 2023.
• Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has announced the release of the 1931 Census of Canada. They are also collaborating with Ancestry and FamilySearch to make images and indexes available.
• MyHeritage has released ReImagine, a new photo scanning and editing tool for iOS and Android mobile phones.
• MyHeritage announced a recap of the release of 46 million historical records collections in May 2023. George recaps those collections.
• The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries. The TSLAC Newspaper Collection is now live and available for free online. More than 4,500 issues of historical Texas newspapers from TSLAC’s collection, published from 1855 to 1930, are available online through UNT’s Portal to Texas History.
• The National Genealogical Society (NGS) and Vivid-Pix announced the Family Matters Community Outreach Toolkit Lending Service for NGS member organizations. Read the full press release at the Genealogy Guys Blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2023/05/ngs-and-vivid-pix-announce-family.html.
• Drew recaps the newest records releases at FamilySearch.

Listener Email

• Judy in Avon, Ohio, wrote again to state that she had not fully explored the RootsMagic tutorial videos. She is now much more comfortable with RM9 and fully endorses it.
• Judy also wrote that she has tested DNA with Ancestry and discovered one match that has taken her research back another generation. Drew provides some guidance about how to proceed.
• Michael wrote to reinforce the idea of focusing research on one’s great-grandparents and setting goals for what you want to learn about them.
• Cindy wrote again concerning her Swedish conundrum. She thanked The Guys for their advice. She has also done more research without success and asks listeners to share suggestions.
• Jerry wrote to reference our Episode #407 and a link http://www.ancestrallines.net/overview/, a page that presents a new pedigree numbering system that has been developed for the family history and genealogy community as an alternative that visibly displays ancestral lines and generations in multiple presentation formats. He had trouble accessing the site, but The Guys confirmed that the .net site is still available.

Drew will be presenting this weekend, June 23-24, at the Barbara J. Brown Family History Seminar being held at the Archives of Michigan in Lansing. This annual event is a hybrid event. Participants can attend sessions either online or onsite. Registration details are available at https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/archives/family-history-seminar#RegistrationDetails.

Drew is busy preparing for his Irish research trip in early October with Donna Moughty and accompanied by his brother. He stresses that, before you make any research trip, prepare as much as possible in advance so you don’t lose valuable onsite time having to do that preliminary work there.

Don’t forget to order Drew’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you’d like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website. And the Genealogy Guys Learn site is on sale through 30 June 2023. (See above.)

Let us hear from you at [email protected].

News You Can Use and Share!

• SUMMER SALE! The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription website is on sale for $64.00 per year – a 35% saving! We have scores of videos and written courses, and new content is added each month. Visit https://genealogyguyslearn.com/, click the Enroll Now button, and complete the subscription form. Be sure to click on the Add Coupon link and use coupon code Summer2023. This deal is for new subscriptions only and is in effect until midnight ET on 30 June 2023.
• MyHeritage has released a new update to the data in its Theory of Family RelativityTM. The number of matches has increased by 78% to 136,713,021!
• MyHeritage announced the release of 20 million historical records collections in April 2023. George recaps those collections.
• MyHeritage recently added the 1910 Norway Census Collection. It now announces the addition of high-quality images for the collection.
• Ancestry and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announced the resumption of the digitization of the War of 1812 Pension Files project. The indexed images will be available for free at Fold3 forever. Listen for updates about this important project.
• Drew recaps the newest record releases at FamilySearch.

Listener Email

• Jennifer in Oberlin, Ohio, responded to the email from Judy in Avon, Ohio, that we discussed in Episode 415. Judy wanted help with learning to use RootsMagic more effectively. Jennifer suggested attending the weekly drop-in genealogy group at the Oberlin Public Library.
• Missi wrote a long email asking for The Guys’ suggestions for how to restart her genealogy, what methodology to employ, how far to research collateral lines (siblings, in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) There are lots of things discussed and some good suggestions provided.
• Eric responded to Cindy from Episode 412 and her search for a Swedish immigrant. He suggested obtaining and reviewing naturalization records, which include the name of the person, country, and place of origin, name of the ship, port of arrival, and arrival date. The Petition for Naturalization form (second papers) required the name of the person now applying and the name under which the person arrived at the port. (They could be different.) The Swedish Household Examination Records are accessible at MyHeritage and can help in tracing the person back to birth, and the names of family members in the household.
• The Guys responded to Tom in Episode 415 who was searching the 1910 U.S census records in Cranesville, Erie County, Pennsylvania, to locate ancestors. The Guys did a great deal of research, and then asked Tom to provide names. Drew researched again and unfortunately could not find the people in any of the townships or precincts in the county. He concluded that the family was away or missed by the enumerator.
• Kathleen also responded to Judy in Avon, Ohio, offering supportive comments about learning basic tasks and then expanding her range, using RootsMagic’ videos, its online help, and maybe the new RootsMagic book.
• Ashley wrote with a question about ancestors’ passport application records. The Guys suggested using Ancestry’s or MyHeritage’s collections: U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925.

Don’t forget to order Drew’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, from Genealogical Publishing Company (https://genealogical.com/) or Amazon.com.

Thank you to all our Patreon supporting members for their support. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you’d like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started.

Please also tell your friends and your genealogical society about our free podcasts, our free blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website. And the Genealogy Guys Learn site is on sale through 30 June 2023.

Let us hear from you at [email protected].