Genealogy Gems - Your Family History Channel

New 2018 update! If you are researching your family tree but haven’t shared it with your family in a way that sparks their interest, then you are only experiencing half of the joy of genealogy! And if your descendants don’t grasp the importance of their heritage, your hard work may tragically find it’s way to the city dump when you are gone. Don’t just collect your family history and store it away in binders and files! Learn how creative displays and crafts can capture the imagination of your non-historian friends and relatives, while honoring your ancestors. These projects are guaranteed to inspire your family to ask you to tell them more about the family tree! To access the full length class become a Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning Member: https://lisalouisecooke.com/premium-membership/

Ran Snir, Senior Product Manager at MyHeritage, joins Lisa Louise Cooke for this special webinar to help you get the most out of your DNA matches at MyHeritage DNA. This class is available through Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning Membership available at https://lisalouisecooke.com/premium-membership/ and includes the complete downloadable handout exclusively available to members. To hear more from Lisa Louise Cooke listen to the free Genealogy Gems Podcast through the Genealogy Gems app or on your computer at https://www.GenealogyGems.com

I recently was the keynote speaker at the 2018 Fall Seminar of the Iowa Genealogical Society in Des Moines, IA. My goals for the students are simple when I speak: they learn loads of innovative research strategies, learn how to find better results faster, and have a ton of FUN! If that's what you want for your group, reach out to me: Booking information and current topics: https://lisalouisecooke.com/bookings/ My current speaking schedule: https://lisalouisecooke.com/lisas-schedule/ You can hear me monthly on the free Genealogy Gems Podcast at https://lisalouisecooke.com/podcasts/ Download the Genealogy Gems app from your favorite app store.

The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #222 with Lisa Louise Cooke. In honor of Family History Month, Lisa celebrates YOU! This episode is packed with comments, tips and questions from Genealogy Gems fans. Topics range from podcasting to metal detecting, must-use resources and inspiring genealogy discoveries. You’ll hear from Kirsty Gray at THE Genealogy Show in the UK. NEWS: INTERNET ARCADE Internet Archive blog post: Over 1,100 New Arcade Machines Added to the Internet Arcade. www.archive.org BONUS CONTENT for Genealogy Gems App Users If you’re listening through the Genealogy Gems app, your bonus content for this episode is a great tip from a fan on an essential resource for those of you with roots in Northern Ireland. The Genealogy Gems app is FREE in Google Play and is only $2.99 for Windows, iPhone and iPad users. MAILBOX: A PODCAST SKEPTIC? Gary recommends Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning! Get access to more than 50 Premium Videos and 160 Premium Podcast episodes. It’s the ultimate ongoing genealogy education! Click here to read more about it. CUBAN GENEALOGY PODCAST METAL DETECTING FOR GENEALOGY LOCAL HISTORY BOOK FIND BY ROBIN CORAL’S FRIDAY RECORD DISCOVERY VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS On Florida Memory: Early Auto Registrations, 1905-1917 GENI.COM QUESTION Tip: The Premium eLearning video “Genealogy Giants: The 4 Top Records Websites” explains the difference between individual and collaborative trees. 3 MILLION GERMAN NAMES Tim recommends the Onlineprojekt Gefallenendenkmäler TRISHA’S INSPIRING JOURNEY MAILBOX: KIRSTY GRAY THE Genealogy Show: https://www.thegenealogyshow.uk/ PROFILE AMERICA: HOME MAKING

If you're interested in a fresh, new and exciting genealogy training experience, Genealogy Roots is the event for you. Here's a quick look at the "un-conference" Genealogy Gems hosted at the Senior Expo in Sandy, Utah. Here's what's different about Genealogy Roots: All sessions wove together the story of one family, and the application of integrated genealogy research strategies to solve questions just like the ones you have about your family history. The all color spiral bound workbook provided a place to follow along, take notes and see the real-life application to your own research. Our student "Gems" stayed in one place, all together, and the presenters did all the changing of locations. No one had to run to their next class or get turned away from a full class as happens at other popular conferences. Being in one area for two days allowed for bonding time with your fellow students, and one on one interactions with presenters. Sessions were broken up with plenty of break time, prize giveaways every our, and even light-weight energizing motion activity set to fun and invigorating music! The training was held right in the expo hall so that all students could freely enjoy the many vendors whenever they liked. Booking information: https://lisalouisecooke.com/bookings/

The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #221 with Lisa Louise Cooke Live from FGS 2018! Lisa chats with a podcast listener, shares a library research tip with Sunny Morton, talks about vital records with Shannon Combs-Bennett and welcomes a drop-by guest, Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage.com. Other episode highlights: Fantastic news from RootsTech; A great new resource from Library & Archives Canada; An update from Your DNA Guide Diahan Southard on MyHeritage DNA tools; The long-awaited conclusion of Project Lizzie. LIVE FROM FGS! Lisa records the podcast in the exhibit hall with guest Shannon Combs-Bennett and a live studio audience LIVE MAILBOX: CHATTING WITH JEANNETTE Jeannette from Niagara County Genealogical Society, shown here (left) with Lisa The FGS conference supports the missions and activities of genealogical societies. Learn more about FGS and find a genealogical society near you here. Genealogy Gems supports societies, too! Society memberships and reprintable articles for your newsletters. Go to the Societies dropdown menu on GenealogyGems.com: If your society is interested in hosting Lisa Louise Cooke for a seminar, go to the Seminars tab and click Book Lisa. INTERVIEW: SHANNON COMBS-BENNETT ON VITAL RECORDS Learn more about using vital records in your research in the free Genealogy: Family History Made Easy Podcast, episode 4. INTERVIEW: DANIEL HOROWITZ FROM MYHERITAGE As MyHeritage’s Chief Genealogist, Daniel Horowitz provides key contributions in the product development, customer support and public affairs areas. He holds board level positions at the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) and the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) among others. Daniel served as teacher and study guide editor for 15 years for the family history project "Searching for My Roots" in Venezuela. Join Daniel Horowitz and Lisa Louise Cooke at MyHeritage LIVE! Who: Daniel Horowitz, Lisa Louise Cooke and MORE great presenters! What: MyHeritage LIVE Where: Oslo, Norway at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia hotel When: November 2-4, 2018 It’s open to anyone who would like to learn more about MyHeritage – including subscribers, DNA customers, those with free basic accounts, and those who haven’t used MyHeritage yet but would like to find out more. Tickets include entry to the Friday night reception, keynote speeches, all conference sessions, lunch and coffee breaks on Saturday and Sunday and entry to the exclusive MyHeritage LIVE party on Saturday night. Now through September 24, register for Early Bird discount price of €75.00. MyHeritage.com is the place to make connections with relatives overseas, particularly with those who may still live in your ancestral homeland. Click here to see what MyHeritage can do for you: it’s free to get started. http://www.myheritage.com/?utm_source=ppc_lisa_cooke&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=site_052015&tr_ad_group=website     Subscribe to the free Genealogy Gems newsletter to receive a free weekly email with tips, inspiration and money-saving deals. Click here to subscribe! LIVE MAILBOX: ADRIANNE KEEPS CONNECTED WITH PODCAST How to identify old cars in photographs Savvy tips for identifying old photos: An Australian family on holiday in England Genealogy Gems Premium members may also listen to an interview with Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, in Premium Podcast episode 141. She’s the author of Family Photo Detective, a must-have resource for identifying old photographs. BONUS CONTENT for Genealogy Gems App Users Link to: https://lisalouisecooke.com/get-app/ If you’re listening through the Genealogy Gems app, your bonus content for this episode is a short but inspiring story from someone who came to one of my classes and then went and found something cool on YouTube relating to her family’s employment with airline TWA….Don’t miss it! The Genealogy Gems app is FREE in Google Play and is only $2.99 for Windows, iPhone and iPad users. Lisa Louise Cooke uses and recommends RootsMagic family history software. From within RootsMagic, you can search historical records on FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com. Keep your family history research, photos, tree software files, videos and all other computer files safely backed up with Backblaze, the official cloud-based computer backup system for Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems. Learn more at https://www.backblaze.com/Lisa. NEWS: ROOTSTECH GOES TO LONDON RootsTech will host an event in London from 24–26 October 2019 at the ExCeL London Convention Centre. Registration opens in February 2019. Find out more about RootsTech London 2019 at https://www.rootstech.org/London. NEWS: THE “UNCONFERENCE” EXPERIENCE REGISTER TODAY:...

YouTube is full of surprises, and that includes the kinds of genealogy gems that my listeners (The Genealogy Gems Podcast) love to find for their family history. After my class "The Proven Methodology for Google Search for Genealogy" at #fFGS2018 Barb came up to share what she found right from her phone before the class was even over! Thank you Barb for sharing - you're a #GenealogyGem You can learn more about my book The Genealogist's Google Toolbox Second Edition at https://www.shopgenealogygems.com/collections/books Learn more about seeing attending one of my in-person presentations: https://lisalouisecooke.com/lisas-schedule/ Book me for your next genealogy event: https://lisalouisecooke.com/bookings/ Happy Googling Everyone!

www.GenealogyGems.com Join Lisa Louise Louise Cooke as she sits down with Tamsin Todd, CEO of Find My Past and Ben Bennett , Executive Vice President for a conversation about Tamsin’s role and goals for the company, online family trees and DNA. Learn more about Find My Past and all the top genealogy records websites (Ancestry, MyHeritage and FamilySearch) in the quick reference guide “Genealogy Giants: Comparing the 4 major Websites” available at the Genealogy Gems Store https://www.shopgenealogygems.com

Attend Genealogy Roots: Lisa Louise Cooke, Diahan Southard, and Sunny Morton will share a stage on October 4-5, 2018 at the SeniorExpo in Sandy, Utah. (Psst: You don’t have to be a senior to attend!) Here’s the scoop—and a special registration discount! Who: Lisa Louise Cooke, Diahan Southard, and Sunny Morton will take one stage What: Genealogy Roots Conference at SeniorExpo Where: South Towne Expo Center, 9081 S. State St., Sandy, Utah When: October 4-5, 2018, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Early-bird discount: 50% off the $69 registration with promo code ROOTS2018 by July 31, 2018 (Save $34!) Register at: https://seniorexpo.org/?add-to-cart=1512 More Details at: http://lisalouisecooke.com/utah/ You’ve heard them on the Genealogy Gems Podcast. Now you can bond with our talented team at a very special live genealogy event in Utah this fall - see you there!

with Lisa Louise Cooke In this episode: Two major upcoming genealogy events—one with an exclusive, meaty tip; Fun travel suggestion from The Archive Lady Melissa Barker: “Archive in a backpack” DNA specificity from Your DNA Guide Diahan Southard Finding books about your ancestors’ experiences and Finding your German ancestor’s place of origin. This month’s episode includes two “Blast from the past” segments from the original Genealogy Gems Podcast episodes 19 and 20, digitally remastered with updated show notes. NEWS: UPCOMING EVENTS Genealogy Roots: The “Un-Conference Experience” Lisa Louise Cooke, Diahan Southard, and Sunny Morton will share a stage on October 4-5, 2018 at the SeniorExpo in Sandy, Utah. (Psst: You don’t have to be a senior to attend!) Here’s the scoop—and a special registration discount! Who: Lisa Louise Cooke, Diahan Southard, and Sunny Morton What: Genealogy Roots: The Un-Conference Experience! at SeniorExpo Where: Mountain America Expo Center (South Towne Expo Center), 9081 S. State St., Sandy, Utah When: October 4-5, 2018, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Early-bird discount: 50% off the $69 registration with promo code ROOTS2018 & by August 15, 2018 (Save $34!)

The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #219 with Lisa Louise Cooke https://lisalouisecooke.com/2018/07/10/episode-219/ Register for Genealogy Roots in Sandy, Utah: https://seniorexpo.org/registration/ In this episode, Lisa shares the stories of Julianne Mangin, who has explored the tragic and twisted stories of her ancestors, Graziella and Philippe Metthe. These stories caught Lisa’s eye: “The tragic tale with its surprises along the way was tantalizing enough, but the real intrigue for me was from a genealogical point of view – the confusing records and the fascinating news accounts that help shed light on them.” Julianne Mangin is a retired librarian and web developer who took up genealogy in 2012, hoping to make sense of her mother's brief and disconnected family stories. After five years of dogged research, she has written down her family story in the form of a memoir in which she pieces together the family saga and writes about how the experience changed her. She hopes that she can find a publisher for her completed manuscript. She maintains a website at juliannemangin.com where she posts articles about her genealogical discoveries and insights. Family Stories…we all have them. Passed around the dinner table, over the phone, and in hushed voices around the corner of a doorway. When we are children they come from the mouths of our elders, which cements them firmly as told. No deviations, because after all, they were told by grownups. And some of those stories aren’t really stories at all. Just fragments really. Juicy pieces of gossip or bottom lines that are meant to explain away the past, and firmly place a period at the end. No more discussion. Julianne Mangin had heard stories like these all of her life, mostly from her mom. The stories of how her grandmother and grandfather married in 1922, and then 2 months later Grandma left Grandpa. And then Grandma’s 10 years committed to a mental institution. Yes, they were fragments really more than complete stories. Julianne’s mother was the family historian and when pressed for details, it was a bit like pulling teeth. Oh, and yes, there was the story about Julianne’s great grandfather abandoning her great grandmother, and then she was committed to a mental institution, and then they pulled out all her teeth! Julianne’s mom was the genealogist of the family and by all appearances had all those census records, birth certificates and other dry documents firmly in hand. (And as for asking for more details on those unusual and mysterious stories, that was a bit like pulling teeth, too.) Julianne’s family history was an entangled web of lies, pain, loss and madness. On her website JulianneMangin.com, she describes it “a Dickensian tale of immigration, poverty, mental illness, family betrayal and ultimately redemption.” In this episode, we’re going to unravel the story of how madness in a family nearly buried the truth of the family’s history. And how bringing that truth out into the light brought with it healing and created a passionate, new genealogist. Along the way, you’ll hear some of the strategies that Julianne used find that truth; methods that just may help you to flesh out the true details of one of your family’s stories. How Family History Helps Create Happy Families: Genealogy Gems with Bruce Feiler Julianne used Sanborn fire insurance maps to find the shed, and visited it personally. Resource: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Premium Video (requires Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning membership to access) Lisa Louise Cooke uses and recommends RootsMagic family history software. From within RootsMagic, you can search historical records on FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com. Keep your family history research, photos, tree software files, videos and all other computer files safely backed up with Backblaze, the official cloud-based computer backup system for Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems. Learn more at https://www.backblaze.com/Lisa. BEATRICE METTHE (1901-1966) was Julianne’s grandmother. She had four siblings: Leonard, Dinorah, Joseph, and Pauline. Her parents were: I hope you enjoy this episode of the free Genealogy Gems Podcast! NOTES: To download the show notes with all the items and websites I discuss, go to https://lisalouisecooke.com/podcasts and click on the link for this episode number. SUBSCRIBE: Will you please do me a favor? Please click the red 'SUBSCRIBE" button here on our channel. That helps us continue to deliver these free podcast episodes and videos to you. Thanks! GET MY APP: Get my Genealogy Gems Podcast app in your favorite app store to listen from your mobile device. Visit https://lisalouisecooke.com/get-app for more information. GET MORE: Did you like this episode? Then you'll LOVE being a Genealogy Gems eLearning Premium Member! Visit https://lisalouisecooke.com/premium-membership/ for more information. BOOKS: Visit my store at https://www.shopgenealogygems.com

Get the app for your phone or tablet: https://lisalouisecooke.com/get-app/ The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #218 with Lisa Louise Cooke. Get the complete show notes at https://lisalouisecooke.com/2018/06/13/episode-218/ In this episode, Lisa answers your questions and shares your comments. Hot topics on your minds that are covered in this episode include discovering new records online, working with other people’s online trees, hard-to-locate military records; and getting help with early Pennsylvania research.

Sunny Morton, the author of Genealogy Giants, interviews Daniel Horowitz from MyHeritage at Rootstech 2018. MyHeritage.com Chief Genealogist Daniel Horowitz chats with Genealogy Gems Contributing Editor and Genealogy Giants guru Sunny Morton at RootsTech 2018 in Salt Lake City, UT. Daniel shares the new initiatives, tools and records that set their site apart from the rest of the Genealogy Giants. Go to www.genealogygems.com to sign up for our free weekly newsletter so you can keep up with future news. And click here for the ultimate comparison of Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com. Learn more about the family history website MyHeritage at https://lisalouisecooke.com/category/myheritage/

Here's a quick peek at our newest genetic genealogy class. DNA expert Diahan Southard and Google Guru Lisa Louise Cooke bring a concrete solution to one of the biggest problems genealogists face when it comes to DNA research: a best match with no online family tree. You've heard about how genealogical DNA is being used in high-profile criminal cold cases such as the Golden State Killer. Learn how to use many of the same techniques to solve your own genealogy brick wall! This class is available through Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning Membership available at https://lisalouisecooke.com/premium-membership/ which include the complete downloadable handout exclusively available to members. To hear more from Lisa Louise Cooke listen to the free Genealogy Gems Podcast through the Genealogy Gems app or on your computer at https://www.GenealogyGems.com

We are a big family here at Genealogy Gems, and the national Rootstech genealogy conference is one of the few times each year we all can get together in one place. Join Lisa and Sunny for a rare quiet moment together after the doors closed on Rootstech 2018 and see the surprise birthday gifts Lisa received, and the history they reveal. SUBSCRIBE: Will you please do me a favor? Please click the red 'SUBSCRIBE" button here on our channel. That helps us continue to deliver these free podcast episodes and videos to you. Thanks! GET MY APP: Get my Genealogy Gems Podcast app in your favorite app store to listen from your mobile device. Visit https://lisalouisecooke.com/get-app for more information. GET MORE: Did you like this episode? Then you'll LOVE being a Genealogy Gems eLearning Premium Member! Visit https://lisalouisecooke.com/premium-membership/ for more information. BOOKS: Want to get your own copy of books by me, Lisa Louise Cooke? Visit my store at https://www.shopgenealogygems.com Thanks for listening friend, I'll talk to you soon! Lisa

Here's the answer to the question "Will or does Find My Past have a family tree?" Tamsin Todd, CEO and Ben Bennett, Executive Vice President at findmypast.com provide the answer to that an more. They also talk about the new Travel & Migration records, and the Suffragette Collection . If you have ancestors from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland don't miss this interview by Sunny Morton, author of "Genealogy Giants - Comparing the 4 Major Genealogy Records Websites" Learn more at https://lisalouisecooke.com/giants/ Get the "Genealogy Giants" quick reference guide at https://www.shopgenealogygems.com/ Click the red SUBSCRIBE button to receive each new free Genealogy Gems video here on the Genealogy Gems YouTube channel as they are published. Get the Genealogy Gems Podcast app in Google Play and Apple’s App Store (Also available through Tune In on Amazon’s Echo, and other major podcast services) Visit Genealogy Gems: http://www.genealogygems.com Follow us: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/genealogygems Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/genealogygems/

The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #217 with Lisa Louise Cooke Download the FREE App In this special episode, host and producer Lisa Louise Cooke takes a look at the Golden State killer, one of the most notorious crime sprees in recent memory. She’ll talk about the role that DNA testing played in an ultimate arrest, and the impact that these events are having on genealogists and the use of DNA in genealogy. The Golden State Killer “Golden State Killer: It’s Not Over” docuseries (As an Amazon Associate, Genealogy Gems earns from qualifying purchases) “The Golden State Killer,” 48 Hours episode on CBSNews.com (44-minute episode) Between 1974 and 1986, activities attributed to the Golden State Killer include at least 12 murders, more than 50 rapes, and over 100 burglaries in California from 1974 through 1986. The criminal’s methods led some investigators to believe that these differently-labeled criminals were very likely one in the same. In 2001, DNA definitively linked several rapes in Contra Costa County believed to have been part of the East Area Rapist series, a series of murders in Southern California. In 2011, DNA evidence proved that the Domingo–Sanchez murders were committed by the same man, known as the Golden State Killer. BONUS CONTENT for Genealogy Gems App Users If you’re listening through the Genealogy Gems app, don’t forget to check out your bonus content for this episode! The Genealogy Gems app is FREE in Google Play and is only $2.99 for Windows, iPhone and iPad users MyHeritage.com is the place to make connections with relatives overseas, particularly with those who may still live in your ancestral homeland. Click here to see what MyHeritage can do for you: it’s free to get started. StoryWorth makes it easy and fun for Mom to share stories with loved ones every week. At the end of the year, she’ll get them all bound in a beautiful hardcover book. Strengthen your bond as you get to know her in a whole new way! Go to http://www.storyworth.com/lisa for $20 off when you subscribe. Give a gift for Mother’s Day that is actually a gift for you, too! Help solve DNA mysteries with these resources: “A DNA Match with No Tree? No Problem!” and “Take Control of Your Family Tree,” Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning video classes The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox by Lisa Louise Cooke Breaking Down Brick Walls with DNA by Diahan Southard Gedmatch: A Next Step for Your Autosomal DNA Testing by Diahan Southard Caution: In this episode, Lisa shares her personal opinions on the use of technology for crime fighting and the implications for DNA testing for genealogy. She encourages everyone to do their own homework and make informed decisions in line with their own values, opinions and objectives. Reality check: “The only way to ensure privacy is to never put anything of any kind online. Just like the only way to ensure you will never be in a car accident is to never—under any circumstances—get in a car.” Read more about DNA testing company partnerships: “Another personal genetics company is sharing client data,” Wired.com article by Katie M. Palmer, published 21 July 2015, on Ancestry.com’s partnership with Google-owned Calico biotech firm “23andMe teams with Big Pharma to find treatments hidden in our DNA,” Wired.com article by Davey Alba, published 12 January 2015, on 23andMe’s partnership with Pfizer Several ways we already use DNA matches Genealogists use to build family trees Adoptees use to identify birth parents (or other biological relatives) Orphans trying to find long lost siblings and relatives Anyone looking for estranged family members Researchers identifying unidentified human remains, including POW/MIAs Lisa Louise Cooke uses and recommends RootsMagic family history software. From within RootsMagic, you can search historical records on FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com. Keep your family history research, photos, tree software files, videos and all other computer files safely backed up with Backblaze, the official cloud-based computer backup system for Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems. Learn more at https://www.backblaze.com/Lisa. More information on DNA testing How to download, transfer and upload your DNA with various testing companies by Diahan Southard “How DIY genetic testing kits can be used against you,” News.com.au article by Gavin Fernando, published 3 May, 2018. “When you test, you are also making a decision on behalf of your parents, siblings, children, grandchildren, and future descendants. Regardless of good intentions or stated ethics codes in the genealogy community, it isn’t possible to write and get the express permission of everyone who could be affected by you having your DNA tested.” –Lisa Louise...

Do your relatives roll their eyes in boredom when you mention genealogy? Learn how to captivate them with compelling stories and imagery! We’ll cover easy-to-use mobile apps that will help you tell your family history stories in a riveting way, that will have them asking for more. Lisa Louise Cooke presents Live from Rootstech, the largest genealogy conference in the world. Thanks for your understanding about the sound change at the end - we had a bit of microphone ;-) Notes: 1. Retype $2.99, iOS. (Android Alternative: Over) Retype turns old family photos into hip favorites that relatives enjoy sharing. 2. Pocketbooth by Project Box LLC. $0.99 - $1.99, iOS and Android An old-timey fun way for the living to capture new memories! This retro styled app provides loads of fun at family events. 3. Adobe Photoshop Fix by Adobe. Free. iOS and Android Restore old photos to their previous glory for ooos and ahhs! In addition to loads of photo editing bells and whistles, these free apps have a fabulous feature called Blemish Removal. 4. Google Earth by Google, Inc. Free, iOS & Android Take your family on a family history tour that moves like a video game! I'll show you: - how to share KMZ files in dropbox - how to Activate Cloud Storage Services You Use in the Google Earth app. - How to Open a KML File in the App from Your Cloud Storage. Resources: Mobile Genealogy: How to Use Your Tablet and Smartphone for Family History Research by Lisa Louise Cooke, Genealogy Gems Publications, www.shopgenealogygems.com #genealogy #familyhistory #apps

Ever wondered: What is Cloud Backup? How does Cloud Backup work? Which Cloud Backup should I get? This is the video for you! Your genealogy data is AT RISK without it. http://www.backblaze.com/Lisa Old School Method: “It’s the end of the month, time to back up.” The problem is, an external hard drive is still in your house. If disaster strikes, it will be in the same location as your computer. External hard drives can also break, or you can lose them. New Tech Method: Set it and forget it! A Cloud backup service: • Automatically and continually backs up your files. You don’t have to do anything. • Keeps multiple copies (redundant backup is very important.) • Is located offsite, outside of your home. I recommend Backblaze Cloud backup service. About Backblaze: • Over 10 Billion Files Restored, and over 150 Petabytes of data backed up • #1 online backup service by About.com • Backups up all files – even video! • Will back up an external hard drive too • No file size limits • Unthrottled back up speed • Restores all your file and folders • Can locate your computer if lost or stolen • Can be secured with a password • Offers multiple options for restoring your data • Free mobile app giving you access to your files, even if your computer is turned off

The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #216 with Lisa Louise Cooke www.GenealogyGems.com Download the FREE Genealogy Gems Podcast app! In this episode: Lisa introduces you to a couple of fantastic genealogists she met on her recent trip Down Under—the organizers of the 15the Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry, which she keynoted recently; Enjoy Lisa’s exclusive RootsTech 2018 interview with Findmypast CEO Tamsin Todd; Military Minutes contributor Michael Strauss shines a spotlight on women who have served in the U.S. military; Your DNA Guide Diahan Southard introduces the MyHeritage chromosome browser; and Genealogy Gems Premium membership gets its biggest boost ever. NEWS: ROOTSTECH 2018 RECAP Click here to watch the short RootsTech 2018 official recap video—and watch for Jim Beidler at the Genealogy Gems booth right at the beginning! NEWS: GENEALOGY GEMS PREMIUM eLEARNING Genealogy Gems Premium membership is now Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning! More than 20 DNA video tutorials have been added—but it’s still all available for one low annual price. And now you can really make the most of 50+ Premium Videos and 150+ Premium Podcast episodes with the new Premium eLearning Companion Guide book. It’s the ultimate ongoing genealogy education! Lisa Louise Cooke uses and recommends RootsMagic family history software. From within RootsMagic, you can search historical records on FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com. Keep your family history research, photos, tree software files, videos and all other computer files safely backed up with Backblaze, the official cloud-based computer backup system for Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems. Learn more at https://www.backblaze.com/Lisa. BONUS CONTENT for Genealogy Gems App Users: Beginning German Genealogy: Defining "German" If you’re listening through the Genealogy Gems app, your bonus content for this episode is some get-started-now tips from Legacy Tree Genealogists on tracing your German ancestors. The Genealogy Gems app is FREE in Google Play and is only $2.99 for Windows, iPhone and iPad users. To learn more about Legacy Tree services and its research team, visit www.legacytree.com. Exclusive Offer for Genealogy Gems readers: Receive $100 off a 20-hour research project using code GGP100. (Offer may expire without notice.) MILITARY MINUTES WITH MICHAEL STRAUSS: CELEBRATING WOMEN IN U.S. MILITARY HISTORY INTERVIEW: TAMSIN TODD AND BEN BENNETT, FINDMYPAST.COM Findmypast.com is the Genealogy Giant best known for its deep, unparalleled historical record content for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Tamsin Todd is the Chief Executive Officer of Findmypast.com. She “has worked in the travel, retail and technology sectors, and brings with her a track record of leading successful growth businesses. She spent the early part of her career at Amazon and then Microsoft, where she led the introduction of ecommerce and search products into the UK and Europe. This was followed by stints as Head of Ecommerce at Betfair, and Managing Director of TUI-owned Crystal Ski Holidays. She joins Findmypast from Addison Lee, where she was Chief Customer Officer of Europe's largest car service company. Tamsin lives in London with her family, and is Digital Trustee of the Imperial War Museums.” Ben Bennett is Executive Vice President, North America and International at Findmypast.com, “focused on helping families stay connected in the United States and other markets across the globe.” EPISODE SPONSOR: CASPER MATTRESSES The original Casper mattress combines multiple, supportive memory foams for a quality sleep surface with the right amounts of both sink and bounce. Breathable design helps you sleep cool and regulates your body temperature throughout the night Delivered right to your door in a small, ‘how do they do that?!’ sized box! Free shipping and returns in the US and Canada. Exclusive Genealogy Gems offer! Get $50 toward select mattresses by visiting Casper.com/gems and using gems at checkout. (Terms and conditions apply.) YOUR DNA GUIDE DIAHAN SOUTHARD: MYHERITAGE CHROMOSOME BROWSER Just last year, if you had asked me if I thought anyone could catch AncestryDNA in their race to own the genetic genealogy market, I would have been skeptical. However, it is clear that MyHeritage intends to be a contender, and they are quickly ramping up their efforts to gain market share–and your confidence. MyHeritage began 2018 by making a much needed change to their DNA matching algorithm, which had some errors in it. They were able to adjust it, and now it is humming right along, telling our second cousins from our fourth. Another development, launched in February,...

Researching your ancestors deep into Germany simply doesn’t happen unless you know the name of the village of origin. This presentation goes over the sources to tie your immigrant to a Heimat (Heimat (pronounced [ˈhaɪmat]) is a German word translating to "home" or "homeland" ) and then find the village and its records! Renowned German genealogy expert James M. Beidler presented this session at the Genealogy Gems booth at Rootstech in Salt Lake City. Learn more about German genealogy with James Beidler at www.GenealogyGems.com Read his article "Germany Census Records Do Exits" at https://lisalouisecooke.com/2018/02/12/german-census-records/ You can also hear him on the Genealogy Gems Podcast. Download our mobile app: https://lisalouisecooke.com/get-app/

The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #215 with Lisa Louise Cooke www.GenealogyGems.com Download our App! In this “Blast from the Past” episode, Lisa gives voice to the era of silent films, in a unique approach to understanding her great-grandmother’s life. Her passion for this mostly-forgotten film genre comes through in her conversation with film archivist Sam Gill of the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont, California. Don’t miss these fun segments, too: A listener writes in after discovering a birth mom’s story in passport records (see what lengths he goes to in order to access the records!). Just after RootsTech 2018, Your DNA Guide Diahan Southard reports on the latest DNA news you’ll want to know. NEWS: ROOTSTECH 2018 DNA NEWS ROUNDUP FROM YOUR DNA GUIDE DIAHAN SOUTHARD First up was MyHeritage, showing their support for the 7 million adopted individuals in the United States with their new DNA Quest campaign. MyHeritage will provide 15,000 DNA test kits to eligible participants free of charge, in order to help these adoptees use DNA to reunite them with their biological families. With this initiative they “hope to make this project a shining light for corporate philanthropy and an example to be followed by other commercial companies in their own lines of expertise to make the world a better place.” MyHeritage has assembled an advisory board of genetic genealogists and genetic counselors to help drive this project and ensure it meets the needs of the community. If you or someone you know is interested in participating, you can head on over to the DNA Quest website (www.dnaquest.com) to fill out an application. But you better hurry, the application deadline is April 30, 2018.  Next, addressing the biggest problem in genetic genealogy, namely the looming What Next? question facing millions of newly swabbed participants, MyHeritage announced the Big Tree – a giant network of genetic and genealogy results that will automate much of the match comparison and tree searching to replace your head-scratching with light-bulb moments. They have already made significant headway on this project, as reported in the journal Science, which MyHeritage’s own chief scientific officer Yaniv Erlich collaborated on. The journal reports that the team of scientists successfully extracted public family trees from Geni.com (a MyHeritage daughter company), and then used a computer program to clean up and link the trees together. It sounds like MyHeritage will be adding genetic data to this kind of tree data in their Big Tree project. MyHeritage isn’t the only company out to improve the DNA matching experience. UK based LivingDNA announced that they plan to add DNA matching to their popular origins test by third quarter 2018. When they launched in October of 2016, LivingDNA was not offering cousin matching, but opted instead to focus all of their resources on providing very detailed origins reports, including breaking down the UK in to 46 categories. In the months since their launch, they have been working on a genetic matching system, called Family Networks, that will appeal to a wide range of users and will “reduce the risk of human error and take away the tedious task of figuring out how each person on a user’s list are related to one another.” They are promising an experience that provides “a level of relationship prediction and specificity beyond anything currently on the market.”  So it sounds like if you are currently struggling with turning your DNA matches into genealogical discoveries, our testing companies want you to know you are not alone, and they are working hard to provide solutions to these problems. Time will only tell if they can succeed. Diahan also provides answers to questions asked about this blog post announcing updates to MyHeritage DNA matching technology and its new chromosome browser. MAILBOX: TOM’S PASSPORT SEARCH SUCCESS Kathleen Head’s passport applications U.S. passport applications on Ancestry and FamilySearch through 1925 National Archives article on passport applications U.S. State Department passport application (since 1925) copy requests Frequently asked Questions about the Freedom of Information Act   BONUS CONTENT for Genealogy Gems App Users If you’re listening through the Genealogy Gems app, your bonus content for this episode is a marvelous soundtrack of silent film music, played live (you’ll hear audience laughter occasionally in the background) and supplied by Sam Gill at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. The Genealogy Gems app is FREE in Google Play and is only $2.99 for Windows, iPhone and iPad users. Lisa Louise Cooke uses and recommends RootsMagic family history software. From within RootsMagic, you can search historical records on FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com. Keep your family history...

Lisa Louise Cooke presents, How to Organize Your Online Life for Genealogy. Recorded at the national genealogy conference Rootstech 2018 in Salt Lake City, Lisa shows you the tips and tricks to better get a handle on your organizational skills so that your time is better spent on your genealogy research. We've got more videos coming so please be sure to click the red "Subscribe" button here on the Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel to get notified! Listen to the Lisa's free Genealogy Gems Podcast! You can subscribe for free through all major podcasting apps, or download the Genealogy Gems Podcast app: https://lisalouisecooke.com/get-app/

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