Episode 190 The Genealogy Gems Podcast
Genealogy Gems PodcastEpisode
Episode 190 with Lisa Louise Cooke
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Highlights from this episode:
Extreme Genes radio show Scott Fisher talks about his role in helping to solve a 30-year old missing persons case;
Lisa advises a listener on a pesky Gmail problem;
A whirlwind world tour of new genealogy records online;
Searching out military service details with Google Books;
One RootsTech attendee's Google search success story
the new Genealogy Gems Book Club title, a brand-new, much-anticipated second novel by a breakout British novelist.
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NEWS: NGS Streaming Sessions
National Genealogical Society: NGS 2016 is offering registration packages for the following live-streaming lecture series:
Thurs, May 5, 2016: Land Records, Maps and Google Earth
How to Follow and Envision Your Ancestor's Footprints Through Time with Google Earth by Lisa Louise Cooke.
NGS Live-Streaming Registration
More Conference Streaming Sessions by Lisa Louise Cooke: RootsTech 2016 (these are free!)
Mobile Genealogy Tips and Tricks.
Proven Methodology for Using Google for Genealogy
NEWS: New Genealogy Records Online
Birth, marriage, and death records for Western Australia on Findmypast.com; deeds and mortgages for South Jutland, Denmark on FamilySearch.org; Yorkshire, England Quarter Session Records and Probate Records on Ancestry.com;
Land tax records for Devon, Plymouth & West Devon, Englandon Findmypast.com;
Brazil civil registration records on FamilySearch.org;
United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records at FamilySearch.org
Freedmen's Bureau marriages at FamilySearch.org;
Louisiana wills and estates updated on Ancestry.com;
North Carolina civil marriage bonds and certificates at FamilySearch.org
Maryland church records on FamilySearch.org;
New York State church records at Findmypast.
Illinois marriage records on FamilySearch.org in 3 collections:
church marriages, 1805-1985
civil marriages, 1833-1889
county marriages, 1810-1934
North Dakota funeral homes (hosted by the Red River Genealogical Society) at Ancestry.com--search for free.
1945 South Dakota state census at Ancestry.com updated.
NEWS: Family Tree Maker Direct Import into RootsMagic
How to directly import your Family Tree Maker files into RootsMagic.
MAILBOX: Carol and the Coast Guard in Google Books
Google Books
Google Books search on "USCG Beale:" search results include this PDF document.
Google.com search "coast guard history" 1920..1935 "Beale: results include Cutters Historical Bibliography.
Newspapers.com
U.S. Coast Guard museum and historian's office
United States Coast Guard Academy Library
MAIL: Gail's Trouble with Gmail
If you're not receiving the Genealogy Gems free weekly email newsletter, consider these possibilities:
Newsletters are going to Gmail spam. Click "Spam" in the left column and see if there are emails from genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com. When you find one, mark it as "not spam" and move it to your inbox. Then add our email address to your Contacts
Newsletter emails may be going to "Promotions" or "Updates" tab in Gmail. By default you are viewing only emails in the Inbox tab. Click the other tabs to look for ours. Click on an email and drag it onto the Inbox tab to try and get them to go to Inbox. If you search our email address in Gmail it should bring up any emails you have received in other tabs.
Gmail is a powerful, free tool for using and archiving email. That's why there's an entire chapter on Gmail in The Genealogist's Google Toolbox, 2nd edition. Gmail can help you sort and even keyword-search your past email, and this book will show you how.
MAILBOX: Neik from The Netherlands with Research Tips
Neik's tips on researching in The Netherlands
CONVERSATION GEM: Celeste's Google Search Success Story and Google Search Methodology Tips.
Google for Genealogy: Google Keyword Search Tips
7 Free Google Search Features Every Genealogist Should Use
For Genealogy Gems Premium members (See all Premium videos at http://lisalouisecooke.com/premium-videos):
Common Surname Search Secrets
Ultimate Google Search Strategies
Digging Deeper into Web Sites with Google Site Search
CONVERSATION GEM: Jillian on Irish adoption law
A letter from a reader on Irish adoption policy
INTERVIEW: Scott from Extreme Genes Helps Solve a 30-Year Old Missing Persons Case
Extreme Genes Radio Show
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