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Premium Episode 43 – Visual Genealogy
Date Published: March 30, 2010
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Welcome new Premium Members!
Watch the new and improved Google Earth for Genealogy Premium videos.
Teri wrote:
“I just watched your new Google Earth video with my premium subscription! Wow! Your videos are getting so polished and professional! Very impressed withyour graphics and the flow of the whole video!…Thanks for teaching me something new every day!”
Changes to Google Earth:
Places of Worship and Cemeteries are now under the “More” folder in the Layers Panel.
New at Google: The Google Books Help Forum
Google Books
http://books.google.com/books
Google Books Help Forum
http://www.google.com/support/forum?hl=en
Ancestry Magazine at Google Books
http://books.google.com/books/serial/ISSN:1075475X?rview=1&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 81 featuring Lisa Kudrow
http://www.genealogygemspodcast.com/episode_81_lisa_kudrow_is_on_the_podcast_who_do_you_think_you_are_
Genealogy Gems Premium episode 41 features part 1 of an interview with Lisa and co-producer Dan Bucatinsky.
GEM: Profile America
The Pony Express
GEM: Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky Interview Part 2
Behind the scenes of Who Do You Think You Are?
Airs Friday nights at 8:00 p.m. on NBC in the U.S.
Who Do You Think You Are? Official Web Site:
http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/
GEM: Visual Genealogy
Jeff Guin of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Podcast from the National Parks Service interviews Bernard Frischer on Rome Reborn and Virtual Ancient Worlds on Google Earth.
Websites mentioned in this segment:
The Rome Reborn Web Site: http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/project_news.php
S.A.V.E.: http://vwhl.clas.virginia.edu/save.html Serving and archiving Virtual Environments
Download Google Earth (free) http://earth.google.com/
Contact Bernard Frischer Frischer@virginia.edu
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Leave a voicemail at (925) 272-4021
GEM: Profile America
April 6 is the anniversary of the U.S. entering World War I
Premium Episode 44 – Generations Project, Part 2 of Kendall Wilcox Interview
Date Published: April 19, 2010
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NEWS:
Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 86 features part 1 of Lisa’s interview with Kendall Wilcox, Executive Producer of The Generations Project
“Beta Buck” Webinar Registration for Premium Members
Space is limited.
Date: Wed. April 21, 2010 at 4:00 pm PDT
MAILBOX:
Premium member idea put into action:
From Deidre Dagner, Editor, Genealogical Society of Vermont Newsletter
Compressed Premium episode files Premium
Membership Improvements:
You can now change your password or update your email yourself in your Premium profile
Sign in to your account and click Your Profile link in the upper right corner of the homepage.
GEM: Profile America
The 75th Hit Parade
Your Hit Parade on TV at the Museum of Broadcast Communications
Below: Clip from “Your Hit Parade” on April 16, 1955. Dorothy Collins performing “Tweedlee Dee.”
GEM: Kendall Wilcox of the Generations Project – Interview Part 2
Behind the scenes of The Generations Project
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GEM: Profile America
License Plates
Read more about the first license plates
Premium Episode 45 – Interview with A.C. Ivory
Date Published: April 29, 2010
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“A love of the movies is in my DNA!” (Below: A snippet from Grandma’s diary.)
NEWS:
Google Earth for Genealogy in the Genealogy Gems store.
How to view Google Earth in Google Maps:
1. Also this week Google launched Google Earth in Google Maps.
2. Go to maps.google.com
3. In the upper right hand corner click the EARTH button.
4. You’ll be prompted to download the Google Earth plug-in
5. Once the download is completed restart your Internet browser to activate it.
6. Go back to Google Maps
7. Jump between Google Maps and Google Earth by clicking the button for the view you want in the upper right corner of the screen.
MAILBOX:
I hope you’re all enjoying viewing the video recording of our recent Premium webinar on newspaper research. Premium Member Raymond Millgate wrote in said that he really enjoyed the webinar, and suggested a future webinar on researching international newspapers. Here’s a website to get you started.
ICON: the International Coalition on Newspapers
Click the Database link on the menu and select “ICON Newspaper Database”, and “Links to other Databases.”
Gem: Genealogy Research Process Wallpaper
How to Search Google for Images a Suitable Size for Computer Desktop Wallpaper:
1. Go to Google Image Search and click on “Advanced Image Search”.
2. Enter your query in the first input box, for example: flower.
3. Select your preferred content type.
4. Click on “Use my desktop size” to find images appropriate for your desktop.
5. Perform the search.
6. If you have a favorite color, click on “All colors” and pick one of the 12 options.
Mark Tucker of the Think Genealogy blog who I just interviewed in Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 87 about researching the boy scouts in your family tree, has a terrific graphic perfect for the desktop called the Genealgoy Research Process Map. Mark talked about this map and the Genealogical Proof Standard that it supports in an interview I did with him last year on episode 20 of the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast.
At Mark’s site you can download the perfect size for your desktop and choose widescreen or full screen.
GEM: Interview with AC Ivory
Visit A.C.’s genealogy blog called Find My Ancestor
GEM: Expanding Google RSS Gadgets to fill the iGoogle Page
Update: iGoogle has been discontinued.