Digital Family History Books at Your Fingertips
Do you sometimes wish you had your own enormous library of family history reference books? Or do you dream of how nice it would be to live near a major research library? Or do you ever wish the family history book in your hand had been better indexed so you could turn...
Find Family History with Online Newspaper Research: More Chronicling America
Have you already searched for your relatives' names at Chronicling America, the the Library of Congress' web collection of digitized American newspapers? Well, search again! Recently the the Library of Congress added more than 600,000 historic newspaper pages to its...
Genealogy Alert: 1921 Canadian Census Images Now Online
The much-anticipated (but little-publicized) 1921 Canadian census is now online and available for browsing at Ancestry.ca. They anticipate releasing an index later this year. On June 29, I blogged in detail about the 1921 census. Check out that post for an image from...
Genealogy Roadshow on PBS: More Genealogy TV is Coming!
Lovers of Who Do You Think You Are! and other genealogy TV favorites will be pleased to know that Genealogy Roadshow is filming for airing this fall on PBS. This clever show follows a format similar to the popular Antiques Roadshow, in which antiques experts travel to...
Genealogy Education Can Be a “GRIPping” Experience
Hello from Genealogy Gems Contributing Editor Sunny McClellan Morton. I'm still flying high after a week just spent at GRIP, the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh. This was like mini-graduate school for genealogists, complete with a lush green campus in...
Look Where You Can Find PERSI and Your Family History
If you've ever used the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), you know what a genealogy gem it is. PERSI is a master index to thousands of genealogical and historical periodicals, published by the Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Center (ACPL). According to the...
iPad Tips and Interview with WDYTYA Producer in New Episode for Premium Members
Would you like to be privy to the genealogical research strategies of the producers of the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? Genealogy Gems Premium Members get an exclusive cut from my recent interview with Allie Orton, Producer of the series that has moved to the...
Why Genealogists are Flocking to the London Metropolitan Archives
The London Metropolitan Archives says that half the inquiries they receive are from family historians. This is likely due to their rich resources (click here to peruse the collections) Because there is such a strong genealogy interest in the LMA, they are making a...
Were Your Ancestors “Viscious” or in “Chronic Want”? London Poverty Maps Map It Out
There is a fantastic blog posting on Mad About Genealogy about the Booth Poverty Maps, which look like a riveting way to understand your ancestor's 1880s London neighborhood. According to blogger Linda Elliott, "Booth employed a team of social investigators who...
How to Save Fold3 Search Results to Your Ancestry.com Family Tree
Now when you discover an ancestor's record on Fold3.com, you can save it to your online tree at Ancestry.com. According to Fold3.com's press release: "Whenever you see a green 'Save to Ancestry' button above a document or on a Fold3 memorial page, you can link that...
Where in the World is The National Archives UK Headed?
...that is the answer that Oliver Morley, the Chief Executive and Keeper of the National Archives (UK) will give during his first-ever webinar on July 23, 2013. "This is your opportunity to ask about the management and future direction of The National Archives, and...
RootsMagic TV: Short Genealogy Tutorials and Webinars on YouTube
Now you can find short training videos in addition to free full-length webinars on RootsMagic's new YouTube Channel, RootsMagicTV. If you're a RootsMagic user (or may be interested in becoming one), FamilySearch Family Tree or PAF user , you'll love these helpful...
How to Get the first Episode of Who Do You Think You Are? for Free and EARLY
Just can't wait for the new season of the genealogy-themed television series Who Do You Think You Are? which premieres on the TLC channel on July 23? Well, you don't have to! If you are a faithful listener of the Genealogy Gems Podcast then you are probably familiar...
Q&A: Genealogy Gems Toolbar
I recently got a question about the Genealogy Gems Podcast Community Toolbar from podcast listener Cookie: Q: Hi Lisa, I just loaded your toolbar. I now have Bing on my system and can't get rid of it..... was it downloaded with your toolbar? Hope not, I hate Bing and...
Genealogy Gems Podcast App for Windows 8 Phone and Desktop Now Available
The Genealogy Gems Podcast App is now available for Windows 8 phone, tablets and desktop! Our app provides you the ability to stream or download free Genealogy Gems Podcast content, and even share your favorite episodes. Here's what you need to know: Phone / Tablet: ...
PAF Genealogy Software Retires
If you've been doing family history research for awhile, you probably have heard of (and maybe used) PAF: Personal Ancestral File software. Well, it's been hard at work for a long time--as a true pioneer in genealogy computing--and now it's retiring. It's not that...
Check out this New First Look at Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? is coming to the TLC channel, and if this new "first look" is any indication, it's going to be a terrific new season on a new channel! Kicking off the series on July 23 is Kelly Clarkson, followed by Christina Applegate (July 30), Chelsea...
Old Search Sees Last Days at Ancestry – New Tools on Horizon
As I mentioned in Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 156 Ancestry is working on some new enhancements to the website's search function. What I didn't say then, but what has been officially announced now, is that "Old Search" is being phased out. More specifically, the...