Date Published: Feb. 2, 2011
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NEWS:
Lisa’s new book The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox is available at https://www.shopgenealogygems.com
All Premium episodes are included in your Genealogy Gems Premium Membership
GEM: Interview with Lisa Kudrow and Vanessa Williams
The second season of the U.S. TV show Who Do You Think You Are? begins Friday, 2/4/11
Date Published: Feb. 15, 2011
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Please note: There were some difficulties with audio quality on Lisa’s side of the
Evernote interview, and Rosie’s side of her interview. It is not your downloaded file.
GEM: Evernote for Genealogy
Interview with Andrew Sinkov, VP of Marketing for Evernote
Family Tree Magazine January 2011 podcast episode featuring Evernote
GEM: Who Do You Think You Are?
Lisa asks Rosie O’Donnell about her upcoming episode.
Date Published: March 17, 2011
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Please note: There were some difficulties with audio quality on Rosie’s side
of her interview. It is not your downloaded file.
NEWS:
The Library of Congress has updated the Chronicling America site which is their online newspaper collection.
Google Earth Image Update:
– Westminster Abbey.
– Trim Castle in the county town of Trim, in County Meath, Ireland.
While viewing the site in Google Earth, make sure you turn on the Photos Layer, and check out the several pano360 immersive images that dot the church confines.
MAILBOX:
– Marchelle asks about naming conventions in genealogy databases
– Garry from Canada suggests using two monitors for one computer.
How24U Video
Connecting Dual Monitors
GEM: Follow Your World
Update: Follow Your World has been discontinued.
GEM: Interview with Rosie O’Donnell
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Date Published: April 5, 2011
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GEM: More Geo-Tagging with Chris Bair
Original interview on Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 104
Chris Bair uses uses the program ‘Geosetter‘ to put photos together with location data.
From Chris: “On my Android phone I use Google’s “My Tracks” program. There are a bunch of different programs for a variety of different phones on the last page of my presentation from RootsTech.”
Presentation Powerpoint on Geo-Tagging from RootsTech (currently unavailable – check out this article on how to geo-tag images with Geosetter.)
Chris’ New York KMZ file
GEM: Interview with Patricia Van Skaik
Library Digitization: A Genealogist’s Dream Come True
Lisa interviewing Patricia at RootsTech Feb. 2011 in Salt Lake City, UT
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Date Published: April 24, 2011
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NEWS:
New Celebs for WDYTYA?
The Digital Spy article on possible celebrities for Season 3 of Who Do You Think You Are?
Guess the Relative
Dragonfly TV is making a new game show featuring families, ancestors and long-lost relatives
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Evernote to the Rescue
Premium Podcast episode 64 features my interview with Andrew Sinkov of Evernote.com.
Gems from the Past
The Transcription software was actually mentioned on the Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast series episode 39. It’s calledTranscript 2.3 and you can download it for free at http://www.jacobboerema.nl/en/Freeware.htm
Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 2 As for the quote by Spencer W. Kimball, it comes from the Dec. 1980 issue of the New Era magazine and the article was called buy epilepsy medication online President Kimball Speaks Out on Personal Journals.
“Are we not like two volumes of one book?”
GEM: Audio tour of the Who Do You Think You Are? Live Exhibit Hall
Who Do You Think You Are? Live
http://www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.co.uk/
The Western Front Association
http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/
War Memorials Trust
http://www.warmemorials.org/
National Monuments Record
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/nmr
Doug Stimson, Library and ArScience Museum and Library Archives at Wroughton
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
Complete set of British Patents
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