News You Can Use and Share!

• MyHeritage added 168 million historical records in February.
• MyHeritage launched OldNews.com, a new website for exploring historical newspapers.
• MyHeritage introduced all-new profile pages with hints.
• Vivid-Pix announced the roll-out of Memory Stations, integrating scanning, its correction software, tagging, and more.
• Findmypast has begun digitizing, indexing, and publishing British Home Children records.
• The National Archives (TNA) announced that it will digitize the 1941 National Farm Survey records thanks to a generous grant from Lund Trust.

DNA Segment with Diahan Southard

In our DNA Segment, DNA expert Diahan Southard discusses Family Tree DNA and Y-DNA haplogroups with Drew Smith.

Listener Email

• Laura writes about backup GEDCOM files and MyHeritage, and Daniel Horowitz responds.
• Jenna writes to respond to Sheila’s quest to digitize and tag a 30” long x 6” high-resolution photograph. She shares FamilySearch’s ability to tag people in a Memory at https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/tagging-people-in-a-memory.
• Anne writes in response to Jean Daniels' email about researching an ancestor. Anne cites Anabaptists in New York State.
• Kristen is seeking more advice for locating records for a missing family member, Arthur Tozer.
• Ashley wrote about changes that people make to FamilySearch records without sources.

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David from Addison, Texas, is the winner of our drawing for a MyHeritage DNA kit. More drawings will be announced later this year.

News You Can Use and Share!

• RootsTech, the world’s largest genealogy conference, takes place in Salt Lake City, Utah, and online next week, 29 February through 2 March 2024.
• FamilySearch International and American Ancestors announced a collaboration on the 10 Million Names Project. The project “seeks to recover the names and restore information to families of the estimated 10 million men, women, and children of African descent who were enslaved in pre- and post-colonial America, including the area that would become the United States.”

DNA Segment

In our DNA Segment, DNA expert Diahan Southard discusses Ancestry DNA with Drew Smith.

Listener Email

• Douglas responds regarding our discussion of slide and negative scanners. He reminds people to check with their local library for the availability of a scanner for checkout. He was able to use a Wolverine slide and negative scanner. (It and the Kodak model discussed on the last podcast are available through Amazon.)
• Jeannie discusses FamilySearch’s computer indexing problems.
• Mike writes again to provide additional information about the Old Fulton Postcards website and the New York local government historians’ (LGH) roles.
• Ryan asks about two different marriage records dated the same date in adjoining states for the same couple.
• Laura writes in response to Dennis’ questions about writing a family history, and uses the “52 ancestors in 52 weeks” approach presented by Amy Johnson Crow.
• Matt is seeking a missing Pennsylvania death record from 1914. He has conducted extensive research and is looking for more suggestions.
• Kristen is seeking advice for locating records for a missing family member, Arthur Tozer.

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Drew's guest is Donna Moughty, who led the research trip to Dublin that Drew joined in October 2023. In this episode, Drew and Donna discuss her experiences over many years in leading research trips to Ireland, and how researchers need to prepare before going on a research trip (no matter where their ancestors were from). To learn of Donna's background, see GC episode #002.