DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 20 July 2007

DearLISTENERS & READERS,
Although Ol' Myrt was away this past week for the big family reunion up on Orcas Island, that didn’t stop cool things from happening in the world of genealogy. So I decided to do a podcast this week anyway – on Friday instead of Tuesday.

Today’s DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 20 July 2007 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to your .mp3 player if you choose to download it automatically via iTunes. For a complete list of current podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com/ . NOTE: The figures for number of downloads on my podcast page do not include the number of listeners who tune in via iTunes.

TOPICS & GUESTS THIS WEEK

• Justin Schroepfer from FOOTNOTE.com about the relationship between the (US) National Archives and Footnote; the difference between Footnote spotlights and story pages; and how individual researchers can create annotations when deciphering old handwriting that subsequent readers will find. Contact: justin@footnote.com
• Jeff Harmon & Neil Harmon from FamilyLearn.com to discuss “MemoryPress” that has prompted Myrt & her 43 extended family members to collaborate online and ultimately publish a book about our family’s reunion last week. See my blog entry titled MemoryPress – Publish your family history . Contact: jeffrey@familylearn.com

LINKS WE MENTION

• U.S. County Land Ownership Atlases, c. 1864-1918
• Video: family trunks revealed during house remodel
• MemoryPress – Publish your family history
• Online Family History Fair 28 July 2007
• FamilySearch adds Jewish Resources Center
• Photo book publishers: iPhoto, MyPublisher, Shutterfly
• Blurb.com & Lulu.com
• PAF Personal Ancestral File (free download)
• GEDCOM file defined at Dick Eastman’s Encyclopedia of Genealogy

SPECIAL SHOW NOTE

• SnapzProX is the “little program” talked about during this podcast that is preferred by MemoryPress to create their helpful “how-to” videos. Neal Harmon writes “This is the best screen capture software we've found. It's made for the MAC."

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com
http://www.dearmyrtle.com/

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