DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour 29 April 2008 genealogy podcast

NOTE from DearMYRTLE: Be sure to listen to the podcast version of this blog entry.

DearLISTENERS & READERS,
DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour 29 April 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to any .mp3 player if you choose to download the file. An alternative would be to download the file automatically via iTunes. You don’t need an iPod to listen. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com.

TOPICS & GUESTS THIS WEEK

Gaylon Findlay, developer of Ancestral Quest genealogy management software available for Windows compatible computers. Gaylon Findlay
is the president of Incline Software. He is the primary developer of Ancestral Quest, and by extension, of the current version of Personal Ancestral File. He has been involved in developing genealogy software since 1994. Prior to that, Gaylon worked as a computer consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area for 13 years. He currently lives in South Jordan, Utah with his wife, Gale, and their 5 children.

• Create your family tree

• Document your sources with CitePro™ Technology

• Create Stunning Multimedia Scrapbooks

• Research your family on the Internet

• Share your family on the Web

• Create Beautiful, Functional Charts and Reports

• Publish a family book

• Search, Filter and Focus data using FilterPro™ Technology

• Record unlimited events for each individual and marriage

• Collaborate with others using AQ's exclusive NetFam™ capability (Ol' Myrt here is particularly taken with this option!)

• Compare and Merge Databases

• Organize your research with the Research Manager and Log

• Examine relationships

• Translate AQ into any language

Elizabeth Powel Crowe, author of Genealogy Online 8th edition, hot of the presses! You'll find her blog at www.epcrowe.com. This week Elizabeth spotlights documenting inherited health issues.

• US Surgeon General's My Family Health Portrait
• View a sample report (PDF).

MightyMouse TOUR
From DearMYRTLE's The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 27 April 2008 awards

• BLOG: Dick Eastman's The Dark Side: Genealogy Rip-Offs Listed
• INSTRUCTION: Arlene Eakle's Virginia Tax and Rent Rolls: A Checklist of Evidence
• DATABASE SITE: The AMA Deceased Physician Research Database
• SCANNED IMAGE SITE: Footnote.com's Brady Civil War Photos
• PODCAST: The National Archives Podcast Series Sex, Lies & Civil Registration podcast
• VIDEO: Arlington Heights Memorial Library tour.
• COMMENTARY: Tribute to Paul B Hendrickson WWI Vet
• INNOVATION: eBay
• MOST INTERESTING THREAD: Carnival of Genealogy #46 topic: inherited traits
• ETHNIC STUDIES: Norwegian Baptisms, Burials and Marriages 1700-1900 collection in Records Search at http://labs.FamilySearch.org.
• Be sure to see the original award announcement for details on each of these winning websites.

LINKS WE MENTION

• Second Life (Once you've joined, and it's free, search for Clarise Beaumont or DearMYRTLE Writer.)
• Carnival of Genealogy

Milseán Chocolate Shoppe (Myrt's nephew's in-laws have created a wonderful chocolate bark of either white or dark chocolate with almonds and/or cranberries.)	I Have A Song For You Set from BriteMusic.com
Milseán (meel-shawn), in Gaelic (Ireland's ancestral language) means "Sweet Things". Visit the retail shoppe at the renovated Aldergrove Fire Hall, at 2900 272nd Street, in Aldergrove, BC or order online.	Brite Music has gerat kids' music, songs & activity books. The music is also available in .mp3 format for your iPod. During the podcast you'll hear "I love my Grandpa-pa". Ol' Myrt here particularly likes "I know my number, my telephone number" from the Safety Kids CD.

LINKS TO SOME OF DearMYRTLE’s RECENT BLOGS:

• Second Life genealogy events
• Get a SECOND LIFE, genealogists
• Seattle: Jewish Gen Soc 12 May 2008
• News from Myrt's neck of the woods
• BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 27 April 2008
• 1880 US Federal Census Index on CD
• Professional genealogy groups
• Open records access: APG roundtable discussion
• NARA: National History Day Exhibit
• NARA: WWI June 2008
• NARA: Public Service Recognition Week
• Hit the ground running: report from Myrt's Desk
• Oregon: 19 July 2008 conference

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

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