Every week, the Genealogy Podcast Roundup is where to look in order to find brand new episodes of podcasts that talk about interesting aspects of genealogy. This is where to find out which of your favorite podcasts have a new episode up, and to find podcasts that randomly discussed something related to genealogy. Genealogy Gems released a new episode on March 26, 2012. This is episode number 129, and it is titled “Running Away to Home with author Jennifer Wilson”. The Genealogy Gems Book Club features the book “Running Away to Home” by Jennifer Wilson. She went on a genealogical … Continue reading →

The Genealogy Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts each and every week. This is where to look to find out if there is a new episode waiting for you to listen to. It is also a good way to learn about genealogy podcasts that are new to you. Genealogy Gems released episode number 128 on March 9, 2012. This episode is called “WDYTYA Wrap Up and brightsolid”. In this episode, host Lisa Louise Cook speaks with Chris van der Kyul, who is the CEO of brightsolid. She also speaks with Andre Martin of the … Continue reading →

It is time for the Genealogy Podcast Roundup. Every week, this is where to look to find brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. Once in a while, there will be podcasts that don’t always focus on genealogy, but that have for one episode. The Genealogy Guys released episode number 232 on March 1, 2012. This episode features the first set of interviews that host Drew conducted while he was at RootsTech 2012. This set of interviews is with David Rencher (FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer), Lisa Also (expert on Eastern European genealogical research), Jay Verkler, (past FamilySearch CEO), and … Continue reading →

Once a week, the Genealogy Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. Sometimes, it also has episodes of podcasts that do not always talk about genealogy related topics, but who have devoted a random episode to it. Here is what is new this week! Genealogy Gems released episode number 127 on February 21, 2012. This episode is called “Nick Barratt of the UK Who Do You Think You Are?” This episodes features an interview with UK presenter and historian Nick Barratt. Other topics include: the first ever Story@Home conference, and how a listener uses host … Continue reading →

Once again, the Genealogy Podcast Roundup is back and is bringing you brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. This is an easy way to discover which podcast created new episodes, and to find out about genealogy podcasts that you are not currently subscribed to. GeneaBloggers released a new episode on February 18, 2012. This episode is called “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: Nineteenth Century US Immigration”. This episode is hosted by “Ol’ Myrt” of DearMYRTLE. Special guests include Marian Smith, Chief of the Historical Research Branch of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This episode also … Continue reading →

RootsTech 2012, the biggest conference for genealogists and the people who make the technology that helps them do their research, is over for this year. There was so much going on that you could have easily missed something that you wanted to see. Or, maybe you were unable to attend. There are plenty of ways to find out what you missed. It has been a little over a month since RootsTech 2012 ended. This has given many of the genealogists who attended plenty of time to post their thoughts and experiences about what they saw at the conference online. If … Continue reading →

Genealogists know that even though each family’s history is unique, reading or hearing stories of how other people found family history information that they were looking for can give you new clues or helpful hints for your own research. One place where you can go to read about how other people found information about their ancestors is Ancestry.com. More specifically, there is a section of the Ancestry.com blog called “Ask Ancestry Anne”. Not only are the stories in the “Ask Ancestry Anne” column fun to read, they really showcase the immense variety of types of records that genealogists can use … Continue reading →

Every week, the Genealogy Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. This is where to go to quickly find something new to listen to, that focuses on some aspect of your very favorite hobby – genealogy! This week, many episodes talk about RootsTech 2012. Genealogy Gems released episode number 126 on February 10, 2012. This episode is called “RootsTech Wrap Up and Find A Grave”. In this episode, host Lisa Louise Cook covers some of the latest news from RootsTech 2012, talks about her interview with television presenter and historian Nick Barratt, and gives you … Continue reading →

It is time, once again, for the Genealogy Podcast Roundup. This is where to go if you are looking for new, and interesting, episodes of podcasts that talk about genealogy. It also will include podcasts that don’t always talk about genealogy, but have created a random episode that relates to an aspect of genealogy. The Genealogy Guys released a new episode on February 1, 2012. It is episode number 231. The guys go over genealogy related news such as : “Who Do You Think You Are?” has a new season, Fold3 is providing free access to its Black History Collection … Continue reading →