The Genealogy Podcast Roundup is a weekly blog that brings you the latest episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. Every so often, a new genealogy podcast will be added to the blog. Starting this week, you will have a brand new Polish Genealogy podcast to look forward to. Genealogy Gems released an episode on December 10, 2011. This episode is called “Taking Family History to Young and Old in the Community”. They cover a lot of genealogy related news in this episode, including: new apps from Ancestry.com, new imagery on Google Earth, new podcasts from The National Archives, new Irish … Continue reading →

It is time for the weekly Genealogy Podcast Roundup. This is where to find the newest episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. This week, you will also find some episodes that relate to Christmas traditions. 89.3 KSBJ is not, technically, a podcast. It is a radio station that plays “Contemporary Christian Music”. They will be playing Christmas music from right now, through Christmas, (and may continue after that). You can listen to it directly through their website, as a live stream. Christmas music is a very traditional part of how many families celebrate Christmas. NPR has an episode of “Morning … Continue reading →

The weekly Genealogy Podcast Roundup is back! This is where to find a good, informative, genealogy podcast to listen to. You might also find episodes of podcasts that are new to you, or that do not always talk about genealogy related topics. NPR has an episode of “Morning Edition” that was released on November 29, 2011. This episode is called “Holocaust Database Helps Families Complete Stories”. This episode talks about the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com’s “World Memory Project”. The project allows people to sift through online documents in a much easier way than was previously available to genealogists. … Continue reading →

It is time, once again, for the weekly Genealogy Podcast Roundup. This is where to go to find brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy focused podcasts. You may also find episodes of podcasts that are new to you. Family Tree Magazine released their November episode on November 19, 2011. This monthly podcast always has tons of information for genealogists! Host Lisa Louise Cooke has a new book that is available from the ShopFamilyTree website. The book is called “The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox”. You can purchase it in print form, or as a digital download. Diane Haddad talks about the … Continue reading →

Are you ready to listen to some more genealogy podcasts? The Genealogy Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts every week. These resources are easy to listen to while you are working on your genealogy research, or, when you are away from it. GeneaBloggers has an episode that was released on November 11, 2011. This episode is called “Our Veteran Ancestors: Military Records and Genealogy”. Special guests in this episode includes Ellen Rohr, (from Families for Forgotten Heroes), who explains how she and others are working to reunite unclaimed remains of veterans with their families. … Continue reading →

It is time for this week’s Genealogy Podcast Roundup. This is where to look every week in order to find the newest episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. It is also a good place to go to find out about genealogy podcasts that you may not have heard about before. GeneaBloggers has an episode that was released on November 4, 2011. This episode is called “Copyright and Genealogy – Yours, Mine and Ours”. Special guests in this episode include Dick Eastman, founder of “Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter”. He discusses the problem of copyright violations when it comes to blog posts … Continue reading →

Today, I came across a genealogy website that I think is very interesting. The site, called Their Own Words, is a searchable collection of American books, pamphlets, letters, and diaries from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth century. While not the stuff of pedigree chart research, the contents of this website are very interesting to me because I am very intrigued by the stories of those that have gone before us. In other words, reading family history books and writing stories about family history are my favorite genealogy activities. The collection is made possible by a collaboration between the … Continue reading →

The weekly Genealogy Podcast Roundup is back! This is where to go to find podcasts that are dedicated to topics that are relevant to genealogists. It is also a good place to find out about new genealogy resources, conferences, and websites. Genealogy Guys Podcast released episode number 226 on October 22, 2011. In this episode, Drew and George talk about news from Ancestry.com, Find My Past, RootsMagic, Footnote.com, and more. They also go over a whole lot of listener email, and respond to it. GeneaBloggers has an episode that was released on October 28, 2011. This episode is called “Haunted … Continue reading →