The news includes:
- The Genealogy Guys Podcast can now be found and heard on iHeartRadio at http://www.iheart.com.
- MyHeritage is more than halfway to its goal of digitizing every cemetery in Israel.
- 23andMe has introduced an Ancestry Standalone product for US customers for $99.
- The 2017 International Germanic Genealogy ‘Connections’ Conference has been extended to three days – 28-30 July 2017, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- The New England Historic Genealogy Society (NEHGS) will honor journalist and author Cokie Roberts on 27 October 2016 at its Fall Family History Benefit Dinner in Boston, Massachusetts.
- American Ancestors and NEHGS will present DNA Day on 22 October 2016 at DCU Center in Worcestor, Massachusetts. Details and registration are available at http://www.americanancestors.org.
- The Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy presents its Annual Forensic Genealogy Institute on 7-9 March 2017 in San Antonio, Texas. Registration opens 15 October 2016 at http://www.forensicgenealogists.org/institute/.
- George shares highlights of Findmypast’s recent record releases.
- The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) honored several of its members at its annual Professional Management Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- APG announces that Kerry Scott has been named editor of their monthly newsletter.
- RootsTech 2017 will be held on 8-11 February 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration is available at http://rootstech.org.
- RootsTech has announced the Third Annual RootsTech Innovator Showdown. Details are available at http://rootstech.devpost.com/.
- FamilySearch and Twile have announced the launch of a new feature that allows users to generate a family history timeline and share it with others. Users must register at Twile at https://twile.com/ for free. A premium version is available.
- Drew shares highlights of FamilySearch’s recent new record releases.
Listener email includes:
- Jeff asks for suggestions for how to sort out his grandfather’s birth father and other information.
- Connie asks about the source of a quote, and asks for suggestions for setting up a site for her extremely large family to keep in touch and share information.
- Ryan asks for suggestions about how to determine how two men in his family research were related.
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