The Genealogy Guys Podcast #203 - 2010 June 1

The news includes: The British Library has announced plans to digitize millions of historical newspaper pages in partnership with brightsolid.com. The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) has announced that it has more than 2,000 members. The Michigan eLibrary (MeL) has  announced the lauch of Michigana, Sources in U.S. History Online. It can be accessed at http://mel.org/michigana. The Digital Library of Georgia and the Cuba Archives of the Breman Museum have announced the expansion of the Southern Israelite Archive at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html.  GenSoftReviews announces that it now has reviews of more than 500 genealogical software programs at its site. The Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa) will hold its annual Fall Seminar on Saturday, September 18, 2010, and the speaker will be Curt B. Witcher, the manager of the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. More information will be available at the society's website at http://fgs.org.  The Federation of Genealogical Societies has announced the extension of its Early Bird registration for its 2010 FGS Conference on August 18-21, 2010, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The date has been extended to June 21, 2010. Complete details and online registration can be found at http://fgs.org/2010conference.  Our listener email includes: Jennifer asks about mentors for her work in becoming a Certified Genealogist. George points her to the Board for Certification of Genealogists. Steve discusses his great-grandfather's birth records, and he asks about how to best borrow microfilmed records from Augusta County, Virginia - through the Library of Virginia or through the local LDS Family History Center. Teri discusses the impportance of source citations. Drew discusses the derivation and meaning of first names, and cites a book, The New American Dictionary of First Names, by Leslie Dunkling and William Gosling. Pat shares an important collection of New York State digitized historic newspapers at http://www.fultonhistory.com. Michael asks about The Guys' use of DNA in research. He also asks for tips for first-time conference attendees. George points him to a webinar he did for the Southern California Genealogical Society titled, "How to Get the Most out of a Genealogy Conference." The webinar can be seen at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/RootsTV.htm. Tammy asks about the key database collections at Footnote.com.