The Genealogy Guys Podcast #207 - 2010 August 1

The news includes: Announcements about the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee, on August 18-21, 2010. ALERT: The IRS has reviewed non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporations and is planning to revoke non-profit status on October 15, 2010, for those that still have not complied with their reporting. Details can be found at http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=225889,00.html and The Guys strongly urge you to check your society's status on the respective state reports. The Guys provide an update about the situation on the Library of Michigan, both from Tom Koselka and from an article in Library Journal. Family Tree Magazine is hosting a Giveaway Sweepstakes at http://win.familytreemagazine.com through August 31, 2010. Enter the sweepstakes every day to win your choice of hundreds of genealogy books, CDs, and DVDs. Drew reads a question from Jim about a French puzzle. Drew will respond on this after he has a chance to review the details. The Guys discuss technology, including the iPhone and Drew's new iPad and a number of applications - apps at the iTunes store and on the Web: E-reader apps (at iTunes) Wikipanion (at iTunes) GoodReader (at iTunes) iSpeak (at iTunes) to translate languages Dropbox(on the Web at http://www.dropbox.com and a free app at iTunes) Evernote (on the Web at http://www.evernote.com and a free app at iTunes) Skype(on the Web at http://www.skype.com and a free app at iTunes) Google Docs (on the Web at http://www.google.com)