The Genealogy Guys Podcast #242 - 2012 October 7

The Guys are very pleased to welcome a new sponsor for the Podcast, findmypast.com The news includes: WikiTree announces the re-opening of member registration. Mocavo has acquired ReadyMicro in a move to help the company and other organizations holding genealogical information digitize more content for genealogists. Origins.net announced that they have added two new collections to their National Wills Index: Lancaster Wills Index (1457-1748 and 1793-1812) and Surrey PCC Will Abstracts (1736-1812). Ancestry.com has acquired 1000Memories, Inc. Early Bird Registration is now open for RootsTech 2013, and Drew is one of their official bloggers. The Federation of Genealogical Societies has announced it's 2003 FGS Conference to be held in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Our new sponsor, findmypast.com, is offering a 20% discount on its world subscription. Check out their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/findmypastus. They are posting a genealogy tip each day of October in celebration of Family History Month. They also have 84 ancestry family history badges on their Facebook page that you can display and share. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/findmypastus#!/media/set/?set=a.446586192058898.124787.302628856454633&type=1. In addition, click on the image of the flag and crown to take the “Are You Related to The Queen” 7-question quiz. George discusses his terrific experience at the Detroit Public Library and a behind-the-scenes tour of some incredible items in the Burton Historical Collection! The listener email includes: Mike asked for advice about a family story. An ancestor, Ellen Chance, supposedly did not sail on the Titanic, but took another ship to the U.S. in August, the RMS Campania. The Guys did some research and share their results. Lee asked for clarification as to which Veterans Affairs location he should contact regarding a Civil War pension file that was closed after 1929. Records for ancestors and surviving spouses who received pension benefits and died in 1930 and later are likely still held by the national Veterans Affairs. Blaise shared a fabulous link at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-19487335 for seven monarchs’ missing graves. Paul, who lives in Germany, asks whether his English translations of German records can be copyrighted. Jeryl asks about Reunion 10 software. Rick has recently purchased both the 2nd and 3rd editions of George’s book How to Do Everything: Genealogy. He talks about his research in South Carolina and in the Clayton Genealogical Library in Houston. Drew discusses his discovery of some delayed birth certificates at Ancestry.com