DearMYRTLE - 20 June 2006 DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour

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20 June 2006 DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour
Genealogy Podcast

DearREADERS & LISTENERS,
Click on the links at the bottom of the page to listen. This edition of DearMYRTLE's FAMILY HISTORY HOUR genealogy podcast is available for you review 24/7. Myrt's guests and topics this week include:

Kathy Meade of http://www.Genline.com, the premier website for Swedish Church Records (which were the vital records until the 20th century). Learn about the free tour of this subscription based website which features scanned images of the church records (including the "Household Examination Records" which from Kathy's description are better than US Federal Census records. They were taken annually.

Genline - swedish genealogy, swedish history, swedish ancestry, swedish heritage


Swedish Church Records Online

For Further Reading:

Free Trial Access http://www.genline.com/komigang/
Your Swedish Roots (the book Kathy mentions on the show.)
Dictionary & Abbreviations
Extraction Forms
Helpful articles http://www.genline.com/resources/articles.php

Denise Olson of http://www.moultriecreek.net whose website banner reads as follows "FAMILY MATTERS: Tech support for the family historian. Denise explains the reasoning behind setting up folders in your email software to receive and store special emails from family members of from your favorite RootsWeb.com genealogy mailing list.

For Further Reading:

Grandpa's Letters http://www.moultriecreek.net/family/2005/03/grandpas_letter.html
Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season http://www.moultriecreek.net/family/2005/05/trying_to_reaso.html

Links we Mention

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Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)