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Show date & guests
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 DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour 20 June 2006
Myrt's guests include Kathy Meade from Genline.com
the premier website for scanned images of Swedish
church records 1600-1900; and Denise Olsen from
MoultrieCreek.net for advice about creating
folders in MS Outlook (email program) and battery
back-up uninterrupted power supplies.
NEW 32bit PODCAST created.
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DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour 21 March 2006
Myrt's topics and guests include Jay Speyerer who
talks with Myrt about writing techniques discussed in
his new book The Stories of our Days: Writing Your True Story Using
Techniques of Fiction. Pick up a few ideas
about preserving old letters and identifying old
photos, and what to do with those very long URLS
that sometimes get split in email. Myrt also
touches on Cuban family history research, and
reports on a new book from Genealogical.com by Virginia Lee Hutcheson
Davis titled Jamestowne Ancestors. The show page also mentions specific links for other genealogy and family
history podcasts.
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DearMYRTLE's Column: Numbering & Filing Systems
includes a combination of the following
columns:
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DearMYRTLE's
Column: Cuban Research Myrt discusses
alternatives for genealogists with roots in Cuba,
since few records are available on microfilm
through the Family History Library. Links to
websites, etc. are found in the original column
located at:
http://www.dearmyrtle.com/06/0320.htm
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DearMYRTLE's
Column: Immigration Frustration: McCleod 1854
Scotland to NYC. DearMYRTLE explores
options for a reader who is tracing an ancestor's
emigration from Scotland thru New York circa 1854. A
variety of websites are provided on the column's
webpage.
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DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour 21 Feb 2006
Myrt's guests include DeadFred.com's founder Joe
Bott and
the site's archivist,
Jeannette Balleza
discussing the lost photos archives and the new
e-book
The Desperate Genealogist's Idea Book: Creative Ways
to Outsmart Your Elusive Ancestors.
LegacyFamilyTree.com's Geoff Rasmussen discusses
what to do when someone's email address has changed
and how to create a hopefully permanent email
address for your genealogy postings. There are
numerous links to genealogy news that has come
across Myrt's desk including articles about Cape Cod gravestones
and a new Swiss genealogy website.
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DearMYRTLE's
Column:
Old book provides insight on legal
terms
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DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour 14 Feb 2006 This week's show is
dedicated to Myrt's first online genealogy mentor
Russ Kyger. RootsMagic's Bruce Buzbee joins Myrt
to discuss the "Share CD" and other unique options
of his program. Myrt interviews Bob Velke about
the importance of legal terms in the historical
context of our ancestors' lives using Black's Law
Dictionary. The 1891 & 1910 edition are available
on CD from his website ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com.
Maggie Stewart from the USGenWeb Archives
Newsletter spotlights the work of one Kentucky
GenWeb volunteer - Mike Meinhart of Boyd County.
The MightyMouse Tour takes in several stops
including an 1882 Austrian map site, the
International Society of Family History Writers
and Editors writing contest, and purchasing books
from Genealogical.com (the case in point explains
the difference between naturalizations and
denizations.) Also Myrt asks listeners if they
would like to hear more of her regular columns as
short podcasts.
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DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour 31 Jan 2006 This jam-packed hour
features Darrin Lythgoe, creator of The Next Generation of
Genealogy Sitebuilding; "Family Tree" from the Ancestral Songs CD by
Steve Lanza; and Courtney Newton, BA (Family History)
who explains to Myrt the strategies for
determining the town of origin for your Italian
ancestors. The MightyMouse tour visits Dick
Eastman's website and explores the Encyclopedia of
Genealogy. From the BookShelf features Genealogical
Publishing Company's The Early Germans of New Jersey.
Listen
in as Myrt spills the beans (with permission of
course) about tomorrow's press release from
LegacyFamilyTree.com concerning the possibility of
wining a free genealogy cruise to Alaska or trip
Salt Lake's Family History Library.
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DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour 24 Jan 2006 Myrt and guest Geoff
Rasmussen have a lively discussion about
synchronizing your genealogy database with other
family members, Legacy Family Tree's "InteliMerge"
and using a BLOG to coordinate a "to-do" list.
Elizabeth Powell Crowe returns to speak this time
about a rather mysterious ethnic group in the
eastern US known as the Melungeons. Myrt also visits
with Sharon MacInnes of Ancestor
Tracks, the producer of the series of books and CDs in the Early Landowners
of Pennsylvania series.
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DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour 17 Jan 2006 Myrt answers a
listener's question about why we still need Family
History Centers. Then catch her interview with Karen
Sladek, award-winning author of LUCKY STARS &
GOLD BARS: A World War II Odyssey. This
lucky daughter discovered 400 of her father's
letters sent home during the war days. Myrt also
extends an invitation to the 2006 Genealogy and
Family Heritage Jamboree 10-11 February 2006 in St.
George Utah. Pre-registration deadline is 31 Jan.
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour 10
Jan 2006 Listen in as Myrt discusses
Reunions Magazine with editor Edith Wagner; PAF
Companion 2 with developer Pierre Cloutier; and
Godfrey Memorial Library (including the
HeritageQuestOnline access) with the Godfrey's
director Richard E. Black. Other topics include:
Tennessee's apprenticed children, the free SSDI &
World Place Finder offer, GeneLines, the 2006
WhollyGenes.com genealogy cruise, and the AGBI
American Genealogical Biographical Index. The
MightyMouse tour visits RootsWeb mailing lists and
explains the difference between L (list mode) and D
(digest mode.)
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour 3
Jan 2006
Myrt's guests this week include Geoff Rasmussen who discusses
his newest project, the AniMap Training Video; and
Libbi Crowe who provides specific steps for solving
genealogical questions and making real progress in
your research in 2006. During the MightyMouse
segment, Myrt discusses 1837Online's WWI Overseas
Army Deaths Database, the Missouri Land Patents
Database provided by the Secretary of State, and
Godfrey.org's decision to discontinue
HeritageQuestOnline. Links we mention include Myrt's
column about a birth record created for war duty,
and 2006 the Chinese year of the Dog.
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DearMYRTLE Column: The
Internet, Genealogists and the Future - Back in
1998, Heritage Quest Magazine featured one of
DearMYRTLE's columns titled “THE INTERNET,
GENEALOGISTS & THE FUTURE” as the cover story for
the Nov/Dec issue. Myrt revisits the topic, compares
her predictions and includes a "wish list" for
genealogists in a column Originally published in The
Godfrey Update, Winter 2005 pp 16-19.
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DearMYRTLE
Column: Determining Book Lists for Family
History Centers Ol' Myrt here knows you want to have
something on the shelf when that gentleman comes in and says "My name is
Jones, and I hear the Mormon Library has my family history. I'd like to pick up
a copy this afternoon!"
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20 Dec 2005
DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour
Myrt's special guest is a certain MR. S. CLAUS
direct via satellite cell phone from the North Pole.
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour 13 Dec 2005
Myrt's guests include author Elizabeth Powell Crowe
on the importance of oral histories, and editor
Holly Hanson on the brand new 11th edition of
Everton's Handybook for Genealogists. Myrt thanks
Elizabeth Kasper for sharing her before and after
views her ancestors 1815 marriage record, as she
describes the process she went through with Adobe
Photoshop to enhance the readability of the
document. Thanks to Jill who reminds us that Corel
now owns PaintShop Pro. The MightyMouse tour
spotlights the wonderful volunteers at Random Acts
of Genealogical Kindness. Hats off to Kimberley
Powell for her article on Pearl Harbor Day, Dec 7,
2005.
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DearMYRTLE: Pearl Harbor Day 2005. Myrt pays
tribute to her Dad and others who served valiantly
during World War II.
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DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour 6 Dec 2005
Guest Bob
Velke, producer of The Master Genealogist software program, joins Myrt to
discuss his
brand new venture -- ArchiveCDBooksUSA.com. Other topics include the 1901
& 1911 Irish Census records soon to be released
online, blogging, finding probate records, the
FamilySearch research outlines, determining the
spelling of a town using the FHLCatalog, and
interviewing relatives using the
MyAncestorsFound.com's "Crapture the a
Memories" CD with 14 different books for you to
create over the holidays as you visit with your
families.
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour 29 Nov 2005
DearMYRTLE interviews Michael Booth, creator of Personal Historian, where
we learn, step-by-step to set up a new project, and have fun learning to
use this wonderful software program. Myrt reprises an interview with
Katherine Scott Sturdevant, co-author of Bringing Your Family History
to Life through Social History and author of Organizing and
Preserving Your Heirloom Documents. Topics include preserving old
documents, creating an interview "tote bag," how to make secure purchases
online, and a brief tour of the GENUKI website for England, Ireland,
Scotland, Wales, the Channel Island, Wales, and the Isle of Man.
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour 22 Nov 2005 Myrt
discusses her readers' comments about the CCC Civilian Conservation Corps,
interviews noted author Elizabeth Powell Crowe on mortality schedules in
addition to US Federal Census records, some of which have been transcribed
and are available online. The MightyMouse segment is a 2-parter, with a
visit to Plimoth.org's virtual tour, and the download of 30-day free
software from PersonalHistorian.com in anticipation of next week's
interview of the program's author.
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DearMYRTLE's Family
History Hour 15 Nov 2005 Myrt's guests include Barb
Schulz, a DAR Regent and a Colonial Dames of the XVII Century registrar.
LegacyFamilyTree.com's Geoff Rasmussen talks about "Three Proven Methods
for Getting Responses from your Living Relatives." During the MightyMouse
tour, Myrt explores USGenWeb with USGenWeb Archives Newsletter editor,
Maggie Stewart. Myrt explains "blogs" again, and recommends that you
subscribe to her column if you are having trouble receiving email on a
regular basis.
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DearMYRTLE's Family History
Hour 8 Nov 2005 Myrt discusses Digital versions of microfilm online,
adoption issues, adding multiple sets of parents in
genealogy software. The MightyMouse tour visits
FamilySearch.org's now partially hidden glossary.
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DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour 11 Oct
2005
with
Frank Koerner, B.S. Physics, Juris
Doctorate, author of
The Missing Peace of a Heritage Puzzle - A Memoir Uniquely Set in a Vanished
Sudetenland; and Colleen Fitzpatrick, Ph. D., author of
Forensic Genealogy available through her website. The MightyMouse tour
discusses BLOGS, and how to subscribe to both Dick Eastman and Myrt's
blogs using SharpReader. Myrt's asks listeners and readers to consider
alternate uses for a digital camera's memory stick. "Links We Mention"
include Walmart's online Photo Center;
Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation
Slaveowner by Daniel L. Schafer and the use of
Google's Gmail.
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour
4 Oct 2005
with Geoff Rasmussen from LegacyFamilyTree.com; James W. Petty, AG®, CGRSSM,
B.A. (History), B.S. (Genealogy) an expert on the headright system in 17th Century Virginia
and Relative Genetics; Grace DuMelle author
of Finding Your Chicago
Ancestors. Maggie Stewart, editor of the USGenWeb
Archives Newsletter provides links to Hancock County, Ohio tidbits. The
MightyMouse tour explores Legacy Family Tree Version 6. Download the
latest free version to follow along. Myrt discusses how to reference
another researcher's work, and the definition of "grass widow" provided by bartleby.com.
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour
27 Sept 2005
with Barbara Benge, Native American
research expert and Ugo A. Perego, MS, Director of Operations, Sorensen
Molecular Genealogy Foundation. Myrt mentions an obscure cemetery project
in Travis County, Texas. The MightyMouse tour explores the "Scotlands People"
website and Myrt handles the delicate question of how to document a
relationship involving children where the parents were apparently not
married.
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour
6 Sept 2005 with Kory Meyerink, AG from ProGenealogists.com & John Shupe from
Passage Express. MightyMouse Tour: step-by-step downloading a genealogy
software program.
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour
29 Aug 2005
with
Holly T. Hansen of MyAncestorsFound.com & Everton's Genealogical Helper,
Evan Eastley of PedigreeMagnet.com and Elizabeth Powell Crowe on Beginning
Genealogy: Vital Records. MightyMouse tour of Cyndislist.com (clothing &
costumes & search option)
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour
23 Aug 2005
with
Maggie Stewart of USGenWeb, John Vilburn of PAF Insight & Sean Williams of CenMatch. MightyMouse Tour of USGenWeb.com.
NEW PODCAST feed released.
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DearMYRTLE's
Family History Hour
16 Aug 2005
with
author Elizabeth Powell Crowe & Aaron Underwood of GenSmarts.
MightyMouse tour of FamilySearch.org's "Place" section of the FHLC Family
History Library Catalog. NEW PODCAST feed released.
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