The Genealogy Guys Podcast #315 - 2016 October 4

The news includes: The Genealogy Guys Podcast can now be found and heard on iHeartRadio at http://www.iheart.com. MyHeritage is more than halfway to its goal of digitizing every cemetery in Israel. 23andMe has introduced an Ancestry Standalone product for US customers for $99. The 2017 International Germanic Genealogy ‘Connections’ Conference has been extended to three days – 28-30 July 2017, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The New England Historic Genealogy Society (NEHGS) will honor journalist and author Cokie Roberts on 27 October 2016 at its Fall Family History Benefit Dinner in Boston, Massachusetts. American Ancestors and NEHGS will present DNA Day on 22 October 2016 at DCU Center in Worcestor, Massachusetts. Details and registration are available at http://www.americanancestors.org. The Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy presents its Annual Forensic Genealogy Institute on 7-9 March 2017 in San Antonio, Texas. Registration opens 15 October 2016 at http://www.forensicgenealogists.org/institute/. George shares highlights of Findmypast’s recent record releases. The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) honored several of its members at its annual Professional Management Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana. APG announces that Kerry Scott has been named editor of their monthly newsletter. RootsTech 2017 will be held on 8-11 February 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration is available at http://rootstech.org. RootsTech has announced the Third Annual RootsTech Innovator Showdown. Details are available at http://rootstech.devpost.com/. FamilySearch and Twile have announced the launch of a new feature that allows users to generate a family history timeline and share it with others. Users must register at Twile at https://twile.com/ for free. A premium version is available. Drew shares highlights of FamilySearch’s recent new record releases. Listener email includes: Jeff asks for suggestions for how to sort out his grandfather’s birth father and other information. Connie asks about the source of a quote, and asks for suggestions for setting up a site for her extremely large family to keep in touch and share information. Ryan asks for suggestions about how to determine how two men in his family research were related. Please help The Guys spread the word about our two podcasts: Support us at Patreon.com at (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2684555). Tell your friends and genealogy society members about us. Leave a review at iTunes. Leave comments at iHeartRadio. Visit the Aha! Seminars, Inc., website at http://ahaseminars.com for Our Speaking Schedule and join us at conferences across the United States.