Episode 101 - Getting Certified as a Genealogist

Published: Nov. 20, 2010, 3:30 p.m.

Published Nov 20, 2010 T \xa0 Mesa Family History Expo January 21 & 22, 2011Mesa Arizona Convention Center. \xa0 - Effective Use of Technology Thursday, January 27th\xa0 -\xa0 Saturday January 29th\xa0 9:00AM- 5:00PM New England Historic Genealogical Society 99 Newbury St. Boston MA, 02116 Ancestry\xa0 Thegenealogist.co.uk reached an agreement with The National Archives, UK to acquire and publish online the 1911 England and Wales Census. The complete set of 1911 Census records go live on Ancestry.com by county, starting in late 2010 and completing in 2011.\xa0 \xa0 NARA announced New Options Now Available for Reproductions of National Archives Holdings If you\u2019re looking to order copies of NARA\u2019s holdings \u2013 including copies now available in digital form \u2013 you can use one of the following methods: m from frpom the NARA website For microfilm orders, researchers can use the o\xa0\xa0\xa0or FamilySearch recently published its first digital Chinese collection, along with additional digital image collections from Belgium, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Twenty million additional indexed records were also published for Civil War and Revolutionary War collections and the 1851 Census for England and Wales. Library of Congress\xa0\xa0-\xa01100 finding aids will now lead remote and onsite researchers to more than 32 million archival items. Australian Newspapers The National Library of Australia has launched a new version of their and a user forum\xa0 Google Earth UpdatesThe Google Earth and Maps Imagery team has just released another extensive batch of aeriel and satellite images. Check out: The Baltimore Maritime Museum in Baltimore, Maryland U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Get the complete picture of the updated imagery\xa0KML download and view in Google Earth for viewing in Google Earth. \xa0 \xa0 \u201cWho Do You Think You Are?\u201d is coming back for a second season in January 2011, and is already doing some at the State Archives in Trenton NJ.\xa0 Read about. \xa0 MAILBOX: From Pat:\xa0\xa0\u201cI just listened to your 100th episode with great nostalgia. \xa0Can something so "young" in years still create nostalgia for breaking a milestone such as this? \xa0YES!\u2026I did notice how many callers mentioned blogging thanks to your encouragement and lessons. \xa0I wonder if that might be an interesting survey--how many people started blogs directly thanks to your influence in Genealogy Gems? \xa0I know I did!\u201d\xa0 Michael wrote in about Google Earth for Genealogy:\xa0\u201cI have very much enjoyed learning about GLO Records and Google Earth.\xa0 I went back to the site yesterday and discovered that they have enhanced their website. At \u2026Thank you again for a great program, I have been plotting my families birth, marriage, death, burial, land patents, etc.\xa0 It has been very revealing and helpful in suggesting new places to go look for more info.\u201d Robert wrote:\xa0\u201cI am a relatively new listener to your Genealogy Gems podcasts\u2026Being in the over 50 crowd and not very "techy savy", I had my daughter help me and now I am busy catching up on all the episodes.\xa0 I routinely listen to them when I go on my daily runs through my iPhone.\xa0 What a wonderful and I cannot begin to\xa0thank you enough.\u201d See Lisa at: April 16 & 17, of 2011Edmonton, Alberta GEM: Professional Genealogist Interview with Alvie Davidson, of