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Published May 17, 2011 In this episode we cover little white lies told at the turn-of=-the-century about divorce, and The Photo Detective Maureen Taylor joins us from Who Do You Think You Are? Live in London. \xa0 "Like" the \xa0 \xa0 NEWS:\xa0 \xa0 National Archives EStore Opens Online Click the Bargain Vault link in the menu\xa0 \xa0 The National Archives UK 9 June 2011, they will be taking part in #AskArchivists Day along with other archives from around the world. #AskArchivists on \xa0\xa0 \xa0 A new service helps you synchronize between your computer desktop family tree database programs and some of the popular online family tree websites. \xa0 \xa0 Ancestry.com Example of WebSearch:\xa0 .\xa0\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 MAILBOX: includes the webinar recording of Getting the Scoop on Your Ancestors From Old Newspapers \xa0 Google Search Tips and Tricks \xa0 \xa0 \xa0\xa0 Upcoming webinar \xa0 If you would like to talk to Lisa about possibly doing a webinar for your group, email Lisa\u2019s Seminars and Webinars at Genealogy Gems \xa0 Juliana asks about PAF and records from Brazil . Search the FamilySearch Wiki on brazil research. \xa0\xa0 Elizabeth has a question about turn of the century divorces:\xa0 \u201cI have found a handful of couples that around the turn of the century that had separated or divorced, but one or both of the people told the census taker they were "widowed".\xa0\xa0 Until I realized this was happening I simply took the "widowed" at face value and moved on. Are there resources you might suggest for finding divorce information around the turn of the last century?\u201d \xa0 by the Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of the Census from 1909.\xa0 This is an incredibly comprehensive book covering marriage and divorce statstics for not only the U.S. but around the world.\xa0 \xa0 On page 50 the report comes right out and states: \xa0 \u201cIt should be remembered, however, that in th eUnit3ed States the number of divorced persons reported by the general census of population is grossly deficient, because many persons who are divorced, being sensitive in regard to the fact, report themselves as single or widowed.\u201d \xa0\xa0 Search \u201cDivorce\u201d in the \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 GEM:\xa0 The Photo Detective at WDYTYA in London Interview with Maureen and some of the folks waiting in line \xa0 Websites mentioned in this episode: Photos through the Ages using ) free signup \xa0 \xa0 Lisa\u2019s upcoming appearances: The June 9-11, 2011 teaching classes and presenting the Genealogy Gems Podcast Live! \xa0 June 24 & 25, 2011. \xa0 in Overland Park, Kansas on July 29 & 30, 2011