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b'Published Nov 27, 2011 In this episode you are going to hear from Forensic Genealogist Leslie Lawson. \\xa0 Genealogy News \\xa0 Return of Who Do You think You Are? NBC has just announced that the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? will be returning to television screens here in the U.S on Friday, February 3 at 8pm.\\xa0 Since this falls at the same time as the RootsTech conference I wouldn\\u2019t be surprised if they plan a group screening for attendees. \\xa0 RootsTech 2012 The winner of the free RootsTech 2012 registration is Carol Genung. \\xa0 So I look forward to seeing Carol there and hopefully many of you listening \\u2013 there\\u2019s still plenty of time to register for the conference at rootstech.org.\\xa0 And for those of you unable to attend I\\u2019ll have videos that bring the experience to via your computer in the comfort of your own home. \\xa0 New Records at FamilySearch They\\u2019ve added a wde range of new records from 20 countries, including\\xa0 Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, England, Dominican Republic, Germany,\\xa0Italy, Philippines, and the U.S. The U.S. additions include records from California, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. \\xa0 RootsMagic Update RootsMagic has released a minor update\\xa0 (4.1.2.1) which fixes a few issues.\\xa0 Read more at the \\xa0 Google Milestones \\xa0 Google Earth has now had more than 1 billion downloads!\\xa0 \\xa0 Google celebrated it\\u2019s 15th birthday in September 2011. \\xa0 1000Memories Shoebox App 1000Mempories has launched a new free iPhone app called\\xa0 "Shoebox" that they say is like putting a scanner in your pocket.\\xa0 \\xa0 S \\xa0 Watch a \\xa0 Listen to Lisa\\u2019s interview with Michael Katchn of 1000Memories in \\xa0 \\xa0 MAILBOX \\xa0 I had the pleasure of being invited up to Victoria British Columbia in October 2011 to give a full day seminar on using Google for Genealogy at the Victoria Genealogical Society. I had a marvelous time and I\\u2019ve had the pleasure of hearing from several who were in attendance that day including this email from Mike who wrote in to say. \\xa0 \\u201cI couldn\'t make the seminar, sadly, but my better half -- Kate -- went and she came home brimming over with ideas, two books, a couple of DVDs and a ton of excitement!\\xa0 We\'ve been putting some of your ideas to great use, and having some walls get knocked down. Outstanding stuff!\\xa0 I\'ve also started listening to the GenealogyGems podcasts starting with #21, and in the first episode I already found some great hints on how to get US Naval records for my great-grandfather. Where have you been all my life?!\\xa0 Thank you again for everything you do for the Genealogical community. You ARE one of the Genealogy Gems!! \\u201c \\xa0 \\xa0 Feedback on Steve Luxenberg Interview A topic causing my mailbox to overflow was my interview with Steve Luxenberg and his wonderful book Annie\\u2019s Ghost \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 Maureen posted on my Facebook Wall\\u201d \\u201cGenealogy Gems episodes 120 and 121 are, by far, two of the best family history research podcasts that I\'ve ever heard. Steve Luxenberg author of Annie\'s Ghost was full of great research ideas. These podcasts are keepers!" \\xa0 Brandt posted: "Thanks for the interviews with Steve Luxenberg and the recommendation for Annie\'s Ghosts. I LOVED the book, and the interviews added a lot to it. Hope he writes another one soon!" \\xa0 Larraine posted: "Annie\'s Ghost by Steve Luxenberg is excellent. I can\'t put it down! It\'s thanks to you Lisa that I discovered the book after listening to your podcasts." \\xa0 Julie M. emailed: \\u201cI just had to tell you how enjoyable your interview with Steve Luxenberg was! After the first part, I immediately ordered his book for Kindle (through your site, of course) and started it right away. It is compelling reading and I\'m hooked on it. \\xa0What a great story told by a quality story-teller! I find it hard to put it down and look forward to getting back to it as quickly as possible. Perhaps you need to start a "good reads" section in your podcasts or newsletters. Hooked on your podcasts and trying to catch up on all of them.\\u201d I think that\\u2019s an excellent idea! or leave a voice mail and tell me if you would be interested in a Genealogy Gems Book Club.\\xa0 \\xa0 Find out more about the book at\\xa0. Click on "Behind the Book," to view documents not part of the print edition. \\xa0 \\xa0 More Terms of Endearment for Grandparents: And there\\u2019s another topic that we\\u2019ve discussed here on the show that you\\u2019ve been continuing to write me about and that is terms of endearment for our Grandparents. \\xa0 Sharon\\u2019s cute quip: \\u201cWhen my son was born, my father would lean over him and put his hand on his belly and shake him a little bit saying "You little bum, you little bum!".\\xa0 Well guess what my son started calling Grandpa from the moment he could form the word, "Bum!\\u2026As always Lisa, thanks for informative and entertaining podcasts!\\u201d \\xa0 What Will Our Descendents Covet? In this next email, long time listener Pat poses an interesting question: What do you think our descendants will wish they had of ours 100 years in the future? \\xa0 What comes to my mind I there is one thing that is becoming more rare today but has been around forever - our own handwriting. Everyone used to write letters and yet today we call, text and email. And yet handwriting is so personal. I think perhaps our descendants will be yearning for those rare handwriting examples. \\xa0 I\\u2019d love to hear from the rest of you listening.\\xa0 \\xa0 or leave a voicemail comment at 925-272-4021. \\xa0 Laurie asks: \\u201cIf I become a premium member, how do I listen on my iPod?\\xa0 Is that only available on the computer?\\u201d \\xa0 As a you can add our custom Premium Membership iTunes feed to your iTunes to subscribe to the premium podcasts. All the instructions are included in the show notes for the Welcome episode. \\xa0You can also download the mp3 files from the website and manually add them to your iPod if you wish. \\xa0 Family Health History: Lisa wrote in recently with some questions around family health histories.\\xa0 She writes: \\u201dI was recently told that I have breast cancer and that got me thinking about what other medical issues I should be aware of...I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction to finding out my family medical history.\\u201d \\xa0 Lisa I\'m so sorry to hear about the diagnosis and I hope that it is early and very treatable. \\xa0 I think Google Books would be a great place to start as they have all of the Ancestry magazines digitized and online. A quick search of medical history brought up several promising articles. here are some to get you started: Building a Tree of Prevention (article) article in Ancestry Magazine (section of article) has a health history focus I wish you a speedy recovery and I hope these resources are helpful to you. Take care! \\xa0 Feedback from Kari on one of her favorite Genealogy Gems episodes: \\u201cI love your podcasts.\\xa0 I have learned so many things from you and your guests.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 was one of my favorites.\\xa0 Your story about the barbie clothes and the sewing box brought back memories for me! \\xa0 Kari asked about possible resources for creating a family calendar.\\xa0 Lisa\\u2019s suggestions: \\xa0 Family Chartmasters (for more custom 1 sheet work) Click image below: \\xa0 Costco (for more quick and traditional calendars) \\xa0 \\xa0(for good quality, fast service and variety of sizes) \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 Get your free audio book and over 40,000 audio book titles to choose from at Audible: \\xa0 \\xa0 Audiobook tItles mentioned in this episode: The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro Finding Oprah\'s Roots: Finding Your Own by Henry Louis Gates \\xa0 GEM: A Forensic Genealogist Interview with Forensic Genealogist Leslie Lawson. \\xa0Leslie specializes in missing heirs, and kinship determination. Visit Leslie\'s website: \\xa0Lawson Reserach Services, LLC at \\xa0 \\xa0 GEM: Your Life in 5 Minutes with Sunny Morton Visit Sunny online at Get Sunny\'s book "Your Life & Times: A Guided Journal for Collecting Your Stories by clicking this link:\\xa0 \\xa0 Lisa\\u2019s \\u201ciPad for Genealogy\\u201d article will appear in Family Tree Magazine Jan 2012 issue and it starts mailing to subscribers 11/8'