Episode 87 - Scouting for Ancestors

Published: April 24, 2010, 2:47 a.m.

b'Stay tuned\\xa0for upcoming Genealogy Gems Webinars: "I have participated in other webinars but your relaxed and friendly style really make it fun!"- Martha Zervoudakis \\xa0 "Thank you so much. It was wonderful. I could almost see you standing in front of the classroom. Please do more!" - Joan Sanaker \\xa0 \\xa0 NEWS: FamilySearch New indexing projects announced. Recently Completed Projects: Deutschland, Baden, Achern, Kirchenbucher, 1810 to1869 Part B France, Paris, Registres Protestants, 1612 to 1906 Part C U.S., Indiana, Clay County, Marriages, 1811 to 1959 U.S., Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey 1910 Federal Census \\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0 World Vital Records has been announcing the addition of passenger data files to their site: The Italians to America Passenger Data File 1855 to 1900. Germans to America passenger data file 1850 to 1897 Russians to America Passenger Data File 1834 to1897 \\xa0 For our British Listeners: WDYTYA? US series to air in the UK starting April 25. \\xa0 The \\xa0Southern California Genealogy society Jamboree January 11 thru 13, 2010 in Burbank, CA.\\xa0 And the Early-Bird Discount Deadline is fast approaching.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 MAILBOX: Carol Kendall asked about the Transcription program recommended on the Family History podcast. \\xa0The Transcription software was discussed in Family History A software program called available \\xa0 Deborah Mullins Vernon asks about adding sources to online Family Trees \\xa0 Feedback on "I had my popcorn while I watched Part 2, 3, 4 of Google Earth videos.\\xa0 I am learning so much.\\xa0 Thank you!"\\xa0 - Susan Miller Hawkins \\xa0 \\xa0 GEM:\\xa0Scouting for Ancestors Interview with Mark Tucker \\xa0 \\xa0asks for advice on searching for live people, and specifically Girl Scouts. she has a newspaper article about her. In the article is a picture of her with three Senior Girl Scouts. She would like to try to find them or their decendants to offer them a copy.\\xa0 When it comes to finding living people you can find a lot of information about that in Premium episode 3 which is all about finding living people using private eye techniques.\\xa0 The archived episode is available through the \\xa0 Lisa\'s article \\xa0is the cover story on the newest issue of Family Tree Magazine (July 2010) \\xa0\\xa0 Mark Tucker of the ThinkGenealogy blog\\xa0is not only passionate about scouting, but has been doing his homework to investigate what type of family history information might be gleaned through researching an ancestors scouting history. \\xa0 And what better time than now to talk about the Boy Scouts as this wonderful organization celebrates it\'s 100 years of scouting this year. \\xa0 So let\\u2019s listen in and see what Mark Tucker can tell us about scouting in our family history. \\xa0 If you would like to learn more about scouting: \\xa0 For Boy Scouts head to the website \\xa0\\xa0 For the Girl Scouts visits their and you can go directly to the on the site to locate and get in touch with the council where ancestors participated in scouting.\\xa0 \\xa0 Check out Genealogy blogger Denise Levenick\\u2019s blog post \\xa0 by Denise Levenick \\xa0 If you have any experience with researching your scouting ancestors or find a gem after listening to this episode, please .\\xa0 I know we would all love to hear about! \\xa0 \\xa0 The Scoutmaster handbook on Also Search Boys Life And Scouting Magazine \\xa0 Try scout searches on Family History Library : \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 You can\\xa0help make this free podcast possible\\xa0by\\xa0getting to\\xa0your favorite shopping website through the links on the Genealogy Gems website.\\xa0 Thank you!'