Episode 202

The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 202 Lisa Louise Cooke   Highlights of this episode include: AncestryDNA’s new Genetic Communities: An Interview with Catherine Ball, Ancestry’s Chief Scientific Officer; Meet contestant Joe Greer from Relative Race, the genealogy reality show; The new Genealogy Gems Book Club featured title: a novel from an internationally best-selling author A botched reference to the 1950 census in a Stephen King novel—and 5 tips for counting down to the 1950 census release in exactly 5 years Naming traditions tip from a listener Lisa’s Google search strategies: search operators, YouTube and more   NEWS: ANCESTRYDNA GENETIC COMMUNITIES FREE VIDEO: about new AncestryDNA study   NEWS: MYHERITAGE CONSISTENCY CHECKER Access by logging in to your MyHeritage account and find this tool under the Family Tree dropdown menu:  Thank you to our sponsor: The tool searches for different kinds of potential errors or inconsistencies in your tree:   A Similar Tool: RootsMagic Problem Search In RootsMagic, find it under the Tools menu. Select Problem Search, then Problem List to select the different kinds of problems you can have RootsMagic identify for you and to choose what age ranges you decide are out of bounds for a new father or mother. Thank you to our wonderful sponsors:   MAILBOX: NAMING TRADITIONS   tip from listener with Irish expert Kate Eakman (Use promo code GEMS17 for 10% off this great product. Good through 12/31/17.)   2 more places to find naming traditions: Google search: for the name of the country or ethnic group, plus naming traditions MAILBOX: GOOGLE SEARCH OPERATOR TIP: “Oppenheim the butcher, NOT the bomb!” FREE VIDEO TUTORIAL: , 2nd edition by Lisa Louise Cooke MAILBOX: STEPHEN KING AND THE 1950 CENSUS To search inside books in Amazon:   INTERVIEW: JOE GREER ON RELATIVE RACE Meet Team Black: Joe and Madison Greer of Portland, OR : “What happens when genealogy meets reality TV? Using their DNA as a guide, contestants embark on the ultimate road trip across America, completing challenges and meeting unknown relatives along the way.” to watch past episodes online for free.  The last two episodes of season two, 9 & 10, will air back to back respectively at 7pm MT/9pm ET and 8pm MT/10PM ET on Sunday, April 30.  to learn more about the show   BONUS CONTENT FOR GENEALOGY GEMS APP USERSFree PDF summary of 8 top genealogy TV shows from the past several years and where you can watch them online—a few of them for free, including Relative Race. The and $2.99 for .   INTERVIEW: Catherine Ball, Chief Scientific Officer, Ancestry.com About : Introducing AncestryDNA Genetic Communities Thanks to Your DNA Guide Diahan Southard for joining us to talk about this new development in genetic genealogy. to learn more about Diahan’s how-to DNA video tutorials and personal consultation services for solving your family history mysteries with DNA.    GENEALOGY GEMS BOOK CLUB New featured title: by Fannie Flagg   A multi-generational novel about a Swedish immigrant and the town he builds in the American Midwest by luring other Swedish settlers and a mail-order bride. As characters die, they take up residency in the local cemetery and continue to comment on the activities and people of the town. Also recommended by Fannie Flagg:   New from past Book Club authors: by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, a novella in his popular Forensic Genealogist series by Chris Cleave is now available in   PROFILE AMERICA: PRODUCTION CREDITS Lisa Louise Cooke, Host and Producer Sunny Morton, Editor Diahan Southard, Your DNA Guide, Content Contributor Lacey Cooke, Service Manager Vienna Thomas, Associate Producer