The Genealogy Guys Podcast #249 - 2013 April 7

George is out of town speaking for the North Carolina Genealogical Society, so Drew hosts this episode, beginning with the following news items: British Origins adds South London burials to its London collection. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces a new partnership with its German equivalent, the German Association of Genealogical Associations (DAGV). FamilySearch indexing volunteers reach the 1 billion record milestone. Houstory thanks The Genealogy Guys for their previous coverage of their Heirloom Registry product. Ancestry.co.uk adds Wiltshire Church Records and Wiltshire Quaker Birth & Death records to its collection. AncestryDNA makes it easier to communicate with people who match, improves its website for mobile users, and provides the ability to download raw DNA data. Tim Sullivan, CEO of Ancestry.com, makes several important announcements at RootsTech 2013, including the new partnership with FamilySearch to digitize 140 million pages of U.S. probate records; spending $100 million to digitize, index, and put online new content; the availability of AncestryDNA for $99 for everyone (not just Ancestry subscribers); the increase in size of the AncestryDNA database; the update to the Ancestry.com iOS app; and the significant percentage of younger users coming into Ancestry.com using mobile devices. FamilySearch adds significant new collections for such areas as Georgia and Washington county marriages; civil records for Bologna, Italy; and court records for Trumbull County, Ohio Drew shares 3 interviews from RootsTech 2013, including: Judy G. Russell, who blogs at The Legal Genealogist Chris van der Kuyl, CEO of brightsolid (provider of FindMyPast.com) David Adelman, CEO of ReelGenie