About this episode

The episode covers recent updates in genealogy resources and historical records, including significant additions from MyHeritage and FamilySearch.

The Guys are back after an extended health crisis. News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage added 540 million historical records in May and 1.25 billion records in June! Among these are 731 million records from French newspapers, part of a push to expand its vast collections of new records from non-English language resources. Vivid-Pix has partnered with the National Institute for Dementia Education (NIDE) and PocketRN, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to assist in caring for aging memory care patients and their caregivers. FamilySearch International and Michigan State University have announced an extensive expansion to MSU's online collection, Enslaved, at https://enslaved.org/ , and at FamilySearch.org. The new dataset uses the 1900 U.S. federal census records to document formerly enslaved individuals and their families. (Enslaved.org is worthy of your financial support.) FamilySearch added 30 million new records from eight (8) countries, including Italian civil registration records, Brazilian cemetery records, and records from the American Medical Association's deceased physicians (1864-1968). Listener Email Joanne was thrilled with MyHeritage's addition of…

People in this episode

Hosts: George G. Morgan, Drew Smith

Topics covered

• genealogy
• historical records
• family history
• memory care
• census records
• research resources

Keywords

• genealogy
• MyHeritage
• FamilySearch
• historical records
• census
• memory care
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MyHeritage, National Institute for Dementia Education, PocketRN, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, FamilySearch International, Michigan State University, American Medical Association

Books & works: Enslaved

Places: Newark [NJ] Public Library, Essex County, New Jersey

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