The Genealogy Guys Podcast #436

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #436

From The Genealogy Guys Podcast & Genealogy Connection by George G. Morgan & Drew Smith

September 16, 2025 · 57 min

About this episode

The episode celebrates 20 years of the podcast while discussing new genealogy resources and listener stories.

The Guys are celebrating 20 YEARS of the podcast! News You Can Use and Share RootsMagic has released RootsMagic 11, with a cleaner interface, better searching, the ability to create and save AI prompts with the AI Prompt Builder, and more powerful reporting. MyHeritage added 94 million historical records in July and 135 million records in August! MyHeritage has added 11 new creative effects to its LiveMemory TM image navigator. The Jewish Board at http://JewishBoard.org announced the launch of two free genealogy databases: National Desertion Bureau Card Catalog (1911-1935) at https://150yearsofcare.org/ndb-database/ , and the United Hebrew Charities of New York Recipients & Donors (1869-1877) at https://150yearsofcare.org/uhc-recipients/ . The Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center and Vivid-Pix have partnered to host an all-day conference on 3 October 2025 from 9 AM to 4 PM in the ACPL Main Library Theater. Its focus is on working with elder care organizations to enrich the lives of dementia patients and their caregivers. FamilySearch added 5 million new records from twelve (12) countries. Listener Email Laura writes to share a very successful newspaper research story. Tom…

People in this episode

Hosts: George G. Morgan, Drew Smith

Topics covered

  • genealogy
  • podcast anniversary
  • historical records
  • family history
  • dementia care
  • military history

Keywords

  • RootsMagic 11
  • MyHeritage records
  • genealogy databases
  • dementia patients
  • FamilySearch
  • newspaper research
  • military personnel stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RootsMagic, MyHeritage, The Jewish Board, National Desertion Bureau, United Hebrew Charities of New York, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Vivid-Pix

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