The Genealogy Guys Podcast #437

The Genealogy Guys Podcast #437

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

November 27, 2025 · 46 min

About this episode

The episode celebrates 20 years of the podcast and discusses significant updates in genealogy resources and DNA testing.

The Guys are celebrating 20 YEARS of the podcast! News You Can Use and Share! MyHeritage is making a landmark move to Whole Genome Sequencing for its at-home DNA test. See https://blog.myheritage.com/2025/10/myheritage-upgrades-its-dna-tests-to-whole-genome-sequencing/ for more details. MyHeritage has released a major update to its Theory of Family Relativity with 103 million new theories. MyHeritage announced that the 1921 England & Wales Census is now available to search online. MyHeritage has added 95 million marriage records extracted from newspapers using advanced AI on MyHeritage. Legacy Family Tree Webinars has expanded to offer a new series of webinars in Spanish. Newspapers.com and Gannett Co., Inc., are partnering to make hundreds of newspapers available online. [Gannett Co., Inc. has just rebranded as USA Today Co.] FamilySearch added 21 million new records in October and 18 million new records in November. Listener Email Hal Barker writes to encourage people to use the Korean War Project website ( https://www.koreanwar.org/ ) for research on military ancestors and family members involved in this conflict. Julia writes to inquire about organizing a genealogy society…

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Hosts: George G. Morgan, Drew Smith

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Organizations: MyHeritage, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, Newspapers.com, Gannett Co., Inc., USA Today Co., FamilySearch, WikiTree

Places: England & Wales

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