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Genealogy Podcast Roundup – Week of October 4, 2011

headphones Every week, you can turn to the Genealogy Podcast Roundup for some excellent suggestions about what genealogy related podcasts you should be listening to. Some of them are dedicated entirely to genealogy concepts, and others touch on genealogy related topics once in a while.

GeneaBloggers has an episode that was released on September 30, 2011. This episode is called “Digging Deeper: Dealing with Conflicting Genealogy Evidence”. Myrt of DearMYRTLE is the host of this episode.

She speaks with special guest Barbara Mathews, who is a certified genealogist and the author of “The Demanding Genealogist” blog. She also speaks with special guest Claire V. Brisson-Banks, BS, MLIS, who is an accredited genealogist, and with special guest Michael Hait of Hait Family Research.

African Roots Podcast released episode number 130 on September 30, 2011. In this episode, host Angela Walton-Raji talks about the early bird deadline for registration for the Salt Lake Genealogy Institute. She mentions that RootsTech will take place in Salt Lake City in February of 2012. She also mentions the Lincoln-Lancaster Family History Fair, and the Dred and Harriet Scott Story.

FGS has an episode that was released on October 1, 2011. This episode is called “State Society Panel Discussion- Issues and Projects”. Host Randy Whited speaks with Harry Ross (the President of the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies), and Joyce Homan (Associate Director of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania), in this episode.

Genies Down Under has released the very first episode of their podcast. Episode One is called “You’re a long time dead: Cemetery stuff for Genies”. This is the October, 2011, episode of this genealogy podcast from Australia.

Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present has an episode that was released on October 3, 2011. This episode is called “The Mystery of the Gravestones”. Emily Williams tells the story of two gravestones that were unearthed during a construction project. Historians and curators are working to solve the mysteries presented by these gravestones.

The National Archives has an episode that was released on October 3, 2011. This episode is called “Searching for British records in the new FamilySearch website”. Sharon Hintze, the Director of the London Family History Centre in South Kensington gives some advice about how to search.

PRI Public Radio International has an episode that was released on September 29, 2011. This episode is called “One man’s sperm bank donations spawn more than 70 kids”. This episode questions whether or not sperm banks are monitoring how many children are produced from one donation.

Irish Roots Cafe has an episode that was released on October 3, 2011. This episode is called “12 Genealogy Books with New Color Maps by Irish County”. The episode discusses those books, and more.

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