The Guys have been on a hiatus because of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the damage in Florida.

News You Can Use and Share!

• David Rencher, Chief Genealogy Officer at FamilySearch, received the Italian Heraldic Genealogical Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
• MyHeritage has given its Inbox a fresh new look.
• MyHeritage added 56 million new records in September 2004.
• MyHeritage has updated its Theory of Family Relativity facility by 40%.
• Ancestry has launched its largest update to DNA matches.
• Findmypast has added large numbers of Cornwall baptisms, marriages, and burials.
• RootsTech 2025 registration Is now open and an early bird discount registration rate is available through 31 October 2024.

Listener Email

• Kelly asks for suggestions to locate marriage annulment records.
• Kristina has located her grandfather’s WWII draft registration card and wants to know how to proceed to obtain his service records.
• Jean shares a website, “A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations” at the JewishGen website.

Drew discusses the WikiTree Symposium online on 1-3 November 2024. He will be presenting a talk about Copyright and Plagiarism. Schedule.

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