Monday, January 4, 2010

First Ever Genealogy Podcast App for iPhone/iTouch Now Available!


SAN RAMON, Calif. – January 4, 2009  -  The Genealogy Gems Podcast, the #1  podcast in the genealogy category in iTunes has launched the first ever genealogy podcast app for iPhone and iTouch (in partnership with Wizzard Media).   The Genealogy Gems Podcast app provides users with streaming genealogy audio and video on the go, and exclusive Bonus Content.


A free “online genealogy radio show,” The Genealogy Gems Podcast has provided innovative research strategies, family history expert and celebrity interviews, and genealogy news since 2007.   These “gems” of genealogical information inspire family history researchers of all experience levels and helps them make the most of their valuable research time.  The new app provides one more way for the popular podcast to reach it’s worldwide audience.


“Mobile technology is the wave of the future,” says Producer and Creator Lisa Louise Cooke.  “At Genealogy Gems we strive to be out in front bringing the highest quality genealogy education to those seeking to enrich their lives through family history research.  The app makes this possible on a whole new level.”


The app streams all the episodes (including show notes!), and new episodes are downloaded automatically.  Bonus content on the new app includes exclusive material such as audio files and custom genealogy themed wallpaper, as well as Cooke’s 20 page pdf e-book 5 Fabulous Google Research Strategies for the Family Historian.  New bonus content will be added as episodes are published.  Cooke says users have much to look forward to, “There’s always something new coming to your iPhone and iTouch with the Genealogy Gems Podcast app!


About Genealogy Gems
Genealogy Gems is one of the leading producers of online quality genealogy-related media.  Also found at the Genealogy Gems Web site http://www.GenealogyGems.TV , recognized as one of the 101 Best Web Sites for Family History  2009: The Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast, the Genealogy Gems TV Channel at YouTube, the Genealogy Gems News BlogGenealogy Gems Premium Membership including exclusive podcasts and videos, and The Genealogy Gems Podcast Toolbar. 


Lisa Louise Cooke is the author of Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies, and national genealogy speaker.  She also produces and hosts The Family Tree Magazine Podcast, teaches online webinars,  and writes and produces videos for the magazine.


Media Contacts:
Genealogy Gems
Lisa Louise Cooke, Producer and Creator 
Phone:  (925) 272-4021


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