EWGS Presidents: Guy Alfred Clumpner

This is the fourteenth in the series on the Presidents of EWGS leading up to the 75th anniversary in 2010. See the previous posts on Samuel Pool Weaver, Leora Cookingham Thiel, Susan Marie West Jack, Ruth Churchill Austin, Alfred Denman, Florence Ballou Brown, Harriet Jefferson Pinkham, Mary Elizabeth Dow Maltbie and Achsah Maltbie Rawlings, Lee DeGolyer Patchen, Susie Elliott Faubion, Edith Webb Nelson and Carrie Teats Lartigue

Guy Alfred Clumpner was elected President of EWGS in 1958, and served only four months till his death April 21, 1958. Guy was born June 13, 1887 in Viroqua, Wisconsin, son of Alfred Eugene Clumpner (1857-1961)and Jennie (Allen) Clumpner. (1867-1949). Guy's grandfather William Clumpner was born in Holland 1836 and died in Wisconsin 1911. Guy married Helen Woodward Browne August 15, 1914 in Michigan. Helen was a school teacher and so was Guy. After they were married they took a train to Riverside, Washington where Guy became first a Principal and later Superintendent of Schools at Conconully Washington. The moved several times after that first to Brewster, and Winthrop in Washington, then Harrison and Kellogg in Idaho, Rosalia, Clarkston, Moxee City, Rainier, Orting, and Puyallup in Washington. Finally settling in Spokane. He sold insurance for a while and then went back to teaching at Moran Prairie and Elk, Washington before retiring in 1956. Guy and Helen had five children Alfred Browne, Eugene Rawson, Edward Bruce, William Henry and Benjamin Hugh Clumpner. Alfred Browne was a bomber pilot over Germany in WWII and died when his bomber was shot down. Helen Woodward Browne was born July 25, 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Spokane July 27, 1965. She was a descendant of Samuel (1787-1856) and Dorcas (Jordan)(1794-1866) Brown from New Hampshire and Maine, and Rufus J. (1798-1842) and Leah (Wetherell)(1798-1842) Woodward both from Maine. Helen was a member of the Esther Reed Chapter of the DAR.

New Titles in the Genealogy Room: Land Patent Books

EWGS librarian Juanita McBride announced that the society recently purchased five volumes of the Family Maps series of land patent books with the 2009 Memorial Book fund. These include all the volumes currently available for Washington and Idaho:

• Spokane County - WA
  
• Whitman County - WA
• Walla Walla County - WA
• Asotin County - WA
• Kootenai County - ID
  
• Latah County - ID

The following is a description of these volumes from the publisher's website and author, Gregory A. Boyd:

The Family Maps series of Land Patent Books are published county by county, state by state, for original settlers whose purchases are indexed in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management database. For the first time, you can locate your ancestor's federal land purchase by simply finding them in a surname index, then an all-name index, which directs you to a map of first-land-owners. And now you can learn who your ancestors' neighbors were! The Family Maps books are a helpful visual reference tool that make your federal lands research easier than ever.

Each Township has a Patent Map, Patent Index, Road Map, and a Map we call an Historical Map, which includes Waterways, Watercourses & Railroads. The Road and Historical Maps also include the City-centers and cemeteries that can be found at NationalAtlas.gov. There is also a Surname/Patent Index and a Surname/Township Index to help you dive into the right area of the County. Included Appendices identify multi-Patentee buying groups and also list the numerous Aliquot (section) parts you might find.

Attorney, genealogist, and software engineer, Gregory A. Boyd, has mapped the federal land patents (original land-owners) contained in the indexes of the Bureau of Land Management and Arphax Publishing brings you the resultant new books each week. Each volume provides you maps of indexed federal land patents for a county, with one map per Congressional township. Also included are two additional maps per township that geo-reference the land-tracts to existing roads, waterways, communities, cemeteries, railroads, etc. The Patent Maps are essentially plat-maps, but contain first land-owners, no matter what year they acquired the tract.

This series provides the best tool ever for re-constructing frontier neighborhoods, migration-patterns, and devising maiden-name possibilities. Many "burned" counties magically become researchable, thanks to these tools being generated from Federal records.

These titles are held in the Genealogy Room on the third floor of the Downtown Branch of the Spokane Public Library at 906 W. Main Avenue. With the branch now being open on Mondays, you will have even more opportunities to utilize the many genealogical resources there!

Downtown Library Reopens on Monday

From the City of Spokane News Release:

Spokane Public Library’s Downtown branch will resume offering Monday open hours starting Monday, January 25. The branch will be open 10:00 am – 6:00 pm; the Northwest Room will not be available on Mondays.

The Downtown Library has been closed on Mondays since the beginning of 2005 when severe budget cuts caused hours reductions at all library branches. Library customers have been unhappy about the lack of Monday hours since then and the Library’s administrative staff and board have been diligently working to restore hours at all branches. Last year, Monday hours were added to the busiest branches: South Hill and Shadle. Downtown follows suit this year.
The Library is able to add the Monday hours Downtown with no additional funding.

Reallocation of staff and greater use of self-service options by customers make this addition of eight hours weekly possible.

FamilySearch Indexing Update: New Portuguese Interface and Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Marriage Certificates Added

20 January 2010

FamilySearch Indexing is excited to announce a new Portuguese interface for the program. The first project available in Portuguese is a collection of marriage certificates from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other new projects this week include the 1910 Census for four states, as well as records from Canada and Germany.

New Projects in the Past Two Weeks

• Brasil, Rio de Janeiro—Matrimonios, 1900–1910 [Piloto]
• Canada—1871 Mortality Census
• Deutschland, Westfalen, Minden—Volkszählung, 1880–1900 (In partnership with Mindener Geschichtsverein)
• U.S., Florida—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Georgia—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Kansas—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Louisiana—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Rhode Island—1905 State Census [Part 3]
  

 (See the chart below for a complete list and current status of all indexing projects.)


Recently Completed Projects

(Note: Recently completed projects have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication.)

• Canada, British Columbia—Deaths, 1872–1986 [Part 3]
• France, Paris—Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part B]
• Jamaica, Clarendon—Births, 1878–1930
• U.S., Alabama—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Arizona—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., California—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Colorado—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Connecticut—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Delaware—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., District of Columbia—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Idaho—1910 Federal Census
• U.S., Ohio—Tax Records, Post-1825 [Part 2]
• U.S., Rhode Island—1905 State Census [Part 2]
• Venezuela, Mérida—Registros Parroquiales, 1654–1992 [Parte 1]

Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion

Argentina, Balvanera—Registros Parroquiales, 1833–1934 [Parte A]	Spanish	23%
Argentina, Balvanera—Registros Parroquiales, 1833–1934 [Parte B]	Spanish	1%
Argentina, Cordoba—Matrimonios, 1642–1931	Spanish	93%
Argentina, Santa Fe—Registros Parroquiales, 1634–1926 [Parte A]	Spanish	9%
Argentina, Santa Fe—Registros Parroquiales, 1634-1926 [Parte B]	Spanish	4%
Belgium, Antwerp—Foreigners Index, 1840–1930	English	79%
Brasil, Rio de Janeiro—Matrimonios, 1900–1910 [Piloto]	Portuguese	(New)
Canada—1871 Mortality Census	English	(New)
Canada, Québec, Montreal—Régistres Paroissiaux, 1800–1900	French	11%
Česká republika, Litoměřice – Matriky 1552-1905 [část 1] (Tschechien, Litomerice—Kirchenbücher [Teil 1])	German	21%
Chile, Concepción—Registros Civiles, 1885–1903 [Parte 2A]	Spanish	12%
Chile, Concepción—Registros Civiles, 1885–1903 [Parte 2B]	Spanish	2%
Colombia, Bucaramanga—Registros Parroquiales, 1649–1959	Spanish	1%
Colombia, Marinilla—Registros Parroquiales, 1815–1959	Spanish	13%
Deutschland, Baden, Achern—Kirchenbücher, 1810–1869 [Part 1]	German	20%
Deutschland, Brandenburg—Kirchenbücher, 1789–1875	German	91%*
Deutschland, Mecklenburg—Volkszählung, 1890 [Div 39–69]	German	21%
España, Avila, Navalmoral—Registros Parroquiales, 1530–1935	Spanish	61%
España, Lugo—Registros Parroquiales, 1530–1930 [Parte 1]	Spanish	31%
France, Cherbourg—Registres Paroissiaux, 1802–1907	French	9%
France, Coutances—Registres Paroissiaux 1802–1907	French	5%
France, Coutances, Paroisses de la Manche, 1792–1906	French	90%
France, Paris—Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Partie 3]	French	13%
France, Saint-Lo—Registres Paroissiaux, 1802–1907	French	21%
Guatemala, Huehuetenango y San Marcos—Registros Civiles, 1877–1900	Spanish	27%
Italia, Napoli, Castellammare di Stabia—Atti di Morte, 1809–1936	Italian	28%
Mexico, DF—Registros Parroquiales, 1898–1933 [Parte 3]	Spanish	30%
Mexico, Hidalgo—1930 Federal Censo	Spanish	77%
Mexico, Jalisco—1930 Federal Censo	Spanish	43%
Mexico, Michoacan—1930 Federal Censo	Spanish	17%
Mexico, Nuevo Leon—1930 Federal Censo	Spanish	28%
New Zealand—Passenger Lists, 1871–1915	English	77%
Nicaragua, Managua—Registros Civiles, 1879–1984 [Parte 1]	Spanish	42%
Russland, Sankt Petersburg—Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1833–1885	German	2%
South Africa, Cape Province—Church Records, 1660–1970	English	21%
Sverige, Södermanland—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]	Swedish	5%
Sverige, Uppsala—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]	Swedish	20%
Sverige, Örebro—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]	Swedish	1%
U.K., Cheshire—Parish Records, 1538–1850 [Part 2]	English/Old English	70%
U.K., Essex—Parish Registers, 1538–1900 [Part 1]	English	2%
U.K., Warwickshire—Parish Registers, 1754-1900 [Part 1]	English	32%
U.S., Florida—1910 Federal Census	English	(New)
U.S., Georgia—1910 Federal Census	English	(New)
U.S., Indiana, Clark County—Marriages, 1811–1959	English	60%
U.S., Indiana, Dubois County—Marriages, 1811–1959	English	52%
U.S., Indiana, Harrison County—Marriages, 1811–1959	English	74%
U.S., Indiana, Marshall County—Marriages, 1811–1959	English	54%
U.S., Kansas—1910 Federal Census	English	(New)
U.S., Louisiana—1910 Federal Census	English	(New)
U.S., Rhode Island—1905 State Census [Part 3]	English	(New)
U.S., Rhode Island—1935 State Census	English	72%
Venezuela, Mérida—Registros Parroquiales, 1654–1992 [Parte 2]	Spanish	3%
Österreich, Wiener Meldezettel, 1890–1925	German	6%
Украина, Киев—Метрические Книги, 1840–1842	Russian	63%

(*Percentage refers to a specific portion of a larger project.)


Current FamilySearch Partner Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion

Australia, Victoria—Probate Records, 1853–1989	English	82%
België—Burgerlijke Stand, 1851-1900 [Deel 2]	Dutch	6%
België, Mechelen—Overlijdens Registers, 1851-1900	Dutch, Flemish	76%
Belgique—Registres Civile, 1851–1900 [Partie A]	French	2%
Belgique—Registres Des Décès—En Français, 1796–1910	French	85%*
Canada, Ontario, Toronto—Trust Cemeteries, 1826–1935	English	2%
Deutschland, Bremen—Schifflisten, 1904–1914	German	95%
Deutschland, Westfalen, Minden—Volkszählung, 1880–1900	German	(New)
España, Avila, Madrigal y Garganta—Registros Parroquiales, 1530–1935	Spanish	22%
France, Quimper et Leon—Registres Paroissiaux, 1772–1909 [Part 1]	French	43%
Norway—1875 Census [Part 1]	Norwegian	91%
Perú, Lima—Registros Civiles, 1910–1930 [Parte 4]	Spanish	50%
Philippines, Lingayen, Dagupan—Registros Parroquiales, 1615–1982	Spanish	7%
U.K., Norfolk—Parish Registers, 1538–1900	English	1%
U.S., Ohio—Tax Records, Post 1825 [Part 3]	English	1%
U.S., Utah, Salt Lake County—Birth Registers, 1890–1908	English	4%
U.S., Utah, Salt Lake County—Death Registers, 1848–1940	English	28%

  (*Percentage refers to a specific portion of a larger project.)


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EWGS Presidents: Carrie Teats Lartigue

This is the thirteenth in the series on the Presidents of EWGS leading up to the 75th anniversary in 2010. See the previous posts on Samuel Pool Weaver, Leora Cookingham Thiel, Susan Marie West Jack, Ruth Churchill Austin, Alfred Denman, Florence Ballou Brown, Harriet Jefferson Pinkham, Mary Elizabeth Dow Maltbie and Achsah Maltbie Rawlings, Lee DeGolyer Patchen, Susie Elliott Faubion and Edith Webb Nelson.


Carrie Teats Lartigue started researching her family in 1953 and stumbled around for more than a year before she heard of EWGS and joined in 1954. Carrie was born at Peck, Lewis County Idaho, daughter of George Henry and Anna (Kole) Teats. She married twice, Jack Fannon was first and they had one son Jack L. Fannon. She married second Weston L. Lartigue. He was born at Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, son of Henry Clay and Elizabeth (Dailey) Lartigue. She was a member of Esther Reed Chapter of DAR, IOOF and Mission Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Volume 16 page 11 of the EWGS Bulletin has an article on Carrie titled Carrie Who?. We all know Carrie Lartigue - or do we really? She is that lady with the twinkling eyes and contagious smile; the one that is so quiet you don't really notice that she is around but whose presence is felt in all of the activities of EWGS.
She joined the society in 1954 and has been a continually active member longer than any other. She has been a major factor in the growth and success of the society. She knows the "jobs" do not get done by themselves but require individual and group efforts for successful completion. Many of the projects for the society have been carried out personally by her, other projects with the help of her late husband, Weston, and still other projects with the assistance of other volunteers.

This picture is of a group of cemetery readers organized by Carrie.

Some of Carrie's success stories: The assembly and indexing of approximately 150 scrapbooks containing the queries and answers from the Hartford Times and the Boston Transcript; copying at least 8 of the cemeteries in the Spokane Rural Cemetery volumes, copying and publishing Whitman, Lincoln Adams, Pend Oreille and Stevens County cemetery records; copying and publishing Books A and B of Spokane County Marriages; publishing the holdings in the genie room of the library; preparing numerous index cards for the Patchen file; indexing books written by other members; compiled two or three books on her own families; and doubtless other efforts which do not come to mind at the moment.

In addition to the above, Carrie is a Life Member of the Society, has been President(1956-1957), Treasurer, Librarian and Trustee. She has served as a library helper and project chairman.

Weston Lartigue died July 18, 1975 and Carrie died September 9, 1990 and Find a Grave has their tombstone picture.

Editor Note: Carrie Lartigue was probably the second most important President of EWGS; as you can see she did a lot of projects to help EWGS and other members.

FamilySearch Record Search Update: 25 Million New Free Records Added

13 January 2010

25 million new free records added for Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, England, Germany, Guatemala, South Africa, Switzerland, and the U.S.

There were 22 collections added or enhanced in the latest update. Many happy researchers will search eagerly through the 25 million new records in this update! The records can be found at FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot (FamilySearch.org, click Search Records, and then click Record Search pilot). Be sure to share the good news with family and friends.

See the chart below for a list of all the newly added collections.

None of this would be possible without the great contributions of many online FamilySearch volunteers. These individuals donate the time and talent needed to make these collections freely available to FamilySearch patrons. Find out more about volunteering at FamilySearchIndexing.org. Thank you!

Collection Name	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Argentina , Buenos Aires City—1855 National Census	132,765	7,630	New index and image collection.
Argentina, 1869 National Census	1,082,686	157,133	Updated collection. Project is now complete!
Australia, N.S.W. —Index to Bounty Immigrants Arrivals, 1828–1842	50,981	41,805	New index and image collection and the second Australia collection.
Brazil, Catholic Church Records		63,828	Additional images.
Dominican Republic—Civil Births, 1828–1917		22,183	New image only collection.
England, Cheshire—Parish Records, 1530–1900	2,857,105		Updated index.
England, Cheshire—Bishop Transcripts, 1598–1900	1,896,348		Updated index.
England—Non Conformist Records, 1671–1900	164,627		Updated index.
Germany, Brandenburg—Church Book Duplicates, 1800–1874		36,973	Additional images.
Germany, Posen—Church Book Duplicates, 1800–1874		35,240	Additional images.
Germany, Baden, Bonndorf— Church Book Duplicates, 1810–1869	5,691		New index only collection.
Guatemala, Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala—1877 National Census	21,173	2,844	New index and image collection.
South Africa, Orange Free State—Estate files, 1951–1973		578,784	New image only collection.
Switzerland, Schaffhausen—Church Records, 1540–1875		9,432	New image only collection.
U.S. 1920 Federal  Census	13,202,233		Added indexes for Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Maine
U.S., Arkansas—County Marriages, 1837–1957	688,863	313,341	Updated collection. Joint project with the Arkansas Genealogical Society.
U.S., Florida—State Census, 1935	1,599,085	36,019	New index and image collection.
U.S., Florida—State Census, 1945	2,249,138	52,025	New index and image collection.
U.S., Georgia—Deaths, 1914–1930	41,681		New index only collection; ongoing project.
U.S., Indiana—Marriages, 1811–1959	28,935	66,511	Updated collection. Joint project with the Indiana Genealogical Society.
U.S., Massachusetts—Marriage Records, 1842–1915	30,509		Updated index.
U.S., Washington—County Marriages, 1858–1950	48,385	42,732	New index and image collection; ongoing project.

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EWGS Presidents: Edith Webb Nelson

This is the twelfth in the series on the Presidents of EWGS leading up to the 75th anniversary in 2010. See the previous posts on Samuel Pool Weaver, Leora Cookingham Thiel, Susan Marie West Jack, Ruth Churchill Austin, Alfred Denman, Florence Ballou Brown, Harriet Jefferson Pinkham, Mary Elizabeth Dow Maltbie and Achsah Maltbie Rawlings, Lee DeGolyer Patchen and Susie Elliott Faubion.


Edith Webb Nelson was EWGS President in 1954 and 1955. She was born December 12, 1885 at Frankford, Missouri, daughter of Elisha Alexander Webb (1855-1939) and Sarah Ann Keeler (1858-1920). Both of her parents are buried in the Hartline Cemetery. The Webbs were from Virginia by way of Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri. The Keelers were from New York and eventually England. Edith was educated in Missouri and at Washington State College at Pullman.

In 1911 at Hartline, Washington Edith Webb married Stuart Reeves Nelson (Edith and Stuart Nelson in picture). Edith and Stuart had two sons; Vernon N. & Norman Dennis; two daughters Ruthe Isabelle and Edith Marguerite. Edith died February 24, 1967 and is buried in Goldenrod Cemetery Tekoa, Washington. Stuart remarried after Edith's death to Margaret M. Korey May 9, 1965 at Spokane. Stuart died September 5, 1975 and is also buried at Goldenrod Cemetery, Tekoa, Washington. Edith had been EWGS Librarian 1948, and on the board of directors for several years.

Comments by Carrie Lartigue: Edith Nelson also helped with the scrapbooks until her health began to fail. Her home was open to EWGS members for a picnic in August for several summers. Meetings have always been first Saturday of each month , September through June. These summer outings, (pot luck) brought the members closer together and was a time for sharing in reports of progress made in their search. I remember three picnics at the Nelsons, two at the Lartigues and several at the Clumpners. Edith was 81 when she passed away.

Spokane Area Legacy Users Group to Meet Wednesday

If you are a Legacy Family Tree genealogy software user, or are simply curious about this genealogy software program, you may be interested in the Legacy Users Group (LUG), which will meet next Wednesday, January 13th, from 1:30 to 3:30 PM in the meeting room of the Shadle Park Branch of the Spokane Public Library at 2111 W. Wellesley. Regular attendees will take turns in the role of moderator for each meeting. If you have more questions, please contact Donna Potter Phillips here.

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EWGS Presidents: Susie Elliott Faubion

This is the eleventh in the series on the Presidents of EWGS leading up to the 75th anniversary in 2010. See the previous posts on Samuel Pool Weaver, Leora Cookingham Thiel, Susan Marie West Jack, Ruth Churchill Austin, Alfred Denman, Florence Ballou Brown, Harriet Jefferson Pinkham, Mary Elizabeth Dow Maltbie and Achsah Maltbie Rawlings and Lee DeGolyer Patchen.

Susie Elliott Faubion was EWGS President for 1952 and 1953. Susie was born in Wheeler South Dakota in 1891 and died September 9, 1980 at the age of 88. In 1917 she married Herman Clifford Faubion. He was a service station operator on Sunset Hill. There is an interesting article in the Spokane Chronicle on Clifford Faubion opposing the freeway through town. His reason is that the new freeway would bypass his service station. Clifford died March 3, 1972 and is buried in the cemetery at Hartline, Washington. I want to thank the people at Find a Grave for this photo.

Susie was the daughter of Arthur M. Elliott 1858-1937 of Wilbur, Washington and Annie Tanner 1860-1896. Annie was born in Switzerland and died at Livermore, California. Susie was a graduate of Washington State University in 1916. She lived in Spokane for 58 years. Susie was Past Regent of the Spokane Gary Chapter of the DAR, Past President of the Wednesday Club, Past Director of School District #104, a member of the Friends of The Library, a member of the First Presbyterian Chirch, and President of EWGS in 1952 and 1953. Susie also was an EWGS Director, Second Vice President, Corresponding Secretary, served on the scrapbook and indexing committees, and assisted Carrie Lartigue and others indexing the Hartford Times and the Boston Transcriptions, and other scrapbooks. (Editor Note: The Hartford Times and Boston Transcripts were New England newspapers and they had a genealogy column that answered queries including sources on where to find the answers.) Susie and Clifford had three children; sons Dwain C., and Stanley E., daughter Patricia.
The Bulletin volume 16 page 52 has a nice memorial for Susie Faubion "Although few current members knew her as some of the older ones will remember her, we will all be reminded of her by the services she gave to the Society in the projects she worked on now available for us all for use in our research that can be found in the Genealogical Room of the Public Library. A member who participated in the Society as actively as Mrs. Faubion did is sure to be missed by us all." Susie was also buried in the Hartline Cemetery. Again thanks to the Find a Grave people.

Comments by Carrie Lartigue: Mrs. H.C. (Sue) Faubion was a rather shy lady who preferred to stay in the background.. her deeds were kept at a low profile. During the years of the big "Scrapbook Project" she met with us faithfully each Tuesday and worked from 9 am to 3 pm...made gallons of paste and furnished cash to purchase part of the 150 scrapbooks needed. We lost a good friend when Sue died. It was during her administration that I (Carrie Lartigue) became a member of EWGS.

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 Blog, Genealogy 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

Email:  genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com

Website:  http://www.GenealogyGems.TV