Curt Witcher's guest appearances

Curt Witcher

The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke     -      Your Family History Show

The Forget-Me-Not Hour

Dick Eastman

CeCe Moore

David Rencher

Darby Hinton

Lisa Kudrow

Josh Taylor

Henry Louis Gates Jr

Dan Ward

Daniel Boone

Thomas W. Jones

Turi King

George Morgan

Steve Luxenberg

Mary Tedesco

Darius Gray

OwlTail

Live from Fort Wayne, IN, today Jane interviews Curt Witcher, Genealogy Center Manager of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne. Having one of the largest genealogy research collections in the world, the ACPL is known for its work with PERSI, the Periodical Source Index. Find out what the ACPL collection holds -- including its special collections -- and how it creates PERSI, the largest subject index to genealogical and local history articles in periodicals in the world. Curt will also talk about what the future holds for the Genealogy Center and PERSI.Genealogy Center: http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspxPERSI: http://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index

Live from Fort Wayne, IN, today Jane interviews Curt Witcher, Genealogy Center Manager of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne. Having one of the largest genealogy research collections in the world, the ACPL is known for its work with PERSI, the Periodical Source Index. Find out what the ACPL collection holds -- including its special collections -- and how it creates PERSI, the largest subject index to genealogical and local history articles in periodicals in the world. Curt will also talk about what the future holds for the Genealogy Center and PERSI.<br><br>Genealogy Center: <a href="http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx</a><br><br>PERSI: <a href="http://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index</a>

Allen County Public Library and PERSI with Curt Witcher

Published Dec 1, 2008 Welcome all the NEW listeners who discovered the show at the Family History Expo in Mesa, AZ.  We're so glad you"re on board!  Watch this video to learn how to use the free iTunes software (you don't need an iPod to use it!), and subscribe to this podcast for free. Then watch this video to learn more about how to use the podcast website.    Watching Family History Expo TV is like your own Video Conference!  If you were lucky enough to go youâll get to see the folks you may have missed and get refresher info from those you did hear, and if you weren't able to attend, this is your chance to get some great tips and ideas from the experts who were there.  The next  will be in St. George Feb 27 &amp; 28, 2009 Lisaâs Classes: Genealogy Podcasts 101 What You Must Know To Save Your Research From Destruction Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part I Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part II And while I was in Mesa AZ, I finally got a chance to sit down and interview Dick Eastman.  Dick is always the one doing the interviewing and blogging, and I just thought it was about time I sat him down and got him to tell us his story.  And you can hear that interview in itâs entirety in  of my other podcast Family History: Genealogy Made Easy.  I love getting to talk to genealogy experts up close and personal and I also have really gotten a lot out of going through the genealogy research process step-by-step. It's a great refresher for me as well as hopefully will help folks new to genealogy get started.  It's a lot of fun! Fun at The Genealogy Gems News Blog  featuring genealogy blogger Miriam Robbins Midkiff, Genealogy Podcaster DearMYRTLE, Family Tree Magazine Editor Allison Stacy, and managing editor Diane Haddad. Blog Post:  .  Listen to my interview with Susan Kaufman manager, Houston Public Library's Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in the  Subscribe to The Family Tree Magazine Podcast free in . New at Ancestry:  Sign up for the free  Calling all Norwegian researchers!  The folks at Family Search are going to start indexing the 1875 Norway Census!   In the first week of December, they will start indexing the 1875 Norway Census. This will be a large segment of the census for rural areas of Norway, but not the entire census.  FamilySearchâs Historical Family Reconstitution unit has joined forces with the University of Troms in Norway to complete this project. The university is indexing the census records for the urban areas of Norway.  Pass the word along that anyone interested in Norwegian genealogical research is encouraged to help by volunteering as a  New Google Gadgets: iGoogle has been discontinued  about his musical mom Jeanne T. Lewis.  GEM: Interview with Curt Witcher, of the Allen County Library I got a chance to talk to Curt while attending the Federation of Genealogy Societies Conference in Philadelphia, PA this last Sept. 2008.  Curt explains about the wide range of census records that many genealogists aren't taking advantage of. Name That Tune!    You can even watch Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians doing the  Darktown Strutters Ball in the 1950s (video below)      If you think you know the name of Mystery Song #3 that Lisa played on this podcast episode  or call and leave the answer on the voice mail line at 925-272-4021 so your answer can be played on the show. A No Cost Way to Support the free Genealogy Gems Podcast. The holidays approaching and thereâs an easy way for you to get your online shopping done while supporting this show. By accessing websites like Amazon.com through the links on the  and throughout the website, Amazon gives The Genealogy Gems Podcast credit for your purchases. It doesn't cost you anything more, but by using the links on our website, you do a lot to help keep the free Genealogy Gems Podcast coming. Thank you! Visit the the  where you can watch lots of great genealogy themed videos.  at Facebook. Catch up on what's going on in the world of genealogy at

Published Dec 1, 2008 Welcome all the NEW listeners who discovered the show at the Family History Expo in Mesa, AZ.  We're so glad you"re on board!  Watch this video to learn how to use the free iTunes software (you don't need an iPod to use it!), and subscribe to this podcast for free. Then watch this video to learn more about how to use the podcast website.    Watching Family History Expo TV is like your own Video Conference!  If you were lucky enough to go youâll get to see the folks you may have missed and get refresher info from those you did hear, and if you weren't able to attend, this is your chance to get some great tips and ideas from the experts who were there.  The next  will be in St. George Feb 27 &amp; 28, 2009 Lisaâs Classes: Genealogy Podcasts 101 What You Must Know To Save Your Research From Destruction Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part I Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part II And while I was in Mesa AZ, I finally got a chance to sit down and interview Dick Eastman.  Dick is always the one doing the interviewing and blogging, and I just thought it was about time I sat him down and got him to tell us his story.  And you can hear that interview in itâs entirety in  of my other podcast Family History: Genealogy Made Easy.  I love getting to talk to genealogy experts up close and personal and I also have really gotten a lot out of going through the genealogy research process step-by-step. It's a great refresher for me as well as hopefully will help folks new to genealogy get started.  It's a lot of fun! Fun at The Genealogy Gems News Blog  featuring genealogy blogger Miriam Robbins Midkiff, Genealogy Podcaster DearMYRTLE, Family Tree Magazine Editor Allison Stacy, and managing editor Diane Haddad. Blog Post:  .  Listen to my interview with Susan Kaufman manager, Houston Public Library's Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in the  Subscribe to The Family Tree Magazine Podcast free in . New at Ancestry:  Sign up for the free  Calling all Norwegian researchers!  The folks at Family Search are going to start indexing the 1875 Norway Census!   In the first week of December, they will start indexing the 1875 Norway Census. This will be a large segment of the census for rural areas of Norway, but not the entire census.  FamilySearchâs Historical Family Reconstitution unit has joined forces with the University of Troms in Norway to complete this project. The university is indexing the census records for the urban areas of Norway.  Pass the word along that anyone interested in Norwegian genealogical research is encouraged to help by volunteering as a  New Google Gadgets: iGoogle has been discontinued  about his musical mom Jeanne T. Lewis.  GEM: Interview with Curt Witcher, of the Allen County Library I got a chance to talk to Curt while attending the Federation of Genealogy Societies Conference in Philadelphia, PA this last Sept. 2008.  Curt explains about the wide range of census records that many genealogists aren't taking advantage of. Name That Tune!    You can even watch Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians doing the  Darktown Strutters Ball in the 1950s (video below)      If you think you know the name of Mystery Song #3 that Lisa played on this podcast episode  or call and leave the answer on the voice mail line at 925-272-4021 so your answer can be played on the show. A No Cost Way to Support the free Genealogy Gems Podcast. The holidays approaching and thereâs an easy way for you to get your online shopping done while supporting this show. By accessing websites like <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a> through the links on the  and throughout the website, Amazon gives The Genealogy Gems Podcast credit for your purchases. It doesn't cost you anything more, but by using the links on our website, you do a lot to help keep the free Genealogy Gems Podcast coming. Thank you! Visit the the  where you can watch lots of great genealogy themed videos.  at Facebook. Catch up on what's going on in the world of genealogy at

Episode 55 - Census Records You've Probably Never Used But Should with Curt Witcher