Below is a list of all FGS 2008 Philly Podcast episodes. All episodes include FGS News and Genealogy Jeopardy. Click on the title to go to page and listen to the episode. You can also visit us at iTunes and download episodes to your iPod.

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DNA

• Getting the Most Out of Your DNA Test Results (Ugo Perego)
• How Trustworthy is DNA Testing? (Ugo Perego)

Ethnic Research

• African American Slave Genealogy (Deborah Abbot, Ph.D)
• Reading Jewish Headstones (Judith Shulamith Langer-Surnamer Caplan)

European Research

• European Naming Practices (George Redmonds)
• Irish Marriage Customs (Sean O’Duill)

• Jumping the Pond Offline, Researching European Ancestry (Rick Crume)
• Jumping the Pond Online Without Getting Wet (Leslie Albrecht Huber)
• Researching German Ancestry (George K. Schweitzer, Ph.D, Sc.D)

Methodology

• Dealing with Family Skeletons and Stories (Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, MLS)
• Family Half Truths and How to Get the Whole Truth (Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG)
• Finding Records When the Courthouse Burned (Wendy Bebout Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA)
• Myths about Researching Female Ancestors (Diane V. Gagel, M. A,)

Other

• Genealogical Society Management (Roberta “Bobbi” King)
• Researching WWI Draft Cards (Tim Pinnick)

Roberta “Bobbi” King, will help your society understand proper voting techniques. At the FGS Conference she will present “Voting: When Yes Means No, and No Means Yes.” Learn a couple of tips now, to help the voting process go smoothly. Bobbi is a columnist for the APG Quarterly.

ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
• FGS News
• Genealogy Jeopardy

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Learn a couple of tips on researching your German Ancestry from George K. Schweitzer, Ph.D, Sc. D. George, the author of nineteen genealogical books, will give us a sneak preview of his presentation “German Emigration, Immigration and Migration.” He also shares a very wicked joke.

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• FGS News
• Genealogy Jeopardy

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Having trouble finding and proving your slave ancestry? Deborah A. Abbot, Ph.D will provide a few suggestions from her presentation “Slave Research: It’s a Needle in a Haystack”. Deborah is the president of the African-American Genealogical Society, Cleveland, OH

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• FGS News
• Genealogy Jeopardy

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Elizabeth Shown Mills , CG, CGL, FASG, will give us a few tips on how to get to the bottom of family stories, which are sometimes less than truthful. Here the full presentation “How to Find the Truth about a Family Story” during the conference. Elizabeth is well known in the field of genealogical methodology.

Get a sneak peak at George Redmonds’ conference presentation “First Names in Family History – Forgotten Naming Practices.” George specializes in names research and lectures worldwide on the subject.

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• FGS News
• Genealogy Jeopardy

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Sean O’Duill, who teaches at St. Declan’s College in Dublin will help you to understand matchmaking and marriage customs in Ireland. Learn a few tips from his FGS presentation “Matchmaking and Marriage Customs in 19th Century Ireland.

Learn a few tips to help you research your family drama from conference speaker Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, MLS, presenting “Grandpa Did What?! Dealing with Family Skeletons and Stories.” Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, MLS is a genealogical speaker and writer, author of Long Distance Genealogy. Christine has published articles in several genealogical magazines including the National Genealogical Society Quarterly

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• FGS News
• Genealogy Jeopardy

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Learn a few tips to help you to research female ancestors from conference speaker Diane V. Gagel, M. A,. presenting “Women and the Law: Researching Our Female Ancestors.” Diane is a college instructor, author of three books, and past president of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

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• FGS News
• Genealogy Jeopardy

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Finding European ancestry is not an easy task. FGS Conference speaker Rick Crume may be able to help you. During this episode he will give you a preview of his presentation “British Intelligence: Smart Strategies for Tracking Down British, Scottish, and Welsh Ancestors.” Rick writes about computers and the Internet for Family Tree Magazine, Family Chronicle and Internet Genealogy.

ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
• FGS News
• Genealogy Jeopardy