Every week, the Genealogy Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcast. It also is a great place to find out about genealogy podcasts that are new to you, or to listen to episodes of podcasts that do not always focus on genealogy related topics, but have decided to do so for a particular episode.
African Roots Podcast released episode number 162 on May 11, 2012. In this episode, host Angela Walton-Raji talks about several upcoming genealogy events. This includes: the “Memorial In May” Annual Preservation of African American Cemeteries (PAAC) Conference, the Dedication of the Statue to Bass Reeves in Arkansas, and the SAGE project in Orlando, Florida exhibition is open! In June, the African American Genealogy Group will host an all day workshop in Philadelphia. Listen to the episode to find out more about these events.
Irish Roots Cafe has an episode that was released on May 14, 2012. This episode is called “Paddy Leary: Off to Philadelphia Irish Music Video”. You can watch this video on YouTube by following a link in their show’s blog. This episode includes some old, Irish, songs. The lyrics to the songs are in the show notes.
FGS released an episode on May 12, 2012. This episode is called “Facebook and Your Genealogy Society”. This episode is hosted by Thomas MacEntee. He reviews the features of Facebook that your genealogy society should be using to connect with society members and potential new members. He teaches you how to create a Facebook page, the differences between pages and groups, and more. The featured FGS Member Society in this episode is the Massachusetts Genealogical Council.
Family Roots has an episode that is available through PodOmatic. It was released on May 3, 2012. It is brought to you by the Genealogical Society of South Africa. It is hosted by Natalie da Silva and Margaret Gangee. In this episode, they talk about International National Red Cross Day, which is celebrated on May 8, 2012.
The Minnesota Historical Society has a video slide show of photos that are preserved in the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. It shows a series of photos from Minnehaha Falls, and other parkland areas in Minnesota. Some of thee places seen in the old photographs look different today. They note that it is nice that people took photos of the beauty of nature in those places for future generations to see.
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