The Genealogy Guys Podcast #320 - 2017 January 1

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!

The Guys welcome their new sponsor, Genealogists.com.

The news includes:

• Findmypast releases new records about Gloucester apprentices, Kent parish records, and records from Scotland.
• FamilySearch presented historic Freedmen’s Bureau Database records to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.
• Drew shares new record releases by FamilySearch and a recap of 2016 FamilySearch genealogy highlights.

Listener email includes:

• Lise corrects George about the draft registration requirement for both WWI and WWII.
• Connie asks about the link at Family Tree University for forms from Drew's book at http://ftu.familytreemagazine.com/organize-your-genealogy
• Jim shares the Reclaim the Records website, a growing collection of New York City marriage records at https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/records-request/2/ , and tells us that more records are coming. Visit https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/ for more information.
• Jenny asks two questions: 1. What is the correct way to record a child before it was named?
  2. What is the best way to establish your own genealogy website including a blog?

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