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  • Setting (and Achieving) Genealogy Goals for 2025

    Setting (and Achieving) Genealogy Goals for 2025
    2025/01/23

    Ready to set your genealogy goals? In this episode, co-hosts Elizabeth and Tami share strategies for setting and successfully reaching your goals, from education plans to specific research results. Elizabeth and Tami talk about their own goals for 2025 and how they plan to achieve them, including tips and tricks to ensure success.

    During What’s Happening, they discuss the availability of the RootsTech Schedule and the RootsTech app for 2025, as well as the recently released BIRLS database from Reclaim the Records. Then, Elizabeth spills the tea on the extreme wait times when requesting NY State vital records. Tami brings the sweet tea, discussing FamilySearch’s goals for 2025.

    Finally, during Listener Mail, Elizabeth shares where to find closed captioning for the Branching Out Genealogy Podcast.


    TIMESTAMPS:

    Genealogy Goals

    04:34 Setting goals for the new year

    05:03 Types of Genealogy Goals

    08:35 Elizabeth’s goals for 2025

    09:41 Tami’s goals for 2025

    10:20 How Elizabeth sets and achieved a significant genealogy goal

    15:43 How Tami sets and achieves her genealogy goals


    What’s Happening

    23:54 RootsTech Schedule & App

    29:48 Reclaim the Records - BIRLS database


    Tea Time

    35:44 New York State Vital Records ordering wait times

    40:43 FamilySearch’s Goals for 2025


    Listener Mail

    44:28 Where to find closed captioning for our podcast


    RESOURCES:

    GRIP Genealogy Research Institute (GRIP) - https://grip.ngsgenealogy.org/

    Jill Morelli's Certification Discussion Group (CDG) - https://thecdgseries.wordpress.com/the-series/

    Click-Up App - https://clickup.com/

    Notion - https://www.notion.com/

    Google Tasks - https://tasks.google.com/

    RootsTech 2025 Class Schedule - https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/schedule?day=2025-03-06

    RootsTech 2025 mobile app (Android) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.familysearch.rootstech&hl=en_US

    RootsTech 2025 mobile app (Apple) - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rootstech/id6474192974

    Relatives at RootsTech - https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/relatives-at-rootstech-faqs

    Reclaim the Records - https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/

    BIRLS searchable database (Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem) - https://www.birls.org/

    CBS6 Albany Video on NY Vital Records - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYGSG5PmquY&ab_channel=CBS6Albany

    FamilySearch's goals for 2025 - https://www.familysearch.org/en/newsroom/what-to-expect-from-familysearch-in-2025

    African Oral History project - https://www.familysearch.org/africa/sve/select-country

    FamilySearch Labs A.I. Full-Text Search - https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text

    FamilySearch "Get Involved" app - https://www.familysearch.org/getinvolved/

    FamilySearch "Together" app - https://www.familysearch.org/discovery/together/welcome

    Branching Out Podcast on Apple (live transcripts) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/branching-out-genealogy-podcast/id1782416781

    Branching Out Podcast on YouTube (live transcripts) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCswrxVYz2y65xXJve-e35WA

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    We would love to hear from you at ⁠hello@branchingout.show⁠ with your questions and comments!

    This episode is sponsored by Vivid Pix.

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  • Episode 2: Cool Tools for Genealogy Story Collectors

    Episode 2: Cool Tools for Genealogy Story Collectors
    2024/12/12
    In this episode, co-hosts Elizabeth and Tami share the stories that got them hooked on genealogy. Next, they discuss several tools for collecting, transcribing, and sharing your family’s stories (some are low-tech and free). They also offer story-collecting gift ideas for family members who missed the holiday get-togethers, as well as those who may be shy or less tech-savvy. During What’s Happening, Elizabeth shares a call to action to support the Bring Our Heroes Home Act, and Tami shares a reminder to submit your nominees for NGS awards. Finally, Elizabeth spills the tea on recent genetic genealogy lawsuits, but Tami “cleans up” with good news about recently announced RootsTech keynote speakers and kudos to an amazing 92-year-old FamilySearch volunteer. TIMESTAMPS: 02:04 Tami’s “lost” family story 03:56 Elizabeth’s “lost” family story Collecting Family Stories 08:01 The importance of listening and collecting stories 09:18 MyHeritage Live Memory 13:33 The Oral History Association 14:03 Vivid Pix Memory Station Software 17:19 StoryCorps 19:02 FamilySearch Memories 19:45 MyHeritage Mobile App 19:53 Pixstori 20:36 StoryMaps 21:43 Nominate someone for America 250 Recording & Transcribing Tools 24:12 Voice memo apps for iPhone 25:24 Otter.ai 25:53 Zoom transcription 26:53 Google Docs voice typing Story Collecting Gift Ideas 28:32 StoryWorth 31:47 Storii 33:32 Remento 35:03 The DIY Way (low tech & low cost) What’s Happening 37:00 APG supports Bring Our Heroes Home Act 38:35 NGS Awards Tea Time 40:07 Genetic Genealogy lawsuits 42:33 RootsTech Keynote Speaker announcement 43:18 Kudos to FamilySearch Indexing volunteer Marilyn Clement RESOURCES: MyHeritage Live Memory - https://cm.myheritage.com/livememory/ Oral History Association - https://oralhistory.org/ Vivid Pix Memory Station Software - https://www.vivid-pix.com/memorystationsoftware/ StoryCorps - https://storycorps.org/ FamilySearch Memories - https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/tag/memories PixStori - https://www.pixstori.com/ StoryMaps - https://storymaps.com/ America 250 (nominate someone) - https://america250.org/nominate/ Voice Recorder & Audio Editor (Apple app) - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voice-recorder-audio-editor/id685310398 Otter.ai - https://otter.ai/ Zoom Transcriptions - https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0064927 Storyworth - https://www.storyworth.com/ Storii (Save 20% with code FESTIVE24) - Remento (Save $15 with code SAVE15) - https://www.remento.co/ APG’s 1-Page Summary of BOHHA - https://members.apgen.org/ct.php?lid=346409795&mm=111054848883 Find your Senator - https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm Find your Representative - https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative NGS Awards - https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/awards/ The DNA Geek: It Just Got Real (GEDmatch lawsuits) - https://thednageek.com/it-just-got-real/ The DNA Geek: FTDNA Joins the “So Sue Me” Party - https://thednageek.com/ftdna-joins-the-so-sue-me-party/ The Legal Genealogist: Of money and chances - https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2024/11/22/of-money-and-chances/ RootsTech Keynote Speakers - https://www.familysearch.org/en/newsroom/rootstech-2025-first-four-keynotes-announced This episode is sponsored by Vivid Pix. All product opinions are our own.
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  • Episode 1: Meet Your Hosts, RootsTech 2025, Black Friday Sales, & This Week’s Fave Tech Tools

    Episode 1: Meet Your Hosts, RootsTech 2025, Black Friday Sales, & This Week’s Fave Tech Tools
    2024/11/28

    In this episode, co-hosts Elizabeth Swanay O'Neal and Tami Osmer Mize introduce themselves and discuss their (long!) genealogy journeys.

    Then, they share their thoughts on the upcoming RootsTech Conference and give an overview of upcoming Black Friday sales on genealogy products.

    During Tea Time, they spill some tea on the latest genealogy social media scuffles and share kudos for an esteemed genealogist who recently earned high honors.

    Finally, the duo shares which websites they've been hooked on for the past few weeks.


    TIMESTAMPS

    About the co-hosts:

    • 00:40 Tami’s introduction and genealogy journey
    • 01:43 Elizabeth’s introduction and genealogy journey
    • 03:37 Elizabeth’s website, Heart of the Family
    • 04:33 Tami’s website, Conference Keeper
    • 08:49 Our vision for this podcast


    RootsTech Conference 2025:

    • 10:30 RootsTech 2025 is coming
    • 10:47 In-person vs. virtual
    • 13:05 Shopping at the RootsTech Expo Hall
    • 14:42 The value of attending RootsTech


    FamilySearch

    • 15:48 FamilySearch celebrates 130 years
    • 16:22 How we’re benefitting from FamilySearch’s work
    • 17:44 FamilySearch Labs (full-text searching)


    Black Friday/Holiday Sales on Genealogy Products:

    • 20:25 Where to find our lists of Black Friday Sales


    Tea Time:

    • 26:08 Spilling the tea on social media rumblings
    • 27:08 Kudos to David Rencher


    Fave Tech Tools of the Week:

    • 28:11 Elizabeth has been using a site called Character.ai
    • 31:10 Tami’s been finding great stuff on MyHeritage’s Old News newspaper site


    Resources:

    • Elizabeth’s Website - https://www.thefamilyheart.com/
    • Tami’s Website - https://conferencekeeper.org/
    • RootsTech Conference - https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/
    • FamilySearch - https://www.familysearch.org/en/united-states/
    • FamilySearch Labs (full-text search) - https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/
    • Character AI - https://character.ai/
    • Old News by MyHeritage - https://www.oldnews.com/en
    • Tami’s webinar about Old News - https://fb.watch/w8x-z2r8Nw/


    Please let us hear from you at hello@branchingout.show with your questions and comments!
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    35 分