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Branching Out Genealogy Podcast
Branching Out Genealogy Podcast
7 episodes
1 week ago
Welcome to the Branching Out Genealogy Podcast, your go-to guide to family history news, tips, tech, and "tea." Hosted by Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal, CG® and Tami Osmer Mize.
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Welcome to the Branching Out Genealogy Podcast, your go-to guide to family history news, tips, tech, and "tea." Hosted by Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal, CG® and Tami Osmer Mize.
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Episode 1: Meet Your Hosts, RootsTech 2025, Black Friday Sales, & This Week’s Fave Tech Tools
Branching Out Genealogy Podcast
34 minutes 46 seconds
11 months ago
Episode 1: Meet Your Hosts, RootsTech 2025, Black Friday Sales, & This Week’s Fave Tech Tools

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!

Branching Out Genealogy Podcast
Welcome to the Branching Out Genealogy Podcast, your go-to guide to family history news, tips, tech, and "tea." Hosted by Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal, CG® and Tami Osmer Mize.