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In this episode:

• Editor's Desk
• News From the Blogosphere
• Top Tips:101 Best Web Sites
• Recommended Web Site: Perry-Castaneda Map Collection
• Best of Family Tree Magazine: Great Genealogy Freebies
• Action Items

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Host: Lisa Louise Cooke

The Editor's Desk with Allison Stacy

Lisa and Allison discuss ways that listeners and readers can get involved with Family Tree Magazine.

News from the Blogosphere with Diane Haddad

• Genealogy Insider blog
• FamilySearch's partnerships with Ancestry.com and FindMyPast

Top Tips

• Topic: The upcoming article in Family Tree Magazine "Make No Mistake" (November 2008 issue)
• Lisa's Guest: Lisa A. Alzo, author, instructor, lecturer, researcher. Lisa is the author of Three Slovak Women (Gateway Press, $16.95)

Recommended Web Site

Grace Dobush, associate editor at Family Tree Magazine talks about this month's featured Web site: Perry-Castaneda Map Collection at The University of Texas at Austin.

Best of Family Tree Magazine

Topic: great genealogy freebies

Lisa's guest: David A. Fryxell, contributing editor

David's article "No Purchase Necessary: 89 Fabulous Freebies" is available on the Family Tree Magazine 2006 CD in the Back Issues Store.

This Month's Action Items

• Visit the Family Tree Magazine forum and share your family's Great Depression story.
• Keep an eye out for the upcoming article Make No Mistake by Lisa Alzo in the November issue of Family Tree Magazine.
• Check out the Family Tree Magazine 2006 back issues CD.
• Tell your friends and local genealogy society about the show. Send them a link to www.familytreemagazine.com/podcast.

Have fun climbing your family tree!

 

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