The Top 10 Genealogy Influencers You Should Follow on Twitter

To my great surprise (and delight!) I found myself ranked as #5 of 2,573 in the Top Genealogy Influencers! 

I'm in good company, just check out the names of those in the top 10:

Here's the top 10 and their Twitter Handle in case you aren't following them yet: 

1. Ancestry.com @ancestry

2. Geneabloggers @geneabloggers
3. National Archives UK @uknatarchives

4. Family Tree Magazine @familytreemag

5. Yours truly! Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy @Lorinems

6. Kirsty Wilkinson @genealogygirl

7. Library of Congress @librarycongress

8. British Newspaper Archives @bnarchive
9. Genealogy Bank @genealogybank

10. Megan Smolenyak @megansmolenyak

Schedule for Who Do You Think You Are

The TV genealogy series, Who Do You Think You Are? at 8:00 Eastern/7:00 Central Time is on NBC every Friday. Here is the current schedule according to NBC:

* March 5 – Sarah Jessica Parker
* March 12 – Emmitt Smith
* March 19 – Lisa Kudrow
* March 26 – Matthew Broderick
* April 2 – Brooke Shields
* April 9 – Susan Sarandon
* April 23 – Spike Lee

This is a terrific genealogy series, so you want to be sure you don't miss it! If you missed the first two they are available online at NBC.com My thoughts and critiques of the last two episodes are available at

* Episode 1

* Episode 2

There is also a companion book written by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak which may be of interest.

Who Do You Think You Are? Book Release

This just in from Megan

Who Do You Think You Are? Book Release

Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak of Honouring Our Ancestors has a new book out which I am sure will interest many.

Her press release follows:

March 3, 2010

I am thrilled to announce that my new book, Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History

is being released tomorrow! The book is a companion piece to NBC's ground-breaking new genealogy series, Who Do You Think You Are?, which premiers on Friday.

Who Do You Think You Are

P.S. Amazon is currently selling Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History
for $16.47 (list price is $24.95). A great bargain!

A Piece of History? Is this a Photo of Annie Moore arriving at Ellis Island?

About a month ago, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, Genealogist & Family History Expert, wrote about the recent discovery of photos of Annie Moore, the Irish teenager who was the first to arrive at Ellis Island when it opened on January 1, 1892.

The New York Times published a photo of Annie A second photo of Annie with her daughter has also been found.

But now for the mystery which Megan needs our help to solve! There is a third photo which may be of Annie and her two brothers the very day they arrived at Ellis Island! Please read Megan's article, view the photo, and give this some thought.

Here is Megan's plea:

If you have expertise in facial recognition, architecture, the history of Ellis Island or the Barge Office that preceded it, or in any area that might contribute to the resolution of this mystery, please post comments here or email me, whether they support the claim or refute it.

Smolenyak Seminar Registration British Columbia March 2009

You can register now to hear genealogist Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak in Surrey, B.C., Canada, 7 March 2009

Smolenyak Seminar Registration and Details - A Brochure is available in PDF or MS Word

Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak is the author of Honoring Our Ancestors: Inspiring Stories of the Quest for Our Roots, In Search of Our Ancestors: 101 Inspiring Stories of Serendipity and Connection in Rediscovering Our Family History and They Came to America: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak is the Chief Family Historian and North American spokesperson for Ancestry.com and also a co-founder of ‘Roots Television’.

Seminar co-sponsored by the British Columbia Genealogical Society and the Cloverdale Branch of the Surrey Public Library.

Topics:

* Trace Your Roots With DNA
* Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for Finding Your Lost Loved Ones
* Introduction to Ancestry.com
* Cases That Made My Brain Hurt