Published Jan 31, 2009 #1  Diane Haddad's Family Tree Magazine The latest edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture has been published over at Small-leaved Shamrock   The next edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture will be a St. Patrick's Day "virtual parade" online. Anyone who would like to particiate is welcome, whether or not they have Irish roots.  For more information on how to participate or to check out the latest carnival head over to . Recent Genealogy Gems News Blog postings: I wrapped up my for the new year on Jan 21, 2009  I also Who Do You Think You Are?  Set your recorders to Monday nights at 8PM on NBC starting April 20.  There are some milestones going on these days as well.  The Library of Congress just crossed the 25,000 mark for books digitized.  A good article appeared about that on the Voice of America website: What's new at Lisa's podcast.  : I you a comprehensive overview of online family trees.  And then we go straight to the source with an in depth interview with Kenny Freestone, Senior Product Manager at Ancestry.com whose primary responsibility is their online family tree tool.  :  We continue exploring our tree options with Scott Huskey of Photoloom.com.  They offer an incredible online visual approach to trees and research that centers around your own personal family photos.  Then I talk to Sasha Masick of GeneTree, who spices up their family tree tool with a DNA testing component.  :  You've got to tune in to hear how to go from one name and birth year, to three generations of family in 1 hour or less.  It's absolutely possible, and I'll show you how in this episode.  Then as we finish up with online family trees, I thought it was important to go over the techniques for following up on all those great connections you can make by posting your family tree online.  We'll get started in Episode 14 talking about how to locate telephone numbers online, the prep work you need to do before you start to dial, breaking the ice and conducting the interview.  Then we'll finish up in Episode 15 on Feb 6 with what we as the interviewer should be doing during the call,  what to do if No Answers, we'll cover the "Must Ask" Questions, and how to wrap up the call.     NEW RECORDS ONLINE The folks over at the officially launched their website this month.  And they have added many of the counties that were unavailable during beta testing including Lancashire, Essex, Kent, Yorkshire (West Riding), Nottinghamshire and Herefordshire so you can now access those British census records from 1911. Update: World Vital Records is now part of MyHeritage. Recently added 20 newspaper databases from Mexico and Canada  ranging from 1833-1994: Agricultor Mexicano y Hogar (Ciudad JuÃrez, Chihuahua, Mexico) Apuntes Viejos (General, Mexico) Arte (Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico) British Columbian (New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada) Bytown Gazette (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Cambridge Daily Reporter (Cambridge(Galt, Hespeler, Preston), Ontario, Canada) Canada Gazette (Ottawa, Federal Government Publications, Canada) Canadian Correspondent (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Charlottetown Examiner (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) Correo Espanol (General, Mexico) Correspondent and Advocate (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Daily Mirror (London, England - London Area, UK) Diario del Hogar (Mexico D.F., Mexico) Drumheller Mail (Drumheller, Alberta, Canada) Edmonton Bulletin (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Educador Practico Ilustrado (Mexico D.F., Mexico) Fin de Siglo (General, Mexico) Grand River Sachem (Caledonia, Ontario, Canada) Halifax British Colonist (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) Halifax Citizen (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) MAILBOX:Lisa answers an email from Rollei in Australia about photo preservation and Maria asks for advice on how to inquire about delicate subjects with an elderly relative. FAMILY HISTORY: Genealogy Made Easy   GEM: Profile AmericaFeb 3:  Income Tax History Gem:  Family History Valent