Lisa Louise Cooke Releases Volume II of Google Earth for Genealogy

Most of you know Lisa Louise Cooke – as the host of The Genealogy Gems and Family Tree Magazine Podcast, as a brilliant genealogy lecturer, a teacher for Family Tree University, and as an author for genealogy magazines  (is there anything she doesn’t do?!).  Her enthusiasm and passion for genealogy is infectious.  Her ideas, tips, and suggestions are innovative.  She’s energetic, bubbly, and 100% approachable.  Oh – and did I mention she has the most adorable grandson ever?  Because she does.

Well Lisa has released Google Earth for Genealogy Volume II DVD.  This is the second installment of her video series on using Google Earth for genealogy.  Want to learn more?  Below is the press release and a short video preview of the DVD.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Phone: (925) 272-4021

The Google Earth for Genealogy Video Series Expands with Brand New Volume

Second Installment by Genealogy Gems Podcast Host Lisa Louise Cooke

SAN RAMON, CA, September 29, 2010 – Genealogy Gems announced today that the second installment of the Google Earth for Genealogy video series has been released at www.GoogleForGenealogy.com.

“Google Earth has the power to geographically document and tell the stories of our ancestors’ lives, and in this new video I show you how to do just that,” said Lisa Louise Cooke, Genealogy Gems owner and producer and host of the popular Genealogy Gems Podcast at www.GenealogyGems.com and in iTunes. “I’m excited to be expanding on the concepts covered in the first DVD, and in Volume II we take Google Earth from family history research tool to compelling genealogical storyteller.”

In the brand new step-by-step tutorial DVD Google Earth for Genealogy Volume II Cooke shows you how to:

• Pinpoint your ancestors’ property using land patent records

• Locate original land surveys

• Customize Google Earth place marks with photos and documents

• Add video to your Google Earth maps

• Incorporate custom and ready-made 3D models to your maps to add

a new dimension

• Add focus with polygons and paths

• Pull it all together to tell your ancestors’ stories in riveting ways by

creating and sharing Family History Tours

In addition to the seven videos, the DVD (for PC use only) includes an introduction video, a menu with convenient links to the websites mentioned in the tutorials to help you quickly get started, and a bonus podcast interview.

Watch the video at the Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel to see it in

action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7yS9IqggbY

About the Author:

Lisa Louise Cooke is the producer and host of the internationally popular

Genealogy Gems Podcast <http://www.GenealogyGems.com>, an online

genealogy audio show. A national speaker, video producer, author and

online instructor, Lisa’s passion for geographic genealogy is out of this

world!

Contact: Lisa Louise Cooke at [email protected]