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Og has been busy preparing some more exciting videos for our RootsTelevision.com fans!

This week we are featuring an interview by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak with Senator Paula Benoit, Maine State Senate, about her role in getting an act passed that allows adult adoptees to access their original birth certificates. She explains the process to us, as well as some of her personal experiences with adoption.

We also have the second in a series of webisodes by Alannah Ryane as she traces her roots in Nova Scotia, Canada. This edition features her conversation with Iris Shea of the Mainland South Heritage Society.

Our next video is a two-part tutorial from our friend, Eric Basir of PhotoGrafix. In this series he shows us some cool techniques for scanning and restoring documents.

Lastly, in honor of Annie Moore, Og is featuring the four-part series, Making Up History: Searching for Annie Moore. This play tells the story of Annie Moore, the first immigrant through Ellis Island, and genealogist Megan Smolenyak's search for Annie's true identity.

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Og is thrilled to share two videos from the Annie Moore dedication ceremonies that took place in Cork, Ireland and Queens, NY this past week. As a refresher, Annie Moore became an Irish-American historic icon as the first immigrant through Ellis Island in 1892. Her image will forever represent the millions who passed through Ellis Island in pursuit of the American dream. This dedication marks two years since genealogists, including our own Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, corrected history by unveiling her true identity and story.

The first video in the lineup is the memorial dedication ceremony for the unmarked gravesite at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York. Among the notable participants in the event were famed Irish tenor and New York City resident Ronan Tynan performing "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears," the iconic song about Ellis Island and Annie Moore written by Ireland's composer/lyricist Brendan Graham, who was also in attendance.

The second video shares the ceremony that took place in Cork, Ireland on October 10 as a plaque was placed on the last house that Annie Moore lived in before coming to America.

To round out this week’s lineup, join Arline Sachs as she discusses her trip to the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolson, Germany, the location of all Nazi records captured by the Allied Nations. For more information and additional videos produces by Sidney Sachs, please visit: http://tracingroots.nova.org

Lastly, Og also has a brand new tutorial from Eric Basir of PhotoGrafix that shows us how to take photos with accurate color, as well as correcting the color in photos after they are shot. This is a must-watch for genealogists!

Thanks for watching and Og hopes you enjoy this New Roots installment!

Og
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In this week’s lineup, Og is excited to share a new series of Irish videos he recently found online!  The videos are provided by Mike O'Laughlin and the Irish Genealogical Foundation. They have published the largest collection of Irish Family History books in the world since 1978, and more recently three Irish podcast series, including one on Irish genealogy. This is the first video of a 14-part series on their Irish Roots Café, which focuses on Irish family heritage. To access their podcasts, blog and Irish books, visit them at: www.irishroots.com.

The next set of videos are from Og’s friend, Eric Basir of Photo Grafix.  In this workshop, he talks about photo preservation, digital restoration and photo identification, and provides some extremely helpful tips and advice. Watch the first four parts of Eric’s 16-part workshop, and tune in next week for the next four videos!

Og is rounding out this week with a montage of media coverage from the New England Historic Genealogical Society's discoveries of a Helen Keller photograph and the relationships between Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

Oh and in case you missed them when they debuted last week, be sure to check out the Annie Moore ceremonies in New York and Cork, Ireland!

Until next week, good luck with all of your genealogical endeavors!

Og
RootsTelevision.com