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The big news this week, of course, was Footnote’s
new military focus and name change to Fold3, the free
1940 census images and index to hit Ancestry.com mid-April 2012, and the hullabaloo
at Geni.com. Among this week’s other happenings:

• The thousands of new record images at FamilySearch.org this week include testaments
  (wills) from Cádiz, Spain; US military records for Louisiana and Washington; and North
  Carolina estate files. The collections for Canada, Italy and Poland also were updated. Here’s
  the announcement from FamilySearch, with links to the updated collections. 

• The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
  has a free
  mobile app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. You can use it to access information
  on FGS news and events (such as the conference
  coming up Sept. 7-10, in Springfield, Ill.), FGS Radio, the Voice FGS blog, and
  webinars. You also can interact with other users via Facebook, Twitter and e-mail.

• By the way, tomorrow, Aug. 20 is the last day to register
  online for the above-mentioned FGS conference, add luncheons and dinner
  events to your registration, or purchase a printed syllabus.