Welcome all the NEW listeners who discovered the show at the Family History Expo in Mesa, AZ.  We're so glad you"re on board! 

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Family History Expos TV

Watching Family History Expo TV is like your own Video Conference!  If you were lucky enough to go you’ll get to see the folks you may have missed and get refresher info from those you did hear, and if you weren’t able to attend, this is your chance to get some great tips and ideas from the experts who were there. 

The next Family History Expo will be in St. George Feb 27 & 28, 2009

Lisa’s Classes:
Genealogy Podcasts 101
What You Must Know To Save Your Research From Destruction
Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part I
Google: A Goldmine of Genealogy Gems Part II

And while I was in Mesa AZ, I finally got a chance to sit down and interview Dick Eastman.  Dick is always the one doing the interviewing and blogging, and I just thought it was about time I sat him down and got him to tell us his story.  And you can hear that interview in it’s entirety in Episode 5 of my other podcast Family History: Genealogy Made Easy.

Subscribe for free to Family History: Genealogy Made Easy podcast in iTunes.  I love getting to talk to genealogy experts up close and personal and I also have really gotten a lot out of going through the genealogy research process step-by-step. It’s a great refresher for me as well as hopefully will help folks new to genealogy get started.  It’s a lot of fun!

Fun at The Genealogy Gems News Blog

The Genealogy Hoe Down featuring genealogy blogger Miriam Robbins Midkiff, Genealogy Podcaster DearMYRTLE, Family Tree Magazine Editor Allison Stacy, and managing editor Diane Haddad.

Blog Post: Genealogists Run, Don’t Walk, to Google!

Houston Public Library’s Fantastic Collection Coming Online.  Listen to my interview with Susan Kaufman manager, Houston Public Library’s Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in the October 2008 episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast.  Subscribe to The Family Tree Magazine Podcast free in iTunes.

New at Ancestry: Search the U.S. City Directories database

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Calling all Norwegian researchers!  The folks at Family Search are going to start indexing the 1875 Norway Census!   In the first week of December, they will start indexing the 1875 Norway Census. This will be a large segment of the census for rural areas of Norway, but not the entire census.  FamilySearch’s Historical Family Reconstitution unit has joined forces with the University of Tromsø in Norway to complete this project. The university is indexing the census records for the urban areas of Norway.  Pass the word along that anyone interested in Norwegian genealogical research is encouraged to help by volunteering as a FamilySearch indexer.

New Google Gadgets: 
Age Difference Calculator
A Google Newspaper Achives Search Gadget
The Sirius People Finder
Tombstone Calculator Gadget
www.siriusgenealogy.com

Read Listener Phil Hayes’s blog post about his musical mom Jeanne T. Lewis. 

GEM: Interview with Curt Witcher, of the Allen County Library

I got a chance to talk to Curt while attending the Federation of Genealogy Societies Conference in Philadelphia, PA this last Sept. 2008.  Curt explains about the wide range of census records that many genealogists aren't taking advantage of.

Name That Tune!   The Darktown Strutter Ball Sheet MusicThe Darktown Strutter Ball Sheet Music You can even watch Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians doing the  Darktown Strutters Ball in the 1950s (video below)     

If you think you know the name of Mystery Song #3 that Lisa played on this podcast episode email the answer or call and leave the answer on the voice mail line at 925-272-4021 so your answer can be played on the show.

A No Cost Way to Support the free Genealogy Gems Podcast. The holidays approaching and there’s an easy way for you to get your online shopping done while supporting this show. By accessing websites like Amazon.com through the links on the Genealogy Gems homepage and throughout the website, Amazon gives The Genealogy Gems Podcast credit for your purchases. It doesn’t cost you anything more, but by using the links on our website, you do a lot to help keep the free Genealogy Gems Podcast coming. Thank you!

Visit the the Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel where you can watch lots of great genealogy themed videos.

Join the Genealogy Gems Podcast fan page at Facebook.

Catch up on what's going on in the world of genealogy at The Genealogy Gems News Blog. 

Episode 45 SHOW NOTES

Sign up for Newsletter: mailto:genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com with your name, state or country and how you first heard about the podcast.   I encourage you to do that today so you won't miss a thing!

MAILBOX:  Email from Linda Kvist in Sweden that includes a fun story about an immigrant who didn"t immigrate:

"They were somewhat surprised that my father did contact them. In the church examine rolls it said that my dads grandfather emigrated to the US! He left the place and never came back. We know he never got to the US though. He met he's wife and the settled down in the area where she was born. So, in a way, we solved a clue for them as well!"

GEM:  Mar 22, 2008 was the anniversary of the First Bank Robbery Profile America is brought to you  by the U.S. Census Bureau.

CBSNews.com that takes a look at the precedent for bank robbery that Edward Smith set by profiling some of the most famous robbers in history.   48 Hours Mystery Article 

GEM: Kidnapped!  Listener Greg Norland sent me a note to let me know about an intriguing podcast episode of the Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life show that he had recently heard.  The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar

Song: Mystery of the Dunbar’s Child by Richard "Rabbitt� Brown.

Here are a few pieces of the puzzle that Bobby Dunbar's granddaughter, Margaret Dunbar Cutright likely looked to when working on finding the truth about her grandfather.  From The Constitution newspaper, in Atlanta, GA.  On April 25, 1913  “Have the Parents Got Wrong Child?â€?

The 1920 census of Opelusas City, in Fort Landry, Louisianna

Look for Percy and Lessie Dunbar, and their two children Robert age 11 and Alonozo age 9.  Or were they both their children?  Be sure and take a look at the census during the last few minutes of The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar as they give the ending to the story and what happened to the people involved. 

Email me with your thoughts or comments on the Ghost of Bobby Dunbar.

GEM: Prison Records:  My cousin Carolyn Ender shares her journey in locating the prison records for a man named George Jump who married her grand father’s sister.

Carolyn's Research Approach:

1. Try to determine the facility / town where you think they served their time.
2. Locate birth & death dates & the county where they lived during the suspected timeframe.
3. Contact the Genealogical & Historical Society for that county and ask where you might find inmate records.  Possibly the closest Corrections Dept.
4. Send a letter to the Corrections Dept. You may be directed to the Bureau of Prisons (www.bop.gov)  if it is a federal crime.
5. Complete a Freedom of Information Act request form & provide copy of the death certificate. (Listen to Episode 27 and Episode 32 for more information of the FOIA.) 
6. The BOP may refer you to NARA. They gave Carolyn a particular file # to ask for. 
7. NARA requires written consent from the inmate's family members or they black out the info regarding family members.  They will require payment for copying. 

If you know the inmate served in a Federal institution for a Federal crime, you can go straight to the Bureau of Prisons.  Consideration will have to be given to whether or not the inmate is deceased, how long he's been deceased, are his children living etc.  For State records, you could probably start with that state's Department of Corrections. 

GEM: Blog And Podcast Gadgets: Step-by-step instructions for Google Gadget customization can be found at the Genealogy Gems - Google Genealogy Research Strategies page.

GEM: Free digitised British newspapers access 1600-1900
Scottish Genealogy News and Events.  Temporary free trial to 17th, 18th and 19th Century British and Irish newspapers at the Gale Digital Collections website. You will need the following details to log in:
E-mail: rcc1934@aol.com
Login: virtual
Password: books

"Bonnie Scotland� was performer:Alexander Prince circa 1914 for Edison Amberol and it is courtesy of the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.

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Episode 35 Show Notes 

Genealogy Gems News Blog "What's in a Name?â€?   

My Facebook Profile:  Lisa at Genealogy Gems.  Make a friend request and then take the Genealogy Gems Quiz.

Check out the genealogy quizzes at FunTrivia.com 

YAHOOOOO - there’s a genealogy gal on the Genealogy Gems Listener page!  Beth Green answered my call on Episode 30 and emailed a Simpsonized Version of herself.  Check it out at the LISTENERS page. 

GEM:  A Little Help From Your Friends

My Top Three Tips for Tapping into the Strengths of Others: 

Tip #1  Swap brick walls

Try swapping brick walls with another researcher and look them over with a fresh pair of eyes.  I like to think of it as being a cold case detective.   Someone who pulls out an old file and goes over it with a fine tooth comb to see if anything’s been missed. 

Tip #2 - Assess your weaknesses
Look honestly at your office and your research and make a list of areas where you could improve.  Then set out to find someone in your local genealogical society who has a strength in that area. 

Tip # 3 - Two heads are better than one
Try working alongside a fellow genealogist.  Two heads are always better than one, and having someone that you can share the journey with is a wonderful thing.  There are over 500 genealogy groups on Facebook alone! Or try one of the new genealogy social networking sites that have been popping up lately.  Genealogy Social Networking Websites

GEM: The Library of Congress Webcasts:
Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community
Presented by Laura Cohen Appelbaum and Wendy Turman of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington.   

Library's Map Treasures are Highlighted in "Cartographia a book and presentation by Vincent Virga

GEM: Genealogy through the Looking Glass
I’ve enjoyed using children’s books for many years to become acquainted with new and sometimes complex subjects.  They are little gems just waiting to help you take on a new area of genealogical research.

For instance, does the subject of DNA still seem a bit foggy to you?  
Try "Genes & DNA" by Richard Walker, and "DNA is Here to Stay" by Fran Balkwill.  

“Coming to Canada: Building a new life in a new landâ€? by Susan Hughes  is a great first timers introduction to the subject.  

The Irish Potato Famine: Irish Immigrants Come to America (1845-1850) by Jeremy Thornton .  â€œFeed the Children First: Irish memories of the Great Hunger" edited by Mary E. Lyons. 

Juvenile Books can also be a great quick resource for the history of states and countries that you are unfamiliar with and have just discovered your ancestors spent time in.  So when you stumble into new territory, try taking a child’s eye view and perhaps a child’s curiousity as you approach the situation. 

GEM:  Now for a little Pixie Dust
Lab Pixies Google Gadgets 

My Favorites:
LabPixies TV
My del.icio.us
Countdown
Babylon Translation Box
LabPixies Clock
LabPixies Radio
TechBlogs
Flickr Slides

Contact Lisa
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Looking for a great Christmas gift? 
Lisa L. Cooke is the author of
Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies
from Season One of the Genealogy Gems Podcast
now available. 

EPISODE 34 SHOW NOTES:

Genealogy Gems News Blog

New videos for you at the Genealogy Gems website:
Genealogy for the next generation: "Family History Research - Child Detectives"
Genealogy Junction
Getting started documents for free download

"Family Tree" & "Circle of Life" by Venice.

A very moving video highlighting a collection of photographs at the Library of Congress' American Memory collection taken by Lewis Hines of child labor in the early 19^th century.   

MAILBOX:

Wreath by creative podcast listener Linda Kvist, Sweden

"The Emigrants" movie review 

Create your own Family History Christmas Wreath by watching the
4 part video how-to series

An email from Beverly Shaw :
(my apology to Beverly - I mistakenly credited her email to Barbara Murphy in the show & didn't catch the error in time)
"I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciated your Candy Bar idea.  Last month my husband's family had a reunion to honor his mother who passed away last year.  I created candy bars for the reunion using your idea.  Since Momma was an avid crocheter, I found a background of a crocheted doily and added 2 different photos that fit the theme.  I designed it so that I could fit 2 on each 8 1/2 x 11 sheet and printed a master copy.  I then took my master to Office Max and had them make 50 copies.  After wrapping a mixture of Hershey Milk Chocolate Bars and Hershey Milk Chocolate with Almond Bars, I filled a basket with the 100 Candy Bars, tied a bow on the basket handle and they were given out as mementos.  I am attaching a picture of the filled basket.  Thank you again. I received many complements."

If you"re looking for stocking stuffer ideas, there's still plenty of time to make the Sweet Memories candy bars which I described in detail in Episode 20  and in my book "Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies"

Beverly Shaw's beautiful Swee Memories candy bars

From Barbara Murphy:
The German, Irish and Italian groups of the genealogy societies on Long Island have put together new genealogy databases online. www.theggg.org and www.italiangen.org

Follow up on Google Gadgets:
Email from Meg Baker who developed the wonderful American Memory google gadget that I told you about in Episode 33. 
Meg Baker's Google Gadgets

GEM:  A Thanksgiving Celebration

Thanksgiving at the Library of Congress

What Shall the Harvest Be?

Sowing the seed by the daylight fair,
Sowing the seed by the noonday glare,
Sowing the seed by the fading light,
Sowing the seed in the solemn night:
O what shall the harvest be?
Refrain
Sown in the darkness or sown in the light,
Sown in our weakness or sown in our might,
Gathered in time or eternity,
Sure, ah, sure will the harvest be.
Sowing the seed by the wayside high,
Sowing the seed on the rocks to die.
Sowing the seed where the thorns will spoil,
Sowing the seed in the fertile soil:
O what shall the harvest be?
courtesy of the University of California, Santa Barbara

Sarah Josepha Hale

"OUR NATIONAL THANKSGIVING by Sarah Josepha Hale
We are most happy to agree with the large majority of the governors of the different States -- as shown in their unanimity of action for several past years, and which, we hope, will this year be adopted by all -- that the LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER shall be the DAY Of NATIONAL THANKSGIVING for the American people."

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Episode 33 Show Notes

The New Genealogy Gems News Blog
Subscribe to the blog by clicking the Google icon on the Blog page

Newsletter:
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IGoogle:
If you haven't created your own genealogy iGoogle homepage just listen to Episode 15 and of course it"s all covered step-by-step in my book Genealogy Gems - Ultimate Research Strategies. 

Upcoming Conference Appearance:
FamilySearch and My Ancestors Found have just announced that they are co-sponsoring the Family History EXPO at the Dixie Convention Center in St. George UT on Feb. 8 & 9 2008.  I’m very excited to let you know that I’ll be teaching a class on how to use Google for your family history research. 

All of the old Edison recordings on this episode are courtesy of the University of California at Santa Barbara

GEM:  This old dog learned a new trick – or how I got in touch with my own podcast:
Here’s a new technique for retrieving a past podcast episode and being able to have just that one episode come up on the page. This is great because it’s easier to read through, and you then have a URL address in your browser that you can copy and paste if you want to send it to someone.

Here’s how to do it:

1. From the Genealogy Gems.TV homepage click the PODCAST button
2. Which will take you to the Podcast show notes page. 
3. Look down the right hand side of the page  and click on the orange RSS button right below the word Syndication.  This opens up a page that gives you all the show notes in a simple text format. 
4. There’s a box in the upper right corner called "Displayingâ€?. 
5. Start typing “iGoogle� in the box and it will immediately start showing only episode show notes that include that word.
6. Look down the show notes in the results to find the one you want.
7. Click the blue title (ex. “Genealogy Gems Episode 15â€?) and you will get the complete episode 15 show notes on one podcast page.  At the end of the show notes is the direct download link for episode 15 if you want to listen to the episode or save it to your hard drive.  This is how you can listen from the website ,because the media player, even though it still appears will only play the most recently published episode. 

GEM:  Google Gadget for American Memory:
Here’s a follow up to the segment on The Library of Congress’ American Memory project from episode 32.   You can now add American Memory to your iGoogle page! 

How to get the American Memory Google Gadget:

1. Go to your iGoogle homepage.
2. Click the link in the upper right corner that says “Add Stuff�
3. In the upper right corner is a Search for Gadgets Box.
4. Type in the words “American Memory�
5. the American Memory Search gadget will appear
6. Click the “Add It Now� button (it will turn yellow and say “Added.�)
7. G back to your iGoogle homepage
8. Your new gadget in the upper left corner of your iGoogle page.

GEM:  Genealogy Podfading:
I really appreciate your partnering with me to keep the Genealogy Gems Podcast from podfading as so many others have done.  Christmas is a great time to lend your support.  Our sponsors are established, trusted and secure, and your information is ALWAYS private.  Thank you friends!

GEM:  Silhouettes by Kathryn Flocken:
Here’s another little blast from the past gem  in Episode 6.  I got an email from Kathryn recently which included a really neat short video about the silhouette work that she does:

Video:

Kathryn Flockens Paper Portraits webpage

Silhouette of genealogy podcaster Lisa Louise Cooke by Kathryn Flocken

GEM:  History of the Census and Its Samples:
There are 2 areas to explore: 

Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790-2000
It contains a record of all census questions, enumerators instructions, and brief histories of every census.
And...
Histories of Enumeration Procedures for Each Census:
The procedural histories provide detailed information on the collection and processing of each item on the questionnaire. You will learn how enumerators were selected, how they were trained and supervised, and how the public was prepared for the census taker’s visit.

If you’d like to learn more about how the history of the census and a website like this can be of real help to you in your own family research, go to the July 2007 Genealogy Gems newsletter back issue and read the article featuring a listener question that was answered using this history of the census information.   

Email Me with comments and questions

I hope you’re busily working on your Family History Christmas Wreath from episode 32.  There are 4 videos there on the website to walk you through how to do that.  Have fun!

EPISODE 31 SHOW NOTES

Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies. Thanks to those of you who have bought the book.  You guys are great. 

A special little Halloween hello from Genealogy Gems. 

Sad news:  The This Week's Genealogy Gems Google Gadget has crashed.   However, I will likely create a new custom gadget in the near future so I"ll keep you posted.  To receive the code for the gadget just be sure to sign up for the free Genealogy Gems monthly newsletter because that’s the email list I use to personally email you the code so you can install it on your iGoogle page.   Newsletter Sign Up & Back issues

The website is evolving every day with new content, so be sure and visit regularly at www.genealogygems.tv  In the Resources section you will find lots of great genealogy research strategies.    Be sure to click on the Google Research Gems Link.  I have a special gadget there that will provide you with a new Google tip every day.  And you’ll also find lots of other great tips that we’ve talked about to make Google work harder for your genealogy research.

Please do let your research friends and your local genealogy society know about it as a resource for them too, even if they don’t listen to the podcast.

Gem:  The Library of Congress

The Irish Jig performed by the National Promenade Band in 1914 for Edison Records courtesy of University of Santa Barbara.

AMERICAN MEMORY

American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to over 9 million items of written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. These materials chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America.

Browse American Memory

1. Advertising 1850-1920
2. Architecture and Interior Design 1935-1955
3. Baseball Cards 1887-1914
4. Broadsides and Printed Ephemera 1600-2000
5. Chicago Daily News - Photographs 1902-1933
6. 7 different Civil War collections with many, many photographs
7. Daguerreotype Photographs 1839-1864
8. Depression Era to World War II FSA/OWI Photographs 1935-1945
9. Film, Animated 1900-1921
10. There are several Folk Music Collections
11. Great Plains Photographs 1880-1920
12. Maps and Cartographic Items 1500-Present
13. New York City Films 1898-1906
14. Nineteenth-Century Books 1850-1877
15. Nineteenth-Century Periodicals 1815-1900
16. Ohio River Valley 1750-1820
17. Panoramic Photographs 1851-1991
18. Pearl Harbor and Public Reactions Audio Interviews 1941-1942
19. Posters, WPA 1936-1943
20. Prairie Settlement, Nebraska Photographs and Letters 1862-1912
21. Railroads Maps 1828-1900
22. Revolutionary Era Maps 1750-1789
23. San Francisco and 1906 Earthquake Films 1897-1916
24. Sheet Music 1820-1860 & 1870-1885
25. Slave Narratives Audio Interviews 1932-1975
26. Small Town Life, Mid-Atlantic Stereoscopic Photographs ~ 1850-1920
27. Southern U.S. Personal Narratives 1860-1920
28. Traveling in America Books ca. 1750-1920
29. Turn-of-the-Century America Detroit Publishing Company Photographs 1880-1920
30. Upper Midwest Books ca. 1820-1910
31. Utah and Western Migration 1846-1869
32. American Variety Stage - Vaudeville  1870-1920
33. Western U.S. Photographs 1860-1920
34. World War I Military Newspapers 1918-1919
35. World War I Rotogravures 1914-1919
36. World War II Maps Military Situation Maps 1944-1945

Some of my other favorite areas of the Collections and Programs are:

1. The VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT
2. The NATIONAL DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROGRAM
3. CHRONICALING AMERICA – HISTORIC AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS
4. The PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ONLINE CATALOG

Prints & Photos LOC online database: 

1. 20s Fads
2. Ellis Island prints & photos
3. WWII women working
4. Civil War Soldiers
5. Entertainment
6. Americana

LOC WEBCASTS

Start by browsing the Biography and History listings.

The library website also offers RSS feeds and email Subscriptions on a variety of subjects.

The future: the library just signed a World Digital Library Agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization pledging cooperative efforts to build a World Digital Library website. 

World Digital Library at the Worlddigitallibrary.org.  Video

GEM:  Genealogy for the Next Generation

To get the attention of the next generation for genealogy I Simposonized myself.

Genealogy for the Next Generation at Genealogy Gems. 

Simpsonize Me!     It’s totally free, and really fun.

Book Announcement:  Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies from Season One of the Genealogy Gems Podcast is finished and available online through Lulu Publishing. 

It is jammed packed with genealogical gems that you can use straight from the book, or as you listen along to the podcast at GenealogyGems.tv.   It was really important to me that the book be able to stand alone as a resource tool in addition to being a companion manual to the first twenty episodes of the podcast.    You will find everything written out in step-by-step instructions, plus lots of photos, as well as many things that I never got a chance to talk about on the podcast or include in the newsletter. 

Lulu is very cool because you can preview several pages of the book. It's very safe and secure to order with them online.  Shipping hint: When you're checking out the shipping will automatically show as Priority Mail.  If you’re not in a huge hurry, use the drop down menu and select media mail - it’s much less expensive.  It usually takes about a week to receive Media Mail.

German history videos

Allen county Library

I hope to see you at the  Northern Utah Genealogy & Family Heritage Jamboree at the Marriott Hotel, in Ogden on Saturday, September 15, 2007.  I will be in Booth 302 in the Exhibition Hall.  Stop by and say hello.  For more information or to register online visit the My Ancestors Found website.

Newspapers:   The Genealogy database site World Vital Records is providing "increased accessâ€? to the collection of NewspaperArchive.com database.  The first release of the NewspaperArchive.com data (40 million records ranging from 1759 to 1923) went up Aug. 27, 2007. And World Vital Records is giving 10 days of free access to these new additions  BROWSE 

Gem:  Some newspapers carry a history section or a 'looking back’  column where they run old articles.  World Vital Records only had a sampling of years from the past newspapers that are digitized.  But the columns like “Twice Told Talesâ€? that can be found in more recent newspapers, may include articles about the family that the website didn’t have the originals of.  So don’t dismiss those new issues – you may find some real gems!

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  SHOW NOTES - June 10, 2007

GEM  I Love to iGoogle & You Will Too!

Create An Account 

Go to:  https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount   
Create A GENEALOGY Tab 
Autofill Gadgets  

How to Add an rss Feed Gadget for this Podcast
Start from your GENEALOGY tab of your igoogle home page.  
Go to genealogygemspodcast.com.   
Click on ADD TO GOOGLE icon 
Click on ADD TO GOOGLE button  
Your new Genealogy Gems Podcast gadget will be in the upper left corner.     

BONUS:  I have created a special gadget just for you called This Week's Genealogy Gem.   I will be emailing all of my newsletter subscribers an invitation to add the Genealogy Gem gadget to your igoogle homepage.       

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