A passle of announcements, including the deadline for early-bird registrations for NGS (www.ngsgenealogy.org), new online registration for FGS and a deadline for FGS award nominations (www.fgs.org), and George's newest book on researching in London respositories (www.lulu.com/content/253150).  George talks about his recent visit from a first cousin and the use of upcoming holidays to learn more about family history.  Drew uses the opportunity of a visit from an old roommate to do some U.S. census research, and develops some new search tricks.