Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 17 October 2017


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last four days include:

1)  News Bytes:


Rockstar Genealogist(s) 2017 voting now open


*  Light Keepers: A Family History Experience for Women at RootsTech 2018

*  RootsWeb Surname List and Golden Gate Genealogy Forum Disappearing on 24 October

*  2018 ISFHWE Excellence-in-Writing Competition Open for Entries

*  BCG: New Officers 2017-2018

*  NYG&B eNews: Save NYC vital records access: Why we all should act

2)  Record Databases:

*  Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 8 to 14 October 2017

*  Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 8 to 14 October 2017

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  FamilySearch Offers FREE ONLINE United States and Canada Genealogy Research Seminar October 16-20, 2017

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 17 October 2017, 5 p.m. PDT:  Databases, Search Engines, and the Genealogical Proof Standard by David Ouimette

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 18 October 2017, 11 a.m. PDT:  The WPA: Sources for Your Genealogy, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  FREE Webinar From SCGS - October 18, 2017:  Dr. David R. Dowell, PhD & Elizabeth Balkite: Family History + Health History Lead to Personalized Healthcare

*  AmericanAncestors Webinar - 19 October 2017, 12 noon PDT:  City and Rural Directories: More than Just Names, by Rhonda McClure

*  FGS Webinar - 19 October 2017, 5 p.m. PDT: Does your society need a Social Media Manager?, by Jen Baldwin

*  NARA’s 2017 Virtual Genealogy Fair is coming up - Wednesday, 25 October 2017

*  MyHeritage’s One-Day Genealogy Seminar October 29 in Israel to be Broadcast Online

*  Genealogy Connection Podcast:  #031 - Denise Levenick, Speaker and Writer 

*  Extreme Genes Podcast/Radio Show:  Episode 210 – One Hundred Years Later: Following Your World War I Ancestor / First Keynote Named For RootsTech!

*  Ancestral Findings Podcast:  AF-148: Was the First Thanksgiving Actually Held in Florida? An Interesting Historical Analysis

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Genealogy Game Night - 14 Oct 2017

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Mondays with Myrt - 16 Oct 2017

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Why should you test with multiple DNA companies? - A Segment of DNA

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  New Rules Added to the Old: The Rules of Genealogy Revisited - James Tanner

4)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, October 17,  2017


*  RootsTech 2018 Contest: Win a 4-Day RootsTech Pass valued at $279

5)  Neat Stuff:

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5 Photos You Should Take at the Cemetery

Jobs That No Longer Exist Today

*  50 Genealogy Tasks You Can Do In 15 Minutes or Less

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 13 October 2017?


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