Friday, November 17, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 17 November 2017


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

1)  News Articles:


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Findmypast Announces Plans to Publish Trinity Mirror Archive

*  RootsTech 2018 Photo+Story Competition

*  Introducing We Remember – Free Online Memorials

*  FamilySearch Free Sign-in Offers Greater Subscriber Experiences and Benefits

*  23andMe revs up Ancestry Composition feature

*  AncestryProGenealogists Scholarship Announced

*  NEHGS Launches Interactive Mayflower Website

2)  Record Databases:

 
New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 17 November 2017

New Records at the Genealogy Giants Websites

New Fold3 Database:  Virginia Half Pay Pension Application Files

3)  Genealogy Education:


 GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for November 2017

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 22 November 2017, 5 p.m. PST:  Research in Federal Records: Some Assembly Required, by Malissa Ruffner

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Searching for a Pennsylvania German Ancestor, by James Beidler

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  British and Irish research: the differences, by Brian Donovan

*  Maureen Taylor Video:  Ask Maureen: Bonus Episode ~ Beth Forester from Animoto

* Maureen Taylor Video:  Ask Maureen: Episode 10 ~ Fun with Family History Videos

*  Genealogy Connection Podcast:  #032 - Kathy Meade, Researcher

*  Cousin Russ YouTube Channel - FTM2017 User Question: How to manage a large Marriage Report?

*  Cousin Russ YouTube Channel -  FTM2017 User Question:Why am I getting Bad Search Results?

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  GenDoc 10 - Chapter 10 Citing Numbered, Grouped, and Subgrouped Offline Sources

*  *  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel: WACKY Wednesday - Sharing Genealogical Data

*  Nicka Sewell-Smith YouTube Channel:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 46: Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes

*  American Ancestors YouTube Channel:  Navigating Notarial Records in Quebec

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Getting the Most Out of Puzzilla Premium by Judy Sharp

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Can You Trace Your Ancestry to Adam?

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, November 17,  2017


*  MyHeritage Complete on Sale for 50% Off – thru Thursday, Nov 23

*  RootsTech 2018 Registration Giveaway Contests

5)  Neat Stuff:


*  12 Useful Web Tools You Didn't Know About

Good Morning America Features MyHeritage DNA Reunion Live on Air!

*  Adopted woman, birth family who thought she died meet after 66 years

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 14 November 2017?


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