Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 7 November 2017


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

1)  News Bytes:


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Finding Your Roots – Black Like Me with Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee and Suzanne Malveaux – Tonight on PBS

*  Ancestry.com To Recover Veterans Stories, and 50% Subscription Discount on 11 November

2018 NEHGS Research Tours and Programs 

*  Book Release:  AJ Jacobs: It’s All Relative

2)  Record Databases:

 
Preserve and Enhance Your Family History Through Christmas With Famicity

*  Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 29 October to 4 November 2017

*  Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 29 October to 4 November 2017

3)  Genealogy Education:


*  Online Genealogy Hangouts, Webinars and Chats - Week of 5 Nov 2017

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for November 2017

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 8 August 2017, 11 a.m. PST:  New York City Genealogical Research: Navigating Through The Five Boroughs, by Michael Strauss

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 10 August 2017, 11 a.m. PST:  Using Non-Population Schedules for Context and Evidence, by Jill Morelli

*  FREE Webinar From SCGS: November 15, 2017 - Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD, MA - Ancestral Hunting Grounds: Doing On-Site Research

*  The Genealogy Guys Podcast:  #334 - 2017 November 5

*  Extreme Genes Radio Show/Podcast:  Episode 213 – Author A.J. Jacobs’ Genie Journey & New Book

*  The NextGen Genealogy Network YouTube Channel:  Faces of NextGen Live - True A Lewis

*  Ancestry.com YouTube Channel:  What's New at Ancestry: November 2017 Edition

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Mondays with Myrt - 6 Nov 2017

*  Ancestral Findings YouTube Channel:  AF-151: Five Important Time-Saving Tips for Getting Your Genealogy Research Done

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Is 23andMe the best DNA testing company?

4)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, November 7,  2017


*  GIVEAWAY: Win an Apple iPhone X from Genealogy Bargains

RootsTech 2018 Registration Giveaway Contests

5)  Neat Stuff:

*  The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War


*  Concord [N.C.] man finds biological father after 60 years

*  Long journey connects son and birth mother after decades apart

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 3 November 2017?


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