Genealogy News Bytes - 8 December 2017

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

1)  News Articles:

*  Guide to Finding Your Loyalist Ancestor in Upper Canada

*  Dutch Genealogy News for November 2017

*  Registration For OGS Conference 2018 Now Open

*  Introducing MyHeritage Surveys

2)  Record Databases:

*  Introducing the British and Irish Roots Collection

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 8 December 2017

*  Latest updates to the Irish Newspaper Archive

*  TheGenealogist adds 1930s UK outbound passenger lists

*  8 Dec 2017 – New Genealogy Record Releases & Updates

*  Big Updates at Ancestry for Canadian and German Vital Records
3)  Genealogy Education:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Upcoming ISGS Webinar - December 12, 2017:  Ephemera, Genealogy Gold, by Sharon S. Atkins

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 5 p.m. PST:  I Thought He Was My Ancestor: Avoiding the Six Biggest Genealogy Mistakes, by James M. Baker

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 15 December 2017, 11 a.m. PST:  Finding Your Nordic Parish of Birth, by Jill Morelli, CG

*  Upcoming American Ancestors Webinar - Thursday, 14 December 2017, 12 noon PST:  Searching Databases on AmericanAncestors.org, by Don LeClair

*  Upcoming SCGS Free Webinar - December 20, 2017:  100 Days to a Better Family History, by Tammy Hepps

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Finding Your Roots in Catholic Records, by Lisa Toth Salinas

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Watch Geoff Live: Adding a Passenger Record, by Geoff Rasmussen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Finding Dirk: Insanity in the 19th Century by Jill Morelli, CG

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems Podcast:  Episode #212

*  Pat Richley-Erickson's YouTube Channel:  GenDoc STUDY GROUP 12 - Identifying Offline Publishers...

*  Pat Richley-Erickson's YouTube Channel: WACKY Wednesday - Scanning at Cousin Russ' Office

*  NTGBS YouTube Channel:  Genealogy Q&A with D. Joshua Taylor and Susan R. Miller - December 2017

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Checking the Person Page for Accuracy in FamilySearch Family Tree - Kathryn Grant

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:   Giving the Gift of Family History - Kathryn Grant

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  LDS Census Records, by Ann Tanner

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Finding City Directories with Don's List

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, December 8,  2017

*  FRPC Christmas 2017 Blow-Out Sale: Genealogy Books @ 60-95% Off

5)  Neat Stuff:

*  Why You're Probably Related to Nefertiti, Confucius, and Socrates

*  10 Useful Windows 10 Features You Probably Never Use But Should

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 5 December 2017?

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