Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 15 August 2017


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

1)  News Bytes:


*  Free UK Genealogy has launched FreeCEN2, their new free United Kingdom census website.

*  Announcing an October 2018 Genealogy Research Trip to Dublin or Belfast, Ireland

*  Hotel Reservations Now Open for the National Genealogical Society’s 2018 Family History Conference

2)  Record Databases:

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Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 6 to 12 August 2017

*  Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 6 to 12 August 2017

*  Florida and Puerto Rico to Add 100,000 Historical Newspaper Pages to Chronicling America

*  West Virginia to Add 100,000 Historical Newspaper Pages to Chronicling America

*  Connecticut to Add 100,000 Historical Newspaper Pages to Chronicling America

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar, Tuesday, 15 August, 5 p.m. PDT:  "Analyzing Probate Records of Slaveholders to Identify Enslaved Ancestors," by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson.

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar, Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 11 a.m. PDT:  "Finding Your Ancestors in German Directories,: by Luana Darby

*  Upcoming SCGS Webinar, Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 6 p.m. PDT:  "Ports of Entry," by Kim von Aspern-Parker.

*  Archived Tree Webinar:  "Using Pictures with Legacy Family Tree," by Geoff Rasmussen

*  Ancestral Findings YouTube Channel:  AF-139: What is a GEDCOM?

*  Ancestry YouTube Channel:  Dealing With Errors in Online Family Trees

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  New Developments in the Family History Guide, by Bob Taylor

*  *  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Where Are the Digitized Records on FamilySearch.org, by James Tanner

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Mondays With Myrt - 14 August 2017

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

*  The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube Channel:  Chit Chat Live: Interview with Mary Kircher Roddy

*  Genealogy Journey's Podcast #35: Voting and the 19th Amendment

4)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday August 15, 2017


*  All Census Records at MyHeritage Are FREE August 14-20

5)  Neat Stuff:

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Here Are The Oldest Photos Ever Taken In The United States And They Are Incredible

*  How Each of the 50 U.S. States Got Their Name

*  Spread of Christianity From 300 to 800 A.D.

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 11 August 2017?

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2 comments:

VictoriaRegina said...

Thanks for all this information. I'll be busy for days! ��

Geolover said...

Allen Park Library has run a great series on early photographs:

http://genealogycenter.org/Community/Blog.aspx