Friday, August 18, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 18 August 2017


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

1)  News Bytes:


*  DNA News Update - Friday, August 18, 2017


*  Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Announces New Dates and Format

*  FGS Conference: Online registration ends Monday 21 Aug

*  FamilySearch: New Online Indexing Tool is now available

2)  Record Databases:

*  
New Records Available to Search This Findmypast Friday, 18 August 2017

*  British Isles Genealogy: New Records Online for England, Scotland, Ireland

*  North Dakota to Add 100,000 Historical Newspaper Pages to Chronicling America

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

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  Upcoming ISGS Webinars - September 2017

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar, Wednesday, 23 August 2017:  How to Do Mexican Research and Be Successful by Jonathan Walker.

*  Upcoming FREE SCGS Webinar, September 2, 2017: "Caillte agus Aimsigh: Lost and Found - Irish History and Records," by  Barbara M. Randall

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  "Analyzing Probate Records of Slaveholders to Identify Enslaved Ancestors," by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson.

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  "Finding Your Ancestors in German Directories,: by Luana Darby

*  Nivka Sewell-smith's YouTube Channel:  "BlackProGen LIVE:! Ep 40: "Well You Know..." Privacy in Genealogy and DNA"

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  "Duplicates in Family Tree Part 1: Why They're There and How to Find Them," by Kathryn Grant

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  "Duplicates in Family Tree Part 2: How to Resolve Them," by Kathryn Grant

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  "Add Your Feelings - Memoir and Personal History Writing Tips"

4)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Saturday August 18, 2017


5)  Neat Stuff:

*  Solar Eclipses in History: The Revolutionary War

*  A solar eclipse is coming to America. Here’s what you’ll see where you live.

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


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