Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 19 September 2017


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

1)  News Bytes:


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New York City Department of Health Proposes Adoption of 125 Years for Birth Records 50 Years for Death Records Embargoes

*  Levar Burton's RootsTech 2017 Keynote Speech is Now Online

*  RootsTech 2018 Now Open for Registration

2)  Record Databases:

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Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 10 to 16 September 2017

*  Added or Updated Ancestry.com Databases - Week of 10 to 16 September 2017

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar, Wednesday, 20 September:  "WolframAlpha for Genealogists" by Thomas MacEntee

*  Niche Academy Webinar, Thursday, 21 September 2017, 11 a.m. PDT:  Thinking Outside the Collection Box: How to Serve Genealogists Now by Nicole Wedemeyer Miller


*  
THAGS/FHF "Back 2 Research" eConference is Saturday, 23 September

*  Track Down Your WWI Military Ancestors with Free Multi-Session Webinar (23 September 2017)

*  FREE DNA WEBINAR! Reveal Your Unique Story through DNA and Family History (23 September 2017, 8 a.m. PDT)


*  BCG Offers Six Free Lectures (Live or by Webinar) on 6 October 2017


*  Genealogy Connection Podcast:  #030 - Michelle Chubenko, Researcher



*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Mondays With Myrt - 18 Sept 2017

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Norwegian Genealogy Study Group 1

*  NextGenGenealogy Network YouTube Channel:  Faces of NextGen Live - Deborah Sweeney

*  Ancestral Findings YouTube Channel:  AF-144: Finding Probate Records


*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Digging Deep into Death Records - James Tanner

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Why am I only genetically related to 120 ancestors?

*  GenealogyMagazine YouTube Channel:  Episode 3: Diaries and Journals

4)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, September 19,  2017


5)  Neat Stuff:

*  4 Fabulous Ways to Use the Library of Congress for Genealogy

*  10 Steps For Starting Your Family History

*  Viking Invasions of Eastern Europe, 820-941 A.D.

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 15 September 2017?


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