Friday, September 29, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 29 September 2017


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

1)  News Bytes:


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FamilySearch: 2017 Worldwide Indexing Project

*  Free Family Discovery Day at RootsTech: Registration Now Open

*  The RootsTech 2018 Innovation Showcase Needs Your Nominations

*  How a Texas Fugitive Used a Dead Infant’s Identity for Decades – and Finally Faced Justice

2)  Record Databases:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 29 September 2017

*  September Update: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content for 59 Titles!

*  Chronicling America Updates - August/September 2017

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for October 2017

*  Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research Announces Occasional Webinar Series

*  Announcing Fall into Family History Month Webinar: Saturday 30 September 2017!

*  Upcomng MnGS Wednesday (4 October) Webinar: Get Your Story Out There! by Jennifer Alford

*  Upcomng Family Tree Webinar (Wednesday, 4 October, 11 a.m. PDT):  No Easy Button: Using “Immersion Genealogy” to Understand Your Ancestors, by Lisa Alzo

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

*  FREE Webinar From SCGS: October 7, 2017 - Sara Gredler, MS: Think Like a Historian: Why Do People Do What They Do?

*  New Course: DNA: Autosomal DNA – Testing For Everyone


*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Quick Guide to Texas Research, by Deena Coutant

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Burials and Burial Grounds of England and Wales, by Kirsty Gray*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Norwegian Genealogy Study Group 2

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  2017 Worldwide Indexing Event - Oct 20-22

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  GenDoc Study Group 3

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Revolutionary War Records: Patriots to Hessians - James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Basic Series: Part 2 - Communicating what you know about your Genealogy - James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Energizing Family History with Find Take Teach - Kathryn Grant

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Basic Series: Part 3 - Beginning Descendancy Research - James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  BYU Family History Technology Lab by Harold Davis

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Watch-Unwatch Feature on FamilySearch by Rayanne Melick

*  Nicka Sewell-Smith's YouTube Channel:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 42: Getting Started with Latin Research

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Power Scrapbooking - Sorting and Organizing in Photoshop Elements

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Improve Student Learning Using Family History - Family History for Children

*  American Ancestors YouTube Channel:  Introduction to Heraldry in America

*  Ancestry YouTube Channel:  Abby Wambach Learns the Details of Her Family’s Past

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's YouTube Channel:  Reveal Your Unique Story through DNA, Family History & Video

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's YouTube Channel:  Genealogy Gems Podcast: Episode 208

4)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, September 29,  2017


FREE E-Book: Family History Trippin’ – A Guide to Planning a Genealogy Research Trip

5)  Neat Stuff:

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Predictions for the Year 2000 from The Ladies Home Journal of December 1900

*  The “Secret” Codes on Death Certificates That Can Tell You How Your Ancestors Died

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 26 September 2017?


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