Friday, December 1, 2017

Genealogy News Bytes - 1 December 2017


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

1)  News Articles:


*  Royal Roots Run Deep for Meghan Markle (American Ancestors)

*  Registration Opens for the National Genealogical Society’s 2018 Family History Conference

*  New Feature: Do-it-Yourself Historical Record Fixes (MyHeritage)

*  RootsTech 2018 Photo + Story Competition

*  The Winner of the Online Death Marketplace

2)  Record Databases:

 
New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 1 December 2017

*  New Genealogy Records for Canada and the United States

*  Chronicling America Updates - November, 2017

*  North Carolina Adds 19 New Historic Newspaper Titles

3)  Genealogy Education:


 GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar -- Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 11 a.m. PST:  Finding Your Roots in Catholic Records, by Lisa Toth Salinas


*  Member Friday Family Tree Webinar:  Clusters and Chains for Genealogical Success, by Shellee Morehead


* Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Understanding Alabama, by Rorey Cathcart

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Find Your Immigrant Ancestors AND their Relatives in the New York Passenger Arrival Records, by Mike Mansfield

*  Genealogy Journeys Podcast:  #42 - The Cruise Recap and Overview of What's Ahead

*  The Genealogy Guys Podcast:  #335 - 2017 November 26

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  GenDoc Study Group 11 - WhereIs and WhereIn

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  The Archive Lady - Nov 2017

*  Nicka Sewell-Smith's YouTube Channel:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 47: Pad and My Pen: Writing Your Family History

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  FamilySearch Memories: Connecting Relatives Near and Far, by Jean Naisbitt

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel: Getting Started with Web Indexing, by Kathryn Grant

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Add Boxes to separate Text from Background PSE

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, December 1,  2017



5)  Neat Stuff:

 The most popular last names in every state (besides Smith)

How genealogy can inform, entertain — and become a lifelong addiction

Was Lydia E. Pinkham the Queen of Quackery?

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 28 November 2017?


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