Genealogy News Bytes - 23 January 2018

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

1)  News Articles:

*  How MyHeritage found a new business in DNA

*  The Newberry Library is Looking for Crowdsourcing Volunteers to Transcribe Continental Army Paperwork

*  SCGS Jamboree Registration is Open!

*  Historical Society of Pennsylvania Announces Two Summer Genealogy Courses in Philadelphia

2)  Record Databases:

*   What's Coming From FamilySearch in 2018

*  New MyHeritage Historical Records Added in January 2018

*  Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 14 to 20 January 2018

*  Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 14 to 20 January 2018

*  Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Latest Additions and Updates

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 11 a.m. PST:  Finding Jamestown Ancestors, by KC Reid

*  Genealogy Gold Podcast:  #162 WWII Japanese American Internment and Relocation Records

*  Genealogy Connection Podcast:  #036 - Angie Bush, Genetic Genealogist

*  African Roots Podcast: January 21st 2018

*  Extreme Genes Radio Show/Podcast:  Episode 221 – Expert Gloria Merchant Talks Pirate Research / Tom Perry On Fair Pricing For Digitizing

*  NextGen Genealogy Network YouTube Channel:  Faces of NextGen Live - Blaine T Bettinger

*  Ancestry.com YouTube Channel:  Ancestry Online Trees: Using Web Links

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Understanding the International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Kathryn Grant

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel:  Mondays With Myrt - 22 Jan 2018

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Were Your DNA Test Results Disappointing?

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, January 23,  2018

5)  Neat Stuff:

*  Social media helps Lynchburg man connect with long-lost half sister

*  Uncovering their family roots

*  What dialect do you speak? A map of American English

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 19 January 2018?

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