Friday, February 16, 2018

Genealogy News Bytes - 16 February 2018


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

1)  News Articles:


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IGRS Launches “How-To” Irish Genealogy Videos

*  The National Genealogical Society Opens Registration for a Guided Research Trip to Two of our Nation’s Important Repositories

*  How Tom Tryniski digitized nearly 50 million pages of newspapers in his living room

2)  Record Databases:


*    New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 16 February 2018

3)  Genealogy Education:

 GeneaWebinars Calendar

*    "Using Swedish Taxation Records to Solve Tough Genealogical Problems," by Jill Morelli

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 21 February, 11 a.m. PST: "Tribal Quest: A special project to document the family histories of tribal people" by Golan Levi

*  Archived FGS Webinar:  "Breaking Out of the Box: Creative Thinking For Your Society," by Amy Johnson Crow

*  "Member Friday" Family Tree Webinar:  "Let DNA Tell Your Story," by Diahan Southard

*  Nicka Sewell-Smith YouTube Channel:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 51: Finding and Tracing Enslaved Ancestors

*  Cousin Russ YouTube Channel:  Found 2 Marriages

*  American Ancestors YouTube Channel:  Early New England Families Study Project

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  All The Stories by Harold Davis

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Jewish Genealogy 2 with Emily Garber

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, February 16,  2018


5)  Neat Stuff:


   Kin Found by DNA, Search Continues for 3

Vinegar Valentines: The Victorian Tradition of Sending Anonymous Hate Mail

The Debunker: What Do Scotsmen Wear Under Their Kilts?
Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 13 February 2018?


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