Friday, February 2, 2018

Genealogy News Bytes - 2 February 2018


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

1)  News Articles:


*  
The Family Nexus Product Updates

*  RootsTech 2018 Announces Lineup of Keynote Speakers

*  Dutch Genealogy News for January 2018

*  The National Genealogical Society Has Moved

2)  Record Databases:


*   FREE ACCESS at Findmypast to Birth, Marriage, Death and Census Records This Week

*  AmericanAncestors:  New Database Specific Search Option

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 2 February 2018

*  Black History Month 2018 – Access Black History Records

3)  Genealogy Education:


 GeneaWebinars Calendar

 International African American Museum to Present Free Genealogy Seminars Every Saturday in February

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for February 2018

*  REGISTER: Feb 2018 DearMYRTLE Webinars

*  FREE Webinar from SCGS on Saturday, February 3, 2018, 10 a.m. PST: Jumping the Pond: Finding the Origins of Your Immigrant Ancestor, by Donna Moughty

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Comparing the Genealogy Giants: Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage, by Sunny Morton

*  Archived Member Friday Webinar:  World War I: Women’s Lives During the War, by Gena Philibert Ortega

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel:   AmericaGen Study Group - Chapter 1 "Understanding Genealogical Research"

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel:  England to Virginia: Distressed Cavaliers & Indentured Servants

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Find A Grave New Website Design - What is so bad?

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  RootsTech GBA.Buzz Scavenger Hunt App Explained

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel: Family Tree Cleanup Case Study 2: Connecting and Correcting the Holtby Family - Kathryn Grant

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, February 2,  2018


5)  Neat Stuff:


*  Farmington woman finds father through DNA research

Oneida man unexpectedly finds birth mother through DNA ancestry kit

Explore the Largest Known Early Map of the World, Assembled for the First Time

A New Fad Sweeps the Country in the 1870s

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 30 January 2018?


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