Genealogy News Bytes - 9 February 2018

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

1)  News Articles:

*  Past and Present Pathways Announces Two New Additions

*  ISFHWE Elections to Be Held April 2018

*  UGA's Distinguished Service Award Goes to Angela Packer McGhie!

*  The National Genealogical Society Announces Three Research Trips

*  23andMe Launches The Global Genetics Project

*  As more people learn of their genetic makeup, unexpected African roots emerge

2)  Record Databases:

*   Over 650,000 criminal records added to TheGenealogist

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 9 February 2018

*  February Update: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 103 Titles!

*  9 Feb 2018 – New Genealogy Record Releases & Updates

*  African American Genealogy Records: New and Free!

*  Advantage Preservation Adds 650K Historical Newspaper Pages - January, 2018

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

*  Legacy Tree Genealogists 2018 Conferences

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 11 a.m. PST:  Have Nordic Ancestors? Count Yourself Lucky - Nordic Records are Amazing, by Mike Mansfield

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Digging for Historical Records on FamilySearch, by Sunny Morton

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Using Military Maps in Genealogy, by Rick Sayre

*  Nicka Sewell-Smith YouTube Channel:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 50: Ask Mariah - The Remix

*  DearMYRTLE's YouTube Channel:  Jewish Genealogy 1 with Emily Garber

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Watch Your Ancestors on FamilySearch

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, February 9,  2018

*  Valentine’s Day DNA Price Wars – Save BIG This Week!

5)  Neat Stuff:

*  Where Old, Unreadable Documents Go to Be Understood

*  What's going on in these photos?

*  DNA test, luck reunite Hawaii man with the biological parents he never knew

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 6 February 2018?

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