Friday, March 23, 2018

Genealogy News Bytes - 23 March 2018


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

1)  News Articles:


 
Heritage Travel: Ready, Set, Go Ahead

Siblings Can Have Surprisingly Different DNA Ancestry. Here's Why

*  Shocked men discover sperm donation used to sire children, not scientific research

2)  Record Databases:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 23 March 2018

*  Meritorious Service Medals now available online at TheGenealogist

*  New Women’s Records on Fold3!

*  460 Free Mid-Atlantic States Online Historic Newspaper Titles Added

*  200 Free New England States Online Historic Newspaper Titles Added

*  A New Website: African American Civil War Soldiers

3)  Genealogy Education:

 GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  FamilySearch Classes Presented at RootsTech 2018 Now Online

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 27 March, 11 a.m.:  
How DNA testing can reveal your ethnic roots, by Gull Ben-David

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 28 March, 11 a.m.:  Formulating a DNA Testing Plan, by Blaine Bettinger

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  From Baltimore to Burlington: Hazen P. Day's Neighbors Bring Him Home, by Catherine B. Wiest Desmarais

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Hands-On With MyHeritage DNA, by Geoff Rasmussen


*  Archived Family Tree Webinars:  Introduction to DNA Testing in Genealogy and Family History, by Mike Mansfield


*  Family Tree Magazine Podcast:  Episode 118 - Online Trees

*  Member Friday Family Tree Webinars:  Social History through the Ages, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel:  Hispanic Genealogy Research 1

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel:  Mondays with Myrt - 6 Mar 2018

*  Who Is Nicka Smith? YouTube Channel:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 54: Beyond Percentages: Doing More With Your DNA Test Results

*  The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube Channel:  GenFriends

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube Channel:  Strategies for Finding Your Ancestors Online Part 1 by Judy Sharp

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  Who is Watch Your Changes to FamilySearch Family Tree - Beginner Basics

*  Genetic Genealogy Ireland YouTube Channel:  Breaking down Brick Walls using Triangulation (Maurice Gleeson)

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, March 23,  2018


Special AncestryDNA Flash Sale – Canada and UK Save up to 25%!

*  HUGE SALE on Genealogy Cheat Sheets at Family Tree Magazine!

5)  Neat Stuff:

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FERRIER FILES: Middle Tennessee man meets his sister for the first time after 62 years

*  A family again: Siblings reunited after DNA tests' revelation

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 20 March 2018?


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