Friday, June 22, 2018

Genealogy News Bytes - 22 June 2018


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

1)  News Articles:


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MyHeritage Offers Free DNA Tests to Help Reunite Separated Migrant Children with their Parents

*  Digital Public Library of America Launches Open Bookshelf

*  SLIG Academy for Professionals

2)  Record Databases:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 22 June 2018

*  TheGenealogist releases the new Change of Names Database as well as the Colour Tithe Maps for the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire

 21 June 2018 – New Genealogy Record Releases & Updates

*  Advantage Preservation Adds 1.5 Million Historical Newspaper Pages - May, 2018

3)  Genealogy Education:


 GeneaWebinars Calendar


*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for June 2018

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 27 June, 11 a.m.PDT:  Lightroom or Photoshop? What should I use for my photo editing? by Jared Hodges


*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Using Maps in Genealogical Research, by Sara A. Scribner


*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Researching Your Mexican War Ancestor, by Craig Scott


*  Archived Guild of One-Name Studies Webinar:  Publish & Preserve, by Jim Benedict and Jim Culbert


*  Genealogy Gold Podcast:  #183 - Double Dating in Genealogy

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube:   Land Ownership Maps by Nicky Smith
*    BYU Family History Library YouTube:  FamilySearch Account Settings and Partners by Rayanne Melick

*  AmericanAncestors YouTube:  Early Vermont Settlers to 1784 Study Project

*  DearMyrtle YouTube:  Mondays with Myrt - 18 June 2018

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  What are IGI and Legacy Sources on FamilySearch? - Research Over My Shoulder

*  The Genealogy Do-Over:  Write Your Family History Book – A Summer Genealogy Project

*  The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube:  Hillary Duff and Molly Shannon

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, June 22,  2018


5)  Neat Stuff:

 
Neighbor Stunned When She Discovers Her Neighbor Is Actually Her Long-Lost Sister

How did authorities solve the true identity of Joseph Newton Chandler III?

Two Minnesota women in their 70s learn they were switched at birth

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

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