Genealogy News Bytes - 31 July 2018

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

1)  News Articles:

*  Texas State GS 2018 Annual Conference Schedule

*  The Family History Show – London Saturday 22nd September

*  Ancestry.com is closing its Utah Call Center and will Outsource All Calls to Another Company

*  [Ancestry.com] Embracing Privacy Best Practices for the Industry

2)  New or Updated Record Databases:

*  Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 22 to 28 July 2018

*  Added or Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 22 to 28 July 2018

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Classes and Webinars for August 2018

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 1 August, 11 a.m. PDT:  Jewish Genealogy for the Non-Jew: History, Migration, DNA, by Schelly Talalay Dardashti

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 3 August, 11 a.m. PDT:  Legacy 9 Unlocked (part 5): Adding an Obituary, by Geoff Rasmussen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  An Overview of Important Historical Record Collections, by Tal Erlichman (MyHeritage)

* BYU Family History Library Webinar Series (August 2018)

*  Research Like A Pro Podcast:  RLP 1: Introduction


*  Research Like A Pro Podcast:  RLP 2: Research Objectives

*  Research Like A Pro Podcast:  RLP 3: Analyze Your Sources

*  Genealogy Connection Podcast: #046 - Amy Johnson Crow, Speaker and Blogger

*  Cousin Russ YouTube:  Managing the Data Error Message Report - Follow up

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Free Tool to Aid DNA Visual Phasing - A Segment of DNA

*  DearMyrtle YouTube:  Mondays with Myrt - 30 July 2018

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Tuesday, July 31,  2018

5)  DNA Success Stories:

*  DNA kit reveals 49-year secret, reunites Lakeland mother, son

*  When a DNA test upends your identity, some find 'family' in secret Facebook group

6)  Genealogy Fun Stuff:

*  Is this the largest family in the world? 

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 27 July 2018?

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