Genealogy News Bytes - 5 October 2018

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

1)  News Articles:

*  New evidence discovered regarding first English voyage to America

*  Norway's petabyte plan: Store everything ever published in a 1,000-year archive

*  The Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed) Alumni Association Announces the Richard S. Lackey Scholarship

*  AncestryProGenealogists Scholarship Program now accepting applications!

*  Association of Professional Genealogists Awards Members for Contributions to the Organization and Profession; Announces Golden Chapter Award

*  Call for Proposals for the 2019 FGS Family History Conference

*  Dutch Genealogy News for September 2018

2)  New or Updated Record Databases:

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 5 October 2018

*  Added or Updated Record Collections on MyHeritage - September 2018

*  School Registers released online by TheGenealogist

3)  Genealogy Education:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for October 2018

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar -- Tuesday, 9 October, 11 a.m. PDT:  On the Go: Using Your Mobile Device for Genealogy, by MyHeritage

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Remote Research in the Databases of the Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, by Rick Sayre

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Legacy 9 Unlocked (part 7): Adding Email Correspondence, by Geoff Rasmussen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Jewish Genealogy's Other Side: Sephardic Research, by Schelly Dardashti

*  African Roots Podcast:  Digging the Roots Podcast:  Episode #432 Talking DNA

*  Fisher’s Top Tips Podcast:  #007 – In Researching Your Family Less Is More

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Using Tax Records to Research AROUND The 1890 Census Loss in Genealogy

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube: Using Newspapers to Research AROUND the 1890 Census loss in Genealogy

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Family Roots Conference Recap - Happy Family History Month

*  Ancestry YouTube:  October 2018 Edition | What's New at Ancestry | Ancestry

*  Who Is Nicka Smith? YouTube:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 67: Historically Black Schools, Colleges, and Universities

*  BYU Family History Library YouTube:  FamilySearch Tree Overview (Revised Oct 2018) - Judy Sharp

*  MyHeritage YouTube:  MyHeritage DNA Reveal on Fox and Friends

*  The DIY Genealogist YouTube:  Intro to AncestryDNA

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, October 5,  2018

*  Family History Month: Win a Geni Pro Subscription!

5)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 2 October 2018?

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