Genealogy News Bytes - 2 August 2019

Some of the genealogy news and education items across my monitor the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:

*  Ancestry® Digitizes Millions of Holocaust and Nazi Persecution Related Archives Making Them Searchable Online for the First Time Ever

*  FamilySearch Users Can Now Correct Name Indexing Errors

*  The American Ancestry of Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Is Revealed by American Scholar

*  The International Society of Family History Writers & Editors (ISFHWE) has Announced the Return of the “Excellence in Writing” Competition

*  New season of Finding Your Roots premieres this fall

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Friday Finds, 2 August 2019

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 2 August 2019

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 29 July 2019

*  Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry.com

*  TheGenealogist Announces New Searchable Headstones from across England, Scotland and Wales as well as Jersey in the Channel Islands, Cyprus and India

*  Chronicling America Updates - July, 2019

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for August 2019

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 6 August, 7 p.m. PDT:  Finding Families in New Zealand, by Fiona Brooker

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 7 August, 11 a.m. PDT:  Case Studies in Gray: Identifying Shared Ancestries Through DNA and Genealogy, by Nicka Smith

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Google Photos: one photo app to rule them all, by Devin Ashby

 *  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  DNA, Genealogy, and Privacy: Handling the Double-Edged Sword, by Thomas MacEntee

 *  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Get With the Times: German Newspaper Research, by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #93 - Discovery Techniques

*  Generations Cafe:  When There’s a Surprise in DNA Results

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 50: Scan My Photos with Mitch Goldstone

*  Ancestral Findings:  Jewish Surname and Their Meanings | Ancestral Findings Podcast | AF-272

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep89: Dangerous Liaisons: Jailbird Relatives and The Freaky Underside of Genealogy

*  Family History Fanatics:  The Lazarus Tool: How to Bring DNA Back from the Dead - A Segment of DNA

*  Family History Fanatics:  What Do You Call People from Around the World? - Man on the Street at #RootsTech

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Genealogy Tip Tuesday: The Difference Between Indexed and Unindexed Records

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Family Story Friday: Celebrating Pioneer Day

*  Boundless Genealogy:  FamilySearch Family Tree Person Page | How to Evaluate an Ancestor in the Tree

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends- Lisa Lisson

*  DearMYRTLE:  AmericaGen Study Group - Chapter 28 Cemetery & Burial Records

*  DNA Family Tree:  AncestryDNA Ethnicity Update - How to view the Timeline!

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Friday, August 2,  2019

7)  DNA Stories:

*  United: Carlsbad Vietnam veteran discovers daughter he fathered during war

*  Ancestry website helps Suntree woman find long-lost half-sisters

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 30 July 2019?

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