Genealogy News Bytes - 20 August 2019

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

1)  News Articles:

*  Claim a Free Findmypast DNA Kit at FGS 2019

*  Free Legacy Family Tree update now available (version 9.0.0.318)

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 11 to 17 August 2019

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 11 to 17 August 2019

*  180 Free Obituary and Obituary Index Links for the New England States

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for August 2019

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 20 August, 5 p.m. PDT:  Ten Tools for Genealogical Writing, by Harold Henderson

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 21 August, 3 a.m. PDT:  MyHeritage DNA - Ein Überblick (German), by Silvia de Silva

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 21 August, 11 a.m. PDT:  Bullet Journaling for Genealogy, by Shellee Morehead

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 23 August, 11 a.m. PDT: Introduction to Forensic Genealogy, by Kelvin L. Meyers.

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #98 -- Gateway Ancestors

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 58 – Track Your Family with a Timeline – A Tale of Two Swedes

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Family History Fanatics:  Ancestry MyTreeTags - A Full Review

*  Family History Fanatics:  Upgrading your One-to-Many matching with Tier 1 - A Segment of DNA

*  MyHeritage:  WWII Dog Tag Returned to Veteran's Family After 75 years Thanks to MyHeritage

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Genealogy Tip Tuesday: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Place of Origin

*  GeneaVlogger:  IAJGS 2019 Interviews - Elias Savada of the Motion Picture Information Service

*  Jennifer Holik:  Are You Ready for a Deep Dive into Military & Family History?

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Tuesday, August 20,  2019

*  Save 25% on Radisson Salt Lake City Downtown for RootsTech 2020!

7)  DNA Stories:

*  Long-lost siblings meet for the first time after nearly 53 years

*  ‘After all this time … it’s unbelievable’

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 16 August 2019?

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