Genealogy News Bytes - 23 August 2019

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

1)  News Articles:

*  NGS and FGS Announce Intent to Merge

*  Society of Genealogists announces search for new premises

*  Unsung Heroes Awards Announced at FGS

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Friday Finds 23 Aug 2019

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 23 August 2019

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 19 August 2019

*  MyHeritage Adds French Record Collection: Nord Civil Marriage Records, 1792–1937

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for August 2019

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Monday, 26 August, 5 a.m. PDT:  Généalogie pour débutants : Commencez votre arbre généalogique en ligne (French), by Elisabeth Zetland

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 28 August, 11 a.m. PDT: Using Teams with your Genealogy, by Tessa Keough

*   Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Ten Tools for Genealogical Writing, by Harold Henderson

*   Archived Family Tree Webinar:  MyHeritage DNA - Ein Überblick (German), by Silvia de Silva

*   Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Bullet Journaling for Genealogy, by Shellee Morehead

*   Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Introduction to Forensic Genealogy, by Kelvin L. Meyers.

*   Archived Family Tree Webinar: Working a Probate Case as a Forensic Genealogist, by Kelvin L. Meyers

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #99 - DNA Secrets

*  Generations Cafe:  What the FGS/NGS Merger Could Mean for Societies

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 53: Playing with a Full Deck of Ancestors with Tim Crowley of OurCards.com

*  Ancestral Findings:  Dolly Parton: The Definitive Guide | AF-278

*  Ancestral Findings:  The Origin and Meaning of Your Dutch Surname | AF-279

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Family History Fanatics:  Basics of Researching Your Loyalist Ancestors - Interview with Lianne Krüger

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Genealogy Thoughts Thursday: Diversity in the Genealogy Community

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Family Story Friday: The Writing in the Walls

*  American Ancestors:  Top 10 Published Resources for Early New England Research

*  Boundless Genealogy:  Ancestor Last Name Spelling Variations | Different Spelling of Names

*  BYU Family History Library:  What's New in the Family History Guide - Bob Taylor - Aug 2019

*  DNA Family Trees:  AncestryDNA Thrulines Matches

*  Genealogy TV:  MyHeritage.com DNA Website Tutorial (2019)

*  GeneaVlogger:  Genetic Genealogy for Jewish Ancestry and Overcoming Endogamy in DNA - Genealogy Tutorials

*  Lisa Lisson:  Delayed Birth Certificates – A Genealogist’s Treasure Chest!  

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Friday, August 23,  2019

7)  DNA Stories:

*  Ancestry.com Kit Reunites Woman in Bucks County with Her Sibling

*  Sisters meet for first time 63 years later

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 20 August 2019?

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