Genealogy News Bytes - 25 October 2019

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

1)  News Articles:

*  The Unprecedented Effort to Preserve a Million Letters Written by U.S. Soldiers During Wartime

*  DNA tests show Irish American background much bigger than thought

*  Roy Stockdill, R.I.P.

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 25 October 2019

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 21 October 2019

*  TheGenealogist adds colour tithe maps for Warwickshire

*  New Jersey to Add 8 New Titles to Chronicling America

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for October 2019

*  RootsTech London 2019 LiveStream and Premium Video Schedules

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Monday, 28 October, 5 a.m.:   Comment mieux gérer votre site familial sur MyHeritage (French), by Elisabeth Zetland

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 29 October, 3 a.m.:   MyHeritage DNA - en oversikt (Norwegian), by MyHeritage

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 30 October, 11 a.m.:  Family Tree Builder - En præsentation af funktionerne (Danish), by Lene Søby

Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Privacy: How to Protect Your Information Online, by Judy G. Russell

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Die MyHeritage Matching Technologien (German), by MyHeritage

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Decoding Secret Societies: Finding Your Female Fraternal Ancestors, by Michael L. Strauss

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Decoding Secret Societies: Finding Your Male Fraternal Ancestors, by Michael L. Strauss

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #122r - Create a Timeline

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 61: Mourning Jewelry: Fact or Fiction?

*  Ancestral Findings:  Using Family Bibles in Your Genealogy Research | AF-291

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Boundless Genealogy:  Trace Your Ancestor, 1940-1900 | US Census Records

*  BYU Family History Library:  FamilySearch WEB Indexing - Judy Sharp (updated Oct 2019)

*  Family History Fanatics:  How to Triangulate Your DNA Matches Using GEDmatch - A Segment of DNA

*  Family History Fanatics:  Using Google to Hack Your Way to Genealogy Gold - Lisa Louise Cooke

*  FamilySearch:  RootsTech London 2019 Day in Review: Connecting and Belonging

*  FamilySearch:  RootsTech London 2019 Day in Review: Sharing Stories and Overcoming the Odds

*  Genealogy TV:  How to Archive Your Family History Documents, Photos, & Artifacts

*  GeniAus:  Aussies at Rootstech London - Day 1

*  GeniAus:  GeniAus and Valerie chat about Rootstech London

*  Lisa Lisson:  The Carte de Visite - What IS That Vintage Photo In Your Collection?

*  Lisa Lisson:  Would You Recognize Your Ancestor's Wedding Photograph?

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?:  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 96: Ask Mariah: The Handwriting Edition

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Friday, October 25,  2019

*  MyHeritage DNA Halloween Sale – Up to 50% Off!

*  Super Discount on Society of Genealogists Membership

7)  DNA Stories

*  Family Ties: Half-siblings find each other through Ancestry.com

*  Technology reunites family

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 22 October 2019?

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