Genealogy News Bytes - 14 January 2020

Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop over the past four days.

1)  News Articles:

*  FGS & the National Park Service to Launch U.S.-Mexican War War Soldiers & Sailors Database

*  Gramps 5.1.2 Released

*  A Secretive Surveillance Company Is Selling Cops Cameras Hidden in Gravestones

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 5 to 11 January 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 5 to 11 January 2020

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*   Scottish Virtual Conference January 25th 2020

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 15 January, 11 a.m.:  Vetting Published Genealogies for Research, by Shannon Combs-Bennett

*  Upcoming SCGS Free Webinar - Wednesday, 15 January, 6 p.m.:  A Million Ways to Die in the Colonies: Death and Burial in Colonial America, by Dan Earl

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  10 Must-Have MyHeritage Databases, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 79: Getting Things Done Part 5 – Engaging

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #145r - Images Before Photos

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Genealogy Tip Tuesday: The First Steps to a Genealogy Project

*  BYU Family History Library:  Early United States Census Records by Nicky Smith

*  BYU Family History Library: How to Take Better Photos for Genealogy - James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library: 14-MyHeritage - Judy Sharp

*  Family History Fanatics:  A Beginner's Guide to Getting Started in Genealogy - Beginning Genealogy Tips

*  FamilySearch:  Road to RootsTech 2020: Get to Know Jonathan

*  FamilySearch:  Road to RootsTech Episode 7: What We’re Excited for at RootsTech 2020

*  Findmypast:  Happy New Year - Findmypast Fridays 6 Jan 2020 | Findmypast

*  Findmypast:  1917 Movie & Military records - Findmypast Fridays 10th Jan 2020 | Findmypast

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Tuesday, January 14,  2020

7)  DNA Stories

*  Investigators explain how they matched DNA to connect alleged killer to decades-old Cedar Rapids cold case

*  A woman was raped in a Pinellas gift shop in 1988. Familial DNA now has led to an arrest

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 10 January 2020?

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