Genealogy News Bytes - 21 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:

*  RootsTech Adds KeyNote Speaker Leigh Ann Tuohy & Comedian Ryan Hamilton

*  Ancestry turned to AI to bring down cloud costs

*  Genealogy Book Notice: "The Sterling Affair" by Nathan Dylan Goodwin

*  Book Review: Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry through Church and State Records

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Record Collections at MyHeritage Added in the Second Half of December 2019

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 12 to 18 January 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 12 to 18 January 2020

*  Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Latest Additions and Updates

*  Friday Finds 17 Jan 2020

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*   Scottish Virtual Conference January 25th 2020

*  RootsTech 2020 SLC Announces Virtual Pass Sessions

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 21 January, 5 p.m.:  Creative Hypothesis Development for Complex Genealogy Problems, by Jan M. Joyce

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 22 January, 11 a.m.:  New Tools and Ideas in Research, by D. Joshua Taylor

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 80: Migration Trails and Roads

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 313 – Gena Philibert Ortega On Centennial of Women Getting Vote / Dr. Henry Louis Gates Talks New Season Of PBS’ Finding Your Roots

*  The Genealogy Guys:  Podcast #373

*  Fisher’s Top Tips: #147r - Oral Traditions

*  Ancestral Findings:  The Empire State Building: A History | AF-312

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  BYU Family History Library:  Discovering the Unindexed Records in the FamilySearch Catalog with James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library:  Case Study: Double Trouble with Elizabeth Hepton by Kathryn Grant

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt 9 Dec 2019

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt 2 Dec 2019

*  DearMYRTLE:  WACKY Wednesday - Book 'em Dano

*  Family History Fanatics:  Pinterest + Genealogy: How to Start Using Pinterest for Family History

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

*  Findmypast:  Murder Mysteries & Shocking Finds - Findmypast Fridays 17 Jan 2020 | Findmypast

*  Genealogy TV:  How to Prepare for a Family History ROAD TRIP! - Genealogy TV Live

*  Genealogy TV:  How to Find Any Word on a Web Page: CNTL F or CMD F

*  GeneaVlogger:  Why New York Barred Adoptees From Their Birth Certificates for 80 Years (VLOG #42)

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Tuesday, January 21st,  2020

7)  DNA Stories

*  DNA Quest Beneficiary Discovers She Descends from World-Renowned Meteorologist

*  DNA Tech Leads To Mother Of ‘Beloved Little Man,' Who Was Found Abandoned And Frozen To Death 32 Years Ago, Cops Say

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 17 January 2020?

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