Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 7 February 2020

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

1)  News Articles:

*  Our Path Forward [at Ancestry.com]

*  Layoffs at genetic testing companies reflect the changing market

* Dutch Genealogy News for January 2020

*  Family History Hosting Announces GEDCOM Assessment v1.03

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 7 February 2020

*  Advantage Archives Adds 800 Thousand Historical Newspaper Pages - January, 2020

*  New RAF Operations Book Records released on TheGenealogist

*  Interment.net adds 176,000 Cemetery Records in the Month of January 2020

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*   Free Genealogy Webinars for February 2020

*  RootsTech 2020 Free Livestream Schedule

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 11 February, 11 a.m.:  Tune Up Your Family Tree with the MyHeritage Consistency Checker, by James Tanner

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 12 February, 5 p.m.:  Best Practices for Success in Facebook Groups for Genealogy, by Cyndi Ingle

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar.:  Organizing Your DNA Results (updated!), by Diahan Southard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Developing a DNA Testing Plan: a Guide for Beginners, by Debra Renard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  The Top 3 Reasons to Use IrfanView as Your Image Editor, by Marian Pierre-Louis

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #151r - Directories and Maps

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #152r - Coat of Arms and Crests

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 72: Wearing the Past: A Modern Woman’s Fascination with Period Dress

*  Ancestral Findings:  The Lost Treasure of Francis Wainwright: Chapter 6 | AF-317

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Boundless Genealogy:  Many Marriage Records for Your Family History Research

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Attending SLIG and the Academy for Professionals and More.

*  DNA Family Trees:  Master Class (001) - Using Genetic Affairs with Ancestry DNA Match Clusters to break past walls!

*  DNA Family Trees:  Adding Ancestors using the Potential Parents hints on Ancestry

*  DNA Family Trees:  How to find Family tree information WITHOUT a Subscription using Ancestry

*  Family History Fanatics:  How much DNA do you have from Archaic Humans and Extinct Human Species! - Gedmatch Tool

*  Family History Fanatics:  Five Types for Editing That Will Improve Your Family History Writing

*  FamilySearch:  Road to RootsTech Episode 10: Tour the Salt Palace

*  Lisa Lisson:  Genealogy Conference Tips

*  Who is Nicka Smith?  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 103: Breaking Ancestral Narratives Free

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree Live: Merging - What's It All About Plus January Recap

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Friday, February 7th,  2020

7)  DNA Stories:

*  She Took a MyHeritage DNA Test… and Discovered That Everything She Knew About Her Family Was Wrong

*  DNA test leads to surprising family ties

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 4 February 2020  ?

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