Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 14 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:

*  Oscar Win Leads Thousands of Icelanders to Genealogical Site

*  Less Than One Month Remains Until U.S. Households Receive 2020 Census Invitations

*  NEHGS Issues Statement Opposing Mass. Governor’s Budget Proposals

*  UK's 2021 census could be the last, statistics chief reveals

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 14 February 2020

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 10 February 2020

*  Friday Finds -- 14 Feb 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, 18 February, 5 p.m.:  A Convincing Argument or a Convoluted Mess, by Barbara Vines Little

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 19 February, 11 a.m.:  Newspapers for People of Color Genealogy Research, by Nicka Smith

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Best Practices for Success in Facebook Groups for Genealogy, by Cyndi Ingle

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Tech Zone - Your Black & White Photograph to Full Color in 1 Step, by Geoff Rasmussen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Pull Your Favorite Apps into Trello with Power-Ups, by Lisa Alzo

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Genealogy Gems: Podcast Episode 238

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #154r - Genealogical Sources

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 73: What I Learned by Digitally Organizing My Photographs

*  Ancestral Findings:  The Lost Treasure of Francis Wainwright: Chapter 7 | AF-319

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Boundless Genealogy:  Go BEYOND the Marriage Records Index on FamilySearch

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Talking RootsTech 2020 with Tyler Stahle

*  DNA Family Trees:  Grow your Ancestry tree using Familysearch.org!

*  DNA Family Trees:  Super Clustering DNA matches from Ancestry with FTDNA and 23andMe!

*  DNA Family Trees:  New MyHeritage B&W Photo Colorizer!

*  DNA Family Trees:  How to Edit kinship on FamilySearch.org

*  Family History Fanatics:  RootsTech 2020 - Survival Guide for a Great Experience

*  Family History Ron:  Family History Ron Q&A 13 Feb 2020

*  Findmypast:  Vintage Wedding Photos | Valentine's Day

*  Genealogy TV:  Marriage Records for Family History: Where to find them on Ancestry.com & FamilySearch.org

*  GeneaVlogger:  Professional Genealogist Reacts - Orphan Girl Takes a DNA Test - Echo Gillette

*  GeneaVlogger: Professional Genealogist Reacts - BSB DNA Reveal with MyHeritage - Backstreet Boys

*  GeneaVlogger:  Professional Genealogist Reacts - 10 Shocking Results from DNA Ancestry Tests - TopTenz

*  Genetic Genealogy Ireland:  Double Helix History (Jerome de Groot)

*  Genetic Genealogy Ireland:  Using Y-DNA in Practice (James Irvine)

*  Lisa Lisson:  Google Photos for Genealogy

*  Lisa Lisson:  Favorite Tools for Genealogy Research

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 104: Jumping the Broom: Researching Marriages and Unions

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Friday, February 14th,  2020

*  Free Marriage Records at MyHeritage for Valentine’s Day! [February 14-18]

*  FREE Access to Newspapers.com for Ancestry All Access Members This Weekend!

*  Findmypast Valentine’s Day Sale – Save 40% on 12 month subscriptions!

7)  DNA Stories:

*  DNA Test Results Life-Changing for Enfield Man

*  'He's a pig.' Deters says 20-year-old serial rape case solved using genealogy site

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 11 February 2020  ?

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