Genealogy News Bytes - Tuesday, 24 March 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 four days.

1)  News Articles:

*  A Note from Ancestry’s CEO

*  Free At-Home Education Resources From Ancestry® and Access to Nearly 500M National Archives Records

*  The Genealogy Show 2020 in Birmingham cancelled

*  Announcing: Mini-Myrt Meetings

*  MyHeritage In Color™ is Now Free and Unlimited for One Month!

*  MyHeritage Donates 66,000 Swabs to Israel to Combat the Coronavirus

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 15 to 21 March 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 15 to 21 March 2020

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  View RootsTech 2020 Videos for FREE!

*  16 Free Webinars from New York Genealogical & Biographical Society

*  FREE Genealogy Webinars available during Covid-19 Pandemic

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 25 March, 11 a.m.:  Using Fold3.com to your Advantage, by Craig R. Scott

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 31 March, 6 p.m.:  ‘Stop Thief!’: British Crimes and Punishment, by Carol Baxter

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 1 April, 11 a.m.: Betty Jeans Story - Forensic Genealogy, DNA and Adoption, by Mags Gaulden

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: City Directories: Much More than Ye Olde Phonebooks, by Mike Mansfield

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone: Why are My Siblings Ethnicity Results Different?, by Mags Gaulden

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  The Genealogy Professional:  TGP 53: Melissa Barker – The Archive Lady

*  Research Like A Pro:  RLP 89: DNA Report Writing

*  The Genealogy Guys:  #375

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #165r - Marking Photos

*  Ancestral Findings:  Should You Attend a Genealogy Conference? | AF-330

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  BYU Family History Library:  DNA Kindergarten part 3: Using Your DNA - Bonnie Belza

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 16 Mar 2020

*  DearMYRTLE:  You, Too, Can ZOOM!

*  Family History Fanatics:  City Directories for Genealogy Research from MyHeritage

*  Family History Fanatics:  Explore the MyHeritage Fan Chart - New Tools to Organize Your Family Tree

*  Family History Fanatics:  GEDMatch Tag Groups - Tricks for Multiple Kit Analysis in DNA testing

*  Family Tree Magazine:   How to Listen to a Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke

*  GeneaVlogger:  RootsTech 2020 Interviews - Jonny Perl of DNAPainter com

*  Kathryn Lake Hogan:  I Help You, You Help Me

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?:  Episode 108 - History: Unscripted - Those People

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast with Sarah and Eowyn - Weekly Recap + Special Guest

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains - Tuesday, March 24th 2020

*  Ancestry FREE ACCESS to Search 500 Million National Archive Records!

*  FREE ACCESS to 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon Videos!

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 20 March 2020  ?

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