Genealogy News Bytes -- Tuesday, 21 April 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:

* Forgotten Treasures: NYPD Unearths Over 100 Years Of Photos Documenting NYC’s History

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

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

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

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 20 April 2020

*  Forces War Records Announces an Expansion of UK Military Records

*  Elephind Update - April, 2020

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  View RootsTech 2020 Videos for FREE!

*  A FREE Legacy Family Tree Webinar Each Day during April 2020

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for April 2020

*  Free Family Tree Live virtual conference

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 21 April, 5 p.m.: Maryland State Archives Decoded, by Rebecca Koford

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 22 April, 11 a.m.:  Introduction to Vivid-Pix RESTORE, by Rick Voight

*  SK Translations Webinar - Thursday, 23 August, 10 a.m.:  Free Webinar: 5 Types of German Genealogy Documents - and What You Can Find in Each, by Katherine Schober

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 93: Elizabeth Biddle: A Case of Parentage in England in 1800

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 324 – The FAN Club Principal Cracks Open Brick Walls the Possible Location of Your Lost Civil War Pension Records Revealed

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #173r - Finding Keepsakes

*  Ancestral Findings:  Diving Deep into the 1920 Census | AF-338

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  BYU Family History Library:  FamilySearch Q&A with Kathryn Grant

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays With Myrt -- 20 April 2020

*  Family History Fanatics:  DNA Q&A: Your Questions Answered About Half Relationships and Grandma's Missing DNA

*  Family History Fanatics:  Beginning Genealogy: Don't Make These Mistakes While Climbing Your Family Tree

*  Genealogy TV:  How to Research the Social Security Death Index Online

*  Lisa Lisson:  Ancestry Hints - Should You Click?

*  Lisa Lisson:  Digitize and Preserve Your Old Family Photos

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?  BlackProGen LIVE! #RootsNChill Week 5 Wrap Up (Probates/ Successions)

*  Who Is Nicka Smith? Episode 111a: History Unscripted - When DNA Gets Real

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains - Tuesday, April 21st 2020

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 17 April 2020 ?

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