Genealogy News Bytes -- Tuesday, 28 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:

*  The Genetic Detective: ABC News Series Follows Investigative Genealogist

*  NGS 2020 Family History Conference Goes Virtual!

*  Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research to be held Virtually

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 19 to 25 April 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 19 to 25 April 2020

*  New records from Ontario and Acadia – Now over 46 million images and files on Genealogy Quebec!

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  View RootsTech 2020 Videos for FREE! 

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 29 April, 11 a.m.:  Road Crews and Jury Selection: How To Find Where Our Ancestor Lived and Their Neighbors, by J. Mark Lowe

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 1 May, 11 a.m.:  The Future is Still in the Past: An Introduction to Online Parish Clerks in the United Kingdom, by Wayne Shepheard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Working with DNA segments on MyHeritage, by Ran Snir

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #175r - Sorting Them Out

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP #94: U.S. Federal Pensions with Michael Strauss

*  The Genealogy Guys:  Podcast #377

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 325 – Free Genealogy Lectures From NEHGS & AmericanAncestors / Dr. Henry Louis Gates On New African American History Tools

*  Ancestral Findings:  Exploring the 1910 US Federal Census | AF-340

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  BYU Family History Library:  Simple Tips for Writing Life Sketches in Family Tree with Kathryn Grant

*  BYU Family History Library: Basic Paper Document Preservation - James Tanner

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 27 April 2020

*  Family History Fanatics:  DNA Q&A: Your Questions Answered

*  Family History Fanatics:  Ancestry Hints - How to Accept Clues While Doing Genealogy Research

*  Family History Fanatics:  Ancestry Hint Feedback - Should You Use This Time-Consuming Feature?

*  Findmypast:  Finding British Ancestors - Expert Q&A | Findmypast

*  Genealogy Adventures Live:  S03 E22 GA Live: The fear of finding, contacting & meeting family of a different ethnicity

*  Genetic Genealogy Ireland:  Distance No Object - It’s a Family Matter! (A joint talk by wife & husband, Alison & Ken Tait)

*  Lisa Lisson:  3 Things You Need To Know About Ancestry's Member Directory

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?  BlackProGen LIVE! #RootsNChill Week 6 Wrap Up (Freedmens Bureau)

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?   BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 110: Court Records for People of Color Family History Research

*  WikiTree:  2020 Spring Clean-a-Thon Wrap-Up

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains - Tuesday, April 28th 2020

*  Genealogy Freebies and Deals Happening This Week: April 27, 2020

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 24 April 2020 ?

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