Genealogy News Bytes -- Friday, 1 May 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:

*  British Museum Makes 1.9 Million Images Available for Free

*  The Evolution of the American Census

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 1 May 2020

*  Friday Finds 1 May 2020

*  MyHeritage Adds the U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Collection, 1936-2007

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 27 April 2020

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  View RootsTech 2020 Videos for FREE! 

*  FREE! Family History Library Online Classes May 2020

*  New "Ask The Expert" Series on MyHeritage during May 2020

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 5 May, 7 p.m.:  Smarter Search Strategies for Genealogy, by Thomas MacEntee

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 6 May, 11 a.m.:  Crème de la crème: Targeted Autosomal DNA Testing to Isolate Pertinent Genetic Cousins, by Paul Woodbury

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Road Crews and Jury Selection: How To Find Where Our Ancestor Lived and Their Neighbors, by J. Mark Lowe

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  The Future is Still in the Past: An Introduction to Online Parish Clerks in the United Kingdom, by Wayne Shepheard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone: Understanding DNA Shared Match Lists, by Michelle Leonard

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's top Tips: #176r - Online Trees

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors:  Treasures of New England Historic Genealogical Society

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

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Jewish Genealogy with Special Guest-Lara Diamond

*  DearMYRTLE:  WACKY Wednesday - Land Surveys (Meets & Bounds, Township/Ranges)

*  Family History Fanatics:  GEDmatch Multiple Kit Analysis: The Tool That's Worth Premium Price

*  Family History Fanatics:  Ancestry Tips: A Trick To Link Photos to Events in Your Family Tree

*  Family History Fanatics:   Genealogy Question: How to Reduce the Overwhelm in Genealogy Research?

*  Findmypast:  Findmypast on Loose Women - Facebook Live 20 March 2020 | Findmypast

*  Genealogy TV:  Ancestry.com: ThruLines Explained (2020)

*  Lisa Louise Cooke, Genealogy Gems Podcast: Episode 6 Elevenses with Lisa 

*  Lisa Lisson:  Using Non-Population Schedules in Your Genealogy Research

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?   BlackProGen LIVE! #RootsNChill Week 7 Wrap Up (Civil War and Freedom Era)

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains - Friday, May 1st 2020

*  Save 70% on MyHeritage Family Discovery Kit!

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 28 April 2020 ?

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