Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 22 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:

*  FREE ACCESS to over 558 MILLION records at Fold3 this weekend!

*  MyHeritage Offers Free Access to Military Record Collections From May 20-26, 2020

*  National Genealogical Society Announces Its 2020 Awards & Competition Honorees

*  Ancestry® Invites Its Members to Help Advance Research to Fight COVID-19

*  Announcing the 400th Anniversary Edition of “Of Plimoth Plantation”

*  Descendants stunned to find mummy in grave of ancestor

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New WW2 Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 22 May 2020

*  TheGenealogist expands early RAF Operations Record Books collection

*  OpenSFHistory is an Online Archive of more than 50,000 Historic Images of San Francisco and the Bay Area

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  View RootsTech 2020 Videos for FREE!

*  FREE! Family History Library Online Classes May 2020

*  MyHeritage Online Events in May–June

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinars:   Register Now for "Fridays in May: Your Questions Answered LIVE"

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 27 May, 11 a.m.:  Enlightened Design with the MyHeritage Chart Creation Tool, by Janet Hovorka

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 26 May, 11 a.m.:  Mistrust Transcriptions: And Here's Why, by Dr. Bruce Durie

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Discover the Holdings of German Archives, by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Timesaving Apps for Busy Genealogists, by Lisa Alzo

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Fridays in May: Your Questions Answered LIVE—More DNA with Diahan Southard.

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone - Easy Personal Book Catalogs with GoodReads, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Family Tree Magazine:  How to Capture Family Stories Before They’re Lost – An Interview with Rachael Rifkin: Episode 137

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 84: U.S. Naval Photo Collections: Online Resources You Can Use

*  Ancestral Findings:  Everything You Need to Know About the 1890 US Federal Census | AF-347

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors:  Creating a Research Plan for Cluster Research

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Researching Female Ancestors with Special Guest Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  DearMYRTLE:  WACKY Wednesday - Closed Captioning & Branding Redesign

*  Family History Fanatics:  Take Your DNA Match Data Off GEDmatch for Deeper Analysis

*  FamilySearch:  FamilySearch Q with Product Managers

*  Genealogy Quick Start:  Genealogy Quick Start: LIVE - Naturalizations and German Names

*  Genetic Genealogy Ireland:  A Tale of Triangulated Segments - DNA & early records from Clones & North America (Peter McWilliam)

*  Kentucky Tennessee Research Associates:  Remember This - Ways to Refresh Your Memories

*  Legacy Tree Genealogists:  Genealogy 101 Class with Matt Paxton of Hoarders & Legacy Tree Genealogists

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Episode 9 Elevenses with Lisa - Topic: Organizing Your Notetaking

*  Lisa Lisson:  You Found Your Ancestor WHERE?!? Uncommon Genealogy Records and Your Ancestors

*  MyHeritage:  MyHeritage Ask The Expert Filling in the Details on Your Tree

*  Your DNA Guide:  Family Tree DNA Match Page

*  Your DNA Guide:  Family Tree DNA - Settings

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains - Friday, May 22nd 2020

*  Save 20% on ALL BOOKS during Memorial Day Sale at Genealogical.com

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 19 May 2020 ?

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