Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 10 July 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 All Birth Records! [MyHeritage, 10-16 July]

*  Some Polynesians Carry DNA of Ancient Native Americans, New Study Finds

*  Pandemic prompts growth in family tree digging

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Friday Finds, 10 July 2020

*  Historical Record Collections Added in June 2020 [MyHeritage]

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 10 July 2020

*  Battle of Britain RAF Operations Record Books (ORBs) released on TheGenealogist

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  MyHeritage Online Events for June–July

*  Virtual Genealogy and Local History Events July 2020

*  FREE! Family History Library Online Classes July 2020

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 14 July, 11 a.m.:  Connecting the Dots – Introduction to Auto Clusters at MyHeritageDNA, by Paul Woodbury

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 15 July, 11 a.m.: On the Record Trail of My LDS Immigrant Ancestor, by Sunny Morton

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Turning dry facts into exciting narrative, by Carol Baxter

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Find Your Images Online with TinEye, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  The Genealogy Guys:  #381

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 89: Is Family History Part of Your Personality

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors: Women in 19th Century American Bookbinderies

*  American Ancestors:  What's New at AmericanAncestors.org?

*  Ancestral Findings: The Difference Between Wills and Probate Documents | AF-361

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Becoming a Board Certified Genealogist with Mary Kircher Roddy, CG.

*  Family History Fanatics:  First Steps For Using DNA to Find Adopted Family Members - Genetic Genealogy

*  FamilySearch:  Indexing Live Discussion

*  Findmypast:  Your Ancestors' Occupations - Expert Q&A | Findmypast

*  Genealogy TV:  Revolutionary War Records for Genealogy Research - Part Two

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Learning from Our History - Elevenses with Lisa Episode 15

*  Lisa Lisson:  Answering YOUR Genealogy Questions!

*  MyHeritage:  How to Add Photos and Media on MyHeritage Family Tree Builder

*  MyHeritage:  MyHeritage Ask The Expert Source Citations on the MyHeritage Website

6)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 7 July 2020 ?

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