Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 24 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:

*  AncestryDNA Update on 6-7cM Removal

*  Ancestry security team confident Family Tree Maker vulnerability has not impacted Ancestry’s systems

*  Identifinders Assists Orange County DA’s Office in Solving the Oldest Jane Doe Case in the County

*  23andMe Paper on Transatlantic Slave Trade Published

*  Genes May Influence COVID-19 Risk, New Studies Hint

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Friday Finds 24 July 2020

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 24 July 2020

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

*  U.S. Veterans’ Gravesites 1775-2019 [Fold3]

*  TheGenealogist Now Offers New Records to Help Find Your Australian Cousins

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  The FGS Family History Conference has gone virtual! 

*  "Discovering Your Bluegrass Roots in Kentucky" Webinar Series in August

*  A Summer of DNA Virtual Conference

4)  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

*  Back to Basics: Getting Started in Family History Webinar Weekend - July 24-26

*  FREE WEBINAR From SCGS, Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 10:00 AM

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 28 July, 11 a.m.: Fabulous Photo Discoveries™ at MyHeritage, by Lisa Louise Cooke

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 29 July, 11 a.m.: Researching a Loyalist Soldier, by Craig R. Scott

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Elusive Immigrant: The Search for Dora Lühr, by Warren Bittner

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  50 More Websites Every Genealogist Should Know, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Tech Zone: How to Search Genealogy on Pinterest, by Lisa Lisson

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Getting Started in Family History - 7 - Cemetery and Church Records, by Cheri Hudson Passey

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Getting Started in Family History - 8 - Online Research: Finding family on the Internet, by Cheri Hudson Passey

 *  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Getting Started in Family History - 9 - Researching On Location, by Cheri Hudson Passey

*   Archived Family Tree Webinar: Getting Started in Family History - 10 - Research Plans and Logs, by Cheri Hudson Passey

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Getting Started in Family History - 11 - Staying Organized, by Cheri Hudson Passey

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Getting Started in Family History -12 - Avoiding Mistakes, by Cheri Hudson Passey

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #191r - Family Stories

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 91: Suffragists and Suffragettes: Fashion and the Vote

*  Ancestral Findings:  History’s Mysteries: The Winchester Mystery House | AF-365

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors:  Searching the Register on AmericanAncestors.org

*  BYU Family History Library:  2020 Update: Basics of MyHeritage - James Tanner

*  Data Mining DNA:  How to Share your Ancestry Family Tree

*  Family History Fanatics:  FINAL Steps For Using DNA to Find Parents of Adoptees - The Connection Phase

*  FamilySearch:  Beginner Research Resources Live Discussion

*  Genealogy TV:  Upload Your Family Tree to FindMyPast.com 

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Top Tips for Search at Ancestry - Step-by-step tutorial

*  Lisa Lisson:  GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR GENEALOGY RESEARCH - Set Yourself Up for Success

*  MyHeritage:  10 Must-Have MyHeritage Databases

*  MyHeritage:  MyHeritage Ask The Expert - Military Records on MyHeritage

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 21 July 2020 ?

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