Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 31 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:

*  Ancestry® Unveils Updated Communities for Members with Ties to Asia & Polynesia, South Africa & Australia

*  Ancestry.com Hit With $250 Million Auto-Renew Suit In California

*  USCIS Adjusts Fees to Help Meet Operational Needs

*  DAR Begins Accepting Autosomal DNA

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Chronicling America Updates - July 2020

*  More content added to Canadiana — Toronto World newspaper and Montreal Almanack

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Celtic Connections Virtual Conference:  31 July - 30 September 2020

*  TxSGS 2020 Summer Virtual Conference (7-8 August 2020)

*  40th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (10-13 August 2020)

*  A Summer of DNA Virtual Conference (15 August 2020)

*  The FGS Family History Conference has gone virtual! (2-5 September 2020 live)

*  New York state conference goes virtual with lectures, exhibits (September 10-12, 2020)

*  The Family History Federation's Really Useful Family History Show (14 November 2020)

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  MyHeritage Online Events for July-August

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

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 4 August, 7 p.m.:  Tracing Australian and New Zealand World War One Ancestors,  by Helen V. Smith

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 5 August, 11 a.m.:  Using DNA to Solve Adoption and Unknown Parentage Mysteries, by Michelle Leonard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Researching a Loyalist Soldier, by Craig R. Scott

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Tech Zone:  How to Set the Download Folder of Your Choice, by Marian Pierre-Louis

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #193r - Mining Records

*  Ancestral Findings: Organizing Your Physical Genealogy Documents | AF-367

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors:  Jewish Women in the Labor Movement

*  BYU Family History Library:  Demystifying the FamilySearch Catalog - Rachel Derenthal

*  Data Mining DNA:  How to upload a photo to your Ancestry family tree

*  Data Mining DNA:  The right way to copy photos from Ancestry trees

*  FamilySearch:  Beginner Research Resources Live Discussion

*  Genealogy Quick Start:  Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Under-used Records for Genealogy

*  Genealogy TV:  Q & A from AncestryDNA and FindMyPast Recent Episodes

*  Kathryn Lake Hogan:  This Week on Genealogy with a Canadian Twist: Oh, Canadiana!

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Irish Genealogy Expert Research Strategies

*  Lisa Lisson:  GENEALOGY BRICK WALL "BUSTING" TIPS | Start Making Progress On Your Brick Wall Ancestors

*  Who is Nicka Smith? Episode 117 - History: Unscripted LIVE - How I Got Ova

*  Your DNA Guide:  Your DNA Guide - the Academy

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

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