Genealogy News Bytes - Tuesday, 28 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 four days.

1)  News Articles:

*  Gedmatch site now back up again

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 18 to 24 July 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 18 to 24 July 2020

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

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  TxSGS 2020 Summer Virtual Conference (7-8 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

*  Genealogy With a Canadian Twist Webinar - Thursday, 30 July 2020, 10 a.m.:  Oh Canadiana!, by Kathryn Lake Hogan.

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

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

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Fabulous Photo Discoveries™ at MyHeritage, by Lisa Louise Cooke

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 107 - Dealing With Documents.

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #192r - Homestead Records

*  Ancestral Findings:  The Princes in the Tower: Who's Who in the Wars of the Roses | AF-366

*  The Genealogy Professional:  TGP 60 - Nathan Dylan Goodwin - Genealogy Mystery Writer.

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Data Mining DNA:  How to make your Ancestry family tree private

*  Family History Fanatics:  FHF Live - Self Publish with Lulu in Time for Christmas

*  Lisa Lisson:  PLACING YOUR ANCESTORS ON THE MAP | How to Avoid Genealogy Confusion!

*  Lisa Lisson:  7 GENEALOGY RESEARCH TIPS - Keep Moving Forward in the Search for Your Ancestors

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (25 July 2020) - Weekly recap + Tree chat

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 24 July 2020 ?

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