Genealogy News Bytes -- Friday, 28 August 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:

*  FamilySearch and Ontario Ancestors Announce Book Scanning Project

*  AGRA Announces: Family History Question Time Podcast Project

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Friday Finds 28 Aug 2020

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 28 August 2020

*  New Records from the Canadian Expeditionary Force! [Fold3]

*  Ancestry® Completes the Arolsen Archives Collection with 19 Million Holocaust Records

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  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)

*  Back to Our Past [Ireland] Virtual Conference (18-20 September 2020)

*  Early bird registration opens for Genealogy with a Canadian Twist Virtual Workshop (17 October 2020)

*  Virtual Genealogical Association Annual Conference (13-15 November 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

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 1 September, 7 p.m.:  Willkommen in Australien! Researching German-Australian families, by Benjamin Hollister

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 2 September, 11 a.m.:  Using Chromosome Browsers, Segment Data and Triangulation, by Michelle Leonard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Slack for Genealogy Projects, by Thomas MacEntee

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   TechZone - Creating a Web Page with Adobe Spark, by Cheri Hudson Passey

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #201r - Genealogy Luck

*  Ancestral Findings:  Genealogy Abbreviations You Should Know (Genealogy Clips) | AF-375

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

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

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Genealogists in Second Life with Pat Richley-Erickson

*  DearMYRTLE:  The Archive Lady - Refresh Your Home Archivist Toolbox

*  Family History Ron:  Q&A With Family History Ron

*  FamilySearch:  Beginner Research Resources Live Discussion

*  Findmypast:  Parish Chest Records | Findmypast

*  Findmypast:  Breaking Down Brick Walls - Expert Genealogy Help | Findmypast

*  Genealogy Quick Start:  Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Federal Records and Probate Records

*  Genealogy TV:  Find More Genealogy Records in Clearing Houses Online: Guest Diane Richard

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Your Ancestors' Neighborhood Revealed in Google Earth - Genealogy & Family History

*  Lisa Lisson:  Find Female Ancestors in Unique Record Collections with Melissa Barker

*  NC Summer Sieries:  Let’s Talk NC Genealogy - Summer Series: Episode 06 (DNA)

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?  Episode 119 - History: Unscripted - Shan't Knock The Hustle

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 25 August 2020 ?

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