Genealogy News Bytes - Tuesday, 11 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 four days.

1)  News Articles:

*  Free Access to MyHeritage Photo Enhancer and MyHeritage In Color™ For One Month

*  U.S. Census Bureau to Halt Counting Operation a Month Earlier than Expected

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 1 to 7 August 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 1 to 7 August 2020

*  Historical [MyHeritage] Record Collections Added in July 2020

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 10 August 2020

*  80 Million Historic U.S. Newspaper Pages Now Available from Advantage Archives

*  The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) Adds a Significant Sephardic Collection to its Database

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  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)

*  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

*  MyHeritage Online Events for July-August

*  Free Genealogy Webinars for August 2020

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Working with Different Family Tree Views on MyHeritage, by Uri Gonen

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 11 August, 5 p.m.: Dissecting a Civil War Pension Packet--Union and Confederate, by Jill Morelli

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 109: Copyright and Plagiarism

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 337 – What’s There? Fisher Gets His “Big Reveal” On DNA From Family Envelopes / Melanie McComb On Researching Minister Ancestors

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #196r - Unexpected DNA Results

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Data Mining DNA:  Download Ancestry Record Images with RootsMagic Essentials

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 27 July 2020

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 10 Aug 2020

*  Family History Fanatics:  What are Genealogy Brick Walls? Defining Family History Terms

*  Findmypast:  History of the Great British Pub - Findmypast Live 24 July 2020 | Findmypast

*  Lisa louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  How to Use Photo Discoveries, Photo Enhancement and Colorization at MyHeritage

*  Lisa Lisson:  HOW TO STORE & CARE FOR OLD FAMILY PHOTOS | My Facebook Live Interview With The Archive Lady

*  MyHeritage:  MyHeritage DNA For Your Family Knot

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (August 8) - Weekly recap + Tree Chat

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

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