Genealogy News Bytes -- Tuesday, 1 September 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:

*  FamilySearch Announces RootsTech Connect 2021: A FREE Global Virtual Event

*  Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix Announce Unsung Heroes Awards at Federation of Genealogical Societies 2020 Conference

*  How to Store Print Photographs So They Last for Generations

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 22 to 28 August 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 22 to 28 August 2020

*  September Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 70 Titles!

*  Chronicling America Updates - August, 2020

*  Elephind Update - August, 2020

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

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 112: The Value of Family Search Hints

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 340 – When And How Did Your Ancestors Get Here? / New York Man Learns Father Fought Nazis… In USA

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #202r - Family Pictures

*  Ancestral Findings:  A Quick Guide to Using the US Census for Genealogy (Genealogy Clips) | AF-376

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Data Mining DNA:  MyHeritage Public Trees Show Details of Living People. Surely That's Not Ideal?!

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 31 August 2020

*  Findmypast:  Remembering VJ Day - Findmypast Live 14 Aug 2020 | Findmypast

*  Findmypast:  History Begins at Home | Findmypast

*  Lisa Lisson:  FINDING YOUR ANCESTOR'S PRISON RECORD ON ANCESTRY.COM: Tips To Find Your Black Sheep Ancestors

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (29 August 2020) - Weekly recap + Tree chat

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

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