Welcome to Genealogy News and Education 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 since the last issue.
1) News Articles:
* New York City Department of Records and Information Services Proposed Rules on New Fees and Access Requirements
* Announcing a New Update of Heredis, the Genealogy Software Available for both Windows and Macintosh
2) New or Updated Record Collections:
* Genealogy with a Canadian Twist Virtual Workshop (17 October 2020)
* 2020 ISGS [Illinois] Fall Conference! [24 October 2020]
* Virtual Genealogical Association Annual Conference (13-15 November 2020)
* Texas State Genealogical Society 2020 Family History Conference (13-14 November 2020)
4) Genealogy Education - Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):
* GeneaWebinars Calendar
* GeneaWebinars Calendar
* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 6 October, 6 p.m.: Advanced DNA Techniques: Deductive Chromosome Mapping, by Blaine Bettinger
* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 7 October, 11 a.m.: Wringing Every Drop out of Y DNA, by Roberta Estes
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: 5 Ways to find your Family in Southern Manuscript Collections, by J. Mark Lowe
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: Tech Zone - Five Windows 10 Productivity Tips, by Marian Pierre-Louis
5) Genealogy Education - Podcasts:
* Research Like a Pro: RLP 116 - Revisiting Research Planning.
* Fisher’s Top Tips: #211r – Tracing Forward Can Yield Family History Gold
* Extreme Genes: Episode 344 – When the Records Don’t Agree / Another Ordinary Person with an Extraordinary Find
* Ancestral Findings: What is a Grass Widow? | AF-384
* Ancestral Findings: Quarantine Genealogy - How to Attend a Genealogical Conference from Home | AF-385
6) Genealogy Videos (YouTube):
* BYU Family History Library: Are You Related to a Famous Ancestor? - James Tanner
* BYU Family History Library: Hopping the Pond: First Steps to Finding Your British Ancestors - Rachel Derenthal
* Cheri Hudson Passey: GenFriends:Beyond Basic Journal Writing with Valerie Elkins
* Data Mining DNA: Taking My First Look At A MyHeritage Family Theory of Relativity
* Data Mining DNA: Ancestry App - Searching Locations!
* DearMYRTLE: Mondays with Myrt - 28 Sept 2020
* DearMYRTLE: Virtual Client Meetings Using ZOOM Technology
* DNA Family Trees: Comparing Ethnicity Results from AncestryDNA, FTDNA and MyHeritage to see which is most accurate!
* DNA Family Trees: WATO - Use DNA Matches to determine Kinships! Works with Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andme & FTDNA!
* Family History Fanatics: Probate Records For Genealogy: Basics to Know Before Your Research the Deceased
* Family History Fanatics: Using Wills & Probate Records For Clues to Bust Genealogy Brick Walls
* FamilySearch: FamilySearch is Live!
* Genealogy Adventures Live: S04 E01: GA Live!: Getting Your Mind and Spirit Right Prep for Enslaved Research
* Genealogy TV: What is F.A.N. Club Research for Genealogy and Family History?
* GeneaVlogger: Verge Science: The at-home DNA test craze is putting us all at risk - Professional Genealogist React
* Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems: How to use GOOGLE LENS (How to get it and what it can do)
* Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems: How to Use Google Lens (and answer to the question what is Google Lens?)
* Lisa Lisson: Unique Collections for Finding Female Ancestors
* Who Is Nicka Smith? Episode 121: History: Unscripted - Profiles in Racial Justice, Part I
7) DNA Stories
8) Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 25 September 2020 ?
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