Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 20 to 26 March 2024

 Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    

1)  News Articles:

*  New Jersey Moving to Gut Records Law Affecting Access for Genealogists, Historians

*  The New York Public Library’s Jewish division digitized 800 years of Jewish history

*  Jimmer and Whitney Fredette: Family History Shows You’re Not Alone

*  Announcing the 5th Annual 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon — April 11-12, 2024 - Registration now open (and free)

*  APG Seeking Presentations for the 2024 Professional Management Conference -- Deadline 21 April 2024

*  Hey genealogy enthusiasts! Join us in June for Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills

*  A Brutally Honest, and Somewhat Witty, Obituary for George Ferguson

*  Foundation for Eastern European Family History Studies Annual Conference

*  She takes the mystery out of your family's history

*  More genealogy education: Online study groups for Mastering Genealogical Documentation

2)  DNA News Stories

*  Family lore unraveled

*  “The Odds Are Insane”: People Discover Traumatizing Family Connections After Taking DNA Tests

*  DNA tests like 23AndMe and Ancestry are laying bare the frightening extent of incest in the US - including woman who discovers her ex-lover was her BROTHER 

*  Can at-home DNA tests challenge racial identity?

3)  Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:

*  Researching and Writing Your Family Story: Review of “The Things We Cannot Say”

*  Our People – Carpatho-Rusyns & Their Descendants in North America by Paul Robert Magocsi: Book Review

*  Celebrating the First 25 Years of Genetic Genealogy!

*  Update: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 176

4)  New or Updated Digital Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 16 to 22 March 2024.

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 16 to 22 March 2024.

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 4 February 2024

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 11 February 2024

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 18 February 2024

*  Findmypast Friday: Search New Scottish Records

*  New Massachusetts Revolutionary War Records [on Fold3]

*  10,490 Free Online United States Death Records and Indexes

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 13 to 19 March 2024.

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