News You Can Use and Share!

• MyHeritage added 168 million historical records in February.
• MyHeritage launched OldNews.com, a new website for exploring historical newspapers.
• MyHeritage introduced all-new profile pages with hints.
• Vivid-Pix announced the roll-out of Memory Stations, integrating scanning, its correction software, tagging, and more.
• Findmypast has begun digitizing, indexing, and publishing British Home Children records.
• The National Archives (TNA) announced that it will digitize the 1941 National Farm Survey records thanks to a generous grant from Lund Trust.

DNA Segment with Diahan Southard

In our DNA Segment, DNA expert Diahan Southard discusses Family Tree DNA and Y-DNA haplogroups with Drew Smith.

Listener Email

• Laura writes about backup GEDCOM files and MyHeritage, and Daniel Horowitz responds.
• Jenna writes to respond to Sheila’s quest to digitize and tag a 30” long x 6” high-resolution photograph. She shares FamilySearch’s ability to tag people in a Memory at https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/tagging-people-in-a-memory.
• Anne writes in response to Jean Daniels' email about researching an ancestor. Anne cites Anabaptists in New York State.
• Kristen is seeking more advice for locating records for a missing family member, Arthur Tozer.
• Ashley wrote about changes that people make to FamilySearch records without sources.

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