Scottish GENES - weekly digest

It's been another downer of a week worldwide on the coronavirus front, with some genealogy developments included, but there are some other more positive stories also - I certainly think this has been my busiest week ever on the blogging front.

If you missed them during the week, here are the latest posts from Scottish GENES (https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com):

If you write genealogy content you should consider registering with the ALCS
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/if-you-write-genealogy-content-you.html

Free access to MyHeritage in Color until April 23rd
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/free-access-to-myheritage-in-color.html

Have you used... the Scottish Mining Website?
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/have-you-used-scottish-mining-website.html

PRIMER: How do I research my Scottish family history?
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/primer-how-do-i-research-my-scottish.html

Northern Ireland's PRONI archive suspends enquiries service
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/northern-irelands-proni-archive.html

The Genealogy Show 2020 in Birmingham cancelled
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-genealogy-show-2020-in-birmingham.html

Ancestry provides free access to nearly 500m US National Archives Records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/ancestrys-response-to-coronavirus-crisis.html

Ancestry adds Newgate calendars and Household Cavalry records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/ancestry-adds-newgate-calendars-and.html

Next Scotland 1750-1850 - Beyond the OPRs course starts May 4th
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/next-scotland-1750-1850-beyond-oprs.html

Suspension of UK birth registration and other services
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/suspension-of-uk-birth-registration-and.html

County Kerry records added to RootsIreland
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/county-kerry-records-added-to.html

Highland Archives urges people to record diaries during pandemic
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/highland-archives-urges-people-to.html

FindmyPast adds records for Kilmarnock in Ayrshire
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/findmypast-adds-records-for-kilmarnock.html

WDYTYA Magazine's weekly Transcription Tuesday events
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/wdytya-magazines-weekly-transcription.html

Latest additions to the British Newspaper Archive
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/latest-additions-to-british-newspaper.html

Canada's BIFHSGO Conference in September postponed
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/canadas-bifhsgo-conference-in-september.html

Have you used... Tobar an Dualchais?
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/have-you-used-tobar-dualchais.html

FamilySearch cannot expand access to restricted records
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/familysearch-cannot-expand-records.html

Free access to U.S. Census records on MyHeritage
https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/03/free-access-to-us-census-records-on.html

Chris

You can pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 (out April). Also available, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.