Are you the kind of person
who is bored during this pandemic? So
many bloggers are giving us a list of twenty things to do if you are
bored. Not me. I’m as busy as I ever was. I’m thinking you might find something that
interests you in this list of five free possibilities.
#1. FREE
ONLINE EVENT! Libby Copeland with The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is
Upending Who We Are (Rave Reviews)
For a look at
DNA and genealogy PLUS an AMAZING STORY, join bestselling author Libby Coleman on
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 at 3:00 PM Pacific Time via New England
Historic Genealogical Society/American Ancestors and the Boston Public Library.
Click here to register for FREE! https://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TUJ37hOESyKWPs0wcrseBA
#2. ABC NEWS PRESENTS NEW PRIME-TIME SERIES ‘THE GENETIC
DETECTIVE’
Premiere
postponed to June 2.
Investigative Genetic Genealogist CeCe Moore Helps
Police Uncover a Criminal Suspect’s Identity Through Crime Scene DNA, Research
and Revolutionary Technology. Moore
Takes on Her First-Ever Cold Case – the Snohomish County Double Homicide of Jay
Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg – in Series Premiere, Tuesday, June 2, 10:00
p.m. EDT) on ABC.
#3. Free
records during Memorial Day week.
More than 550
million military records on Fold3®, covering military conflicts as early as the Revolutionary
War, open May 21-25.
And…nearly 500
million records and images from the National Archives and Records
Administration available on Ancestry, including all 36 million of the nation’s available
World War II young man’s draft cards, open now through June 1
#4. During this time when so many
Americans must stay at home, the National
Genealogical Society (link) (NGS) is offering non-members free access
to five years of NGS Monthly (link). Starting immediately through 31 July
2020, everyone interested in family history can read insightful articles in our
digital publication archive.
NGS Virtual Conference: Registration for NGS 2020 Live! has closed
but you can still watch the sessions as part of the fee-based On-Demand
packages available for purchase beginning in June on the PlaybackNGS
website.
#5. I’m a little late with this one. The UK National Archives, a repository
of millions of government and official documents has decided to make its entire
digitised (British spelling) archive available for free. It says “during the
lockdown” so we don’t know how long it will last. Thanks to Judy S.
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