Family History in the News: February 2016

Can't get enough family history and genealogy? Check out these ancestry, family history, and genealogy stories that have been in the news recently:

Bad heart to bad habits: Blame your Neanderthal DNA Washington Post

When Ancestry search led to escaped slave (Author interview) NPR

6  Rising Genealogy Apps Forbes

DNA, Genealogy and the search for who we are NPR

Can you tell your ethnic identity from your DNA? NPR

Understanding DNA testing in family history Deseret News

Why does my Lebanese dad have African DNA when I don't? The Root

Resources on the Web: Youtube

When we think of online local history and genealogy resources, it is easy to forget that some of the websites we use daily for other reasons may be packed with genealogical resources as well. Youtube is a great example of this issue. Many of the leading sites that grant access to vital records and provide tree building software, such as Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org also create and upload helpful videos to Youtube. Ancestry adds how to videos to their channel  whenever a change to the website occurs and they also advertise and demonstrate many of their services as well. They also have a series of videos called the Desktop Education Series that provides expert advice on a variety of research topics. In addition to Ancestry, FamilySearch demonstrates services and provides brief explanations about certain record types, like the 1940 census set. The blogger who calls herself Dear Myrtle also has a Youtube channel.