To keep up with conferences and other presentations all in one place, I recommend this site. ConferenceKeeper.org

https://conferencekeeper.org/virtual/?utm_source=sendfox&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new-genealogy-events-added-to-conferencekeeper-this-past-week-and-more

Judy Russell has excellent information on the Board for Certification of Genealogists and DNA privacy rules.

https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2020/10/18/bcg-modifies-dna-privacy-rules/

Cite: Judy G. Russell, “BCG modifies DNA privacy rules,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 18 Oct 2020).

https://www.history.com/news/lying-in-state-tradition

Check out the history

My drawing of my maternal great-grandparents on their wedding day, May 2, 1904 in Chicago, IL. Amelia Noa married Joseph Charles Podrasky. I never met my great-grandfather but his wonderful paintings of ships and the sea inspire me to draw.

https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/9-famous-mayflower-descendants/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/she-votes-how-us-women-won-suffrage-and-what-happened-next-180975541/

https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2020/08/07/business-as-usual/

An excellent article from The Legal Genealogist by Judy G. Russell about Blackstone buying Ancestry.com.

Thanks Judy.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzyq5/private-equity-firm-blackstone-bought-ancestry-dna-company-for-billions

Blackstone, which says it will not have access to people’s data, acquired the genealogy and home DNA testing company from a group of other investment firms.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-05/blackstone-said-to-reach-4-7-billion-deal-to-buy-ancestry-com?utm_source=url_link

Today the Wisconsin Historical Society archives was ready for me to review tax rolls requests I had ordered under their new COVID-19 protocol for researchers.