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• At the new, free website from Herthstone Legacy Publications called My
  Genealogy Hound, you can access thousands of biographies extracted from pre-1900
  county history books. Biographies from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee are
  available now, with more states to come. Search the site or browse biographies by
  surname or state and county. The site also has a selection of free, old county
  maps from Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kanasas, Missouri, Oklahoma (including Indian
  nations) and Tennessee, with more to be added.

• The National Genealogical Society (NGS) has implemented student discounts for registration
  to its 2013 Family History Conference, May 8-11 in Las Vegas. Students can register
  for the full conference for $50 (NGS members) or $60 (nonmembers), nearly 75 percent
  off regular rates. To qualify, students must submit a letter on college or university
  letterhead from the dean or department chair. See
  the NGS blog for additional details and qualifications.

• FamilySearch has added 8.5 million new records to its free FamilySearch.org.
  The new records come from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy,  the Netherlands
  and the United States. You can find
  the full list of updated collections and click through to each collection here.
  Note that some of the collections aren’t yet indexed; for these, you’ll need to browse
  records by place, date or however they’re arranged.

• MyHeritage.com has added millions of records including
  military records, yearbooks, mugshots and wanted posters from partnerships with Interment.net, Genealogy
  Today, CanadianHeadstones.net and
  others. The new records are available to subscribers through the site’s SuperSearch
  engine. Find
  out more about the additions on the MyHeritage blog.