The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix announce two exciting programs: The Unsung Heroes Societies Grant Program will award grants to two societies each year to facilitate their digitizing, indexing, and transcribing photographs and documents. The grantees will each receive a high-quality scanner, a backup and online storage software package, and two copies of Vivid-Pix RESTORE software to improve the legibility of documents, the color/contrast of photographs, and to add image tags and other important information to the image metadata. The grant package is valued at $500. The Unsung Heroes Awards Program continues to recognize individuals, societies, and libraries for their work in digitizing, indexing, and transcribing photographs and documents and making that work accessible to the genealogical community. Award winners will receive a commemorative certificate, a customized mug that can include an image of their choice, and a copy of Vivid-Pix RESTORE. Individual winners will also receive a one-year subscription to Genealogy Guys Learn. Grant applications and award nominations are due by midnight EDT on 1 August 2020. Full details are available on our blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2020/05/the-genealogy-guys-podcast-and-vivid.html. News You Can Use and Share MyHeritage has added 7 new reports to MyHeritage Health. MyHeritage launched its Photo Enhancer in June and within 10 days had enhanced more than one million photos. The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) will hold its 40th international conference virtually on 10-13 August 2020. Details and registration are available at iajgs2020.org. The Georgia State Legislature has passed SB372 which extends the privacy of birth records to 125 years and the privacy of marriage, divorce, and death records to 100 years. The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) has established three new scholarships. They will afford persons of color and those from underrepresented groups in society and culture the opportunity to attend APG's Professional Management Conference. Two of the scholarships, honoring Kenyatta Berry and the late James Dent “Jimmy” Walker, are intended to benefit genealogists of African-American or other African-rooted heritage. The third scholarship is intended to support a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or gender-questioning genealogist in attending APG's flagship conference. The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) announced a new scholarship, the “Board for Certification of Genealogists Scholarship for African American Students.” Up to three scholarships will be awarded each year to offset the cost of participating in an intensive genealogical education program, as well as the cost of applying for the CG credential. Findmypast has added: Scotland Roman Catholic Church Parish Records; Scotland, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Electoral Registers (1864-1931); more United States Marriages; U.S., Pennsylvania, Civil War Veterans’ Card File; U.S., New Jersey, Military Records Index; U.S., Rolls of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War; and Yorkshire Baptisms. More than 400,000 U.S. naturalization records from the Bronx and Queens will become available online in 2022 as part of a three-year project. Drew recaps new record additions, updates, and indexes at FamilySearch. Diahan Southard Drew asks Diahan about the Leeds method. https://www.yourdnaguide.com/leeds-method Cyndi Says Cyndi Ingle discusses how to stay focused. Tools for Research Plans - Create them in:      Word Google Docs Evernote OneNote Trello Templates and forms for research planning:      Cyndi’s List > Charts & Forms,  https://cyndislist.com/charts/research/ Cyndi's Routine Records Sources, https://bit.ly/2EY54CS   Cyndi's Records Checklist Template, https://bit.ly/2xZhDXR  Cyndi's Research Log or Research Notes, https://bit.ly/2R9lE4L  Cyndi's Simple Research Plan, https://bit.ly/2xLC6jp  Cyndi's Preferred Research Plan, https:/