Genealogy News and Education Bytes - Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Welcome to Genealogy News and Education Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.

1)  News Articles:

*  A Medieval Metropolis Existed In What’s Now St. Louis, Then Mysteriously Disappeared in the 14th Century

*  Researchers identify 72 men believed to be buried at Sugar Land 95 site

*  Ontario Land Registry Offices are Moving io All Online Access to Land Records

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 29 August to 4 September 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 29 August to 4 September2020

*  New Records from the Canadian Expeditionary Force Now Available on Fold3

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  New York State Conference Goes Virtual with Lectures, Exhibits (September 10-12, 2020)

*  Back to Our Past [Ireland] Virtual Conference (18-20 September 2020)

*  Early bird registration opens for Genealogy with a Canadian Twist Virtual Workshop (17 October 2020)

*  Registration is Now Open for the 2020 ISGS [Illinois] Fall Conference! [24 October 2020]

*  Virtual Genealogical Association Annual Conference (13-15 November 2020)

*  The Family History Federation's Really Useful Family History Show (14 November 2020)

4)  Genealogy Education - Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free [Family History Library] Genealogy Webinars for September 2020

*  MyHeritage Online Events for September

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 9 September, 5 p.m.: Cyndi's List in Practice, by Cyndi Ingle

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  New Searching Experience at MyHeritage, by Dana Drutman

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 113 - Revisiting Objectives

*  The Genealogy Guys:  Podcast #384

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 341 – Kitty Cooper Talks Why Note Longest DNA Segments / Ask The Experts- Kitty Cooper On Her Personal Favorite Breakthrough

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #204r - Your Photo Archive

*  Ancestral Findings:  Using the 1890 US Veterans Schedule | AF-378

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  BYU Family History Library:  How to Ask Your DNA Question - Bonnie Belza

*  Data Mining DNA:  Ancestry's Match Surname Search - Does Not Search All Surnames in Match Trees

*  Family History Fanatics:  Using Descendancy Research for Clues to Bust a Genealogy Brick Wall

*  Findmypast:  Why Did Your Ancestor Forget Their Birthday? - Findmypast Live 28 August 2020 | Findmypast

*  Lisa Lisson:  COMMON GENEALOGY MISTAKE: Growing a Healthy Family Tree Online

*  Lisa Lisson:  COMMON GENEALOGY MISTAKE: What is That Record Really All About?

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (5 September 2020) - Weekly Recap + Italy Project

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 4 September 2020 ?

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