Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 3 November 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 Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack

*  Reunion 13 is Released

*  Salem preserves 400 year old documents, creates online database for public to search about Joshua Ward House, genealogy and more

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 24 to 30 October 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 24 to 30 October 2020

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 2 November 2020

*  MyHeritage Historical Record Collections Added in October 2020

*  Fold3 Adds New German WWII Records

*  November Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 66 Titles!

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  41st Annual IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Call for Proposals

*  Family History Fanatics  Virtual Conference - Overcoming Common Genealogy Challenges  (7 November 2020)

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

*  Texas State Genealogical Society 2020 Family History Conference (13-14 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 Online Classes and Webinars November 2020

*  MyHeritage Online Events for November 

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 3 November, 5 p.m.:   Australian Census Substitutes, by Helen V. Smith

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 4 November, 11 a.m.:  How to Connect with Your Pilgrim Ancestors to Join the Mayflower Society, by Kate Eakman 

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 121: African American Research Part 1

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 349 – Kenyatta Berry On Escapes And Attempted Escapes Of The Enslaved / Ancestry’s Todd Godfrey On Huge New Marriage Database

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 102: Recreate Victorian Decor Using Photo Clues

*  Fisher’s Top Tips: #220r – Those Tricky Immigration Records

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  BYU Family History Library: Filae by Nicky Smith

*  *  Cheri Hudson Passey:  Poll Taxes and Voting Records-Amie Bowser Tennant

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 2 Nov 2020

*  Family History Fanatics: Searching Newspapers.com for Your Ancestor's Social News - Tutorial

*  Genealogy Adventures Live: S04 E06: A Chat About Civil Rights with the Hon. James L. Felder

*  GeneaVlogger:  WHO AM I!?!?! AncestryDNA & 23andMe Results UPDATE! - Ash Serrano - Professional Genealogist Reacts

*  MyHeritage:  New Searching Experience at MyHeritage

*  MyHeritage:  We're Live! Learn about Death, Burial, Cemetery, and Obituary Records on MyHeritage!

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (31 October 2020): Halloween - Ghosts in the Tree!

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 30 October 2020 ?

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