Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 13 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:

*  RootsTech Connect 2021 Announces First of Keynote Speakers

*  Caleb H. Johnson Elected 168th Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists

*  Genealogical Speakers Guild Call for Proposals

*  NGS Introduces New Course: Reading Old Handwriting

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Friday Finds 13 Nov 2020

*  Findmypast Friday: New and Exclusive Records Available to Search

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

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

*  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)

*  RootsTech Connect 2021 - 25-27 February 2021

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, 17 November, 5 p.m.:  Separating and Merging Identities of Same-named Men, by Shannon Green

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 18 November, 11 a.m.:  Surname Projects and DNA Projects, by Mags Gaulden

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Deeds Not Words: Finding Your Merchant Marine Ancestors, by Michael L. Strauss

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Tech Zone: Have PDF, Will Upload: Print Your Book on Lulu.com, by Diane Boumenot

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #223r - Tricks Ancestors Play

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors:  Stories from the Archives: Objects of Mourning

*  BYU Family History Library: The Family History Guide Countries Research by Rayanne Melick

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Researching Our Veterans with David Allen Lambert

*  DearMYRTLE:  WACKY Wednesday - 2020 Share a Memory

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 9 Nov 2020

*  DNA Family Trees:  Three Ways To Protect Photos In Your Family Tree

*  DNA Family Trees:  Why you NEED to use Ancestrydna & 23andMe DNA on MyHeritage to get over walls!

*  Family History Fanatics:  Are my DNA test results WRONG? Genetic Genealogy Explained

*  FamilySearch:  FamilySearch is Live!

*  Genealogy TV: Researching Persons of Color: African American Genealogy

*  GenealogyBank:  Using Census Records & Newspapers to Discover Your Family Story

*  Kentucky Tennessee Research Associates:  Let's Look: Rev War Pension Applications - Rejected or Suspended - PART 2

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems: Colonial Genealogy Research - How to find Early American Ancestors

*  Lisa Lisson:  Chatting DNA & Genealogy with Expert Mary Eberle of DNA Hunters

*  Lisa Lisson: The Vivid-Pix Fix - Not Just for Photos!

*  MyHeritage:  Marching Ahead With Military Records! We're Live With James Tanner!

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep Episode 124: Researching While Black 

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 10 November 2020 ?

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