Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 24 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:

*  Ancestry® Offers Opportunity to Explore Family Stories for Free this Thanksgiving Weekend to Bring Families Together During an Unprecedented Holiday Season

*  Announcing a New, Independent, Narrative-Driven Podcast About Preserving Family History

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 14 to 20 November 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 14 to 20 November 2020

*  Records Posted at FamilySearch the Week of Nov. 23, 2020

*  ScotlandsPeople adds mothers' maiden names to 1 million death record indexes

*  NY State Historical Newspapers Adds/Updates 7 Titles - November, 2020

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  RootsTech Connect 2021 - 25-27 February 2021 (Online, Free)

*  Family History Federation's Really Useful Show returns in April 2021

*  41st Annual IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (Philadelphia PA, 2-5 August 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 

*  Appleton, Wisconsin Library Presents a FREE "Find Your Ancestors" Webinar Series

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 1 December, 5 p.m.:  Once upon a time: It’s all about the story, by Carol Baxter

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 2 December, 5 p.m.:  Four ways DNA Painter can help with your family history research, by Jonny Perl

*  Upcoming SCGS Webinar -Wednesday, 16 December, 6 p.m.:  Bounty Land: It's Complicated, by Annette Burke Lyttle.

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: MyHeritage Mobile App: All New Features From 2020, by Daniel Horowitz

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 247 

* Research Like a Pro:   RLP 124: Researching African American Ancestors Part 4

*  The Genealogy Guys: Episode #387

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 352 – Connecticut Man’s DNA Shocker and the Strange DNA Match That Could Have Led to the Wrong Conclusion

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 105: Women in the Dark: Female Photographers in the U.S. 1850-1900

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #226r - Social Security Records

*  Ancestral Findings:  Darth Vader Genealogy | AF-398

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  AmericanAncestors:  Mayflower Resources at American Ancestors

*  AmericanAncestors:  The Great Houses of Yorkshire

 

*  Family History Fanatics:  Ancestry Marriage Records Index Makes Finding Wedding Announcements on Newspapers.com Quick and Easy

*  Genealogy Adventures Live:  GA Live! Special: Does Intolerance Have A Place In Genealogy?

*  GeneaVlogger:  My own DNA test results - Family Tree DNA and MyHeritage DNA - Professional Genealogist Reacts

*  MyHeritage:  We're Live! All About MyHeritage's Theory of Family Relativity™ With Kitty Cooper!

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (21 November 2020) - Weekly Recap + Mayflower Project

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 20 November 2020 ?

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