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:
2) New or Updated Record Collections:
* RootsTech Connect 2021 - 25-27 February 2021 (Online, Free)
* 41st Annual IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (Philadelphia PA, 2-5 August 2021)
4) Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: From the 18th to the 21st: The Records of Prohibition, by Judy G. Russell
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: Ten Best Sources for Determining Your Immigrant Ancestor's Town of Origin, by Lisa Alzo
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: Tech Zone - Connection Requests at 23andMe, by Michelle Leonard
5) Genealogy Education - Podcasts:
* Family Tree Magazine: How to Handle Difficult or Uncomfortable Facts When Writing Family History: Episode 144
* The Genealogy Guys: Podcast 388
* Fisher's Top Tips: #233r - Church Letters of Transfer
* Ancestral Findings: Christmas Traditions and Genealogy | AF-404
* Ancestral Findings: What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1870s? | AF-405
6) Genealogy Videos (YouTube):
* Cheri Hudson Passey: GenFriends: Genealogy Crafts with Mary Kircher Roddy
* Data Mining DNA: Review: Two Free GEDCOM Validators
* DearMYRTLE: WACKY Wednesday - Evernote with Cousin Russ
* DearMYRTLE: Mondays with Myrt 14 Dec 2020
* DNA Family Trees: Can you have a higher CMS match to a shared DNA match than your parent? YES! (Wall Buster!)
* DNA Family Trees: The MyHeritage Giveaway Winners Announced (and a peek ahead to 2021!)
* Family History Fanatics: 3 Best Ways to Build an Accurate Family Tree on MyHeritage
* Family History Fanatics: Will Ancestry DNA Show If I'm Related to Famous Relatives?
* Family History Fanatics: Why Bother Taking a DNA Test If Your Family Tree is Complete & Accurate?
* Genealogy Quick Start: LIVE: Genealogy Games & More
* Genealogy TV: Ancestry's Newspaper Obits & Marriages + One World Tree & Family Data Collection with Crista Cowan
* Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems: Genealogy Records Provenance, Primary & Secondary Sources, Finding Aids
* Lisa Lisson: Find Hidden Americans in British Records
* Lisa Lisson: Finding Ancestors in Holiday Records!
* MyHeritage: MyHeritage tools for members of the LDS church
* WikiTree: WikiTree Friday Date Night (18 Dec 2020)
7) Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 15 December 2020 ?
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