Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 29 December 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:

*  2021 Legacy Family Tree Webinars series announced — adds new series for Canada and African Diaspora

*  The Mystery of Deceased Hiker ‘Mostly Harmless’ Is At Long Last Solved

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 19 to 25 December 2020

*  Chronicling America Adds 302 New Titles in 2020

*   Advantage Archives Adds 11 Million Pages in 2020

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Scottish Virtual Conference January 23, 2021

*  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 - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  FamilySearch Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for January 2021

*  MyHeritage Online Events for December

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

*  Whittier Area Genealogical Society (WAGS) Virtual Seminar is Saturday, 30 January 2021

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 30 December, 11 a.m.:  Ten Databases You Need to Know About, by Shannon Combs-Bennett

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 129: Preparing a DNA Proof Argument for Publication

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 357 – Author Libby Copeland On Four Landmark Events In DNA In 2020

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #236r - Digitized Newspapers

*  Ancestral Findings:  What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1880s? | AF-409

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Data Mining DNA:  NEW MyHeritage Genetic Groups! My First Reactions And Review

*  DNA Family Trees:   Find More Information with Ancestry Deep Dive Tools!

*  DNA Family Trees:  Ancestry's NEW DNA match list format Reviewed! What the ...????

*  Genealogy Adventures Live:  S04 E14: Reclaim the Records with Jonathan Deiss

*  GeneaVlogger:  MyHeritage DNA Test Results Update: Genetic Groups - Professional Genealogist Reacts

*  MyHeritage:  Moving into the New Year With Fun Family History Activities for Kids!

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (26 December 2020) - Weekly Recap

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 25 December 2020 ?

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