Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 8 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:

*  Dozens of Additional Books Discounted for the Holidays at the FRPC Website & FREE USA postage thru Dec. 24, 2020

*  Blackstone Completes Acquisition of Ancestry®, Leading Online Family History Business, for $4.7 Billion

*  Clearwater man has long claimed William Shatner as dad. DNA proves otherwise.

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 28 November to 4 December 2020

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 28 November to 4 December 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 - Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  MyHeritage Online Events for December

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

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 9 December, 5 p.m.: The Most Prominent Citizens: Using County Histories, by Cari Taplin

*  Upcoming Genealogy With a Canadian Twist Webinar - Thursday, 10 December, 4 p.m.:  Family Favourites For the Holidays, with Kathryn Lake Hogan.

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

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Find a Boatload of Passenger Lists on MyHeritage, by Sharon Monson

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 126: Preparing Reports to Share Online

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 354 – CeCe On DNA Crime Exonerations / Ron Fox On Photos And His Dick Van Dyke Moment

*  The Photo Detective: Episode 106: French Fashion, World War One, And Your Ancestors

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #230r - The Settling of the West

*  Ancestral Findings:  What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1910s? | AF-402

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors:  David S. Reynolds with "Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times"

*  BYU Family History Library:  Adding Audio to FamilySearch by Rayanne Melick

*  BYU Family History Library:  Genealogy is a Life and Death Matter: Moving Beyond the Obvious Records

*  Family History Fanatics:  What is Mitochondrial DNA? Should you take the mtDNA test?

*  Family History Fanatics:  How to Research Land Records on FamilySearch.org

*  Family History Fanatics:  How to Research Land Records for Genealogy Brick Wall Clues

*  Genealogy Adventures Live:  S04 E11 Coming to the Table Project with Prinny Anderson & Gayle Jessup White

*  GeneaVlogger:  MyHeritage DNA Test Results Lebanese Girl Shocking True Ethnicity - Professional Genealogist Reacts

*  MyHeritage:  We're live with Richard Hill talking about DNA testing for adoptees!

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (5 December 2020) - Weekly Recap + P.I.P.

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 4 December 2020 ?

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