Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 1 January 2021

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:

*  Join the RootsMagic 8 Community Preview!

*  2020 GenSoftReviews Users Choice Awards 

*  2020: MyHeritage Year in Review

*  2020: A year of Canadian genealogy in review

*  We Are Family: Adopted Maui Woman Discovers 8 Siblings through 23andMe

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 28 December 2020

*  FamilySearch Monthly Record Update for December 2020

*  Ancestry New and Updated Collections - December 1-31, 2020

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Scottish Virtual Conference January 23, 2021

*  Family History Fanatics Winter DNA Conference (30 January 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

*  Upcoming 2021 Family Tree Webinars

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

*  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 - Tuesday, 5 January, 5 p.m.:  Where else to look? When matches don’t reply, by Michelle Patient

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 6 January, 11 a.m.:  Genealogy Unplugged: When Offline Records Are the Best, by James M. Baker

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Ten Databases You Need to Know About, by Shannon Combs-Bennett

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Tech Zone - Let Windows 10 Magnify and Read Aloud for You!, by Marian Pierre-Louis

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #237r - Genealogy vs. Family History

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*   Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Capturing Memories-with Laura Hedgecock

*  Genealogy TV:  Top Ten Videos on Genealogy TV in 2020

*  MyHeritage:  End-of-the-year Facebook LIVE Extravaganza with Genealogy and DNA Experts!

*  MyHeritage:  Hidden Photo Reveals a Secret Past and Reunites a Family

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 29 December 2020 ?

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