Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 29 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:

*  MyHeritage Genetic Groups — New User Interface Improvements

*  Ancestry® Announces the Appointment of Mark Thompson as Chairman of the Board of Directors

*  United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Posts Notice of Preliminary Injunction Regarding Final Rule

*  New Law Gives Pennsylvania Executors Power Over Decedents’ Social Media And Other Digital Content

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Findmypast Friday: Explore brand new crime records and more

*  The Genealogist adds Who's Who editions

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Family History Fanatics Winter DNA Conference (30 January 2021)

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

*  FHF Really Useful Family History Show (10 April 2021)

*  We Are Open! The 51st Jamboree Conference! (4-12 June 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 February 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, 2 February, 5 p.m.:  Nurturing Your Family Trees: Online or On Your Device (or Both)? by Cyndi Ingle

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 3 February, 11 a.m.:  Me and My 1000+ DNA Cousins, by Diahan Southard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Genealogy Escape Room, by Thomas MacEntee

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Finding Answers in Naturalization Records, by Amie Bowser Tennant

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #245r - Before Photography

*  Ancestral Findings:  Old Newspaper Records: Substitutions for the 1890 US Federal Census | AF-426

*  Ancestral Findings:  Ephemera: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census | AF-427

*  Ancestral Findings:  State Censuses: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census | AF-429

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  American Ancestors: The Federal Census: Moving Beyond the Population Schedule

*  Ancestry:  How to Use Ancestry.com for Beginners w. Jakob | Ancestry UK

*  BYU Family History Library:  Residential Registration in Germany - Dr. Roger Minert

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends-Finding Your Roots: Our Picks From Recent Episodes

*  Family History Fanatics:  Which DNA Test is Better? Autosomal, Y-DNA, or Mitochondrial

*  Family History Ron:  Q&A with Family History Ron

*  FamilySearch:  Road to RootsTech - Episode 2: Family Stories - Asia, Africa & Europe

*  FamilySearch:  FamilySearch is Live!

*  Findmypast:  Coats of Arms, Clans & Tartans | Findmypast

*  Findmypast:  Fridays Live 29 January 2021 | Findmypast

*  Genealogy Quick Start: LIVE - Moonshiners & Doing the Deed

*  Genealogy Software Showcase:  What I Discovered Using Family Historian 7 for 7 Days - (Genealogy Software Showcase Ep9)

*  Genealogy TV:  Member Connect on Ancestry

*  GeneaVlogger:  Who Do You Think You Are - Jeremy Clarkson: Part 1 - Professional Genealogist Reacts

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  How to Use Church Records for Genealogy

*  Lisa Lisson:  Chatting About Researching Immigrant Ancestors

*  MyHeritage:  Introducing Color Restoration on MyHeritage

*  MyHeritage: We're live with James Tanner!

*  Who Is Nicka Smith? Episode 127 - History: Unscripted: Enslaved Laborers at UVA

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (27 January 2021) - WikiTree Challenge

*  Your DNA Guide:  Discovering Your Ethnicity Results

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 26 January 2021?

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