Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 16 February 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:

*  New Tools to Examine Shared DNA Matches on MyHeritage

*  Federal Judge Blocks Sale of Seattle's National Archives Facility

*  National Genealogical Society Announces Virtual Focus on Societies Day

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 6 to 12 February 2021

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 6 to 12 February 2021

*  LDSGenealogy.com Announces a Major Update to its Online U.S. Newspaper Listings

*  3,890 Obituary and Obituary Index Collection Links from the U.S.

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

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

*  New England Regional Genealogical Consortium Virtual Conference 2021 (1 April to 31 May 2021)

*  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

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

*  Genealogical Forum of Oregon Hosting a FREE Virtual Open House From 27 March to 3 April 2021

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 17 February, 11 a.m.:  Shoot Like a Pro: How to Record Quality Videos Using Your Mobile Device, by Elizabeth M. O'Neal

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 19 February, 11 a.m.:  How to locate an ancestor in Ontario, Canada West or Upper Canada (when you don’t know where they lived), by Janice Nickerson

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  A Family for Suzanne, by Ruth Randall

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 136:  Irish Research Part 1 

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 362 – Man Who Survived Pearl Harbor Attack Has Written His Story/Professor Uses AI, Death Certs, And Census Records To Tackle Pandemic

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 115: Identifying and Caring for Tintypes

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #250r - Journal Keeping

*  Ancestral Findings:  Martha Jefferson Randolph | America’s First Ladies #3 | AF-441

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Ancestry:  Discovering Your Canadian Loyalist Ancestors w. Lesley Anderson | Ancestry Canada

*  BYU Family History Library:  The Power of Stories in Family History: Discovering and Sharing Your Family Stories - Kathryn Grant

 

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 15 Feb 2021

*  DNA Family Trees:  Ancestry Thrulines vs MyHeritage Theory of Family Relativity

*  Family History Fanatics:  Your Family Tree Building Questions - FHF Live

*  Genealogy Aventures Live: S04 E21: The Integration of the University of South Carolina with Dr. Henrie Treadwell

*  MyHeritage:  MyHeritage Ask The Expert - Using the MyHeritage Mobile App to Record Your Relatives

*  MyHeritage:  We're Live With Maureen Taylor! Learn to Preserve, Identify and Improve Ancestral Snapshots

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (13 February 2021) - Weekly Recap + WikiTree Challenge

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 12 February 2021?

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