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:
* Scranton homeowner finds long-lost Bible listing Biden ancestors, returns it to president’s family
2) New or Updated Record Collections:
3) Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes
* 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):
* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 9 February, 11 a.m.: Making the most of MyHeritage resources with the Help Center, Knowledge Base, and site settings, by Daniel Horowitz
* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 10 February, 11 a.m.: Chinese American Research: Challenges and Discoveries, by Grant Din
* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 10 February, 5 p.m.: Researching Your Maine Ancestors, by B.J. Jamieson
* Archived Family Tree Webinars: Nurturing Your Family Trees: Online or On Your Device (or Both)? by Cyndi Ingle
* Archived Family Tree Webinars: Me and My 1000+ DNA Cousins, by Diahan Southard
* Archived Family Tree Webinars: Finding Indian Ancestors in African American Families, by Angela Walton-Raji
* Archived Family Tree Webinars: Tech Zone - Free Images from the LOC - What You Need to Know, by Gena Philibert-Ortega
* Ancestral Findings: Tax Records: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census | AF-432
* Ancestral Findings: Church Records: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census | AF-433
6) Genealogy Videos (YouTube):
* Cheri Hudson Passey: GenFriends: Nathan Dylan Goodwin -"The Chester Creek Murders"
* Data Mining DNA: GEDmatch Surname Search Tool - New In 2021!
* Data Mining DNA: How To Fix Ancestry's New Hints Display - If You Don't Like It!
* DearMYRTLE: Mini-Myrt - WikiTreeX
* DearMYRTLE: WACKY Wednesday - Mug Books, County Histories
* Ellen Thompson-Jennings: Preserving Family Heirlooms FOREVER
* Family History Fanatics: Do Chromosome Segment End Points Matter in Genetic Genealogy?
* FamilySearch: FamilySearch is Live!
* Findmypast: The Victorian Soldier | Findmypast
* Genealogy TV: Hidden Tools on FamilySearch.org (2021)
* GeneaVlogger: Who Do You Think You Are - Jeremy Clarkson: Part 3 - Professional Genealogist Reacts
* Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems: MyHeritage DNA Genetic Groups
* Lisa Lisson: Exploring DeadFred.com for Old Family Photos
* MyHeritage: Introducing Genetic Groups
7) Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 2 February 2021?
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