Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 15 June 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:

*  Why Are We All So Obsessed with Genealogy?

*  Mother reunites with son after 71 years and shares their story

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 5 to 11 June 2021

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 5 to 11 June 2021

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 14 June 2020

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  THE Genealogy Show - Virtual (25-26 June 2021)

*  2021 International German Genealogy Conference (17 and 24 July 2021)

*  41st Annual IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (1-5 August 2021)

4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  FREE National Archives Genealogy Series - May and June 2021

*  MyHeritage Online Events for June

*  Family History Library Class Calendar - June 2021

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 15 June, 5 p.m.:  They Had Names: Identifying Children Represented by Tick Marks in Pre-1850 Censuses, by Denise E. Cross

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 16 June, 11 a.m.:  New England’s ‘Seventh State’: Life along the coast, by B.J. Jamieson

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 18 June, 11 a.m.:  Online Sources for Scottish Genealogy Research, by Christine Woodcock

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 153: U.S. Census Non-Population Schedules with Alice Childs

*  Extreme Genea:  Episode 380 – Another Switched at Birth DNA Find / Fisher’s Favorite 50 Interview: Bill Griffeth and “The Stranger In My Genes”

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #284r - Learning History

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 132: The Wedding Detectives Charlotte Sibtain and Cole Moreton

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-502: How to Preserve Ancient Genealogy Documents | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-503: 4 Genealogy Books You Must Have in Your Personal Library | Ancestral Findings Podcast

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  BYU Family History Library:  Intermediate Series: 2 Duplicates in Family Tree- How to Resolve Them - Kathryn Grant

*  Family History Fanatics:  FamilySearch: How to Create a Floating Tree or Unlinked Person

*  FamilySearch:  Demo: How to Use the FamilySearch Catalog  

*  FamilySearch:  Oral History: Insights from a Professional Biographer and Interviewer

*  Genealogy Adventures Live:  S04 E34 Cousin Definitions Explained

*  GeneaVlogger:  Twins get 'mystifying' DNA ancestry test results Marketplace CBC - Professional Genealogist Reacts

*  MyHeritage:  Join our Facebook LIVE with Thomas MacEntee!

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (12 June 2021) - Weekly Recap + WikiTree Challenge

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 11 June 2021?

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