Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 11 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:

*  Stockton Police, Genealogy Expert Hope They Can Return Found Keepsakes To Family

*  Discovery of Genetic Mutation That Separates Humans and Neanderthals

*  My Brother Vanished at Age 3. MyHeritage Helped Me Find Him 32 Years Later

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Findmypast’s Catholic Heritage Archive Continues to Grow With New English Records

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

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone -- Convert Paper Files to Digital Using ScanSnap, by Diane Boumenot

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #283r - How to Begin?

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-500: The French and the Fur Trade: Before American Colonization

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-501: History of the US Passport Application | Ancestral Findings Podcast

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  AmericanAncestors:  Researching the Deep South

*  Ancestry:  What's New at Ancestry: June 2021 | The Barefoot Genealogist | Ancestry

*  Family History Fanatics:  Are results of Ancestry DNA tests 99.9% accurate and never changing?

*  Family Search:  5 Easy Steps to Norwegian Genealogy

*  FamilySearch:  Why Family Historians Need to Tell Family Stories

*  Findmypast:  Fridays Live 11 June 2021 | Findmypast

*  Genealogy Quick Start: Personally, with Hollis Gentry

*  Genealogy Software Showcase:  What is WikiTree?

*  Genealogy TV:  How and Why to Download Raw DNA from AncestryDNA

*  Lisa Lisson:  Ask the Expert Your DNA Questions!

*  MyHeritage:  Join our Facebook LIVE with this Gen Z Irish genealogist!

*  The Genealogy Reporter:  Amie & Brenda: Genealogy 101 and What to Expect at Madeline School of the Arts

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (9 June 2021) - WikiTree Challenge feat Yvette Hoitink

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 8 June 2021?

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