Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 3 September 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 Offers Free Access to Census Records for Labor Day

*  Dutch Genealogy News for August 2021

*  A father, son and grandson reunite on a Newfoundland race track thanks to DNA test

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Fold3 Adds New POW/MIA Records

*  Findmypast Publishes 300,000 Historical Photos in Partnership With Francis Frith Collection

*  Findmypast Adds Contexts to UK Census Locations With New Feature

*  52,429 New Records for Ealing (West of London) Released by TheGenealogist

*  Advantage Archives 1.2 Million Historical Newspaper Pages – August, 2021

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Utah Genealogical Association Summit of Excellence: September 15-18, 2021

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Family History Library Class Calendar - September 2021

*  MyHeritage/Family Tree Webinars Webtember - 3 to 24 September 2021

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 8 September, 11 a.m.:  Tracing Your 20th Century English Ancestors, by Paul Milner

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Your DNA Questions Answered Live with Diahan, by Diahan Southard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color, by Anita Wills

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  FAN Club in Action: a Simple Case Study, by Geoff Rasmussen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Paint Your Way Up Yor Tree with MyHeritage and DNAPainter, by Roberta Estes

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  America’s Turnpikes, Rivers, and Canals, by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-532: Early Career: Walt Disney an American Icon | Ancestral Findings Podcast

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  BYU Family History Library:  Overcoming Brick Walls: Resolving the Outcome - James Tanner

*  FamilySearch:  Problem Solve with the Pre-1850 Census: Investigate the Tick Marks, Part 1 and Part 2

*  FamilySearch:  "It's Digitized! Now what?" How to Organize a Family Video Archive

*  Findmypast:  The Railways in Britain | Findmypast

* Findmypast:  Fridays Live 3 September 2021 | Findmypast

*  Genealogy Stories:  Writing Genealogy Crime Fiction

* Genealogy TV:  Occupations Tie Ancestors Together in Genealogy Research

*  Lisa Louise Cooke:  Episode 69: Alice the Genealogist (part 3 & 4)

*  MyHeritage:  Ask The Expert - Bringing your family photos to life on MyHeritage

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree Livecast (1 Sept 2021) - WikiTree Challenge feat Amy Johnson Crow/Lorine McGinnis Schulze

*  Your DNA Guide:  How to Download Your AncestryDNA Match List | Export Ancestry DNA Matches

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 31 August 2021?

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