Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 29 October 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:

*  1921 Census of England & Wales Launching 6 January 2022 on Findmypast

*  Free Death Records for Halloween on MyHeritage (27 October to 2 November 2021)

*  OpenShot: a FREE, Powerful, and Easy-to-Use Video Editor

*  Sitting Bull: DNA confirms great-grandson's identity

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Findmypast Friday: Scottish Witches, Scottish Criminal Records, and Newspapers

*  4,105 Free Online Historical Photo Archives from the U.S.

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  FHF Really Useful Family History Show - November 12-13, 2021 (Virtual)

*  THE Genealogy Show: Winter Event - December 3-5, 2021 (Virtual)

*  NGS 2022 Family History Conference - May 24-28, 2022 (In-Person!)

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Family History Library Class and Webinar Calendar - November 2021

*  MyHeritage Online Events for November

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 29 October, 11 a.m.:  Tech With Thomas, by Thomas MacEntee

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 2 November, 6 p.m.:  Uncovering the lives of your London (England) ancestors, by Cathie Sherwood

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Building Family Trees for Your DNA Matches, by Mary Eberle

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Preserving Your Ancestor’s Textiles and Handmade Treasures, by Melissa Barker

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-543: Pension Records: A Closer Look at Civil War Records #3 | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 397 - Crowd Sourcing Around the World/ More Genie eBay Finds!

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  AmericanAncestors:  Basics of New England Research

*  BYU Family History Library:  Partner Programs: MyHeritage - James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library:  Canadian Genealogy Online - Dave Obee (27 October 2021)

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Relative Race Season 8 Day 6!

*  Family History Fanatics:  DNA Matches: How To Figure Out Father's Side Using Mother's DNA

*  FamilySearch:  Specifics of Genealogical Research in Russia

*  FamilySearch:  Understanding Catholic Marriage Records: Supplements and Dispensations

*  Findmypast:  How We Brought The 1921 Census Online | Findmypast

*  Findmypast:  The 1921 Census is Coming | Findmypast

*  Genealogy TV:  Copyright Laws, Find Court Records, Adoptions & Evidence of Marriage for Genealogy with Judy Russell

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Native American Genealogy

*  Lisa Lisson:  How To Be a Frugal Genealogy Researcher!

*  MyHeritage:  Learn more about death records on MyHeritage with James Tanner!

*  RootsMagic:  Sources, Citations, and Documentation in RootsMagic 8

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (27 October 2021) - WikiTree Challenge feat Irene Cornish

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 26 October 2021?

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