Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 9 November 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:

*  Genealogists Volunteer to Research Any African-American Family Tree for Free

*  Virtual Genealogical Association Annual Conference is Saturday, 13 November 2021

*  How millions don't know they're related to royalty

*  How Gruesome Penny Dreadfuls Got Victorian Children Reading

*  The Art of Hand-Carving Headstones Isn’t Dead Yet

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 30 October to 5 November 2021

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 30 October to 5 November 2021

*  52 Newspaper Titles from NDNP Added to DigitalNC

*  Veridian Adds/Updates 50 Titles – November, 2021

*  Advantage Archives Adds 900 Thousand Historical Newspaper Pages – October, 2021

*  1,685 Free United States Online Alumni Collections

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 - Tuesday, 9 November, 11 a.m.: An overview of the massive new record collection from France, by Elizabeth Zetland.

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 10 November, 5 p.m.:  The Two Colonial Georgias, by Larry W. Thomas.

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 12 November, 11 a.m.:   Court Records for People of Color Family History Research, by Nicka Smith

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Say Amen: Going to Church with the Master – Finding the Mother Church, by Char McCargo Bah

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 174: RLPDNA Study Group 3 – Timeline Analysis and Citations

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-545: The Twenty-Second Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 398 - Pass It Down: The Future Of Your Family’s Past / A Halloween Leftover Story

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  BYU Family History Library:  Partner Programs: Find My Past - James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library: Researching the Great Northward Migration 1916-1970 - James Tanner (03 November 2021)

*  DearMYRTLE:  DearMYRTLE"s CensusGenie - 3 Nov 2021

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - Veterans Tribute 8 Nov 2021

*  Family History Fanatics:  FamilySearch: 2 More Ways to Search the Record Search Page

*  Family Tree Magazine:  Gravestone Symbols and Their Hidden Meanings

*  FamilySearch:  Demo: Privacy in FamilySearch Memories

*  Genealogy Adventures Live:  S05 E07: Introducing the Sons & Daughters of the Middle Passage Society with Dr. Evelyn McDowell 

*  MyHeritage:  Top tips for reviewing Smart Matches™ and Record Matches

*  MyHeritage:  Join our Facebook Live about dragging family history information out of your family members!

*  RootsMagic:  Pictures and Media in RootsMagic 8

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree Livecast (5 November 2021) - Feature Friday: All About Apps

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (6 November 2021) - Weekly Recap + WikiTree Challenge update

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 5 November 2021?

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