Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 31 December 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:

*  FamilySearch 2021 Genealogy Highlights

*  2022 Legacy Family Tree Webinars series announced — adds monthly online conferences and Mexico series

*  Applied Genealogy Institute Inauguration

*  Ellis Island: How to Research Ancestors Who Passed Through the Gateway to Freedom

*  The Genealogy Guys Podcast Welcomes New Sponsors

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*   New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 27 December 2021

*  NewspaperARCHIVE Update – December, 2021

*  Chronicling America Updates – December 2021

*  Find My Past Adds/Updates 61 Historical Newspaper Titles – December, 2021

*  British Newspaper Archive Adds/Updates 123 Titles – December, 2021

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  RootsTech Connect 2022 - 3-5 March 2022 (Virtual) 

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

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

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Family History Library Webinar Calendar for January 2022

*  MyHeritage Online Events for December & January

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 5 January, 11 a.m.:  The Only Thing You Need to Know About DNA and Genealogy, by Diahan Southard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone -- Adding a Video to a Microsoft Word Document, by Gena Philibert-Ortega.

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-563: Old Newspaper Records: A Closer Look at Family History Research #4 | Ancestral Findings

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-564: Do you have a theme in mind for your 2022 genealogy research? | Ancestral Findings Podcast

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  FamilySearch:  Successful Remote Research Strategies

*  FamilySearch:  Adding Maps to Your Family History Analysis

*  Genealogy Quick Start: LIVE: Recipes... In Their Own Write!

*  Genealogy TV:  Top Ten Most Watched Genealogy TV Videos in 2021

*  JDW Talks:  Where is Portland Oregon's 1950 Official U.S. Census Map?

*  Lisa Lisson:  Genealogy Research Goals - 2022

*  MyHeritage:  Ask The Expert - Reviewing Matches

*  WikiTree:  2021 WikiTree Challenge Wrap-up

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 24 December 2021?

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