Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 18 February 2022

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:

*  Free access to Newspapers.com [until 21 February]

*  AncestryDNA® Announces Updated Communities for Members with Ties to Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia

*  Relatives at RootsTech 2022 Experience is Here

*  Brazilian Telenovela Star Thaís Pacholek Gets Real at RootsTech 2022

*  ‘DNA Doesn’t Lie. People Lie.’

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Findmypast Friday:  Discover everything from local Norfolk history to Hollywood glitz and glamour

*  British Newspaper Archive passes 48 million pages

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

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

*  THE Genealogy Show Spring Event (April 1-3, 2022) (Virtual)

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

*  SLIG Virtual 2022 - 8 September to 17 November 2022 (Registration opens 14 May 2022)

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

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Family History Library Webinar Calendar for February 2022

*  MyHeritage Online Events for February 2022

*  National Institute for Genealogical Studies - Virtual Learning Room

*  The Family History Show, Online 2022 is on Saturday, 19 February 2022 (10 a.m. England time)

*  "Finding Your Celtic Ancestors" Webinar Series at Kentucky Genealogical Society in March

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 18 February, 11 a.m.:  Genealogical Gold in British Columbia, by Dave Obee

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 22 February, 11 a.m.:   Printing Charts and Books on MyHeritage, by Uri Gonen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  It Goes with the Territory! Find Your Ancestors in Pre-statehood Records, by Alice Hoyt Veen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  The perfect back up plan for you: Backblaze, by Andy Klein

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-584: What Is a Coat of Arms and Do You Have the Right to Use Them? | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-585: A Closer Look at Immigration Records #4 | Ancestral Findings Podcast

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  Making an Ancestry search more effective, find your ancestors & build your family tree.

*  AmericanAncestors:  Researching African American Ancestors in New England

*  BYU Family History Library:  Introduction to AmericanAncestors.org - James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library:  Beginning Ancestry Series 4: Using your Ancestry DNA test - Nancy Busby

*  BYU Family History Library:  FamilySearch Q&A with Kathryn Grant (10 February 2022)

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: FYR Season 8 Episode 6-Family Stories: Discovering the Truth!

*  Family History Fanatics:  Am I Related to Famous Ancestors? Find Out on FamilySearch & WikiTree

*  Findmypast:  Fridays Live 18 February 2022 | Findmypast

*  Genealogy TV:  How to Find the Original Sources for Genealogy Records

*  Lisa Louise Cooke Genealogy Gems:  How I Document My Family History with Shotbox

*  Lisa Lisson:  The 1950 Census - Are You Ready To Find Your Ancestors?

*  MyHeritage:  Introducing DNA Labels

*  The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society:  Exploring the NYG&B Online Collections

*  WikiTree:  Paul Gilmartin's Highlights from WikiTree Challenge 2

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 15 February 2022?

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