Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 11 March 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:

*  AncestryDNA® Expands to Mexico

*  AncestryDNA® Launches Introvert/Extrovert Traits Report

*  Digital archivists race to preserve Ukrainian heritage

*  Elizabeth Freeman Demanded Her Freedom—and Helped End Slavery in Massachusetts

*  She found long-lost love letters hidden in her attic. Then the hunt began for their owner.

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

* Findmypast Releases English Burial Records, School Registers and More

*  Scottish Indexes releases more Prison Records indexes

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

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

*  i4GG San Diego 2022 Conference - April 8-10, 2022 (In-person and virtual)

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

*  SCGS Jamboree and Genetic Genealogy Conferences - August 19-20 and 26-27, 2022 (Virtual)

*  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 Classes and Webinars for March 2022

*  National Institute for Genealogical Studies - Virtual Learning Room

*  3rd Annual 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon - April 7-8, 2022 

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 15 March, 5 p.m.:  Identifying Unnamed Free Born African Americans – A DNA Case Study, by David Rencher

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 16 March, 11 a.m.:  Stump Craig!, by Craig r. Scott

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  RootsTech Roundup from MyHeritage, by Daniel Horowitz

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  ‘Hidden Treasures’: Discovering Local Sources in Your Irish Research, by David Ryan

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Genealogy Gems Podcast:  Episode 262 - Genealogy Data Workflow

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-593: Must-Have Genealogy Books for Your Personal Library #6 | Ancestral Findings Podcast

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  Aimee Cross -- Genealogy Hints:  Researching Women Ancestors

*  AmericanAncestors:  Understanding Irish Land Divisions

*  BYU Family History Library:  Boost Your Family History Brain Power 2: Avoiding the Same Name Trap - Kathryn Grant 

*  BYU Family History Library:  How do I do descendancy research on FamilySearch? - James Tanner

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: RR Season 9 Day 2-Someone Who Looks Like Me #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

*  Cousin Russ:  Office Hours - 08 March 2022 - File Merge

*  Cousin Russ:  Office Hours - 10 March 2022 - Plan Workspace Rules

*  Data Mining DNA:  A Demo of our Excel Workbook for the Leeds Method with Ancestry Matches

*  Family History Fanatics:  GEDMatch Most Recent Common Ancestor Tool - Understanding the Scores

 

*  Findmypast:  Amazing Women in the 1921 Census | Findmypast

*  Findmypast:  Fridays Live 11 March 2022 | Findmypast

*  Genealogy Quick Start: TV LIVE Organizing Your Stuff

*  Genealogy TV:  New Tools in the Ancestry Tree (March 2022)

*  Genealogy with Amy Johnson Crow:  Get Ready for the 1950 Census! What you need to know for your genealogy

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  One-Step Tools for the 1950 Census with Steve Morse

*  Lisa Lisson:  Are YOU Ready for the 1950 Census? | 5 Things to Do to Ensure You Are Ready

*  Lisa Lisson:  Using GEDMatch's Unique Chromosome Browsers to Study Your DNA Matches

*  MyHeritage:  Learn how to get the most out of a census record with Thomas MacEntee!

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 8 March 2022?

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