Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 25 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:

*  Ancestry’s Inaugural Impact Report: Our Commitment to Building More Connected & Resilient Communities for Generations to Come

*  People Are Amazed by LiveStory!

*  Largest Human Family Tree Identifies Nearly 27 Million Ancestors

*  Census Bureau: COVID drove largest spike in U.S. deaths in a century

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Findmypast Friday: Records for Nurses, the Navy and Beyond

*  TheGenealogist Releases Over 35,000 Land Owner and Occupier Records for Hillingdon and Harrow Areas

*   Genealogy updates for England, Scotland & Wales: 2-week summary

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

*  MyHeritage Online Events for March 2022

*  National Institute for Genealogical Studies - Virtual Learning Room

*  Treat Yourself to an Irish Genealogy Conference this Saturday - Free, March 26, 2022

*  History for Ukraine - Free 24-Hour Webinar - March 26-27, 2022

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

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 30 March, 11 a.m.:  Family Stories in 30 Minutes or Less, by Brenda Hudson

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:    A Deep Dive into Deep Nostalgia™, by Masha Novak

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Get ‘Grammin’! How to Instagram Your Family History, by Elizabeth M. O'Neal.

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  Genealogy Connection: #082 - Katrina Madsen, Ancestry.com Community Manager for Find a Grave

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-598: A Closer Look at Reading Maps #1 | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-599: Pitfalls You May Encounter in Middle Name Research | Ancestral Findings Podcast

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  Tips and Tricks for Accepting Ancestry Hints

*  AmericanAncestors:   Virginia Genealogy: Go-To Published Resources

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: RR Day 5-Chucking Chicken! #Genealogy #Family History

*  Cousin Russ:  Office Hours - 23 March 2022 - Web Search Workspace

*  Cousin Russ:  Office Hours - 24 March 2022 - Live - Identifying Place Names

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 21 March 2022

*  DearMYRTLE:   DearMYRTLE's CensusGenie - 23 March 2022

*  Family History Fanatics:  1950 US Census: Become a FamilySearch Indexing Volunteer | TUTORIAL

*  Family History Fanatics:  6 Questions to Better Understand GEDmatch One-to-One Tool

*  Findmypast:  The Legacy of the First World War in the 1921 Census

*  Genealogy Quick Start:  Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE with Thom Reed

*  Genealogy TV:  Use DNA Cousins without Trees (Ancestry)

*  Just Genealogy:  JG0011 - Virginia Public Claims

*  Just Genealogy:  JG0012 - WWI 724 cards

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Gretna Green and Marriage Records

*  Lisa Lisson:  What's New at MyHeritage with Daniel Horowitz

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 22 March 2022?

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