Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 8 April 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:

*  FamilySearch: Volunteers Gear Up to Make History with 1950 US Census Community Project

*  Scientists crack hundreds of cold cases like 'I-65 Killer' with new DNA technique

*  This nation's census let people add a time capsule message to be revealed in 2122

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  [MyHeritage] Now Live! The 1950 U.S. Census Index for Wyoming and Delaware

*  [MyHeritage]  The 1950 U.S. Census Index for Vermont and American Samoa Is Now Live

*  Findmypast Friday:  This week's release sees everything from religious dissenters to Dorset ancestors

*  Advantage Archives Adds 1 Million Historical Newspaper Pages – March 2022

*  Castle Garden Database is Online

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

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

*  East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference, Online April 23-24, 2022 (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 April 2022

*  National Institute for Genealogical Studies - Virtual Learning Room

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 5 April, 7 p.m.:  

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  The Beginner’s Guide To DNA Testing For Genealogy, by Michelle Leonard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   My Top 20 Free Australian Genealogy Websites, by Shauna Hicks.

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  In Your Ancestor’s Kitchen: Researching the Items You Remember, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Analyzing My DNA Matches, by Gal Zrihen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Clans and Families in Scotland, by Dr. Bruce Durie

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Who were the Scots-Irish?, by Natalie Bodie

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Searching for My Ancestors’ Records, by Moshe Ellis

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Sons of the Soil: researching our British agricultural labouring ancestors, by Janet Few

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  The Lady of the Scrapbook: A Newspaper Case Study, by Mary Kircher Roddy

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:

*  The Genealogy Guys: Podcast #403

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-604: The Blizzard of 1886: When the West Froze | Ancestral Findings Podcast

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  Tricks for Navigating Pages, Understanding New Codes and other Helps for the 1950 U.S. Census

*  AmericanAncestors:  What’s New at AmericanAncestors.org? - April 2022

*  Ancestry:  1950 Census | Weekly Update with The Barefoot Genealogist | Week 1

*  BYU Family History Library:  Catholic Church Records In Ireland - Vaughn Johnson

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: RR Season 9 Day 6-It's So Hard to Say Goodbye!

*  Cousin Russ:  Office Hours - 07 April 2022 - 1950 Census - FamilySearch

*  DearMYRTLE:   DearMYRTLE's 1950 CensusGenie (Zoom Meeting)

*  DearMYRTLE:  DearMYRTLE's 1950 CensusGenie (Zoom Meeting)

*  DearMYRTLE:  DearMYRTLE's 1950 CensusGenie (Zoom Meeting)

*  Family History Fanatics:  QUICKLY See How Your DNA Matches Are Related to You

*  Findmypast:  Ask Me Anything with Audrey Collins | Findmypast

*  Genealogy Quick Start: TV LIVE with Sheila Benedict

*  Genealogy TV:  MyHeritage New Records Timeline and LiveStory Animation Spring 2022

*  Just Genealogy:  The Marines in the Great War - JG0026

*  Just Genealogy:  Follow the Money - JG0027

*  MyHeritage:  Ask The Expert - Analyzing Your DNA Matches

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 5 April 2022?

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