Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 13 to 19 February 2025

 Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight some of the most important genealogy and family history education items that came across my desktop since the last issue.


1) Upcoming Conferences and  Institutes 

* Conference Keeper Calendar - has many links to register for  and/or view conferences and institutes

*  RootsTech 2025 (Free/$$) - 6 to 8 March 2025 - Virtual (Free) and In-Person ($$) (Salt Lake City, Utah)

*  Australasian Conference 2025 - Connections: Past, Present, Future ($$) - 21 to 24 March 2025 - In-Person (Brisbane, Australia)

*  i4GG 2025 Conference ($$) - 28 to 30 March 2025 - In-Person (San Diego, calif.) and Online Streaming.

*   OGS 2025 Conference "Light Up Your Genealogy" ($$) - 30 April to 3 May 2025 - In-Person (Sandusky, Ohio)

*  NGS 2025 Family History Conference "Tales & Trails" ($$) - 23 to 25 May 2025 - In-Person (Louisville, Ky.)

2 ) Upcoming Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

* Conference Keeper Calendar - has many links to register for and/or view webinars and classes.

*  FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars (Free)

*  GenWebinars ($$)

*  Houston Genealogical Forum (HGF) Artificial Intelligence Seminar ($$) -- Saturday, 1 March, 10 a.m. CST.  In-Person or Online -- speaker is Blaine Bettinger.


*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Friday, 21 February, 9 a.m.:  Research Your Roots in Alsace Lorraine by Gail Blankenau

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Friday, 21 February, 11 a.m.:  Soldiers, Squatters and Settlers by Christine Woodcock

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Tuesday, 25 February, 11 a.m.:  Enhance your family tree accuracy with MyHeritage’s Timeline and Consistency Checker by James Tanner.

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Wednesday, 26 February, 11 a.m.:  Shootout at the Rhododendron Lodge: Reconstructing Life-Changing Events by Judy G. Russell

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Friday, 28 February, 9 a.m.:  From Spit to Screen: The Journey of Your DNA Sample by Paul Woodbury.

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Friday, 28 February, 11 a.m.:  Streamlining Genealogical Research Plans with AI: A Step-by-Step Guide by Diana Elder.

3) Recent Podcasts:


 
*  Genealogy Happy Hour:  Census and Sensibility



4) Recent YouTube Videos:

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  Hidden Records at Family Search



*  BYU Library Family History:  

*  Carole McCullough Geneablogger:  Tech Tip 9 Exploring Google docs with ChatGPT and Claude
*  Carole McCullough Geneablogger:  Tech Tip 10: Implementing special features of Perplexity



*  Crista Cowan | The Barefoot Genealogist:  13 or more Stories That Live In Us videos

*  DearMYRTLE's Archive:  Mondays with Myrt - 17 February 2025



*  Family History on the AI Fast Track:  10 AI Uses Every Genealogist Should Know


*  FamilySearch:  Who I Am | Official Music Video 
*  FamilySearch:   Fall in Love with RootsTech 2025



*  GeneaVlogger:  Building YOUR Family Tree!


*   Int'l Institute of Genealogical Studies:  The Secret to Building an Immigration Research Plan
*  Int'l Institute of Genealogical Studies:  Methodology Feb 2025

*  Legacy Carvers:  The Case of the Empty Homestead

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  AI & Genealogy: Revolutionizing Research or Risking Privacy?

*  Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective:  How to Download Your Images from MemoryWeb me
*  Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective:  Viewing Metadata with Vivid-Pix Restore
*  Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective:  Reading Metadata with Flickr

*  MyHeritage:  Introducing Ancient Origins





5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  6 to 12 February 2025?   Read past Genealogy Education Bytes here.

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NOTE:  If  I missed something important in this time period, please let me know in a comment or an email. 

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