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)
* Conference Keeper Calendar - has many links to register for and/or view webinars and classes.
* FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars (Free)
* GenWebinars ($$)
* RootsTech 2024 On-Demand Sessions (Free)
* 2025 Legacy Family Tree Webinars series announced — adds members-only AI series and 173 new webinars
* Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Tuesday, 11 March, 11 a.m.: RootsTech 2025 Recap by Daniel Horowitz.
* Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Wednesday, 12 March, 5 p.m.: Danish Probate Records by Jenny Hansen.
* Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Friday, 14 March, 11 a.m.: Researching Your Hampshire Ancestors by Gill Thomas.
3) Recent Podcasts:
* Ancestral Findings Podcast: AF-1050: Inside the 1800 U.S. Census | Ancestral Findings Podcast
* Ancestral Findings Podcast: AF-1051: Aaron Burr: The Ambitious Vice President Who Fell from Grace | Ancestral Findings Podcast
* Ancestral Findings Podcast: AF-1052: Elbridge Gerry: The Forgotten Seconds | Ancestral Findings Podcast
* Ancestral Findings Podcast: AF-1053: Fire, Conspiracy, and the Lost 1890 Census: What Went Wrong?
* Family Tree: Is family history difficult?
* Family Tree Magazine: Comparing the Top Three Genealogy Websites – An Interview with Sunny Morton
* Maureen Taylor: Episode 260:The Photo Marketplace Shift: What It Means for Your Memories
* Research Like a Pro: RLP 347: Effie Kelsey and BitterSweet-A Poem, Researching Material Culture
* The Family History AI Show: EP24: DeepSeek AI Shakes The World, FamilySearch Full-Text Turns One, Microsoft and Google Drop AI Prices, Instructional vs.
4) Recent YouTube Videos:
* Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints: Game Changing Strategies for Finding Land Records - thinking outside the box!
* Ancestry: We Challenged Historians To A Cross-Country Treasure Hunt | Journey Through Time | Ancestry®
* Ancestry: Eric Stonestreet's Family Had To Register As 'Enemies' in WW1 | Finding Your Roots | Ancestry®
* BYU Library Family History: FS Intermediate 5: Answers Hiding in Plain Sight-Kathryn Grant (23 Feb 2025)
* BYU Library Family History: AI, Handwriting Recognition, and Full Text Searches - James Tanner (2 Feb 2025)
* BYU Library Family History: Getting to Know FamilySearch's New Full-Text Search – Kathryn Grant (19 February 2025)
* BYU Library Family History: Documentation Is Essential Adding Documents in Ancestry & FamilySearch – Leslie Randle (4 Mar 2025)
* BYU Library Family History: The Needle in the Haystack: Researching Women and Minorities using FamilySearch’s Full-Text Search
* Carole McCullough Geneablogger: Tech Tip 14: Planning for RootsTech with Claude 3.7
* Carole McCullough Geneablogger: Tech Tip 15: Journaling RootsTech with ChatGPT Deep Research
* Chronicle Makers: Two easy ways to use ChatGPT to transcribe genealogy records
* Chronicle Makers: The new way to do RootsTech with ChatGPT
* Crista Cowan | The Barefoot Genealogist: Live Undaunted (with Lisa Valentine Clark) | Stories That Live In Us | Episode 48
* Dallas Genealogical Society: Irish Research: Discovering a Family Left Behind
* DearMYRTLE's Archive: Mondays with Myrt at the FamilySearch Library
* Family History Fanatics: Building Blocks for Your Family Tree | Genealogy Explained
* Family History on the AI Fast Track: Turn Ancestry Profiles into Research Plans – Here's How!
* Family Locket: How Can I Use AI in Creating DNA Source Citations
* GEDmatch: New GEDmatch Features: Family Tree Visualizer
* GEDmatch: New GEDmatch Features: Notes
* GEDmatch: New GEDmatch Features: Forums
* Genealogy Assistant: Genealogy Assistant Browser Extension - Version 2.0!
* Hittin' the Bricks with Kathleen: Hittin' the Bricks with Kathleen
* Italian Roots and Genealogy: Uncovering Italian Roots in Calabria and Campania @ItalianRootsandGenealogy #calabria #campagna
* Just Genealogy: My 7 Must Have Writing Tools for Genealogists
* ProjectKin: RootsTech Ride Along: Live with Lori Olson White » 5-Mar MT | “The heart of the story”
* Storied_Social: StoryAssist™ Your AI Writing Partner for Family Stories
* Storied_Social: From Family Chat to Coffee Table
* Transkribus: Getting started with Transkribus in 90 seconds
* WikiTree: WikiTree #SaturdayRoundup (1 Mar 2025)
* Write Your Family Story with Devon Noel Lee: Writing Family History: Do Your Relatives Get a Say (or a Veto)?
* Write Your Family Story with Devon Noel Lee: Accessing Copyrights For Your Family History Books: How To Track Down Release Permissions
5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes - 20 to 26 February 2025? Read past Genealogy Education Bytes here.
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