Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 12 to 18 June 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.

*  2025 Midwest African-American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI) ($$) -- 8 to 10 July 2025 -- Virtual.


*  2025 Kentucky History and Genealogy Conference (KYGS) ($$) -- 8-9 August 2025 -- In-Person (Kenton County, Kentucky)

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

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

*  FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars (Free)

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Wednesday, 18 June, 11 a.m.: Bridging the Generations: Connecting the Enslaved in Your Ancestor’s Records to Their Descendants by Cheri Hudson Passey.

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Friday, 20 June, 11 a.m.: Exploring Library and Archives Canada Online by Ken McKinlay.

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Tuesday, 24 June, 11 a.m.:  Latest Updates to the MyHeritage Mobile App by Gilad Katz.

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Wednesday, 25 June, 11 a.m.:   Southern Ancestors…Black and White…in the Freedmen’s Bureau by Sharon Batiste Gillins.

*  Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Friday, 27 June, 11 a.m.:  Hand-written Text Recognition: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Transcribe and Search by Yvette Hoitink.

3) Recent Podcasts:





4) Recent YouTube Videos

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  Tutorial on British Military Records




*  Carole McCullough Geneablogger:  7 AI Prompts Every Family Historian Should Try


*  Crista Cowan | The Barefoot Genealogist:  An Honest Witness | Stories That Live In Us | Episode 63



*  Ellen Thompson-Jennings - Family History Hound:  I'm Strong Enough (A Genealogy Affirmation)




*  FamilySearch:  Using the Family Search Catalog


*  Genealogy Bank:  GenealogyBank Tools: Image Viewer


*  How We Got Here Genealogy:  The Man For whom Time Stands Still ...

*  Int'l Institute of Genealogical Studies:  Canadian Settlers in Genealogical Records

*  Italian Roots and Genealogy:  Unlocking the Secrets of my Genoese Ancestors






*  Write Your Family History with Devon Noel Lee:  Are You Using the RIGHT Citation Style in Your Genealogy Writing?

5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  Week of 5 to 11 June 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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