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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 10 to 16 July 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 Kentucky History and Genealogy Conference (KYGS) ($$) -- 8-9 August 2025 -- In-Person (Kenton County, Kentucky)

*  2025 New York State Family History Conference (NYG&B) ($$) -- 19-20 September 2025 -- In-Person (Kingston, N.Y.) and Virtual.

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)

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Tuesday, 15 July, 5 p.m.:   Civil War Records: What is a Reasonably Exhaustive Search? by Craig R. Scott.
 
*  Legacy Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Wednesday, 16 July, 11 a.m.:  Tracing Scots Ancestors Before 1855 by Alison Spring.

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Friday, 18 July, 11 a.m.:  Strategies for Sorting Out and Documenting Mexican Names and Families by Colleen Robledo Greene.

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Wednesday, 23 July, 11 a.m.:  Unlocking Notation Codes on Alien Passenger Lists by Elizabeth Williams Gomoll.

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinars (members only) - Friday, 25 July, 11 a.m.:   10 Advanced Ways to Use AI in Family History by Andrew Redfern.
 
3) Recent Podcasts:

*  Ancestral Findings Podcast:  



*  Hittin' the Bricks with Kathleen:  Tracing Diseases: Epidemics Shaped Our Family Trees?


4) Recent YouTube Videos

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  QUICK Way to FIX Place Locations on Ancestry



*  BYU Library Family History Center: Resources for Learning How to Do Genealogical Research




*  Denyse Allen ~ Chronicle Makers:  10 sources of free historical images (plus an AI tip)





*  Gen-AI and \Genealogy Made Simple:  This Easy ChatGPT Trick Can Change Your Job Future!







*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  End Genealogy Overwhelm: My Personal Breakthrough!

*  National Genealogical Society:  July 2025 Culture Conversation with Jari Honora
*  National Genealogical Society:  How You Can Help Support Records Preservation and Access



*  Society of Genealogists:  Researching in East Yorkshire


5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  Week of 3 to 9 July 2025?  


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NOTE:  If  I missed an upcoming conference or webinar, or a useful podcast or video, in this time period, please let me know in a comment or an email. 

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