Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 3 to 9 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 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)

*  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) - Wednesday, 9 July, 5 p.m.:  Forgotten Records: Pension Ledgers and the Payments they Represent by Craig R. Scott.

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinars (free for a week) - Friday, 11 July, 11 a.m.:   Researching your Ancestors in Surrey by Sarah Pettyfer.

*  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.

3) Recent Podcasts:

*  Ancestral Findings Podcast:  




4) Recent YouTube Videos

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  LATEST Changes at Find Your Past

*  Allen County Public Library:  Settling Ohio First Peoples and Beyond
*  Allen County Public Library: Proving a Maternal Third Great Grandmother with DNA
*  Allen County Public Library:  Ask the Experts


*  BYU Library Family History Center:  




*  DearMYRTLE's Archive:  Mondays with Myrt - 7 July 2025

*  Denyse Alloen ~ Chronicle Makers:  Before you write that Revolutionary War story, do this

*  Ellen Thompson-Jennings - Family History Hound:  Unlocking the Power of City Directories | Genealogy Research Tips










*  Italian Roots and Genealogy:  Tracing My Italian Heritage (Family Stories & Journey)



*  Marcia Philbrick:  Ballad of Captain Moses Dooley
*  Marcia Philbrick:  Esther's Song 🎶
*  Marcia Philbrick:  Esther Crawford Overview



*  Virtual Genealogical Association:  "A mtDNA and YDNA Check-up" by Connie Davis
*  Virtual Genealogical Association:  "In Black and White - Newspaper Research" by Christine Cohen


5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  Week of 26 June to 2 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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